The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 8, 1924, Page 4

Va et } NM ; Page Four : THE DAILY WORKER N.Y. WORKERS’ SCHOOL OFFERS FINE PROGRAM Combines “Studies With| Social Activities NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—The classes fn the Party Training Course during the coming week will be of consider- able importance. On Monday the} subject of discussion will be The} ‘World Economic Situation: The Crisis} of Capitalism led Juliet Stuart) Poyntz. The economic effects of the} war and the Treaty of Versailles will| be analyzed, the breakdown of indus-| try and trade after the war, the bur- den of war debts, governmental bank- ruptcy and inflation, the reparatio: problem and the attempted solution Soviet Russia as a world economic) factor, unemployment and the condi-| tions of labor since the war, the in- soluble crisis of capitalism and thé} world revolution. The subject of discussion on Wed- nesday will be the Class Struggle in America up to 1860, led by Comrade Charles Brower, who will continue his | -clear and interesting analysis of American social development. The conditions of the workers and farm- ers in America after the American Revolution, the development of slav- ery and child labor, the early attempts at industrial and political organization | among the American workers will be outlined. | ‘oe \ Public Speaking Class. The class in Public Speaking will} meet on Tuesday as usual. The ele-| mentary English class on that eve ning is under the direction of Com-| Fue Jacobson. Comrade Weinstone| will take charge of the class, and the| -Subject of the practice speaking this | week will be The World War: Ten Years Later. A third group of ad- vanced students of Public Speaking | will meet on Friday ‘evening under} the direction of Comrade Poyntz. In this third group those comrades will be taken whose delivery and English are satisfactory but who need work upon the subject matter and presenta-} tion. The present political situation and the problems of the Workers Party will be discussed. ses Garden Party Every Sunday. The garden party of last Sunday evening proved @ success in every way. The party headquarters and the garden were illuminated with Japan- ese lanterns and made attractive by the efforts of a band of hard-working subbotnikers who have made a sur- prising change for the better in the appearance of the Workers School. ‘The atmosphere of the evening lent especial interest to the speeches of Comrade Lenin from records brought from Russia, and the beautiful sing- ing of Frances Geddes. Dancing com- pleted an evening which convinced many comrades that even our old headquarters can make a fine meeting place and social center for our move- ment with some care and work. Let} us push ahead this program. | This Sunday evening another vetch-| erinka will be held. There will be refreshments and dancing with good dance music. Marguerite Tucker will render piano solos. An admission fee of 25c ‘will be charged to defray ex-| penses of music and rent and assist! the educational work. There is no cooler and pleasant place for Com- munists to spend a Sunday evening in New York than the garden parties| of the Workers School. Come and bring all your friends. Tuesday, August 5th, 8 p. m. Public Speaking Classes. Elementary: Eli Jacobson. Intermediate: William Weinstone. ‘Wednesday, August 6th, 8:30 p. m. cl Struggles in America before 1860:_ Charles Brower. Friday, August 8th, 8:30 p. m. Advanced Public Speaking, Juliet 8. Poyntz. Charge for “Assisting” Latvia. MOSCOW, August 7.—The British Government claims a sum of 2 million } Pounds sterling from Latvia as a compensation for the military assist- ance rendered Latvia by the British , authorities in 1918 in the war against Soviet Russia. Britain was fostering counter-revolution for her own profit , and lost. The tleket also enti ’ the amusome Ligne Anal ‘ , 4 |reasonable American who understands SUNDAY st 10 _ ADMISSON 35c. holder to reduced rates on all inte, LIEBKNECHT 0. HILE the majority leaders of glorifying the war as a patriotic crusade the volce of Karl Llebknecht was raised to expose capitalistic mass murder. He said, War represents not only the failure of one of the policies most bitterly fought by us—that of co diplomacy, not only a direct Napole ment; It is in its historical essence imperialistic. by the very terms of its being. It is to say, it pursues the capitalist ends of expansion and the selzure of power.” N CAPITALISM =, f German soclal-Democracy were the Imperialistic essence of this in the August resolution: mpetitive mobilization, of secret anic blow against the labor move- It Is impérialistic is imperialistic In its aims; that (Continued from page 1.) policy of Mr. Hughes, wel} knowing that there is not a single honest ana the interests of his or her country who | supports the short-sighted Russian pol- | icy of the present chief of the State| Department. Numerous are the Gov-| ernments which the Soviet Govern-/ ment has already outlived, and it will} certainly without injury unto itself | outlive the present rulers of America. “What is of more interest,” re- marked Mr. Karakhan, “is the atti- tude Washington assumes towards China. Though I have not seen the Chinese Note to the American Gov- ernment relative to the CER, I imag- ine it was most probably couched in Mr. Koo’s usual