The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 22, 1924, Page 2

Page Two MC KEES ROCKS VICTORY CHEERS GAR STRIKERS Hegewisch Car Build- ers Determined to Fight By JACK McCARTHY. The efforts of the Western Steel Car and Foundry Co. to get-scabs. to replace the 500 striking car builders was not successful yesterday. The ru- mor that the company was try- ing to get scabs for a higher rate than the strikers are de- manding brought the striking workers to the picket line in full force, yesterday morning. These workers remained on picket duty for several hours. The news of the victory won by the striking car builders at McKees Rocks, Pa., had a good effect on the Hegewisch strik- ers. The Western Steel Car & Foundry Co, at Hegewisch is a branch of the Dressed Steel Co., at McKees Rocks. The car builders at McKees Rocks are now receiving 41 cents for each car as a result of their victory instead of 35 cents. Trying to Get Scabs. The Western Steel is now offering 42 cents a car to scabs to take the Place of the strikers while the de- mands of the strikers are 40 cents a ear instead of 35 cents, which they were receiving before they struck. The strikers after a five weeks’ bat- tle are still determined to carry on the fight to successful conclusion. E. K. Hogan of the International Broth- erhood of Railway Carmen of Ameri- ca, is carrying on a campaign to or- ganize the workers in the Calumet District. Last night a meeting was held in Stanchick’s Hall, Pullman, to organize the workers in the Pullman plants. Send in that Subscription Today. NEW ESPIONAGE MOVE ON FOOT TO COW WORKERS , Smoke City to Get New Secret Service Unit (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 20.—The new intelligence (secret service) unit established here, headed by: Colonel Charles McGovern, smacks of an or- ganized attempt to further persecute and cow the workers of Pittsburgh. Among the duties it hoasts of are the following: “It will ferret out the locations, the addresses and the activities of ene- }mies of the United States, thru coun- ter-espionage. “It will keep track of all enemies ,of the United States in the big in- dustrial area, and will report to its chief daily, chef FENG “It will have charge of a censorship ;here, and will co-ordinate its activi- ‘tles with those of the United States inteligence bureau and with all state, city, county and township officers.” Distribute a bundie of the DAILY WORKER'S first Special Campaign Edi- | tion, dated Saturday, August 30. |son Street if the capitalist court gives ADVISE WOBBLIES (Continued from Page 1.) be misled by Rowan’s constitutional quibbles and the plausible lies of stool | pigeons. For this reason we have previously appealed to the I. W. W. membership to vote for a special convention, fully representative of all the membership of all the unions, to be called imme- diately by ving all red tape, to give the organization a set of officers not subject of dispute. We still insist that this is the only way a serious split can be avoided, But we are face to face with the al- ternative of at once bowing to the | capitalist dictatorship, of accepting the officers appointed by the capital- ist court—or of telling the injunction- ites they can have the chairs and desks and the key to 1001 West Madi- these to them, but we, the member- ship shall recognize the officers elect- ed by the membership until the mem- bership, and not a capitalist judge, choose other officers. Mistakes of Doyle and Fisher. Communists and Red International- ists have had and continue to have grievances against the Doyle-Fisher administration. It has been weak and tolerant and event ‘protective toward these disrupters who are now putting them in our office and trying to de- stroy the I. W. W. They shielded Raddock and Bowerman from charges of gross dishonesty largely because these men carried on an anti-Commun- ist campaign. If Doyle and Fisher had taken a firm and clear-cut revo- lutionary: stand from the beginning of their administration, these ‘union wreckers and Communist baiters would have been nipped in the bud. Their pussy-footing only strengthened the hand of these elements who go to a capitalist judge for help. They have even identified themselves with the antiCommunist “crusade” of Rowan- Raddock-Bowerman and company. Doyle and Fisher are still withholding from the membership the appeal for DEFY INJUNCTION | al of Labor Unions. But Communist.members of the I. W. ‘W. 8nd all who adhere to the re- volutionary principles..of. the Red In- ternational of Labor Unions, can give but-one-answer to those reactionaries in the I..W.W. who appeal to capital- ist courts to tell us to whom we shall pay our dues. We shall ignore and shall violate any and every order of capitalist courts which tells us whom we shall recognize as officers of the I, W. W. and toe whom we shall pay our membership dues. To Hell With the Injunction! The lk. WeW-e-does not consist of a few chairs and desks at 1001 West Madison street, or even of the money in the bank—so greedily eyed by these union-wrecking injunctionites, The I. W. W. consists of the workers who adhere to it for revolutionary or for economic reasons. It will-live in spite of disrupters and injunctions if it re- mains unified in action. The capital- ist courts cannot kill any part of it that does not believe in capitalist courts, Communists and Red International- ist will not recognize any order of the capitalist court naming as “gen- eral officers” of the I. W..W. those who are-not-chosen by the member- ship. We_call upon every member of the LW. W-to tell the capitalist court and those who have appealed to it, to go to hell. Down’ with injunctions and all in- junctionites! Down with capitalist government and all who-appeal tovitt Let the revolutionary elements ev- eryWhere organize groups to hold the I.-W. W. together. and to affiliate it to the Red International of Labor Un- fons, the world organization of revo- lutionary workers! (Signed) : The Red International Affiliation Com. Harrison George, Chairman, H. R. Richards, Mike Novak. 1514 West Madison St., affiliation sent by the Red Internation- Chicago, Il. Attention! UNEMPLOYED COMRADES To Get The Workers Party Candi- dates on the Ballot, we must have workers to canvass for signatures from house to house. Unemployed comrades are urgently requested to give us their services during the day for this important work. Mike March, of the Mid-City Eng- lish Branch, I. A. Davidson, of the Northwest Jewish Branch and Com- rade Cahn of the Douglas Park Eng- lish Branch, have done especially good work on getting signatures in their districts. Comrade Mike March was given three petitions and after a few hours of canvassing, brought them in completely filled, seventy-five signa- tures to his credit. He is continuing the good work. A good way to get signatures is to have a little stand at a busy corner in charge of a comrade. We have printed quarter-size posters that can be used for this work. The poster reads: “Are you a Citizen? If so, sign 203 FILIPINO SCOUTS FIRED AND JAILED Demand for | Equal Pay Brings Jail Terms (Special to The Dally Worker) MANILA, P. I., August 21.— Two hundred and three Filipino scouts have been discharged from service and sentenced to five years of military imprison- ment. The United States court martial trying these Philippine soldiers at Fort McKinley charged them with refusing to obey orders, They were also charged with belonging to the Philippine Scouts Union which has been here to put the WORKERS PARTY ON THE BALLOT.” Obtain these posters from the Cam- paign Manager or from members of the Executive Committee of your dis* trict. You can also get them direct from the local office, Room 303, 166 W. Washington St. Be sure to get signatures for the state petitions at the same time that you circulate the district petitions, UNEMPLOYED COMRADES, report to your District Campaign Manager or to this office for assignments of ter- ritory. Ida McCarthy, Secretary, The First Great Film from Soviet Russia BOLSHEVIK” Produced by Proletkino (Moscow) In co-operation with the Red Army A Fascinating Romance of a »Red Commander and the Daughter of a Czarist Priest 8 DAYS Aug. 22-29, Inclusive LENOX THEATRE Mith Street and Lenox Ave. Added Film Feature “Russia in Overalls” |] Continuous Performance trom 7:30 Pp. m. to 11 p. m. ances at 3-5, 7-9, 9-11 ADMISSION - - - - ~ 50c Campaign Committee. Coal Barons Get Together to Fight Coal Miners’ Union (Continued from Page 1) at this conference of labor skinners, Railroads Defended. Then the railroad owners had their say. C. E. Spens, vice-president of the Burlington system, defended the present freight rates on Southern Il- linois coal, showing these were estab- lished by the Interstate Commerce Commission