The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 6, 1924, Page 2

ness them NL Page Two BOB HAILS SAM'S AID IN WHITE HOUSE CANTER Illinois “Progressives” to Support Small (Special to the Dally Worker.) WASHINGTON, August 5.— There is great rejoicing in the LaFollette camp over the sup- port of the officials of the American Federation of Labor, pledged by the executive coun- cil, A meeting will be held in Washington this week at which the leaders of the Federation and the LaFollette generals will arrange to co-ordinate their ac- tivities. Matthew Woll, who once had the ambition to succeed Mr. Gompers as head of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, made a public a statement which for vagueness runs a close second to the best Mr. Coolidge has is- sued. Mr. Woll says: “The declaration adopted by the executive council, toge- ther with Senator LaFolletts response in reality constitute a ceremony tant- amount to the customary nomination and acceptance, form a solemn pledge to the whole American people, a pledge of restitution, renovation and demo- cracy in government. La Follette’s complete accord with the labor declar- ation of both economic and political philosophy should be appraised as a declaration of constructive policy, in accord with the thot and practice worked out thru years of study and effort by the great union movement of the country.” Restoring the government to the “people” cleaning up filth in Washing- ton and democratising capitalism, that is what “Bob” is expected to do if he lands in the White House, Trainmen Non-Partisan, The Brotherhood of Railroad Train- men, headed by William G. Lee, grand president of the organization will not endorse “Bob’s” candidacy. Mr. Lee will lay the records of the three pre- president of the organizaticn. will not will lay the records of the three pre- sidential candidates before the 180,000 port Norman Thomas, in return for the The place on the committee which ig directing the La Follette campaign left vacant is now expected to be filled by Gompers, either personally or by one of his appointees. In his telegram to Gompers after being notified of the A. F. of .L.’s en- dorsement of his candidacy, La Follette welcomed the aid of the Federation in his crusade “to break the grip of self- ish interests upon government.” That is the mission of the new Moses, not to take the government away from the capitalist robbers and place it in the hands of the producers but simply to substitute a set of “honest” parasites for the shameless brigands who now have it in their hands. It is signifi- cant however that in all the La Fol- lette publicity, there is hardly a word of criticism of the record. of_Strike- breaker Coolidge. Judge Cohalan of New York in announcing his espousal of “Bob's” campaign, said that even in the event of the Wisconsin senator not being able to “make” the White House he would probably be in a position to make a deal with Coolidge which would be satisfactory to the liberals. Smith Cautious. “Al” Smith of New York has de- clined the offer‘to run for governor of that State, according to reports. Mayor Hylan has his ear to the ground waiting for the call. Should Hylan Tun, it is likely the C. P. P. A, crowd would endorse him, unless La Follette made a bargain with Hillquit to sup- port Norman Thomas, in rturn for the campaign contributions from the needle trades unions. It is a great game of trade and barter. All is not well with the LaFollette- ‘Wheeler campaign in Montana. The “La Follette Progressive Party” of that State wired national headquarters stating that they reserved the right to circulate petitions for La Follette and Charles W. Bryan for second place. Robert La Follette Jr., has been sent to Montana to buy off the disgruntled. ears that considerable opposi- tion has developed to the candidacy of T. J. Walsh on the Democratic ticket and Wheeler, tho riding the elephant, is also hunting with the jackass and supporting Walsh, the big corporation Barren Wisdom—A reply to L. Negro Migration and Its Cause; “Danko”—A Story. Civilization Through Bomb VERSE 1113 W. Washington Bivd. COOLIDGE URGED T0 GRANT FARMER RELIEF IN ST. PAUL WIRE Asserting that present high prices for farm products, and particularly grain and livestock, are “only tem- porary relief,” and that the fun- damental causes of agricultural de- pression have not been removed, the American Council of Agricul- ture, organized last month in St. Paul today telegraphed President Coolidge asking that he appoint an “extraordinary commission” to study basic needs of agriculture and re- commend remedial legisiation to congress. The