The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 14, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD . FOR A WORKERS AND ‘FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 126. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: STRIKERS DEA Textile Trust Hit B CHARLIE HUGHES CAN TEAR HIS GARVEY DAMPE ON KLUX FIGHT IS CRITICISED Workers ‘Party Urges Militant Attitude Failure of the convention of ‘the Universal Negro Improve- ‘ment Association, now meeting ‘In New York, to take a deter- mined attitude in opposition to ‘the Ku Klux Klan, is criticised in a statement issued by the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party of Amer- ica and released for publication today. The statement in full reads: ‘To the Fourth Annual Interna- tlonal Convention of the Uni- versal Negro Improvement As- sociation (Meeting at Liberty Hall, New York): MROTHERS and sisters: We ad- t dress you on the question of your ‘attitude toward the Ku Klux Klan. You have already passed a set of jtwo resolutions on the Ku Klux Klan, setting out the position that you in- ytend to maintain toward that organiza- tion, as follows: 1. “Resolved, That the fourth in- : ternational convention of the Negro peoples of the world regards the al- leged attitude of the Ku Klux Klan : te the Negro as fairly representa- 3 of the feelings of the majority” jot the white race towards us, and i places on record its conviction that ried on in Berlin. City. Big Biz Backs ‘Bob’ LAFOLLETTE’S in Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. HAIR AGAIN! RU SSIA RESTORES RELATIONSHIP WITH MEXICANS (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, August 13.—Another vi ctory has been added to the list of Soviet Russia, with the officlal announcement that relations between Mexico and the Workers’ Republic have been restored. Negotiations had been car- Mr. Petkosky has been named Russian envoy to Mexico PROGRESSIVISM SCARES NO ONE By JAY LOVESTONE. (Third Article.) Railroad presidents, traction magnates, life insurance com- pany heads, public utility bosses, bankers and bond sharks have been rendering generous appoval of LaFollette’s “pro- gressive” schemes. On many occasions .LaFol- lette’s much-vaunted “Wiscon- sin Plan” worked so well for the big bosses that the “regulated” business interests and public utility overlords of the Badger state have been glad to give good jobs to the LaFollette “regulators,” The record is replete with instances the. only solution of the crucial sit- ‘ uation is that of the Universal Ne- gro Improvement Association, namely, the securing for ourselves as speedily as possible a govern- ment of our own on African soil.” 2. “Moved, That it shall be the policy of the Universal Negro Im- provement Association to protest (Continued on page 2) AS WE SEE IT By J. J. O'FLAHERTY, MONG the things the British La- bor Government could have done says the New York Nation, is the {publication of war documents. But action would expose the secrets ‘of His Majesty’s government and that (gould never do for MacDonald, who 4s a good Christian-socialist, which jmeans that he will keep faith with the ‘eapitalist class even tho he may be lobliged to betray the workers a little {once in a while. Only the wicked and |elass-conscious bolsheviks were so ‘Jacking in decency as to let the skele- | ton out of the Czar’s closet even be- {fore the Czar himself became a skele- ‘ton, eee * Another civil war is threatened in ;Mexico, this time over the right of ‘women to have their hair bobbed and 'to wear knickers. This is surprising, considering that Mexico has a repu- (tation for pulling off revolutions with- ‘out giving the regular thirty days no- stiee. It is reported that Samuel /Gompers called the matter to the at- tention of President Calles when the ‘latter addressed the executive com- Jnittee of the Federation in Atlantic Gompers is said to have invited one of the many where the members of the state com- missions, set up to prevent the mo- nopolies from becoming a public men- ace, have been well taken care of by the same roundly denounced monopo- lists. With all his bitterness against trust- ified industries, a bitterness giving rise to political panaceas born out of a total failure to understand the de- velopment of economic forces, the facts of LaFollette’s caréer weave the conclusion that he has done more talking but-even less acting against these same cursed trusts than some of his reactionary colleagues with whom he has been working in the republican party for more than forty years. Exploiters Welcome Bob’s Program. Under these circumstances it is not surprising to find Theodore Roosevelt, writing on “Wisconsin—Safety of Prosperity,” in LaFollette’s Weekly of June 3, 1911, declare: “They made it evident not merely by words, but by deeds that they would not for one moment sanction any pandering to class hatred or any unjust assault on property rights. A big railway official, before I entered the state, had