most courteous and refined style and I seriously doubt there should be any ground for a charge of audaciousness. Possibly, the State Department saw audaciousness in the fact that China refused to recognize the right of America—and, for that matter, of Japan and France —to interfere in the affairs of the CER. It should be recalled, however, | that this audacious proposition is based on the treaties between China and Tsarist Russia and was supported, | too, by the agreement, signed on the | 8Ist of last May. Only Two in Pact, “Indeed, no countries but China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- other Powers must know that we will) not allow them to interfere with our | own business. I os even to| are correct with regard to the Wash-| ington resolutions. The latter are non- existent in our eyes, as—for that mat- | ter—they evidently do not exist either for the Powers which have signed them; at any rate, as far as China is concerned, things did not go farther | SOVIET AMBASSADOR HITS HUGHES than promises and blackmailing, nor does anyone seem to have any inten- tion of carrying out these decisions. Now, Washington—which has given birth to these resolutions—goes the length of recommending France not to recognize the child it itself gave birth to. There is no doubt but what Paris will hear, this with a sigh of re- lief, as France has since ever so long looked upon the Washington Confer- ence as an illegally-born child. China Is Wiser. “The indignation felt in Washington circles at China’s action is certainly worthy of notice. Mr. Hughes evi- dently believes that China owes him so much for Washington, that she must now accept with gratitude any stuff the American Government may choose to approach her with. I hope, however, that those who still want to see China obedient and submissive to TT eee YOUNG WORKERS WIN- “CORNER” OF SOCIALISTS Lena Lewis Would Have Members of the Douglas Park branch of the Young Workers League put it all over the Socialists on the corner of St. Louis and 12th streets, which the Socialists claimed was “their corner.” " The young workers were on the scene at seven o’clock to prepare for their street meeting. The cop on the beat told them to end by 10:15. Just |before eight a man apepared with a |ladder and said that there would be a Socialist speaker on the job soon. Y. W. L. Holds Meet. The Young Workers League mem- bers protested and at eight o'clock be- gan their own meéting. The speaker jhad an intensely interested audience for two hours and answered many questions. When the young workers were thru, the Socialists bégan. Lena Morrow Lewis, nationally- known Socialist speaker and writer, started in to give the history of so- cialism in the United States. Five or six of her faithful “yellows” stood guard around her ladder and pre- vented her from answering questions. The cop appeared at 10:40 and asked her why she hadn’t stopped at the right time. She said that she had just started speaking and didn’t know any acts of violence at the hands of fae 0:18 about an agreement to quit Imperialism will every day get more and more convinced that China is not what she was some twenty years ago. “It is not, naturally, a question of Bolshevist influence on the Chinese Government. It is foolish, indeed, to try and ‘explain off by- the influence of the Soviet Government any step of the Chinese Government which is not to other people’s liking. The Chinese people is very well able itself to see what benefits and what harms it, who are its enemies and who-+-it friends, |lics have anything to do with the|when its honor and national dignity |Chinese Easten Railway, and all the /are violated and when its rights are respected in deeds, not in words. No alien influences are needed for this. The work of Imperialist agents in |know to what extent their references |China, who have a perfect disregard for the Chinese people, is itself the best school the people can get for the right understanding of its interests and does not need to be supplemented by influence from Moscow. “He who has up till now failed to realize this, will regret it afterwards.” Young Workers Plan Picnics with Soviet Technical Aid Group In response to the call sent out by the National Office of the Young Workers League to help finance their semi-monthly organ, THE YOUNG WORKER, the Chicago League is making hasty preparations for a big Picnic to be held in conjunction with the Society for Technical Aid to Soviet Russia on Sunday, August the 24th at National Grove, Riverside, Ill, Amusements such as soccer ball games, baseball, races of all kinds, bowling, dancing and music will be of course abundant. All the Chicago Junior Groups will take part in this Picnic. There will be speakers, there will be Junior demon- stfations. The Juniors of Chicago will do their share to help raise finances for their official organ, THE YOUNG COMRADE. This promises to be an unusually in- terésting picnic. More details will follow. K. K. K. Whippers. PABLO BEACH, Fla, Aug. %— Grant Tolliver, a Negro sentenced to jail at Pablo Beach for insulting a woman, was taken from jail on June 20, severely whipped and sent out of town. An armed and robed mob of Ku Klux Klan entered the jail and forced the jailer to deliver the pris- onér. BAKU, Transcaucasia, Aug. 7.