The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 25, 1924, Page 3

Monday, August 25, 1924 —_——_—_—_—_—_——— DETROIT LABOR CONFUSED OVER ENDORSEMENTS Mixup After Rejection of Communist Plan By CYRIL LAMBKIN. (Special to the Daily Worker.) DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 24.— The political policy of the lead- ers of the organized labor move- ment of Michigan, which at first appeared to be merely con- fusionist, is now proving to be consistently treasonable. One after the other of the so- called progressives endorsed by organized labor are proving their enmity to labor, yet the labor leaders instead of repu- diating them seek to justify their own position in supporting them, Endorsee Backs Coolidge. At the time the Detroit Federation of Labor endorsed Herbert Baker for governor it passed a _ resolution roundly condemning Coolidge. But shortly after his endorsement by the Detroit Federation. Baker endorsed Coolidge. Senator Couzens who was also endorsed by the Detroit Federa- tion of Labor and the Progressive Voters League also came out for “Coolidge. And now John W. Smith who is endorsed by the same leader- ship for mayor of Detroit, immedi- ately following his endorsement by the Street Carmen’s Union stated in reply to a question of an interviewer that in his opinion the chief purpose of the recent demand of the Street Carmen's Union for higher wages was to embarrass and discredit municipal @wnership and operation. When the real progressives, the delegates to the Detroit Federation of Labor who are members of the Work- ers Party, moved for a united front of labor to function independently in the campaign the erstwhile progres- sive leaders argued that a. united front could be achieved only by get- ting behind Baker and the other so- called progressives. Actually in- stead of a united front there was cre- ated the greatest disunity and confug ion leading directly to treason. The Railroad Brotherhoods and the Street Carmen’s Union have endorsed Groesbeck, the Detroit Federation and the Progressive Voters’ League, Re MARX TO BAM DAWES PLAN DOWN THROATS OF GERMAN WORKERS (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Aug. 24.—“iIn the event the Dawes plan fails to find a two- thirds majority in the Reichstag, the German government is deter- mined to use all ocnstitutional means to force its acceptance in or- der that the door may not be slam- med against further negotiations with the allies,” Chancellor Marx told the Reichstag Foreign Rela- tions committee today. The German bourgeoisie is cer- tainly determined to use all means y-constitutional or otherwise—in forcing the imperialist Dawes plan down the throats of the long suffer- ing workers. The only serious op- position that Chancellor Marx find to the plan in the Reichstag will be led by the Communists who are firmly against Dawes’ concoction being tied to the hands and feet of the oppressed German working class. which is the Michigan C. P. A., have endorsed Baker for governor and Couzens for Senator, and now Baker and Couzens are supporting Coolidge, when the two organizations men- tioned support LaFollette. Workers Awakening. The working men and women of Michigan in whom political con- sciousness is just awakening will learn a great lesson. The Workers Party of Michigen will see to it that the confusion and betrayal of the of- ficial leadership shall not have been in vain. Elevator Builders Out; Bosses Claim They Have Struck d Press Industrial Editor) WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Seventy members of the Elevator Constructors’ Union are out here, protesting against settlement terms imposed in a dispute with the A. B. See construction con- cern, on work for the Otis Elevator Co. They claim they are locked out; the companies say they are on strike A mediator from their national union is on the way here. Bold Holdup Pulled. Seven armed robbers entered the Inland Trust and Savings Bank and walked off with $5,000. They'ran to the street and stopped the drivers of two automobiles and made their es- cape in them. GOES WITH PARTY LOCALS RUSH TO ORDER “THE SPECIALS” Daily WorkerC pith Issues in Big Demand No sooner than it was an- nounced, Local Chicago placed an order for 10,000 copies for a special Chicago edition preced- ing and advertising the Foster campaign meeting. And they have ordered 10,000 admission tickets for good measure. But Milwaukee is not,to be outdone. Before receiving news of this special edition they have requested prices on a special Wisconsin edition of at least 20,000 copies. And details sent them may even induce an in- creased order. Toledo is on the DAILY WORKER map of live wires. Thru the efforts of Comrades: A. W. Harvitt and J. Willnecker Local Toledo comes thru with an order for 1,000 copies of a Toledo edition—plus 1,000 tickets. Writing us Comrade Harvitt thinks the special edition is “a whale of an idea.” Now that’s some spouting. It’s an idea of building your local, advertising your meeting, of lining up with the plans of the National Cam- paign Committee of the Workers. |Party that insists that “The Daily Worker Goes with Foster and Git- low.” ELIZABETH, N. J.