casually mentioned to me_-that if he had a just cause there is no tribunal in the country before which “he would rather present his case than the Wisconsin railway com- mission.” Socialist Attacked Program. Let us for a change listen to the Honorable Daniel Hoan, the socialist mayor of Milwaukee, who has just jumped on the LaFollette band wagon. In Hoan’s pamphlet, entitled “The Failure of Regulation,” and once offi- cially circulated by the socialist party of America, we find the following glowing tributes paid by big business interests- to the LaFollette “progres- sive” program: f _ “John L, Beggs, the general man- ager of the Milwaukee Traction Trust ican Federation of ‘ashington on May 26 Mr. Kahn is a subsidiser is valuable to the at the time, and concededly the shrew- (Continued on Page 6.) LONDON, August 1 the fake “labor” FOSTER SPEAKS AT YOUNGSTOWN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT William Z. Foster, presidential candidate of the Workers Party, speaks Sunday at Youngstown, 0., in the first big meeting in his presi- dential campaign. Located in ‘the heart of the great steel industry, where Foster led the great strike of steel workers in 1919, Youngs- town is a fitting place for this first great gathering. Thousands of workers are expected at the picnic at Avalon Park, Sunday afternoon, while at night-Foster will speak at Ukrainian Hall, 525/2 West Rayen Ave., Youngstown. MAYOR HYLAN WILL SUPPORT DONKEY JOCKEY Decides Morgan’s Law- yer Is a Progressive (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Aug. 13—The an- nounced support of Mayor John F. Hylan of New York to the Democratic nominee John W. Davis in the coming campaign, indicates that William Randolph Hearst, who is Hylan’s backer, will not jump over the fence into the La Follette paddock but will find a plausible reason to support the Wall Street Democrat. Hylan withheld his endorsement un- til after the acceptance speech of John W. Davis was delivered. The Mayor marked time until it was decided that Al. Smith would not run for governor of New York. Smith and the Mayor are bitter political enemies and it was believed that had the gov- ernor thrown his hat into the ring to succeed himself, Mr. Hylan and Mr. Hearst would cast their lots with the independent ticket. ATMOSPHERE FOULED WITH POLITICAL OFFAL OF TWO MORGAN TWINS (Special to the DAILY WORKER) WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—Presi- dent Coolidge will put his speech containing his solution for the problems confronting the United States on the ether tomorrow night. Twelve high power radio broad- casting stations will be used to send Cal’s message into every section of the country. Coolidge suffers a serious handi- cap in having to apologize for Daugherty, Fall, Denby and Burns. His Democratic opponent will be kept busy explaining his relation- ship with Morgan. All in all it will be a merry campaign. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1924 <a» *” TO BOSSES’ LIES New Jersey Walkout BiG LABOR DEMONSTRATIONS IN ROME FLARE UP AGAINST MUSSOLINI'S DICTATORSHIP (Special to The Daily Worker) ‘REEVE RETURNS riking carbuilders in the Western Steel Car company plant, Hegewisch, are more enthusiastic than ever, after a futile rt of the management yesterday to break the ranks of the strikers by spreading fake rumors. The Strikers elected an en- larged strike committee at their meeti esterday, which was of © largest and most spirited held since the strike began. — Karl Reeve, who was rail- roaded out of Hegewisch by foyr policemen on Tuesday and told ne’ to come back, spoke at yesterday’s strike meeting as did Jack McCarthy and Edmond K. Hogan, organizer for the Brotherhood of Railway Car- men. = Fifth Week/of Strike. Growing desperate at the complete stoppage of production and the de- termination of the strikers to carry the strike thru to victory, the com- pany started the fifth week of the strike by bringing the Chicago police to their aj ‘The -eimployment «manager, P./H.| Conlan, was out in front of the gates bright and early yesterday morning, telling the strikers not to go to the strike meting. Conlan told them that Jack McCarthy of the DAILY WORK- ER and Ed. Hogan were going to desert the strikers. The strikers, however, refused to listen to the false rumors of Conlan, and flocked down to the strike hall. Plant Shut Down. Reeve’ told the strikers how the Chicago police had sent him out of town after he went into the Western company plant to get the inside news of conditions. “Conlan admitted that the plant is completely shut down,” Reeve said. “He said there is a million dollars’ worth of material in the yards wait- ing for the striking steel workers to assemble it.” “The DAILY WORKER will con- tinue to tell you to stay out on strike, to organize, and to fight for better living conditions and more wages with your organized power. If any one tells you I went inside the Western Steel Car company for any other