— Many huge gushers of oil have been appearing in the flelds here during the last two months. Most of them are in the Grosny district. The wells run down to a distance of 300 or 1,500 feet. The four new gusher wells which came thru in June yield 2,000, 000 gallons of oil daily. at. Cosgrave Fears the Republicans May Seize Government WUBLIN, Aug. 7.—President Wil- fam T. Cosgrave of the Ifish Free- State Government was reported this afternoon to have warned the English government that Irish republicans may attempt to seize the free state if there is further delay fn adjusting the Ulster boundary dispute. President Cosgrave wants a bound- ary commission created at once in conformity with the terms of the An- glo-Irish treaty. Colonial Secretary J. H. Thomas and Home Secretary Arthur Hender- son, of the London government, are here conferring with President Cos- grave. They informed the Irish ex- ecutive today they feared that a boundary commission bill would be blocked in thé House of Lords if an effort were made to jam it through Parliament, i There were informal discussion be- tween the representatives of the Eng- lish government and the free state. Walton of Oklahoma Pictures Himself as’, Fiery Cross Victim OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Aug. 7.— —A record breaking vote brought out by the interest in the race former governor J. C. Walton and his oppo- nents have jade for the Democratic nomination for senator was antici- pated as the polls opened in the Okla- homa primary today. Walton has pictured himself “cru- ecified to the flery cross,” in the bat- tles between his administration and the hooded order which preceded his impeachment as goyernor. ‘at 10:15. She said that the Commun- ists had been speaking before her. The cop asked if she weren’t Com- munist, Three Old Parties. “No!” she replied indignatly. “We are the Socialists and that bunch over there are the Communists, those very ones that you are against.” The cop asked for permits to speak and the Socialists answered that they had been using that corner for years. She said that the Socialists would eas- ily get permits but the Communists wouldn't. “Why shouldn’t you get the permit,” J. Duiko\ Seigel, one of the Young Workers piped up. “You're no dif- ferent from the Republicans and Dem- ocrats.” St. Louis Arranges Picnic for Foster _On September 7th (Special to the Daily Worker.) EAST ST. LOUIS, IL, Aug. 7.— Workers Party members here and in St. Louis have arranged for a great Picnic on Sept. 7, to welcome the party’s presidential candidate, William Z. Foster, who will give the main speech to the workers. ; Proceeds of the picnic will be divided between the DAILY WORKER the city central committee, the Young Workers League and the Trade Union Educational League. The place of the picnic is Triangle Park. The time, all day of September 7. Everyone is invited to come with all his friends. Send in that Subscription Today. This fellow is known as “Fightin’ Bob.” He is one of those good fighters who never leave the enemy any the worse for the battle. He recently took ‘a shot at the Communists so the latter, spurning the pacifist philos- ophy attribut- ed to the war- like Jesus, have planned @ comeback. WILL BE HELD AT RIVERVIEW PA apa i, i atten sate Friday, August 8, 1924 BIG PLUTES-INTRODUCE KLUX KLAN POLICY INTO EXCLUSIVE GOLF CLUB - NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—A score of New York leaders In the social; busi- hess and literary world were charged with racial discrimination in a peti- tion,efiled for the appointment of a recelver for the Rockwood Hall Country Club, exclusive millionaire golfing place of Tarrytown. Frank M. Hitchcock, former presidential candid; » president of the club, and his assistant directors, were charged with a conspiracy to deprive members of the Tarrytown Realty Syndicate, an associate enterprise of the golf club, of their membership on the grounds they are Jews. Those named with Hitchcock included General T. Coleman Dupont, Vincent Astor, A. J, Drexel Biddle, LeRoy W. Baldwin, Wm. Brandon, Robert W. Chambers, Novelist; Bainbridge Colby, former secretary of state; Edward L. Doheny, oil magnate; Chas. Dana Gibson, Major General J. G. Harbord, Misslore Kendall, Darwin P. Kingsley, Frank A, Munsey, Lewis Edwin Shipman and Mills L, G. Stone. NEW YORK PARTY ACTIVITIES REPORT OF CCC MEETING, Anti-War Week. The Secretary reported to the last mgeting of the City Central Committee om August ist that the anti-war demon- stration held in all sections of the city were very successful. From 800 to 1,000 people attended each of these open air Meetings, and much literature was sold. The distribution of the leafiet, TEN YEARS AFTER, was one of the best the party has ever had here. Comrades from all branches responded enthusiastically, and 65,000 leaflets were distributed. ‘The house-to-house distribution particularly was well organized. Regular 4istribu- tions of party literature is now being planned by the city committee. Program of Action. After some discussion on the best method of putting the program of action of the party into ei t, it was decided that every branch should subdivide itself into committees, with responsible chair- men, so @s to draw every member into party work. This applies to small branches as well as to the large ones. The committees to be organized are: ((1) Campaign; (2) Membership; (3) DAILY