The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 27, 1924, Page 4

é Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Fight the Imperialist Mobilization bay To All Party Units and the Young Workers’ League. Comrades: President Coolidge has set Sep- tember 12 as “Mobilization Day,” when the government of this coun- try will parade its imperialist iron fist before the nations of the world. The United States Is deeply in- volved in the European situation thru the Dawes report. American bankers and financiers are to fur- nish the money thru which it is hoped European capitalism will again be set upon its feet, with the American capitalists drawing the profits. Our relations with Japan ostensibly over the question of ex- clusion, but really over the exploit- ation of China, have reached a seri- ous stage of conflict. In the West Indies and Central and South Amer- loa, the American bankss and finan- eiers are establishing thelr control. It is becauge of this Imperialist development that this country is mobilizing its military resources. All the world Is to be shown that the United States has power to pro- tect its loans and investments. Mob- illzation day is & club swung over the heads of the German workers threatening them with the might of the United States If they dare re- sist their en ement. Mt is a warn- Ing to Mexico to let the American bankers have thelr way In that country, It Is a threat against Jap- an, telling it to go slow in its op- position to the achemes of exploita- tlon of the American capitalists in China. For the workers of the United” States, “Mobilization Day” is a warning to submit meekly to the exploitation and oppression by the capitalists. It Is the duty of all Communists Party Activities Of to throw themselves Into the strug- gle against these imperialist mili- tarist preparations. It is our tasks to launch among the workers a counter agitation against capital- ists, against militarism and against imperialist war. The Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party and the’ Na- tional Executive Committee of the Young Workers’ League call upon all units of the respective organiza- tions to hold mass meetings against imperialism and militarism on “Mobilization Day,” September 12. In connection with these meetings there should be a wide-spread dis- tribution of the manifesto against “Mobilization Day,” which will be Is- sued in leaflet form by the party and the league. Arrangements for mass meetings should be made Immediately and each unit’ of the party and the league should order @ supply of the anti-mobilization day manifesto. Our fight against mobilization should be made a feature of our election campaign. OUR ANSWER TO MOBILIZA- TION DAY MUST BE: DOWN WITH IMPERIALIST WAR! DOWN WITH THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM! FORWARD TO THE WORKERS AND FARMERS! GOV- ERNMENT! Central Executive Committee, Workers Party of America, Willia Z, Foster, Chairman; C. E. Ruthen- berg, Executive Secretary; National Executive Committee Young Work- ers’ League, Martin Abern, Nation- al Secretary. WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA, Room 301, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Comrades: Enclosed find 3... .. for which please send us ——--mnndOples of the anti-Mobilization Day leaflet “Fight the Prepa- ration for Imperialist War.” Name .... PA CCS cancnncnrsscnnnnenmeteerenecnencsssseeeeeeeen City Local Chicago BRANCH MEETINGS. Wednesday, August, 27, Membership Meeting — Workers Ly- coum, 2733 Hirsch Blyd., 8 p. m. Thureday, August 28. Enlarged City Executive Committee— Room 307, 166 West Washington Street. Eleventh Ward Italian—2439 South Oakley Blvd. Scandinavian Karl Marx—2733 Hirsch Boulevard. Soandinavian, West Side—Zeich's Hall, Corner Cleero and Superior. Scandinavian, Lake View—3206 North Wilton Street. Friday, August Scandinavian, Fouth Chicago—641 Kast Sist Street, 8. S. bp sie ume Meeting— ‘Workers Lyceum, STREET MEETINGS and wi August 27. to! IN CHICAGO, Belmont ane, whi ea ae North Fide, Sia ‘“ ag . . L.; speaker, 33rd ie a, Sts.—Auspices, Lithu- anian Branch in 4th Congressional Dis- trict; speakers, Sam Hammersmark, Zokaitis. Roosevelt _ and. Marshfield—Auspices, Luxemburg Y. W. L.; speakers, Harrison George, B, Garver. BAT OF THE CHICAGO (2 hal ae F THE WORKERS PAR Party units and friendly Deeknicktions do not set conticeng cg) Monday, Sept. E. L. Picnic, Al- 7—International tenhein Grove. Youth Northwest, Hall. Sunday, Sept. Oct. 12—Foster-Gitlow Campaign ‘Ashland Auditorium (after- noon). Local Chicago MEMBERSHIP MEETING Wednesday, August 27, 8 p. m. at WORKERS LYCEUM, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. \ Review of Elections Campaign, and || the Daily Worker and Membership Drives. Speakers: Earl R. Browder, Editor “Labor Herald”; Joseph Manley, National Campaign Manager. All Workers Party and Young Workers League members to be present. What are you déing to put the Party candidates on the ballot? Have you gotten a new subscriber to THE DAILY WORKER? Did you bring in another