The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 21, 1924, Page 2

Page Two OPEN UP TRIAL OF 28 WORKERS IN BELLEVILLE Thursday, August 21, 1924 Riga Liar on the Cable Puts Russia in LEGIONAIRES HIT ITALIAN COMMUNIST DAILY HERE FOR DENOUNCING MUSSOLINI ACTS The fearless denunciation of the outrages of the Mussolini government, and of similar terrorist methods employed against workers in this country, which has been the policy of such foreign-language papers in the United States as the Communist MORGAN'S LOAN TO GERMANY TO Labor Stands Firmly Behind Strikers By KARL REEVE (Staff Writer, Daily Worker) BELLEVILLE, Ill., Aug. 20.— Organized labor here is lined up solidly with the striking em- ployes of the Charles Meyers Pants factory, which has re- fused to renew a six months agreement with the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers, local union No. 107. The strike of the girls who under open shop conditions were forced to work for an average of ten dollars a week) is to be the chief topic of dis- cussion at the Central Trades and Labor council in the union nto the hearts of the foreign- born scissorbills, who advocate stricter censorship of the for- eign-language press. Hot Under Collar. On the warmest night in August, |members of the Flower City Post of |the American Legion, in Rochester, |N. Y., most of them of Italian birth, |met in the city armory to denounce |Italian workers who advocate inter- national unity with the oppressed | AN INTERVIEW (Continued from Page 1.) dam agents, and their international Chambers of Commerce, etc. The working class has but one interna- tional center, the Communist Interna- jtional in close alliance with the Red |International of Labor Unions. The | Workers Party, in common with every “Tl Lavoratore,” is striking fear+ masses of Italy. Hot under the col- lar and perspiring patriotism from every pore, these foreign-born Legion- aires passed a resolution asking that the authorities keep sharp watch on “certain foreign-language newspapers, whose policy is unpatriotic and even revolutionary.” “Of the unqualified loyalty of the Italian workers of the Flower City Post, the country need have no doubts,” said the officers of the Le- gion. WITH FOSTER hard as it has been it is the road that the entire world’s working class must travel. The capitalist system is broken down and cannot be repaired. It must be abolished root and branch and the Russian workers have shown the workers of the world how to do the job.” ANGERS PLUTES Big Commanist Cam- paign Puts on Steam The opening shot fired by William Z. Foster in his cam- paign for president of the United States on the Workers (Communist) Party ticket, in the city of Youngtown, Ohio, the heart of the steel teritory, was echoed thruout the United States by the capeaue press. “Foster urges Soviet United States,” screamed a headline of a Youngstown, Ohio, capitalist paper, commenting on Foster’s speech in that city. Watch the Headlines. Headlines and stories with the cam- paign speeches of Foster and Gitlow will now be a feature of many capital- ist newspapers. This week William Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow, presi- the Limelight Again By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ODAY, the Riga liar-is on the job again. This time his name is Donald Day, of the Chicago Tri- bune News Service, and his lie is headlined, “Russian Troops Kill Five As Mobs Beg for Food.” The Chicago Tribune has won a world reputation on the expertness of its news liars at Riga, the Lat¥ian capital, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsingfors, not to mention West- ern European capitals, * * * * The truth gets a slight chance, however, in an interview cabled direct from Moscow by the correspondent of the New York Times, Walter Duranty. It gives the views of Fanny Hurst, the American author, now in the Soviet capi- tal, who asks the question, “Why is it that as one approaches Russia, the people try more and more to frighten you back home?” GET CAL’S YES Billion and Half to Be Total Investment (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, August 20,— After some hesitation due to fears over a delay in French evacuation of the Ruhr, J. P, Morgan and company has finally decided to float its share ra the $200,000,000 reparations joan. It is understood that the United ‘States government will make an official appeal to the country to arouse popular sup- port for and subscriptions to this loan. Morgan's Man Servant. Those who have observed closely the attitude of the administration point to the fact that Coolidge has al- hall tonight. The DAILY : The Wi dential and vice-presidential candi- 68 ee iE . nen | really, revolutionary group of work- ie Workers: in Barmany. dates of the Workers Party, will start ry i ; ready indorsed Morgan’s plans in a WORKER reporter has been |org tne world over, participates in| “Germany is a capitalist country; on thelr: tone. speed kc ly She reviews the attitude toward her proposed trip to speech the president delivered last