and were very reason- able. ' Prices for coal were higher at union mines than at non-union mines he declared. Another railroad represent- ative, D. J. Roe, of the Illinois Cen- tral agreed with Mr. Spens. He also held that the coal diggers were to blame. The coal diggers of Illinois have been presented with the Jacksonville agreement, which in the hands of the Operators is only a scrap of paper. A wagescale but no work. The union operators of Illinois close their union mines rather than pay the union scale and open their scab mines in Ken- tucky or West Va. where they will not be bothered by a union scale. It's quite simple for the operators. Lewis Has the Solution! But not so simple for the union miners. What are they going to do about it? John R. Lewis has no solu- tion for the problem except to kick 200,000 coal diggers out of the indus- try or else have the miners tighten fighting for better conditions and equal pay with white sol- diers. Will Produce Unrest. The extraordinary severity of the penalty inflicted upon the Filipinos is expected to produce widespread dis- content among the seven thousand Filipino scouts and among the popula- tion in general. All the native sol- diers were seeking was equality of pay, a right to share in the limited bonus provided for by Congress, and a removal of some of the especially objectionable conditions under which they have been serving. The political leaders here view this harshness of treatment accorded the natives as an answer of General Wood and the Coolidge administration to their demands for national freedom. All observers are agreed here that the decision of the court martial will be a factor making for a stronger hat- red of the American imperialist ad- ministration in the islands by the en- tire native population. re eaetenaeteenennsetenentenee —— “prosperity” hits the country. In the meantime the miners can eat grass, If John L. Lewis was a real labor leader and not a tool of the operators he would have the highly paid or- ganizers who “now. loll around the hotels in small country towns or else engage on red hunting crusades, go into the unorganized fields and or- ganize the coal diggers into unions, He would bring the power of a solidi- fied union to bear on the coal indus- try and force the 6 hour day on them. The 6 hour day would make jobs for the 200,000 superfluous miners that are now in the industry according to Lewis. ar aurea sre aceen cd ‘ Picnic in Philadelphia, A monster picnic will be given by the Russian Community House, Sun- day, August 24, on Bradley's Farm, 92nd St. and Vance Ave., near Hog Island. To get to the picnic take Sub- way No. 37, stop at 87th St., where a committee will meet you. MOSCOW, Aug. 21.—Three hundred thousand workers thruout the Ukraine are united in nine large housing co- operative unions, which are repairing their belts until the next waye pf warruined houses, They expect soon.to construct -new_d' } 4 ‘ , THE DAILY WORKER SECOND WEEK OF PATERSON STRIKE OPENS Silk Workers Arrange for Settlements By H. M. WICKS (Special to The Daily Worker) PATERSON, N. J., Aug. 21.— Anticipating a/ break in the ranks of the manufacturers, the striking silk workers, who have been able thus far to out- maneuver their bosses, have adopted a_ resolution which opens the way to the bosses for a settlement of the strike. The resolution, which was adopted by the strike commit- tee of the Associated Silk Workers, at its regular meeting last night, reads as follows: To Prepare For Settling. “The strike committee of the As- sociated Silk Workers in regular meeting assembled, taking invoice of the strike situation, declares that the strike is effective in the entire industry. We have Aemonstrated the ability of our organization to withdraw the labor power from in- dustry in order to remedy our just grievances. “At all times we are, and have been willing to terminate the strug- gle but the manufacturers have de- monstrated their inability to work as a concerted body. Among the manufacturers are many who have expressed a desire to come to terms with us. In view of the situation, we hereby resolve, that the settle- ment committee proceed to make individual agreements with those manufacturers willing to concede our demands. This committee to establish headquarters Friday morn- ing and announce publicly its readi- ness to make settlements and there- by bring order in the