request says such legislation should be enacted at the coming short session. lobbyist and hard shell reactionary. In Illinois it appears that the deal with Small is practically consummated. There are kinks to be ironcd out yet, but from reports in circulation here, Small will be supported by the La Follette forces for governor and the latter will throw his support to the La Follette national ticket. In this way it is quite possible the Illinois electoral vote may go to “Bob.” The charges of stealing state funds made against Small, charges that appear quite lustified, do not cut any ice with La Follette who only wants to make Washington habitable for himself. Rottenness in the state governments can wait while the scavengers turn the hose on the Capital. The labor fakers of Illinois had al- ready made a bargain with Small and the present arrangement will be satis- factory unless William, Hale Thompson upsets the apple cart. The Illinois Federation of Labor will endorse Small declared John L. Walker. In raising funds the slogan will be “A half-day’s income for battling Bob,’ and the sub title “to buy an interest in a crusade of righteousness.” Every- thing is for “Bob” even the money. The Illinois committee appointed to decide who if any, shall be the candi- dates for United States senator in- cludes Sam Levin of the needle trades, William R. Snow, socialist, and Louis J. Link, German-Americans. Won't Have One.Man Cars. PORT HURON, Mich., Aug. 5.—Citi- zens here were being transported on rubber tired wheels and all the street car service save operation of interur- bans has been suspended. Busses were put into operation after city au- thorities refused to allow one-man street cars to operate. RIVERVIEW—RAIN OR SHINE AUGUST 10th—SUNDAY GET THE NEXT ISSUE “DAILY WORKER” MAGAZINE SECTION SATURDAY AUGUST STH Boudin. PICTURES ORDER NOW! THE DAILY WORKER, PRESS PICNIC DAY (Continued from page 1) lieve he was in his right mind. The trouble with him is, he’s too smart.” Beckwith’s secretary waxed elo- quent when she talked against union- ism. She talked as a woman who was superior to the unfortunate girls who, while we.were leisurely chatting, were with quick mechanical motions tending the heavy machines and for fifteen dollars a week, amassing the Leopold fortune. These poor girls were from a different world—they were nothing but workers. “There is not a union in the place and Leopold will not tolerate one,” said the secretary. They Can “Get Out.” “He takes the position that if the employes don’t like the wages they can get out and look for another job. This union talk has given us too much trouble already. Just last week we fired two men in the caddie de- partment because they stirred up trouble and called a strike.” “They came back to work with the others, but insisted on their unionism talk, and were fired. The people of Morris don’t criticise the conditions here much. What could they do with- out the paper mill? It is the only plant in town which is working steadily. If it weren’t for the Leo- pold factory, most of the younger people would have to leave town.” When asked what other labor trou- ble there had been besides the strike in the caddie department, Beckwith’s assistant checked her tongue and re- plied, “Not much more. The plant is a pretty big one, and considering the size of it, we don’t have so many kicks.” 14-Hour Shift. Those who work in the plant, how- ever, confide their unrest to the DAI- LY WORKER. The paper making factory is working twenty-four hotrs aday. The night shift starts at 5:30 | in the evening and works thru un- til seven in the morning. The men Alexander Bittelman By Louls Zoobook By Maxim Gorky y Earl R. Browder ILLUSTRATIONS Chicago, Illinois | LEOPOLD FIGHTS TALK OF UNIONISM WHE DAILY WORKER ) : INDICT GARVEY {MOBILIZATION ING.0.P.PLOT | DAY BACKED BY AGAINST RACE) SAM GOMPERS Time Blow to Disrupt| Denounces Communists Fight on Imperialism By ROBERT MINOR. (Special to The DAILY WORKER) NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—A re- publican party attempt to dis- rupt the international conven- tion of the Universal Negro Improvement Association in session at Liberty Hall here is seen in the federal indictment and threatened arrest of Presi- dent Mareus Garvey on an income tax charge. The indictment relates to an affair more than two years old. Convention Negroes charge it was purposely held back and timed to spring on the conven- tion as the representatives of their race were considering plans for a sweeping attack on international imperialism and domestic oppression. The indictment bears the earmarks of a political