—Small, hidden in “the wilds of Jersey”—is wild to have it. This small local wants 1,000 copies for an Elizabeth edition—ahd 1,000 tickets. This is action. The kind of action that promises to give some of the large town locals some- thing to blush about. ST. PAUL has a DAILY WORKER agent—and a DAILY WORKER Com- mittee. And this local thru Comrade Anderson is now drawing up an order for a special St. Paul edition for the Gitlow meeting. Their letter prom- ises a large order. These are live locals. Here is ac- tion. The kind of action that builds the local and builds the Party. Briefly, the kind of action that “brings home the bacon.” Send {n that Subscription Today. rh oceans Coane amma enamel THE DAILY WORKER. FOSTER aNd GITLOW TO YOUR CITY! To assist the campaign managers and committees at the Foster, Gitlow and all campaign mass meetings of the Workers Party—as a part of the first Communist political campaign. Tue DAILY WORKER WILL UPON REQUEST PRINT A SPECIAL LOCAL EDI- TION FOR YOU! Tuts is part of the plan of the National Workers Party Campaign Committee. The . Daily will help build your local—your local can build the Daily—We can build the Workers Party. How many thousand will your local order? (<=- ~—sSOWRITE OR WIRE FOR FULL DETAILS. THE DAILY WORKER. 1113 W. Washington St. THe entire front page (as in the adjoining miniature) will be covered with local news, a local headline and a large streamer ad of ‘your meeting— AT A COST LOWER THAN YOUR ADVERTISING. THE DAILY WORKER St Se ELECTED ON LABOR TICKET, SUPPORTS | MOBILIZATION DAY SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24.—"Sob sisters who should be minding their own business.” That is the retort of supervisor Phil Katz, ex-veteran, elected on a labor ticket, to the pro- test made by Methodist ministers of the bay district against Mobiliza- tion Day. The ministers wired. their protest to President Coolidge, but have received no reply. SEES UNION OF SOUTH AMERICA OPPOSING U. S. (Special to the DAILY WORKER) CHAUTAUQUA, New York, Aug, 24. —Samuel G. Iman, lecturer of Colum- bia University on Pan-American rela- tions today told the Institute of In- ternational Politics of the Federal Council of Churches of the likelihood of the United States being confronted with the organized opposition of a united Latin-America. Mr. Inman, in laying stress on the danger to the United States in such isolation, declared: “Latin America is the land of the future in that there is room for the over-crowded nations of the world. Commerce Advances Rapidly. “Latin America with three times more territory than the United States has at present about the same popu- lation (80,000,000) as had the United States in 1900, but her foreign com- merce today is $5,000,000,000— twice what ours was twenty years ago.” In citing the tendency of the Latin American republics towards joint ac- tion, Mr. Inman pointed out that the stability of political institutions in these countries is growing and that for nearly a century arbitration of their disputes has been a common practice. An especially important sign of the times in Latin America, in the opinion of Mr. Inman, was the decision of the Southern republics to “go ahead and work out a program independent of this country” after the United States refused to discuss the League of Na- tions at the recent Pan-American con- ference held in Santiago, Chile. U. S. May Stand Alone. “There is great danger,” declared Mr. Inman, who has for some time been watching Latin America affairs closely, “that the United States will thus find itself more isolated in the world than pictured by the fondest dreams of the narrowest nationalists,” Page Threé ~ ponent creme Fn tte oe ae nanremTermmema crn IRON WORKERS WON'T BE TAIL TO LAFOLLETTE Union Stands for Farm- Labor Party (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—De- clining to become what they call “a tail of LaFollette,” the Architectural Iron, Bronze and Structural Workers’ Union of this city informed the New York conference for progressive polit- ical action that it would not participate in its convention. LaFollette Won't Bring Party. The workers in this union reaffirmed their adherence to the formation of a genuine labor party and denied that the hopes of some labor unions that a labor party would be born out of the LaFollette movement would ever be realized. The letter which was sent by the union to H. J. Chapman, chairman of the Greater New York conference for progressive political action reads as follows: My Dear Mr, Chapman: Your communication, inviting us to the monthly meeting of a Confer- ence for Progressive Political Ac- tion, has been read at our Execu- tive meeting, and I was instructed to inform you, and thru you, the Conference, that the Architectural Tron, Bronze & Structural Workers Union is not in favor of bé@ing a tail of LaFollette, or any other such progressive movement. For United Action. That may be true, that there are a number of Labor Unions that hold, that thru this action of indors- ing LaFollette, a Labor Party will be born in the United States. We do not believe this to be the re- sult; however, we are for united ac- tion of the labor masses on the in-., dustrial and, rural fields. A convention has been held lately, that had for its object this very principle, and it was the pro gressive elements associated with you and LaFollette that have ob- tained and opposed this movement to become a strong and permanent political factor in the life of the American Labor masses. We believe that the time will BRITISH SPIES ARE STILL ACTIVE IN SOVIET RUSSIA; GHEKA KEEPS ORBS OPEN LONDON, Aug. 24.