invited to speak. Boss Broke Agreements. The strike occurred when the Mey- ers. factory broke their agreement with the Amalgamated to extend a wage increase at the end of the pres- ent six months’ agreement, which ex- pired some weeks ago. When this agreement signed, the eight-hour day was installed, the union was rec- ognized, and it was agreed to confer on an increased wage scale at the end of six months. Samuel Auerbach, vice president of the company, how ever, suddenly switched, refused tc meet the union officials and declared he intended to run an open shop. The girls were immediately called on strike, and every employe responded. Judge George Crow, ,who last week granted an injunction against pick- eting, is well known in Belleville as a labor hater. He has granted injunc- tions against labor before, in the Bell and follows the Comintern.” “Professor Harper, of the University of Chicago, delivered a lecture yes- jterday, saying that the Communist |policies in Russia have failed. In your recent trip to Moscow, what, were your observations on this question?” Conditions of Workers Better. “The Russian revolution is a suc- ‘cess. All the dismal predictions of university professors and counter- revolutionists for the past seven years have not been able to change this tact. The conditions of the workers are steadily improving as the Soviet Government gradually builds up the |new industrial structure in the place jot the ruined capitalist system. It has been a long hard up-hill struggle. But WILL HOLD W. P, leadership of the did your observations show the Ger- mans are better off than the Rus- sians?” “Quite the opposite. Russian indus- try is steadily on the upgrade, and working and living conditions follow steadily; but German industry is going more steadily downward, and the Ger- man workers are today living under much worse conditions than the Rus- sian. And whereas in Russia, all is hopeful energy, in Germany under the capitalist dictatorship, the workers are losing all hope, and can only |change this condition thru following |the Russian example.” “And now,” interrupted Foster, as the reportér began to shoot more questions at him, “you'll have to quit for today, so that I can get some work done.” GAS WORKERS TO These tours will cover the entire country from coast to coast and will run right up until the day before elec- tion. The value to our party in these meetings is tremendous. They can be utilized to get our revolutionary message across to the masses of workers, and infuse a new enthu- siastic spirit into our membership and to add many new members to our party ranks. From now on a list of the immediate meetings of Foster and Gitlow will be carried in the DAILY WORKER. All cities should immedi- ately furnish the campaign manager with the location and time of the Foster-Gitlow meetings. FOSTER’S DATES Minneapolis, 9th Ave S. and 8th St-—Thursday, Aug. 21, 7:30 p. m. Duluth, Woodman’ Hall—Friday, August 22. St. Paul, New Labor Temple, 416 N. Moscow as follows: “In London they said it was an easy and safe trip. “In Paris they shook their heads doubtfully. “Berlin told you ominously that it was a foolhardy un- dertaking. “By the time | got to Riga the people were saying | would be carrying my life in my hands all the time.” * * * te Of course, “the people” to whom Fanny Hurst refers are the sources of news, especially in Riga, of the foreign correspondents. These are “the people’? who have been getting their attacks across against Russian Soviet Rule for the past seven years, but luckily without avail. Fanny Hurst, herself, tells what she found in Moscow, as follows: “Yet Moscow is as quiet and orderly as any place in the world. It was really disappointing when | mustered up courage for a real adventure.” Duranty reports that “similar comment was made by an English woman member of parliament, Susan Lawrence, April in New York. Besides, it is common knowledge thgt every step taken by the American unofficial ob- servers and bankers at the London conference was in full accord with the policies proposed by Secretary of State Hughes and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. As soon as Andrew W. Mellon re- turns from his Huropean “vacation” the federal government will make public its acceptance of the program of support for the Morgan loan. Mr. Mellon has been charged with the task of preparing this program for the administration. $200,000,000 Only a Part. Financiers and political observers are well aware of the fact. that the initial $200,000,000 loan to be floated by J. P. Morgan & Co, and other bank- ers is only a small part of the loans that the United States will be called upon to fill in order to restore German Sepa Bion cles stirs Franklin St-—Saturday, August 23,, Who remarked disappointedly that the crowd in Red Square industries sufficiently to enable the ers. Crow draws his support from MEETING DESPITE DISCUSS i A | 8:00 p. m. waiting to visit Lenin’s tomb seemed so passive and Obe- Reich to meet the French reparations the conservative farmers of