member to the Party? Directors of “Spravedlnost” Expelled of Directors that pending the time offof Directors above named were not By action of the Oe Central Executive Committee of the Party, the follow- ing members of the Board of Direc- tors of “SpravedInost” have been ex- pelled from the Workers Party: Mi- Jada Beranek, Anna Sebek, Jos. La- eek, Jos. Ciganek, Frank Slemenda, Frank Loukota, Charles Tichy, Albert Smid and Anton Posejpal and Charles Veranek, Trustee. At the last convention of the Crecho-Slovak section of the Workers Party held at the beginning of the year, the convention went on record as giving the Bureau of the Czecho- Slovak section full control over all the papers and other institutions of the CsechoSlovak section. The Board of Directors of “Spravedinost,” however, refused to submit to the di- rection of the elected representatives of the members of the Czecho-Slovak section. The matter was referred to the Central Executive Committee of the Party, which began negotia- tions in order to bring about an ad- justment of the controversy. The Central Executive Committee of the Party proposed to the Board another convention of the Czecho- Slovak section of the Party that “Spravedinost” should be under the joint management of the Board of Directors and the Czecho-Slovak Bu- reau, or if that was not satisfactory, under the management of the Cen- tral Exetutive Committee of the Party. Both proposals of the Central Exe- cutive Committee were rejected by the Board of Directors. It was the decision of the members of the Board of Directors that they owed a greater duty to the readers of the “Spravedl- nost” and their personal views in re- gard to the management of the “Spravedinost” transcended any con- trol which the Party might exercise in relation to that paper. Their atti- tude in the discussion with the Cen- tral Executive Committee showed that they had not the slightest con- ception of Communist principles or the duties of the members of a Com- munist Party. Some utterances made |? in the presence of the members of the Central Executive Committee indi- cated that the members of the Board & These days, when there is murder trials the daily papers fill their files with lots of dizsy-written features about the doings of those creatures who like to risk their pesky necks by making folks pass in their checks. The funniest features in the lists is those about these alienists, the men who probe inside your skull to see if you are smart or dull, who measure down to minute fractions the jumps and jerks of your reactions, who have you tell about your dreams to see if things ain't what they seems, who put contraptions'on your wrist to find if ‘you've a mental twist, who never ‘hesitate to ax if you recall prenatal facts and ax you in a way informal if your sex life is strictly normal; and if it ain’t, which you prefer, a female him or maniike her. Some murderer has got his man. The state would hang him if it can. Defense attorneys wanta save the felon from an early grave. Two sets of alieniste ap- pear to look into the mental gear. The state pays some; defense, the others, sl Epics ni Bill Lloud They don’t sow any love, like bro- thers. Fy The state-paid alfenists will say the murderer’s mind is clear as day. They swear in court beyond a doubt the man knew what he wuz about. Then taking the same set of facts defend- ant’s lawyers calmly ax the alienists that they is paying if other side knows what it’s saying. This second set of alfenists will swear with pounding of the fists the man has paranoid delusions, halluci- nations, and illusions, his glands is in a awful fix, his nervous system’s in a mix, he’s is an adolescent state be- cause some things arrived too late, his sex life sure has all gone wrong, be- cause he loved two girls too long. The poor cuss really mustn't die because one shoulder blade is high. He is so cracked beneath the lid, he didn't know just what he did. When each set sed the other lied, they drew their pay and step aside. And having listened jeng and well, the jury needs a padded cell, Court 1s adjourned, sufficiently conscious of the revolu- tionary movement to be even right wing Socialists, let alone Communists. Under the circumstances, the C. E. C. of the Party could not do otherwise than to expel this group from the Party together with all members of the Czecho-Slovak section who refuse to accept the discipline of the Bureau of the Czecho-Slovak section under the direction of the Central Executive Committee. NEW YORK CITY Party Activities OPEN AIR MEETINGS. Time, Place and Speakers. Friday, August 29. Jeffereson and E. Broadway—Harry Hartman. Re) St. and 2nd Ave.—W. W. Wein- “108th St. and Madison Avenue—J. S. Teard St. and S. Blvd.—Rebecca Grecht and Simon Felshin. 