— That Great Britain is conducting an extensive espionage system in Soviet Russia with the British embassy as head- quarters, is the only conclusion to be drawn rom the remarkable pro- test made to Russia by the British government on the request of its Moscow charge d’affairs Hodgson. Hodgson complains that he is continually watched by the Soviet police and that this alleged sur- veillance is embarrassing to British and Americans who would like to confer with him. Left Wing British labor leaders attribute Hodgson’s nervousness to a guilty conscience, come when the workers and farm- ers of the United States will cease to be a tail of any such movement as yours and will become strictly independent. In anticipation of that beens we are, Very truly yours, (signed) A. VOSK, Secretary. Scare Boss of Tacoma @ Run For Democrats (Special to the DAILY WORKER) TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 24.—Con- gressman Johnson, Chairman of the House Immigration Committee, and author of the*recent immigration law, | may have a strong opponent in this | coming election, Major Everett Griggs of Tacoma having entered the race for the Democratic nomination. Major Griggs is president of the St. | Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co., the largest mill in Tacoma. All its em- ployes are compelled to join the scab union, the Four L’s, which has re- cently endorsed a wage cut to $3.20 a day. He employs many Japs, and his views on Jap immigration op- pose Johnson's. The congressional district involved covers all southwest Washington. The past records of both candidates tells. any thinking worker here that no matter which one gets in, the worker will be out. Jap Government Hitting Rocks. TOKYO, August 24.—The question of army reductions may force a fall of the Kato cabinet, it was reported today. The government parties would abolish seven divisions while the mili- tary heads are fighting for a reduc- tion of only four. PHILLY STRIKE OF CLOTHIERS IS SUCCESSFUL Over 1,000 Already ms Settled Shops (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24, With more than 1,000 new members in the union and many employers signed up the Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers’ strike just concluded marks a new lease of life for the ore ganization. Enthusiasm Conquers Obstacles The strike began Aug. 6 with about 2,500 walking out. Open shop employers scoffed that they Amalgamated had chosen thej wrong time to strike but thej workers’ enthusiasm overroded the difficulties of the industrialy situation. Big daily mass meetings were held} and the strike lines were strengthe; ened by additions from the smaller; non-union shops. Mass picketing was’) used on several critical days. More than 40 manufacturers and nearly 70 contractors signe? new agreements requiring the following: Registration of all contractors; elim=} ination of home work, sub-contract~} ing and sending work to so-called corporation shops; all cutters to bod members of the Amalgamated; the Union Labor Bureau recognized as the source of supply for additional! help; a minimum wage agreement pe | be worked out later. In place of theg individual contractors, with whom the union found it difficult to do bugie4 ness, a contractors’ association of 5! has been organized. wall Still Difficulties Ahead. ie | The Philadelphia market still shows} a large percentage of unorganized j shops, in contrast to such strong] holds of the Amalgamated as Newy York, Rochester and Chicago, but un-} ion officials believe that the new lifad and strength that has come into the! Philadelphia movement will override! all difficulties. “ ii Report Trotsky III Again. 5 LONDON, August 24.—A report privately received here states that Leon Trotsky is in ill health again, ai q Send in that Subscription Today. — I m rom whom mediate and the ticket of the tions rect COMMUNIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAS LONG RECORD OF SERVICE TO LABOR William Z. Foster, Workers Party ticket for president of the United States, needs no introduction sses of this¢————————— country. Never has any American been able to look back upon a record so full of earnest and able service to the working - class. Never has the Am- erican wor king- lass had a leader more could be expected in continued devo- tion and able lead- ership in its im- ture struggles. ‘That the ablest or- ganizer and most tireless worker in the American labor movement heads Workers Party in cgeing Mo hundredetold th tha t the only party of labor will enter the campaign militant- ly and with all the energy the thous- ands of adherents of independen working-class poli- ties can command. Foster's speaking tour of the genes 4 where Foster is but is (Continued page 3) Admission 25 cents candidate on the Unemployed Hail Workers Party Program. Severe unemploy- ment, constantly growing in every part of the country as the season prog- resses, is proving to be a bitter but a valuable lesson to thousands of work~ fu.