St. Claire Milwaukee, Tippecanoe Park—Sun-| dient, quite different from what she had expected. bill., German municipal securities, in- county. day, Aug. 24. bs oom * dustrial bonds and smaller national Trial vs. Novies. The trial has thrown the movie shows here in eclipse. Not only was the courtroom crowded today with the mothers and fathers of the arrested VIOLENCE THREAT Business Man Behind All Arrests in Englewood IN PAY TONIGHT Union Officers Report on Wage Conference Sioux City—Friday Aug. 29. Des Moines—Saturday, Aug. 30. Omaha—Sunday, Aug. 31. Kansas City—Monday, Sept. 1. St, Louis—Tuesday, Sept. 2. But if Fanny Hurst and Susan Lawrence couldn't find the killings, robberies and scandals that are rampant any day of the week in Chicago, New York, London, Paris or _Rome, they, nevertheless, found much that was really worth while to interest them. reconstruction loans will, soon after the $100,000,000 reparations loan is taken up, be put on the American financial market. It is estimated by some observers of international finance that the Unit- girls, but with scores of members of a em ok eats Hig Nip ms coe Hurst pays an especial tribute to Russian youth, [oq states will be called upon to in. organized labor. The corridors are} «cet out of my office! If I catch you| Members of the Gas Workers’ Union| Comrade Gitlow, candidate for vice-| and thereby confesses the stability of Soviet Rule in Russia. yest a total of more than one and a filled with workers unable to gain ad- mission to the trial. Judge Crow is a red-faced, puny lit- tle man with glasses, resembling Judge Foell, the aiile of the Chicago garment bosses, except that Crow snaps out his orders in dictatorial “I will not be denied” fashion. Crow finally started the trial after postpon- ing it four hours yesterday. He Dleaded he had another case to think over, but one miner said, “Crow is a fast liver, and no doubt was out on @ booze party last night. He is prob- ably sobering up.” “You're not allowed to crack a smile in the courtroom,” one of the defendants told me. “Crow will put you right out. The trial is a farce. Every one knows Crow works hand in glove with the Meyers manage- ment.” Cop Refuses Scab Duty. The testimony developed that Po- lice Officer Henry Reichling, who was assigned to strike duty by Chief of ‘Police Charles Arbergast, refused to obey the orders of Sam Auerbach, and was reprimanded by the chief. Auerbach came running out of his fac- tory, it developed, widly excited, de- manding that Reichling escort the strikebreakers into the factory and act as general servant to the pants factory. Reichling, while he said he or any one else advocating Sovietism on the streets of Englewood, I'll per- sonally, physically, stop the meeting, beat up the speaker.” In righteous wrath, Charles Richard Edrington, past commander of ‘an American Legion post, and present business manager of the Englewood Business Men’s Association, threaten- ed to out-bolsh the holsheviks by per- petrating illegal personal violence. He’s Tough. His words were addressed to a Workers Party member who had heard that it was the Englewood Busi- ness Men’s Association which had made the complaint that regulted in the arrest, last Thursday, of Clarence Miller and George Maurer for speak? ing on the street corner. But before allowing himself to be jevicted, the visitor asked whether the threat of violence would take advan- tage of a traffic regulation to stop us |from advocating the W. P. program on jthe streets of Englewood. The an- swer was, “Yes! Indeed! and the court won't dismiss the case next time.” | Free Speech, But— | “Then you don’t believe in free | speech really?” “Yes I do, but not in Sovietism.” | But neither the arrests by the cops nor the puny threats of Mr. Edring- will meet tonight at 180 W. Washing- ton St., to discuss the new contract being submitted to the People’s Gas Light and Coke Company and which calls for an increase of 10 per cent in their wages. The officers of the union have be negotiating with the officials of the People’s Gas Light and Coke Com- pany for this increase and will make their report to the membership to- night. ‘ The union officers and the company officials will meet again on Friday. Woman’s Party Bars Negro Speakers at Memorial Services NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Aug. 20.— The National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People is em- tional woman’s party because Negro speakers were excluded from the me- morial services to Inez Millholland, They sent the following telegram to Alice Paul, leader of the woman's party: “The National Association for the: Advancement of Colored People, in the name of 100,000 Americans, white and colored, protests against the phatic in its denunciation of the na-| president, will address meetings at the following places: GITLOW’S DATES Newark—Friday, Aug. 22, Trenton—Saturday, Aug. 23. Washington—Monday, Aug. 25. * Richmond, Labor Temple—Sunday, Aug. 24, 8 p. m. Reading, Veteran Firemen’s Hall, 612 Franklin St—Tuesday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m iy Scranton—Wednesday Aug.. 27. Binghamton, Lithuanian Hall— Thursday, Aug. 28, 7 p. m. Buffalo Friday, Aug. 29. Rochester, The Labor Lyceum, 880 St. Paul St.