industry. “ (Signed) The Strike Committee.” It is expected that many mills will settle immediately, altho some will remain recalcitrant. Strike in Second Week. The strike, which is now in its sec- ond week, shows every sign of victory ahead. The only mills now operating are the small cock-roach affairs, where the whole family of the petty boss slaves from morning till night over antiquated machinery in order to eke out a miserable existence The height of the strike has come with the walk-out of the workers in the Dogherty plant, which not only added about half a thorfsand men to the ranks of the strikers, but also achieved a moral victory that makes the move more significant. Mass Picketing Continues, Mass picketing of the struck plants continues unabated and it is expect- ed that the peak of the strike will be reached tonight. A complete stoppage of the indus- try, the main objective, has been real- ized. The buys season is at hand in the mills, and the end of the strike depends entirely upon the endurance of the mill owners. Every day the mills are idle means ever greater loss- es, sO many of them are anxious to get their workers back on the job, regardless of the blandishments of a few of the stubborn ones who are trying to create an organization of silk mill owners to wage a concerted fight against the union. Strike Will Soon End. Indications are that this strike will be a short one. But the union, during the struggle, has gained thou- sands of new members, organizing the workers as fast as they come out. At the end of the strike the union will be stronger and have the situation well in hand so that at the first sign of opposition a strike can be again called. ATHLETICS FEATURE Y, W. L-TECHNICGAL AID PICNIC SUNDAY Communists, young and old, will participate in all the athletic events which will be given at the Joint Pic- nic this Sunday. The picnic will be held under the auspices of the Young Workers’ League of Chicago and the Society for Technical Aid for the United Socialist Soviet Re- public at the National Grove, River- side, Illinois. - The feature will be a tug of war, with the following combatants: FIRST EVENT, Maplewood Branch Y. W, L. vs. Lieb- Knecht Branch Y, Ww. re he or SECOND EVENT, North Side Branch Y. W. L. ve. it Side Branch Y. Ww: L. ™: Saiee THIR, Johon Reed Hirsch Likert B: FOU uxembour; HE nyten (eens) Brana yw i After these events are staged the brafich winning against all others will fight a grand tug of war-against ENT, YY. We bee VB. the Technical Aid, {t will be inter- esting to see the Y. W. L. huskies match up against these Russian Glants. In addition to the program offered there will junior also be games for the Section as well as a Fat race, three legged race, apple ind also special races for girls EXPECT PACKED It’s Risky Business, This Trying to Talk to the Planet, Mars By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. H Dhaene America's most powerful radio is being carefully tuned in preparation for ‘the master effort to communi- cate with the planet Mars. Tonight, a group of eminent scientists, headed by Pro- fessor David Todd, of Amherst University, will anxiously await the result of thelr ATU AHERN: planned experiment. But what a lot of trouble these scientists may be stor- ing up for things as they are on this Earth of ours! The planet Mars is millions of years older than the ‘planet Earth. None other than Captain T. J. J. See, profes- sor of methematics, U. S. Navy, and government astrononier at Mare Island, holds that not only Mars but also Venus are inhabited like “Mother Earth.” % * s * Since life is an evolutionary development, the Martians with several million years the start of the inhabitants of the Earth, ought to have something worth while communicat- ing to us. All physical conditions on Mars are the same as on the Earth. All information possible shows that development on Mars has been much the same as on Earth. * * * * What a jolt it would give the present presidential cam- paign if the Martians would radio a laugh at us, over the 35 million miles that separate the two planets, telling us that the last vestiges of their capitalist social order, still defended on Earth by all except the Communists, had disappeared from their midst about a million years ago. It would open the eyes of the subject masses on Earth, for instance, to learn that the Martians accomplish all neces- sary