WORKER; (4) Industrial; (5) Educa- tional. Very small branches may com- bine two of these committees, such as 2 and 3. This must be attended to im- mediately. We must aim to develop greater activity among our faeebershity and must not be satisfied with a condi- tion where a few comrades attend to all the work. A plan of action for each of the committees mentioned. will be pro- posed shortly. Election Campaign. About 20,000 signatures of voters will have to be secured to put Foster and itlow on the ballot in New York State, as well as to put up a state ticket. The election laws of New York State present more difficulties than those of any other state in the country. At least Tifty sig- natures must be obtained in every one of the 60 counties in the state, and these are valid only if those signing the peti- tions register at the polls (this excludes certain rural communities). The total number of signatures necessary is 12,000, but to make doubly sure that our candi- dates will get on the ballot, we must ob- tain at least 20,000. About 10,000 of these can and must be gotten in New York City, not only for our state and national ticket, but also for our local congressional and assembly candidates, This means that the entire membership of Local New York must be mobilized for the task of circulating petitions. Every branch is instructed to elect at once a campaign committee with a cam- paisn manager, one of whose immediate unctions is to organize the branch for getting signatures. Every section com- mittee will constitute itself the campaign ROBERT MARION LAFOLLETTE committee to supervise the campaign in its district, and’ will elect a campaign manager. A special drive for a campaign fund will be made at all open air meet- ings and all collections will go to the district campaign fund. Every one of the comrades is responsible for the success of our election campaign in this city and state. Foster and Gitlow must go on the ballot in New York State. This is the most important campaign the party has yet undertaken, and there must be no slackers in our ranks. Educational Work. Our educational work has met with great success. More than 75 comrades are attending the courses in Communist Theory and the American Labor Move- ment given by the Workers’ School. The [ang speaking class has been divided into three groups: The class for begin- ners, with main emphasis on English, will meet on Tuesdays; the intermediate class, on Wednesdays; the class for ad- vanced students, on Fridays. At least ten more speakers will be available for the election campaign as a result of this course. Every Sunday night the Workers School will have gatherings in the new garden at the headquarters for com- j On next Sunday at Riv- erview Park, the Commun- ists will offer all those who are in the mood to play, the opportun- ity of taking ten shots at ‘*Fightin’ Bob” for every shot he took at them. All the shots will be flying one way. po rades and sympathizers. Attractions for those of a serious turn of mind, as well as for the merry ones, will be provided. Branches should co-operate in making these affairs successful, and thus pro- mote our educational work. Educational centers will be established in all sections during the fall, plans for which are now being made. Industrial Work. Comrades are becoming more active in our Industrial work. Following out the Program of Action, the industrial de- partment plans a more intensive drive within the unions, beginning this month The party membership has been very active in*the needle trades strikes. A bitter struggle is at present going on in the Furriers Union between the reaction- ary machine’ and the left wing, which is of the greatest importance for our move- ment, In the food industry, our comrades are putting forth a program of the united front to counteract the campaign bein, carried on by the Forward machine an the United Hebrew ‘Prades against. the Amalgamated Food Workers in shops controlled by the latter. Meetings of comrades of the various industries are being called to rouse the membership to the need of greater activ- ity within the unions, and to outline pro- grams of action within the different trades. An intensification of our trade union and industrial activities is one of the most important points in the Pro- gram of Action. Comrades must recog- nize that’ the effectiveness of our move. ment depends upon the success of our work in the industrial organizations. Here in New York especially there is much\room for activity. In this field, as in all others, there must be no slackers within our organization. A meeting of shoe workers has been galled for, Etiday, August Ef 8 Pm. at Bast ‘welfth street. arty mem- bers must attend, Pa, Picnic—August 10th. Demands for tickets for the Athletic Carnival and Picnic to be held at Pleas- ant Bay Park on August 10, are pouring into the office. Great enthusiasm is be- ing shown by all branches and the affair promises to be re; tae a of the en- tire party in the city. Sflendid co-opera- tion is ng ipyen y the Finnish branches of Harlem and Brooklyn, and any other language branches. The Workers Sport Alliance, recently organ- ized, is making all arrangements for ath- letic events. We expect this to be the biggest affair of the season, which no gam or sympathizer can jafford to The party membership in New York is showing more enthusiasm for