conspiracy. Federal District Attorney Mattuck, who han- dies the indictment, is the same pros- ecutor who obtained Garvey’s convic- tion a year ago on a charge of misuse of the mails. Mr. Garvey received the indictment news stoically while on the conven- tion platform, commenting that it was a political act by the republican party thru Mattuck. The indictment charges a false income tax return in- volving $493 and perjury in connec- tion with the same. Earlier Garvey told the 2,500 dele- gates that the prejudice against the Negro was not due to color but to his lack of industrial development. The Negro leader said: “Establish your Pennsylvania railroad system in Africa and control billions there and America'and the whole world will look up to you. Then there would be no color line here in twenty-five or fifty years.” Speaking of the enslavement of the Negroes and of the lynchings in the Southern states, particularly Georgia and Mississippi, President Garvey warned the enemies of Negro rights to watch*their steps in their persecutions. start in at $3.00 a day, the same pay being given for the fourteen hour night shift as is paid for the ten-hour day. “They work you hard as hell in the paper manufacturing department,” one employe who cleans the screens, confided to the DAILY WORKER. “We have to change shifts every week and that breaks down our health. One week we are working in the day time and the next week at night. We consequently are al- ways in a restless, nervous state. We have trouble getting sleep in the day time. I make twenty dollars a week, and would move to Chicago if it were not for unemployment there. Paper Beating For Leopold. “I work in the paper beating de- partment,” another man said to the DAILY WORKER. “The rags, old pa- pers and stuff which starts the paper thru the process of being made into card board, is thrown into the beat- er. This is a huge vat which grinds the old rags and papers into a pulp. This department is unusually dirty work, besides being almost unbear- ably hot. Heat and terrible smells are constantly being given off by the vats which make us continually sick to our stomachs. In spite of the dirty and sickening work and the long night shift, the pay is no more than the pay Leopold gives in the box fac- tory. “The chemicals which are put in to color the paper stain our faces and clothes and have a bad effect on our lungs. The air in the paper mill is thick and stuffy. All the work is hot and unhealthy and most of it is heavy work, such as trucking the naper.” Wherever Labor Is Cheap. W. H. Beckwith,,;manager of the plant, is “out of ” He has just |received confidential word about Eu- |ropean conditions in the paper indus try and hastened away to @ confer- ence. The Leopold factory has be- come exceedingly interested in Eu- ‘ropean affairs recently, pecially in jlabor conditions and the paper bust- ness in Sweden. It seems to be the Policy of the “nice” Nathan Leopold |to establish himself wherever labor ‘can be secured exceptionally cheap. Beckwith’s secretary told the DAI- LY WORKER that one of the largest customers of the Leopold plafit is the Reliance Manufacturing company, which is the prison trust, selling con- vict made Black Beauty and Big Yank shirts. Birds of a feather flock together. Eight Churches in Morris. There are eight churches in town, as Morris professes to be exception- ally pious and religious, even if the Chamber of Commerce of Morris does encourage scab concerns to come in and exploit the younger generation. ao Opposing War (Special to’ the Dally Worker.) ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 5.— Contrary to pacifist expecta- tions the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, in session here, sup- ported the mobilization day plans of the war department and issued a statement de- nouncing Communists and pacifists. Labor was urged to hold “ap- propriate exercises” Sept. 12, the day on which the republican party government will test the ability of American capitalism to muster jits war machinery in order to suppress internal trouble or wage a foreign war. The resolution condemning Presi- dent Coolidge’s defense day plans was sidetracked and a counter resolution introduced by Samuel Gompers or at his direction. The red spectre of Communism again appeared at the side of the vet- eran labor faker, when he saw in the nation-wide wave of protest against capitalist militarism, the lead of the Communists who hold that the work- ers should strenously resist the mili- taristic schemes of the capitalist class. The greater part of the screed issued by Gompers was devoted to an attack