labor during a two-hour day, spending the remainder in useful leisure; that child labor existed during .a dark age recorded only in the most ancient histories, Co-operation will have been carried by the Martians to a high point of highest perfection. The “free competition” of a LaFollette will have become a forgotten economic theory, while the sacred privilege granting the rights of pri- vate property supersedence over human rights will have been relegated to ‘some forgotten King Tut's tomb. \ All forms of religion will have been consigned to. the realms of mythology. The Martians would no doubt find the recent world war, in which ten millions were slain in the name of Christianity, the subject of interesting study. The Martians might radio that William Jennings Bryan, ' . who still believes that the Earth was created a few thousand years ago, according to the Biblical fiction, ought to be put in a bug-house, along with “Brass Tacks” Dawes and “Cautious Cal” Coolidge, who believe, as “Willie” Hohen- zollern did, when he was Kaiser Wilhelm, of Germany, that the present capitalist class rules thru divine right: that is, thru the privilege granted them by some God who sits on a xg throne off somewhere in the sky. Since the Martians ive on a planet that has been travelling thru tere a good many years longer than the Earth we inhabit, they may in- form us that they have never come across such a throne anywhere. * * * * The Martians would be very much interested in Cool- idge’s “Mobilization Day,” in September, when it is planned to display the power of the people of the United States to kill the peoples of other nations. Having long since abol- ished capitalism, and with it the wars of capitalism, the Martians would scratch their heads several times over when they hear about the frantic efforts of the different nations to improve’ on death rays, poisonous gases, air fleets, sub- marines, battleships and other instruments of murderous warfare, to be used not only against the peoples of foreign lands, but against discontented workers at home if neces- sah eK Cw If the scientists gathered about Professor Todd can get the facts, they will no doubt learn that all the inhabitants of Mars live in peace, having a world-wide federation of their own, long since established. This will be good news only to the Communists upon tHis Earth. For they alone urge a world-wide federation of peoples. They alone struggle for the complete abolition of the capitalist social order, for the advance of civilization, for the New Day, that has no doubt long since dawned for the inhabitants of Mars. * * * * Science is tireless. It will not be balked by time, space or tradition. It reaches out for new fields of research. If this thing happens, that communication will be estab- lished between Mars and Earth, the news that comes thru 35 million miles of space will be good news for the workers ant.peasants of Soviet Russia, confirming all the theories on which they are building their better future. The news that the Martians may send us will be very bad news for all those trying to maintain things as they are in this black capitalist age upon this Earth of ours. are real peasants as no actors were necessary amd some of the most won- derful types have been screened with- out the slightest use of make-up. Ob- viously for the rich peasants and mid- dle-class peasants represented in the Picture, actors, and good ones were employed. The picture is specially well made HOUSE AT NEW RUSSIAN FILM New York'to See Beauty rt i pavemclnng aoe iches, \- and the Bolshevik a seeing Rematetps the bala nehaee red commander hero, wooing and win- ning the beauty, daughter of the village. The BEAUTY AND THE: BOL- SHEVIK, a Red Army romance and the first of the dramatic films showing the new life in Russia, is attracting wide-spread attention. This picture is to have an extensive showing all over the “country and is opening for 8 days’ run at the Lenox Theatre, 111th St. and Lenox Avenue, from August 22nd to the 29th inclusive. ‘ Red Army Brigade in Picture. The picture was made in Russia by the Proletkino, The film tells the story of a Red Army brigade which in the course of entire white activitiy is quartered in a typical Russian village. The village is real. The mixed feelings of the village population upon the arrival of the soldiers is well portrayed... The Peasants in the