work now than at any time this year. A new spirit of activity is manifesting itself in our ranks which promises well for our fall and\winter campaigns. Branches are urged to see that their delegates attend the CCC meetings regu- larly. These take place the first Friday in every month. praternady, REBECCA GRECHT, Secrtary Local New York. Come Into the Cool! Pretty hot weather, eh? Too hot to stay in a study class, isn’t it? Well how about a little trip to cool’ off? Why not take a trip thru the ages with the Rykoff branch of the YWL? So far, we have, under the guidance of Comrade Max Bedacht, gone from prehistoric man in his cool forest vastness to the simplicity of the pas- toral age. We have traveled thru the large, cool manors of the feudal sys- tem. We have arrived at that signifi- cant event—the birth of Capitalism. Tonight we start from 3322 Douglas Boulevard, Room 5, at 8 p. m. sharp ANA EO tO...rnene Come and travel with us! Be early, or all seats will be taken and you surely wouldn’t want to stand on such a long journey! Coffee Town Damages. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Sao Paulo, Brazil, was damaged to the extent of $7,500,000 by the recent revolution. | Offe-tenth of the damage is. to ma- chinery. Federal and state commis- sions are making good headway in re- storing the city, but banks are still closed. —<$<$<$__—___ VOLUNTEERS WANTED. Comrades are wanted to help at the Workers Party Athletic Carni- val and Picnic, August 10th, 1924, All those willing to help should call at 208 E. 12th Street, Room No. 1, Your work will then be as- signed to you. ‘ ‘Attempted Lynching. DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 7.—The at- tempt of a mob at Dallas to take from the Sheriff a Negro, Frank Fennell, charged with murder of a white farm- er, was unsuccessful. The prisoner was placed in jail at Dallas. Support the Communist Press Auepices: Workers Party, Local Chicago. All profits for the DAILY WORKER and other SLAIN BRITISH WIDOW DEFIED MEXICAN LAWS - -Wouldn’t Give Workers Share of Grain ‘ CITY, Aug. 7.—Mrs. Rosa- wealthy widow. who was her hacienda, refused to grain crop of her many acres with the peasants, as the 1917 Mexican Constitution provides. Mrs. Evans, who was the widow of the British banker who headed the Lon- don Bank in Mexico, put an armed guard around her hacienda and who- ever attempted to approach would be ruthlessly shot down if he “appeared an “undesirable” in Mrs. Evans’ eyes. The peons who worked the estate were never given the consideration that the Mexican law provides for them and Mrs. Evans continued to op- press them and get rid of them if they protested. Abused Her Power. Mrs. Evans took constant advan- tage of her powerful British and Am- erican connections and influenced the British agent H. A. C. Cummins to such an extent that he was forced out of Mexico. The Mexican authorities let the rich widow disregard the Mexi- can law only because Mexico feared the imperialist designs of the United States and Great Britain. Both na- tions would have seized the slightest opportunity to threaten Mexico be- cause of herrrich resources. Even now Mexico, will probably apologize profusely and make some reparation promise, altho the finan- cial situation thruout the country is exceedingly bad. The need for na- tional economy has become so urgent that the government has just ordered all\its employes who are not Mexi+ cans to leave their jobs. Even Am- erican school teachers will have to be dispensed with, the government regretfully announced, not because of ‘nationalist purposes, but because of the poverty. Imperialists “Investigate.” Considerable apprehension is felt among the workers and peasants over the coming of the special commission representing about 25 of the biggest industrial and banking concerns of the United States. »This group of im- perialists will soon arrive to “look things over.” In addition a special delegation from the American oil in- terests) including E. L. Doheny and Standard, is due to arrive there this month for conference with President Obregon to get greater freedom of exploitation. The workers are afraid the president may give some of their hard-won privileges up to the Ameri- cans’ demands. A special offieial inquiry into the death of Mrs. Evans is being made. Over 70 persons have been arrested, most of them without any knowledge whatsoever of the crime. General Montes, former Agrarian deputy, is be- ing held altho Rodrigo Gomez, secre- tary of the National Agrarian party, denies that Montes had anything to do with the killing. WM. Z FOSTER What do you know about him? When speaking to your neighbors, friends and shopmates and urging them to support and vote for Wil- liam Z, Foster, the working class candidate for president, at the coming election, you will have to tell them what Foster has done for the labor movement. For this we-recommend Foster's book: “THE GREAT STEEL STRIKE AND ITS LESSONS” The story of the steel workers fight for organization and recog- nition, led by William Z. Foster. AN AUTHOGRAPHED COPY of this wonderful story sent to any address for $1.00 Regular price of this book is $1.75. Order at once, while the supply lasts! Remember: AN AUTHO- GRAPHED COPY. Literature Department, Workers Party of America 1118 W. Washington Blvd, Chleago,' Ill. } MEXICO lie Evans, slain near divide the