—Saturday, Aug. 30. Daisytown—Sunday, Aug. 31. Canonsburg—Monday, Sept. 1. Pittsburgh, Labor Lyceum, 35 Mill- er St—Tuesday, Sept. 5. Bellaire—Wednesday, Sept. 3. Canton—Friday, Sept. 5. Akron—Saturday, Sept. 6. Cleveland—Sunday, Sept. 7. New York—Tuesday, Sept, 9. C. E. Ruthenberg executive secre- tary of the Workers Party, will make a series of campaign speeches in ‘the New England States. Two of these ‘meetings already arranged for are: Bo8ton, Mass. — Monday, Sept. 1, Paine Memorial Hall, 7:30 p. m. New Haven, Conn.—Sautrday, Sept, She says: ‘“What struck me most was the way everything this country (Soviet Russia) stands for is.centered around youth. “Not only nine executives out of ten you meet are young, but you feel tremendously that the whole country has been put in the hands of the growing generation to make or mar it after their own pattern..... “. ++ There is youth's tremendous vitality, youth’s hopefulness and youth’s power to work miracles, because it does not know that impossibilities are impossibilities. “...» And they are all so desperately in earnest, these youngsters, so absorbed in their own affairs. “Of one thing | am certain, it is the most interesting country in the world.” * me * * But that isn’t the kind of news that gets on the first page. At least not in these days. This news will jam the first pages, in every country just as soon as the spirit of the Russian yquth, in building their own future, spreads t other lands. ' * * Bg * Bik, The last pe of the Donald Day story betrays its purpose. The Tribune correspondent has the peasants of Russia starving and then draws its conclusion that “exports must be radically curtailed if Russia intends to feed itself this coming winter. This should prove welcome news to American farmers, whom the Bolsheviks undersold in Europe a year ago.” No doubt the Tribune correspondent, in putting his little fake on the cable, whistled to himself, “That ought to get a few more votes for Coolidge.” But the hard facts of the bitter life of the bankrupt half billion_gollars in German munici- pal, government, industrial, public utility and railway bonds and securi- ties. It is this likelihood of so gigan- tic an investment of American capital that has attracted the large number of leading American bankers to Euro- pean capitals in the last few weeks. Bankers Flooding Eyrope, Only two days ago Charles EB. Mitchell, president of the National City Bank, the biggest bank in the world, which is a Rockefeller-Morgan institution, sailed for Europe, The Guarantee Trust Company, the Corn Exchange Bank, the Bankers Trust Company and other leading New York financial institutions are all well. rep- resented in Europe today. Besides, Mr. Harris, one of the leading figures in New York Central Railway opera- tions, is now in Germany studying the possibilities of American capital get- ting a dollar-proof grip on the German railway system. Ambassador Kellogg and Colonel James A. Logan, who were the unoffi- cial observers representing the United States at the London conference, are sure that the American share of the reparations loan will be floated with- out any difficulty. It is their opinion that a government appefll should be made in behalf of this Morgan loan cowardly capitulation to race preju-|6, Hermanson’s Hall, 158 Crown St. cces! was always ready to do his duty, was |ton will stop the Communists. A|aice by the national woman's ple 8p. m. ' | American farmer will soon drive him against the whole Cool. [0m if, Jevelons that tts suocess not pald by the city to act asa strike-|meeting is to be held tonight in idge social system. The every day struggle will force the ttl breaker. For this he was cited by Crow at the instance of the police chief for contempt of the anti-picket- ing injunction. Those hailed to court for trial be- fore Crow include Al Teel, William Zinser, William Christopher and other representatives of the Belleville Trades and Labor Assembly. Negro Is Delegate. Arthur Renfro, one of the defend- ants, who is a well-educated colored lad, has been honored by the Amal- jgamated local union as a delegate to the Trades Assembly. Other defendants include Lucille Boyce, president of Local Union 107, Amalgamated Clothing Workers; Alice Jones, secretary; Mary Hearen, Katherine Frazier, Louise Wherley, Anita Reisser, Adele Sointene, Alice Huber, Lillian Boyce, Lucille Mueller, Englewood by the party and the Young Workers’ League, at 63rd and Green streets. It may be obliged to move to another corner, or elsewhere, but it is written that the event will come to pass. Preparations have been made for an appeal in case of ar- rests. SPEND YOUR MONEY WHERE IT WILL BE HELPING THE DAILY When buying | » men’s, or infants’ furnishings, go out of your way If necessary and visit Martin Pawlian’s at 651 W. North Ave., a store where you can buy as chi y and as well and yet, know that you are helping the DAILY WORKER. the grave of Inez Milholland, an ac- tive member of our association in her lifetime, who would have repudiated such a position as you have taken. If capitulation to race prejudice is to be the price of election of women to office, we sincerely hope that every one of your candidates will be defeat- ed in the coming election.” Hitch in Dawes Plan. LONDON, Aug. 20.