pur- pose than to gather news for the DAILY WORKER he lies,” Reeve de- clared. Jack McCarthy made an appeal for the workers to join the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen. “The spirit shown by the strikers in the face of the lies spread by the company this morning shows that you are sure to win,” said McCarthy. The strikers then elected a commit- tee to see that all the men who have been hard hit by the strike are sup- plied with food and money to allow them to continue striking. Ed. Hogan, who is in charge of the strike, representing the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, told the strikers what stores are friendly to the strikers and what stores are antagon- istic to labor. Hogan told the car- builders to patronize, and get their friends to patronize only those busi- ness men who are sympathetic to the strikers. WORKER. Published — Daily except Sunday by eres “4 tim DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO,, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Communist Candidates For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW. Price 3 Cents SIXTY NEW SILK MILLS SHUT DOWN AS WORKERS JOIN PATERSON STRIKE BULLETIN. (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) PATERSON, Aug. (18.—Sixty addi- tional mills just .closed down here as hundreds of workers followed the lead. of: their mates who struck yes- terday under the leadership of the Associated Silk Workers Union. The total-number of mills now complete- ly tied up°are estimated at 170. The police have not as yet inter- fered much with the carrying on of the strike with the exception of one striker who was arrested for picket- ing the mills. The judge, however, released him on the payment of a five dollar fine. PATERSON SILK WEAVERS WALK OUT ON STRIKE Thousands Leave Shops Under Union Lead (Special to the Daily Worker.) PATERSON, N. J., Aug. 13.— Scenes rivalling those of the 1913 textile strike were to be seen here today as thousands lof silk weavers Teft hundreds of shops in response to the strike call issued by the Associated Silk Workers Union which had been empowered by the work- ers to bring on the walkout. More than 2,000 of. the workers gathered in the strike hall yesterday, and while thousands of others re- mained outside clamoring for admis- sion into the packed assembly, Juliet Stuart Poyntz of the Workers Party} addressed the strikers amid wild ap-| plause. While this is the first strike of the silk workers since 1913, they came out | of their shops more cheerfully and in greater numbers than they did 11) years ago. The Associated Silk Work-| ers’ union, which has been most ener- getic in the organization of the op- pressed slaves of the textile trust, is determined to wage the struggle to a successful conclusion this time. The men are out and will stay out un- til their miserable conditions are abol- ished. Workers’ Demands. Among the demands the men have put before the employers are the rec- ognition of the union, the eight-hour day, an increase of 15 per cent in their wages, the abolition of the four- loom system in favor of the two-loom system, no discrimination between union and non-union men, and the right of union representatives to enter a shop controlled by it in order to set- tle any controversies. T. U. E. L. Aids Strikers. The Trade Union Educational League, which has been co-operating with all its strength with the attempt to organize thé silk workers, is con- tinuing its co-operation during the strike. Efforts will be made: by the New York section of the T. U. BE. L. to arouse the workers employed in the silk industry in other cities to come to the aid of the Paterson strikers, jing the demonstrators. «In many p! ROME, August 13.—“Down Mussolini!” For the first time in three ye streets of Rome, streaming from staffs, and the| streets lined thick with people| shouting welcome to the spon- taneously organized demonstra- tion against Mussolini and his} black Fascism, which was led} by the Communists, whom the | Italian dictator thought he had| drowned in blood. MUSSOLINI DEFIED | | Heading straight to the Pallazza} Chigi, the official mansion of the Fas-| cist ministers of the interior and of} foreign affairs, marched the masses, | singing loudly the revolutionary bat-/| tle songs of the working cl Red Flag and the Internationale. the standard bearers marched by with | the crimson banners, old men and women kneeled and wept. Emotions which had been choked for years were given vent to. From all sides, women flung red carnations and roses at the squadrons of the Young Communist League members who marched in military | formation at the head of the demon. | stration. On reaching the government build- ings the demonstrators shouted de- flance to Mussolini and his black- shirted troops. Communist spédkers rose quickly, here and there, out of the mass and made fiery addresses to the people. The Fascist troops and the National Militia ran away on all sides. Fearing