on the Communists’ who are recognized by the reactionary labor faker as the only active revolutionary political party in the United States. Gompers’ statement issued thru the messenger boy Woll, is as follows: Hostile to Morgan. “Much of the criticism of Defense Day, is insincere, a part of the world- wide organized pacifist propaganda, and hostile to American democracy. “We have denounced both militar- ism and pacifism. We understand the designs of the militarists who would take advantage of every opportunity to feed and promote the war spirit, and we, likewise understand the de- signs of the pacifists who would dis- arm America first and other nations later. Most of them now prefer to disarm all nations except Soviet Rus- so that dictators of Moscow may easier their “to 9, greater dic- tatorship. We je that most of all. / Insincere Criticism. “It is true that the suggestion for civilian mobilization on Defense Day has opened the door to much pacifist criticism, and to criticism also by those who are not at all pacifists. “But Iam confident that a great deal of the criticism is insincere, a part of the world-wide organized paci- fist propagande and hostile to Ameri- can democracy. Defense Day itself is a matter of law and I think most labor men will feel that our military establishment may participate proper- ly in the exercises. Our military es- tablishment is not large and it is com- posed of Americans who are just like the rest of us in their love of free- dom and their love of their country. Assails Communists. “The Communists miss no opportun- ity to turn loose destructive propagan- dg to undermine American institu- tions. We know this propaganda from contact and we know its purpose. The most active pacifist influences at work in America today are those di- rectly under Moscow control. “We oppose militarism at every turn. We have set forth our belief in regard to world peace and we do not delude ourselves into a notion that it is coming thru the efforts of paci- fists. It will come thru proper organ- ization. Balkan War Brewing. BELGRADE, Bulgaria, Aug. 5.— More. than 3000 reservists have been mobilized in spite of protests by Ju- go-Slavia. The Jugo-Slayian minister to Sofia is seeking the intervention of France and Britain to prevent an- other Balkan war. Arrest Jobless. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5.—John Walsh, I. W. W. was arrested July 7 and sentenced to 180 day on a vagran- cy charge; V. B. Weatherford was sentenced to sixty days in jail on same charge. No Freedom for Wob LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5.—John Golden, I. W. W. recently released from San Quentin after having served nearly five years under the Criminal Syndicalism law has been arrested under the Busick injunction and trial set for Sespt. 2. Y, W. L. Open Alr Meet Tonight. The open air meeting held every othe Wednesday by the North Side Branch of the Young Workers League of Chicago will be held this week on dred west), south-west corner, at & p. m. sharp. Interesting speakers will address this meeting and all young workers are cordially invited to at- North Stde Branch, Y. We ke Whenua Hinep alte Goose-Step College Hears Discussion of Problems of Russia By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ODAY, Dr. Boris A. Bakhmeteff prepares his notes for a lecture before the Institute of Politics at Williams College, Massachusetts. He will talk on: “Russia and Its Problems.” * * * Bakhmeteff is thoroly acceptable in America’s “‘Goose- Step” colleges. He is received with open arms. He is not “red.” Bakhmeteff will be just as welcome as other “Anti-So- viet” experts like the renegade socialists, John Spargo and William English Walling, and the Bolshevik baiter, Samuel Gompers. he New York Times will solemnly publish the discus- sions and join in the hope that Soviet Rule in Rugsia may yet be overthrown. * * * * But the European news will be very disquieting to the enemies of'the Russian workers and peasants gathered at Williams College. Very impolite questions might be asked Dr. Bakhmeteff as to what he thinks of the French government kicking the Kerensky ambassador out of the Russian embassy building at Paris. For W. A. Maklokov is the French duplicate of Bakhmeteff. Dr. Bakhmeteff came to the United States as the Keren- sky ambassador. But before he arrived in Washington nearly séven years ago, Kerensky had been overthrown and Soviet Rule had been established. But the United States recognized Dr. Bakhmeteff just the same and helped him squander some millions of dollars, belonging to the Russian workers and peasants, held in