138th Street and. Brook Avenue—John larshall. CIVIL LIBERTIES TO WAGE FIGHT ON COAL BARONS War Against “Yellow Dog” Contracts Begins “ (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, Aug. 26—A new and nation-wide campaign against the “yellow dog” contracts, privately paid deputy sheriffs’ system and company owned towns in the bituminous coal fields is being launched by the Amer- ican Civil Liberties Union. The drive begins with the sending of a circular letter to the hundreds of attorneys, clergymen and local officials in the open shop zones, calling their atten- tion to the “denial of civil liberties in the soft coal fields,” admitted by the United States Coal Commission and demanding their co-operation in stopping the disgraceful condition. The next move is the formation of scores of local committees to handle the field work in the agitation which the Liberties Union will organize on the ground. Plan Huge Agitation. This national agitation, attacking ail the non-union bituminous fields at once, is considered to be the largest scale civil liberties’ campaign ever staged in these oppressed regions. Heretofore campaigns have concen- trated on particular fields at one time, CAMPAIGN FOR FREEDOM OF ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS CARRIED ON BY GERMAN ARTIST TOLLER By LOUIS P, LOCHNER (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) BERLIN.—Ernst Toller, a Communist, Germany's outstand- ing dramatist and one of the acknowledged geniuses of his time, has returned from a living death. After serving five years in a Bavarian prison for participation in Kurt Hisner’s 1918 soviet regime, he has been set free. He tried to have a simple meal.distributed among his fellow prisoners as a parting gift. This was denied him. He thought that after serving his sentence his “crime” was expiated and he was at liberty to move about at will. Not so. The Bavarian gov- ernment held that, since “he had not cHanged his views,” he still consti- tuted a menace to the free state. Ac- cordingly, he was met at the prison gates by Bavarian police, who board- ed the north-bound train with him and saw to it that he crossed the Bavarian frontier into. Saxony with- out stopping. In short, he was deport- ed from Bavaria. Wants Release of Mates. There is but one ambition that Ernst Toller now has: he wants to see the other political prisoners freed. He has lived their harsh life, he has seen how they are humiliated before common thugs and criminals, he has personally felt the injustices heaped upon people whose only crime is that they hold an idea that runs counter often on individual towns, but the present drive is planned to embrace the entire non-union fields of Penn- sylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Utah and other | districts where almost complete con- jtrol over the lives of the workers is vested in the coal operators. No Liberties for Miners. The circular letter sent out by the union is signed by John Haynes Holmes, acting chairman, and Roger Baldwin, director. It quotes the United States Coal Commission to the effect |that the domination of the coal com- panies in these non-union fields is responsible for the “practical abridge- ment of free travel, free speech and public assemblage” and for depriving miners of “their normal rights.” This is amplified by another section quoted, citing the “complete ownership of the coal towns by the companies; ejection of miners and their families from company-owned houses at a moment’s notice; the payment and arming by the coal operators of deputy sheriffs who beat up and evict union organ- izers and sympathizers; “yellow dog” contracts which forbid strikes, picket- ing and meetings; and the use of state constabulary or the national guard to crush strikes.” Specific demand is made in the let- ter for support in the movement to have company-owned towns incorpor- ated; to have the “yellow dog” con- tracts forbidding union membership set aside; to oppose injunctions for- bidding union activities and to com- pel counties to pay the wages of all deputy sheriffs whom they credential. The last point is especially empha- sized because the present system logically makes deputies servants of the interests which pay them. The denial of civil liberties to the slaves of the coal operators in the above-mentioned fields, the American Civil Liberties Union ignores, how- ever, is the legitimate result of the ownership of the government and all its armed forces by the capitalist in- terests of this country. At every at- tempt of the workers to better their conditions, not only are private gun- men used against them, but even gov- ernmental force in the form of injunc- tions or the use of armed troops. Only Workers Can Win. The abolition of this thug-coal oper- ator rule can only be accomplished by a firm stand against this condition by the workers who are directly involved and by their fellow workers in other Grand and Roebling St., Brooklyn— I. Potash, B. Davidson. Stone and Pitkin—Joe Brah: ar. Graham and Varet Sts., rooklyn— Jewish speakers. 5th Ave. and 52nd Sts., Brooklyn— Winitsky, Undjus. hen Ave. and "yond St.—S. Darcey, 8. ‘laso1 2th St. and Mermaid Ave., Island—L. Landy and others. Saturday, August 30, 148th Street and write Ave.