—Fear that the German working class will rise in their wrath against the Dawes plan is considered responsible for the report- ed refusal of the great banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. to participate in the $200,000,000 German gold loan. The ostensible reason is continued French occupation of the Ruhr. The occupation of the Ruhr bears most heavily on the German workers, and the House of Morgan fears that DISTRICT ORGANIZER OF WORKERS PARTY IS ON STATE-WIDE TOUR Arne Swabeck, District Organizer the Workers Party, is making tour visiting all party units in the state to solodify the organization and prepare the branches for the necessary work to be done in t election campaign as well as to take up the problem of unemployment, particularly among the miners. Comrade Mother Bloor will later be toured for p ings visiting the ning about September 1,. District Organizer’s Schedule. Springfield, Aug. 21; Kineald, youth, the workers, the farmers of the United States, to extend their hands in comradeship to the youth, the work- ers and the farmers of Soviet Russia. That will be a bad day for the subsidized politicians and the kept press defend- ing things as they are. : DULUTH, MINN., READERS, ATTENTION! ’ Come, and Hear WM. Z. FOSTER Candidate for President of the United State: ixecutive Committee of the Farmer-Labor Party. Workers Part: Indorsed by the J. O. BENTALL, Chairman. vigorous official action by the govern- ment. . Cal Will Be Good, Meesrs. Kellogg and Logan have no- tified the administration that the am- ple guarantees asked for by the American bankers have been given by the allied powers when they. accepted the Dawes plan without amendment. The American banking interests point to Coolidge’s statement in his speech of acceptance in which he said: “I shall do what I can to encourage American citizens and resources to as- sist in restoring Europe, with the sym- pathetic support of our government,” as the basis of American official pol- icy towards all the European loans that Wall Street bankers will float in the United States, In the meanwhile, the machinery for floating the Dawes-Morgan loan is being carefully prepared, both in Eu- Mary Straubinger, Emilia Schwartz,) Comrade Martin Pawlan has been a |a great revolt of the enslaved German West Frankfort, Aug. 24, rope and in the United 8 Her. Florence Conkling, Arthur Renfro,| constant advertl proletariat cannot long be avoided, sonnets San mre riot has received th ay Anpa . * | evening; Benton, Aug. 25; Christo- ‘ecelver © approval of his = alls eins cet thosnee Kirsan., "| conngn of eraty thot of oe poner tueormation that Morgan ‘may Te-| pher, Aug. 26; Zelgler, Aug. 27; St. WOODMAN HALL diana. w the Pesach opsiek.. Clee % Altho most of the strikers are girls,| | Comrade Pawian announces the |from an authoritative source, 4 poatinac: ee nano 21st Avenue West and First Street, Duluth, Minn. oe eke pelahatae oe lu wae oe few ee wocting e Bey, Blast renavel st ae a ee Owon Young, colleague of General| aug. 31, afternoon; O'Fallon, Aug, FRID AY AUGUST 22 192 4 § P M dustrialists are fully pre) to put @ come out Ww: e girls, making fe Charl . i : ” j the strike 100 per cent effective. Aft-] ters and is not located at 651 W. arles G.' Dawes, left for Paris to| 31, evening; Benld, Sept. 1, and 5 5 5 b AVEa |) the Dawes plan into operation imme er last week's sad failure to import strikebreakers, Auerbach closed the doors of the factory and gave up try- ing to operate. gic ite a bundle of the DAILY '$ first Special Campaign Edi- ~ Patyoreon, August 30, North Ave. Look for “Martin’s” ad In any Saturday Issue of our paper. Cut it out and remember the new ad- dress, 651 W. North Ave. Send in that Supscription Today. help put the plan in operation. Painters Get Wage Incre: Chicago painters will receive a wage increase Monday of 25c an hour, mak- ing their standard wage $1.50 per hour. This increase will affect all Chicago painters, Livingston, Sept. 2. Other points to be annonuced lat- er. In several instances where smaller towns are closely located the branches will meet jointly in one city. All members of the Young Workers’ League are expected to at- Everybody Welcome! Questions Invited. Mr. Foster has recently returned from a trip to Soviet Russia, Ger- many, England and France, where he studied labor conditions, Auspices, Duluth City Central Committee, Workera Party of America. diately. Mexican Labor Temple. MEXICO CITY, Aug, 20.—The Mex: | ican Federation of Labor has success:\ fully floated bonds for $200,000 among ° the workers to build a large labor temple in Mexico City, =~