the United States treasury at Washington. But supporting Bakhmeteff, “the ambassador without a country,” became even too raw a proposition for the ozar- loving capitalist statesmen at Washington, and the “Dr.” was coueren of his duties, just as Maklokov has been dumped in aris. Yet, in spite of the fact that he has not been in Russia for seven years, Bakhmeteff is duly qualified to lecture be- fore the America’s “Goose-Step” educators on “Russia's Problems.” * * * * ‘ That Soviet Rule in Russia intends staying right on the job is shown by the fact that the Russian workers and pea- sants refuse to pay the czar’s debts, even to the so-called “labor government” of J, Ramsay MacDonald, in Great Britain. It was with a grand gesture that the MacDonald govern- ment, when it came into power, recognized the Soviet Government. ussian But recent events have shown that this was merely a gesture. MacDonald will have a hard time ex- laining to British workers why he insists that the Russian orkers should pay the debts of the czarist regime, debts owing to British bankers and big industrialists. joney loan- ed to the czar was money extended to the bloody rule of Nicholas, and hi: peasants in chains. ancestors, to keep the Russian workers and When _ Moscow rejects this insulting demand coming from MacDonald's fake “labor” tifies to the strength of Russian ‘overnment, it merely tes- joviet Rule, and it exposes the sham government reared in London in the name of the British oppressed. * * * | .|yers are well-paid by the L« Wednesday, August 6, 1924 RICH SLAYERS” TRIAL PICNIC OF PUBLICITY . Workers Pay Bills for Loeb-Leopold Play The trial of the two million aire slayers, Loeb and Leopold, is like a satirical play. The judge, State’s Attorney Crowe and the lawyers are pleased be- cause they are getting the pub- licity of their careers. Those allowed inside the courtroom as spectators are tickled at the “distinction.” Loeb and Leo- pold are pleased because they are the center of the stage. They seem to know they are not going to be hung. Those concerned with the trial are making a social func- tion out of it. Everybody is allowed to take plenty of time, and to talk as much as he wants. When Dr. Healy, de- fense alienist, “couldn’t remem- ber which defendant planned the murder,” Judge Caverly allowed half hour recess for the doctor to scan his notes and refresh his memory. Why not? All the court expenses are being paid for out of the taxpayers’ money and the law- and Leopold families, who get their mon- ey from the labor of children and underpaid workers, \ C. S. Defense, Members of the Loeb family have hit upon a novel way of getting their son out of danger of the gallows. “Mrs. Loeb is a Christian Scientist,” a Southern newspaper woman told the DAILY WORKER. “She has hired the most eminent Science practitioners in America, and they are sitting in the court room now, holding the right thot, that there is no evil and, in their way, praying to their God to get Dickie off.” Dr. William Healy testified that Na- than Leopold, junior, and Richard Loeb were “not perverted, not in the sense of the word usually implied, but are childishly perverted.” More whis- pering sessions were held, with Clar- ence Darrow and the other defense at- torneys putting their heads up to Dr. Healy’s ears to protect the public morals. Other Perverted Sons. In spite of Dr. Healy’s statement that it is unusual for a millionaire’s son to be mixed up with a murder case, the reporters recalled numerous instances of perverted sons of the rich. Not only the case of Harry ,| Thaw, but of Walter Ward, who killed Bakhmeteff may soothe the jumping nerves of prosti- tute professors at the Williams College clinic on the pros- pects of the world social revolution. If Bakhmeteff couldn't act as a soothing syrup on vital world problems he would never have been called to Massachusetts’ peaceful scholastic retreats. But Morgan, Lamont, Mellon and Hughes are in Europe, ee up the battle of their lives in diplomatic conferences, ecause they know that “The Problems of Russia” are “The Problems of the World,” and that oppressed labor everywhere is moving forward to solve those problems triumphantly for themselves in spite of the Morgans, the MacDonalds and the Williams College Institute of Politics. BLOT OUT THE STAIN OF “BOB” (Continued from page 1.) paign. In the state of Illinois the re- port is current that the LaFollette forces will support Governor Len Len Small on the Republican ticket. Are the members of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers who have taken a stand for a class party of workers and