—Joe Pad- Coney gug and Edward Marti: rand St. Extension, Brooklyn—Joe Brahdy and Levy. tone and Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn— Charles Brower and Jack Stachel. “Solve” Texas Labor Shortage by Binding Negro Crap Shooters (By The Federated Press) Dallas, Tex., Aug. 26.—Pay up or go to the cotton patch,” was the sentence handed out by “the law” to 135 Negro crap shooters picked up in a whole- sale raid on a country dance hall near here. Fines totaling $1,991.50 were collected. Those who could not pay were bound over and some were taken in charge by farmers with quite a lot of cotton to pick, who advanced the fine money with the proviso that the prisoner would work it out. One farmer was heard to remark: “The cotton picking situation here- abouts would be solved if some of us farmers had salvaged this whole bunch of huskies. Offer $1,000 Reward. COPENHAGEN, August 26,—It is reported here that the Italian govern- ment is offering $1,000 for the finding of Lieut, Antonio Locatelli, world flyer lost near the coast of Greenland, a parts of the country. Jugo-Slav Gov’t in Edict Against All Communist Groups (By The Federated Press) BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Aug. 26— All Communistic organizations in Ju- goslavia are declared illegal and sub- Ject to dissolution by a decree issued by the minister of the interior. The decree is explfined by a state- ment to the effect that the Commun- ists are continuing their “destructive activities” under such names as “In- dependent Workers’ party” and the like, despite the fact that the Com- munist Party was declared illegal back in 1921. The new order means that any organization that has a sem- blance to a Communist body will be dissolved—if the police are clever enuf, Identified As Killer, Willie Sam, 23 year old Negro bandit, was identified in Chicago as the slayer of Patrolman Cornelius Broderick, in a pistol'duel with Patrol- Edward Mulcahy who attempted to arrest him. Sam is near death as a result of the exchange of shots, Japs Fear Communists, TOKYO, Aug. 26.—Police announc- ed that they were watching plans of radicals to hold a memorial service on the anniversary of the earthquake in honor of the Communists who were killed during that period. cwenantinalttlatiiin mcd, mare jaccounts of these *productions. to the accepted. One cannot move him to talk of his own sufferings, but he waxes eloquent when describing the tribulations of his fellow politi- cals, ‘ Refused Hearing. No sooner had he arrived in Berlin, than he tried to obtain a hearing be- fore the reichstag judiciary commit- tee. The majority of the committee denied him that hearing even tho the Communist chairman, Katz, and sev- eral Socialist members pleaded for this in the name of common justice, The majority held that the question of Bavarian justice is a local. affair SEATTLE SHERIFF MISUSES BOSSES AND IS ARRESTED Only Workers in Seattle Can Be Manhandled : A sheriff who does not differentiate between methods of arresting work- ers and bosses is sure to get himself into trouble. This lesson is being taught to Sheriff StA&rwich of King County (Seattle) who arrested four business men on a charge of bank robbery which he was later unable to prove, The men were dismissed and now Sheriff Starwich is under arrest for violation of the law. In dealing with workers who are suspected of-a crime this procedure is usually followed here, and if the officials have arrested the wrong man he is released when they get around to it. But by following the same methods in dealing with business men, Starwich has made trouble for himself. The capitalist press of Tacoma has been very indignant and devoted much editorial space to condemna- tion of the officials. Similar treat- ment of workers has occurred many times. And then, the kept sheets praised the efficiency of the police. with which the federal parliament could not concern itself. Thereupon the chairman announc- ed that the next morning there would be an unofficial hearing of such mem- bers of the committee as cared to ap- pear. The hearing was most impres- sive. Toller drew a picture of Bavar- ian justice that made people’s blood boil. He contrasted the “justice” meted out to traitors like Ludendort and Hitler with that dealt out to idealists who tried to give the work- er a better chance in life. Toller’s voice is a potent one. We shall hear more of him on the subject of politi- cal prisoners. Sees Play for First Time. The night before a dramatic inci- dent occurred: Ernst Toller for the first time in his life saw one of his own works produced. For years now his Machine Stormers, Masses of Men, Limping Man, etc., have gone over the boards, but Toller was not even allowed to read the newspaper Now, in Berlin, “Hinkemann” (Limping Man) was given. The house was crowded. People were stirred to their very depths by the deep tragedy of the wreck of the world war who is the hero of the story. They called for the author af- ter the first act. He modestly declined to appear. The manager thanked them on his behalf. The second act came. The audience became more insistent than ever. Finally, after the listenerfs