|ers.. They are be- coming convinced that the Workers Party has the only solution for the un- employment prob-|, lem. Among them Foster and Gitlow and the rest of the Workers Party ticket is finding some of its great- est strength. Miners Hard Hit Miners in the soft coal districts are said to be almost the WILLIAM Z. FOSTER Communist Candidate for President NEW YORK EDITION THE DAILY WORKER. ) FOSTER SPEAKS IN N, Y. FRIDAY MASS MEETING HERE IN SUPPORT OF WORKERS PARTY CAMPAIGN’ GREAT CROWD EXPECTED { AT OPENING MEETING OF 3 COMMUNIST ELECTION DRIVE In what is exp: ever held by Labor officially its electio MINIATURE LAYOUT OF SPECIAL EDITIONS OF THE DAILY WORKER FOR FOSTER AND GITLOW MEETINGS SPECIAL ad Communist Candidates For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW ected to be one of the greatest meetings in this city, the Workers Party will oon nm campaign here with a mass meeting in Trade Unionists Line Up for W. P. Theket Sam and W. H. may to they LaFollette are going to to deliver if the veloping Ww rapidly s hundred: and milita wing moven will result. oster Particularly 100 per cent strong t| for Foster, in the steel towns of Indi- ana, hio and Pennsylvania the untons, in (Cont. on page 2) Speakers: PLACING FULL TICKET IN FIELD) IN NEW YORK be The Workers cesary, "Those who are willing to help kers and the rs is the Gitlow — sentiment in this work should | manifesting itself. both for state and district petitions. Ing for new mem pers Johnson have pledged thelaborvote| but have a hard time sentiment among unionists Ky the election campaign a strong Rank ane File For ig the garment al trades work- Foster- the paign- +the big Madison Party Campaign With * Wulisns a Fund Mounts but Foster as the pring” Thousands Are|fipal speaker o the evening and a Still Needed score of other lead- ing labor men and women on the pro« gram, the cpenin, of the Communis' campaign in New York will make the records of. the capi- talist candidates fade into insignific cance, Plan Parade Great prepara- tions are being made to make this meeting a striking example and begin- ning for the entire campaign. Enthu- siastic militants have prepared to meet Foster at the railroad station up- on his arrival here from Boston. A parade has been arranged from the station to the hall. Seats at Premium Because of the known 4 seats, th tee in ¢ Pronounced suc- cess has been met in the efforts made >| both locally and nationally to finance the Foster- Gitlow _ campaign. While Big Wall Street is producing the coin for Cool- idge and Davis and ttle Wall Street is forking over the ne ary funds for ollette, the ‘age workers who |have a head for thought and a heart for fighting are digging deep to make the Commu- nist camp possible, Ci Pootidize campaign manag- ers are planning a cheap campaign this year and ex- pect to spend less than $10.000,000.00, Davis will have to struggle along with even less than found it necess: has brought each} best known. Party_will contest | apply for their sup- a that, while LaFol- {to permit admit= day new hundreds| (Continued page 2)|the New York| plies at once at one|Workers Party|!ette spokesmen |tance by ticket of workin men State olections ta of the following] Campaigns for ape yf ELS only. Tickets have an women into every office. places. been printed in Wornees Saits| League Takes| Seite aucta ist ue| pATQBX Reon cory mahal campaign Leading Part in|field and potitions| PART rts If you are a sup- ‘fainst these |seat in the hall. No ‘A real leader and C i have been printed Twelfth st. | Porter of Foster Weckers Party is | more will be issued. copationt pS aay jampaign re bit 4 cs eircula~ reineit: s and Gitlow ron} war h este the Those. who Wish to working class, Fos- — ion. Party mem- d\n? OOO elieve in swinging into the|be sure of obtain- ter ts an ideal can-) | While it is true |bers a nd sympa- 47 Chrvetic Street. | struggle an ¢ fleld | nothing, “but |ink entrance to the je to head a/that the greater|thizers are now) 4, Spruce St willing to fleht on |its nerve to begin at, Saas mecere tat ude”, Be'a| Membership? tas lasting’ "aignaturea| QVoqkors Homes, |UM Aung Saat 0% etd ne | aa east yay no mere formulator| yet unable to vote, Cd these petitions. Jonen’ ge eR other words, if you| tants will produce |be obtained at any or phrases and|the Young Work- Som Responsive 439 East loth St, |4te @ revolutionary the huge amount of of the following MA by ers League is nev- | organization . as) "Jimmie Higgins’ | YOU belong in the] $1 10,008 to convings Dinces:. ona y Pry ve taking a|been See yout Book. Stone, party of the revo-| the workers of this ones Party z= eptual ex- adi n'a bog in la yaw oe “es 127 University’ Pi, |!utionary Worker © oun try to the ne & (a ie “a te ce “" orkers Pa y. - le 1 nly able tolers Party before] More solicitors,| Party branches|gust #, and militants Book Store, point nied the cor-|the workers. In|nowever, are nec-| have also supplies |and ¢ © can qualify|127 University’ Pl. Freiheit: 47 cl hrystie Street are Welcomed into -'the ranks, WORKERS PARTY ELECTION CAMPAIGN MASS MEETING MADISON SQUARE GARDENS FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, AT 8 P. M. Doors open at 6:30