that the masses were armed, they took the easiest way out of being subjected to the pent-up feelings of vengeance of the terrorized workers. SOLDIERS FRATERNIZE. The carabinieri, to the amazement | of everyone, did not make the slight- est move in the direction of atta es they openly fraternized with them. In the Piazza Colonna, the govern- ment cavalrymen joined hands with | the marchers. A lieutenant of the} National Militia halted in front of| the Red Flag and brought his hand up in salute. That this astounding demonstration | of three days running has put the to the heart of Mussolini is e ced by his immediate order for the con-| centration of the National Militia. He| no longer is willing to depend upon the carabinieri, who have fraternized with the masses and united under the leadership of the Communists in a popular mass protest against Fas- | cism, | Expect Further Developments. | The situation has become greatly | intensified in the last few days, which coupled with the cold-blooded and brutal murder of the Socialist deputy Matteotti, may lead to sharper de- velopments in Italy. WEAR NO MAN'S GOLLAR Allied delegates to London con- ference cost British treasury at rate of £500 sterling per day to feed and house. Russian delegates who have already spent four months in England declined to accept British keep and have paid all their own expensi ‘Wall Send in that Subscription Today. MacDonald Beaten In Communist Attack By CHARLES ASHLEIGH (Special Cablegram to the DAILY WORKER) | Street Journal, Aug. 11, 1924, 3.—Because of the indignant and angry protests of the rank and file of the British working class, British Communist Party headquarters. The first step charge against John Ross Cam iq pbell, editor of “The e! government of Ramsay MacDonald has been forced to back water on its shameful raid on the in this direction was taken by the withdrawal of the spurious Workers’ Weekly,” official organ of the Communist Party. DAILY WORKER'S FIRST SPECIAL CAMPAIGN ISSUE—SEE PAGE THO. <1 Jism in -| sioner with Fascism!” “Down with . ars, tens of thousands of work- ers, men and women and children, marched defiantly thru the red. flags 0 eee AMALGAMATED GLOTHING | WORKERS GAINING aN PHILADELPHIA STRIKE (Special to the DAILY WORKER) PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 13.—The strike of the 12,000 members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America here is slowly coming to @ successful conclusion. The shops controlled by the union have now settled, accepting the conditions de- manded by the strikers. Eighteen non-union shops are expected to join the ranks of those that have settled, since most of the men em- ployed there are union members and are fighting for the same con- ditions as those which obtain in | completely organized shops. The same holds true of the large plants which are also expected to follow suit. The demands of the workers in- cluded the closed union shop; a 15 to 20 per cent increase in wages; elimination of home work, and more sanitary conditions in the factories; and the creation. of an. unemploy- ment fund similar to the ones in New York and Chicago, A.F. OF L. FEARS NIGARAGUAN WAR AGAINST AMERIGA |Report Terrified About “Social Unrest” (Special to the Daily Worker.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—The ex- ecutive council of the American Feder- ation of Labor has lined up soli@ly with the cause of American Imperial- aragua by indorsement of a report on the situation there by ° Hartwell Brunson, special commis- for the Pan-American Federa- tion of Labor, Gompers’ paper toy. Offer Free Suggestions The report, which has been called to the attention of the Department of State by vote of the council, is kind enough to give a few suggestions as to how to keep the workers in meek subjection without endangering the position of the American imperialists in that country. After commenting on the fact that the workers are prac- tically without a vote because of the refusal of the Chamorro family major- ity in the mational congress to concur in the improvement of the electoral law, the report suggests: A. F. of L. Fears For Bosses “Unless these at present disfran- chised people are permitted to vote in the coming election there is danger of a return to power of class rule, nation- ally, and continued social and econo- mic unrest, which may at any time develop into violent resentment.” Report Is Usual Bunk This appeal to: the United States government by the American Fede! tion of Labor is very touching. It is notorious that the Chamorro family which rules Nicaragua is the puppet of the American State Department, and the A. F. of L. memorandum will leave the araguan workers just where they were before. Nationalists Fight Eight-Hour Day. BERLIN, Aug. 13.—The German na- tionalists havé a bill in the reichstag providing for the non-ratification of the Washington agreement concerning the eight-hour day fdr workers. Send in that Subscription Today.