farmers, going to turn back and become part of the LaFol- lette movement which still has one foot in the Republican Party and the other in the Democratic Party? For the Amalgamated to endorse LaFollette and the LaFollette move- is to surrender the proud record of ie membership of the Amalgamated r class conscious political action, and take a step away from the strug- gle of labor to establish its own poli- tical power and to use that power against the capitalists and the cap- italist system. Repudiating LaFollette. The locals of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers have been in the forefront of the Farmer-Labor move- ment. We do not believe that they will now turn back. Already locals FOREIGN DEBTS 10 U. S, MUST BE PAID SAYS ‘TEDDY’ BURTON WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Aug. 5. —Foreign debts owing to the Unit- ed States will not be cancelled and there Is no desire on the part of the American ple that they should be cancelled. This was the gist of a letter from Theodore E. Burton, member of the United States Debt Funding Com- mission, read oday before members of the Institute of Politics in spe- sion here, in Boston and Philadelphia have repu- diated the action of the General Ex- ecutive Board. They have aligned themselves in support of the only can- didates in this election who repres- sent the class interests of the work- ers—the Workers Party candidates, Foster and Gitlow. We call upon the members and the locals of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers everywhere to follow this lead and to repudiate the action of the General Executive Board which at- tempts to make of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers the tail to the kite of the LaFollette movement. Stand firm for class action and the class strluggle! Central Executive Committee, WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA, WILLIAM Z, FOSTER, National Chairman. C. E. RUTHENBERG, Executive Secretary, Booze and Nighties Big Issue in Mule State Election Fight ST. LOUIS, Aug. 5.—The Ku Klux Klan and prohibition were the domi- nant issues today as Missourians went to the polls to cast their ballots in the state primary election. The day was a legal holiday thru- out the state, dawned clear and hot but by 10 o'clock, reports reaching here from all sections of the state, in- dicated the vote might prove one of the lightest ever recorded in Missouri, Lynch Negro, SCOOBA, Miss., Aug. 5—A mob took Harry Shelton, a Negro, held on charges of assaulting a white woman, Yate ie eo at Scooba and lynched a sailor last year in White Plains be- cause the sailor threatened to expose Ward's perversion. Young Ward was found not guilty on a plea of self-de- fense, and the capitalist papers with- held the facts because of the immense amount of advertising that the Ward Baking Company threatened to with- draw from the papers, Nathan Leopold, father of one of the murderers, sat in court, blinking down into his vest. The DAILY WORKER reporter recalled the employes of Leo- pold, who, while the trial was going on, are working in Leopold's factory at $15 a week, piling up the money to pay the expenses of the trial of the “childish perverts.” MORGAN AGENTS GOING THRU A SIFTING PROCESS (Special to the DAILY WORKER) WASHINGTON, Aug. 5—The Amer- ican diplomatic corps— now known officially ag the foreign service—has undergone so many rapid changes in recent weeks and so many others ap- pear to be impending that President Coolidge is finding it necessary to look around for some new envoys for Ambassador Rank. On the president's desk today was the resignation, already accepted, of Charles Beecher Warren as the Unit- ed States Ambassador to Mexico. Japan Post Vacant. Only a few weeks ago, the president likewise accepted the resignation of Cyrus F, Woods, ambassador to Jap- an. Even while Warren was at the White House and his resignation was simply a matter of putting the brief words on paper, reliable reports reach- ed Washington from Paris that My- ron T. Herrick, who first went to France as the American ambassador in the Taft administration and served there in the days of the war, wanted to get out of the foreign service and back to his home in Ohio, Relations With Mikado Critical. In the case of Japan, whose ambas- sador to the United States is now in his own country on leave of absence, the State Department has not decided whether to send out another ambassa- dor to take up Woods’ duties, Another important European post which may be vacated, according to reports in political circles, here, is that at Berlin, now occupied by Am- bassador Houghton, ~