caste! Swedish party organ, | r ~<eemews Russia. Rockford, Ill, Press Pic.nic. arrangements committee many amusements of entertainments for all, a rich farmer's New Yorkers are the first to see this new feature comedy film of Soviet Rockford, Il, is prepating for a grand celebration at its Press Pic-nic Illinois Park Sunday, Aug. 24. The promises and entertain- work i ments, Bring the whole family, Fun and games for the kiddies, dancing for young folks and a rich program All the proceeds from this pie-nic will be divided evenly between the DAILY WORKER and “Ny Tid” the Friday, August 22, 1924 FOSTER INVADES §. PLA FOLLETTE ‘OPEN SHOP CITY Milwaukee toHear Communist Message (Special to The Daily Worker) MILWAUKEE, Wise., Aug. 21. —Continuing his mid-western trip in which he is carrying the message of Communism to tens of thousands of workers, Wil- liam Z. Foster, candidate of the Workers Party fdr president, will invade the stronghold of Robert M. LaFollette and his aid, Victor Berger, when he speaks in Milwaukee, Sunday afternoon, August 24, at Tippe- canoe Park. To Quiz Socialists, Foster will have some very pointed remarks to direct at these two representatives of the ‘small manufacturers and pro- fessional men. Me will show how Berger fills the same place in American political life as that of Scheidemann and Noske in Germany, how by his pink paint of socialist labels and phrases he delivers the masses of work- 'ers who are really against capi- talism, over to the forces of the exploiters. Foster will point out that Berger is now supporting the same LaFollette whom for years he has been denounc- ing, while LaFollette has not changed one inch in his bitter opposition to everything that smacks of socialism. He will ask the workers of Milwaukee if they really want to support the man who thinks that nothing is wrong with America except a few crooks in office, and who stands for private property in the basic ifdustries of the country as the foundation of Ameri- can government. Why Is Milwaukee “Open Shop?” Foster will ask the Milwaukee workers why it is, if Berger and La- Follette are such good “friends” of labor as they pretend, that Milwaukee is sich a classic “open shop” town. Why is it that the unions are less or- ganized in Milwaukee’ than in any other city of“iike size in the country? Why is it that 65 per cent of the build- ing trades are non- hion? Why is it that the National Herectérs’ Associa- tion, the notorious union-emashing- or. ganization of the Steel Trust, with Walter Drew as its head, has one of its offices in Milwaukee? Why is it that the labor movement of Wiscon- sin finds it more difficult to get con- sideration of its problems from the LaFollette state government than it would from a reactionary machine? These will be some special ques- tions for Milwaukee, which will ac- company Foster’s exposition of the Workers Party platform, ‘and the goal of the workers and farmers govern- ment which it sets forth for the Am- erican workers. Foster’s other dates in the near future are as follows: FOSTER’S DATES { St. Paul,.New Labor Temple, 416 N. Franklin St—Saturday, August 23, 8:00 p. m. Milwaukée, Tippecanoe Park—Sun- day, Aug. 24. Sioux City—Friday Aug. 29. Des Moines—Saturday, Aug. 30, Omaha—Sunday, Aug. 31. : Kansas Clty—Monday, Sept. 1, St. Louis—Tuesday, Sept. 2. Ziegler—Wednesday, Sept. 3. i Springfield—Thursday, Sept. 4. Comrade Gitlow, candidate for vice- president, will address meetings at the following places: GITLOW’S DATES Trenton—Saturday, Aug. 28. Washington—Monday, Aug. 26. Richmond, Labor Temple—Sunday, Aug. 24, 8 p, m. Reading, Veteran Firemen’s Hall, 612 Franklin St-—Tueeday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m. ‘ Scranton—Wedneeday 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, 365 Mill- er St—Tuedday, Sept. 5. * Bellaire—Wednesday, Sept. 3, Canton—Friday, Sept. 5, Akron—Saturday, Sept. 6, Cleveland—Sunday, Sept. 7. New York—Tuesday, Sept. 9. C. BE. Ruthenberg executive secre- tary of the Workers Party, will make a series of campaign speeches in the New England States. Two of these meetings alreddy arranged for are: Boston, Mass. — Monday, Sept. 1, Paine Memorial Hall, 7:30 p. m, New Haven, Conn.—Sautrday, Sept. 6, Hermanson's Hall, 158 Crown St, 8 p.m r Bisiceute a bundle at *PALLY ' PITTSBURGH, PA, * DR. RASNICK DENTIST pert Dental Service ‘ears, lon, dated Satuedee Rendering