had almost cried them- selves hoarse, a pale, gaunt figure, which clearly bore the marks of long’ confinement behind cold, sunless prison walls appeared on the stage. It was Ernst Toller. Bedlam broke loose. Speaks For Political Prisoners, Toller lost never a moment. Im- mediately he plunged into the subject that lies nearest his heart. He spoke on behalf of the liberation of the Political prisoners, Retell Story of Ad Controlled Negro Press in New York The Chicago Whip, a Negro weekly, which has for months conducted an extensive campaign of red-baiting, this week carries on its first page a boxed story slamming T. Thomas Fortune, BAKU FAIR SHOWS TURNOVER OF FIVE MILLION ROUBLES Big incrinse Over Last Year Is Noted (Rosta) MOSCOW, July 1 (by mail).—The latest reports’ available from Baku show that the fair under way in that city is a great success. The results so far are especially if compared with last year’s, thus, while the total turn- over of the Baku fair in 1923 was 4,774,000 roubles, by June 20th, 1923, it had hardly reached 2 million; but this year it reached 5 million in the first 28 days of the fair, which is 2% times last year’s turnover for the cor- responding period and slightly more than the total turnover for the entire fair in 1923. Then, while last year 35 per cent of all the goods was sold, the percent- age of goods disposed of this year is already 70 per cent. Finally, 586,- 000 poods of Persian goods have al- ready arrived at the fair, while last year the amount of goods from Persia hardly exceeded 300,000 poods till the close of the fair. German Workers’ Wages. BERLIN, Aug. 26.— An interesting comparison of wages paid in various trades in Germany has just been made by the federal statistical office. According to this compilation, *|the average hourly wage for skilled workers of all categories is 64 pfen- nigs, or 16 cents, and for unskilled workers, 48 pfennigs or 12 cents. The trades covered by the investigation are mining, butlding trades, wood workers, metal industry, textile work- ers, printers, and empldyes in feder- al establishments. Compared with average pre-war wages for these trades, the post-war wages are 98.5 per cent and 117.1 per cent respect- ively of the pre-war wages. Get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER, GOOD editor of the Washington (D. C.) Sun and former editor of the New York Age, a paper financed by Booker T. Washington. The item recalls the story, well- known to Negro newspaper men, of how T, Thomas Fortune lost his job on the New York Age. In spite of the fact that John Wanamaker was one of the big advertisers in The Age, T. Thomas Fortune produced an editorial denouncing sweat-shop conditions in the department stores of New York. John Wanamaker, taking the editorial to heart, threatened to withdraw his advertisements unless reparations was made, Within a week T. Thomas Fortune has been dismissed from the editor- ship of the New York Age, and re- placed by one of the officials of the Negro Press association. Distribute a bundle of the DAILY WORKER'S first Special Campaign yee 3 Labor Day Picnic September 1 Altenheim Grove--Forest Park, Ill. (German Old People’s Home) Noted Speakers Good Music — Free Dancing — Sports and Good Food ADMISSION 35 CENTS oe HOW TO GET i oy aides Forest Park “L", or Madison St. car and transfer to eabarnan line. Wednesday, August 27, 1924 CAPITALISTS OF SAN PEDRO CARRY ON AGAINST L.W.W, Boss Press Wages War on Industrial Workers By J. STEVENSON. (Special to the DAILY WORKER) SAN PEDRO, Cal.—The activities of those in authority—and . other. wise—to stamp out Wobblyism ‘in this city continues unabated. Now that the memory of the raid of June 14, last—when the I. W. W. hall was wrecked, helpless children almost scalded to death, women insulted and men tarred, feathered and beaten— has become less vivid, a systematic campaign of anti-I. W. W. propaganda is being carried on. The local press, as usual, fulfilling the role of filthy prostitute, never lets up in its tirade against the I. W. W. in general, and those of SanPedro in particular. The “Daily Pilot” of San Pedro and the Los Angeles “Times” of labor hating memory, being the leading lights in the campaign. Police Husky But Brainiess. The police are fulfilling their func- tion as agents of the boss class, and carrying out their “duty” in a man- ner which must bring .a certain amount of confidence to the capital- ists who dominate and control the ac- tions of this body of husky servants of the ruling class. Lastly, those 100 per cent night shirt fanatics,—whose 100 per cent- ism shows itself most powerfully when they are 100 per cent stronger in numbers than the object of attack —have lost nothing in their reputa- tion for cowardly tactics and cold- blooded brutality. Armed Men Versus. Nén-resistanoe, The I. W. W., after the raid (before mentioned), could find no flace to meet, no one would dare rent them a hall, so necessarily they were se- verely hampered in the carrying on of their work. Last week a private room where they had a stock of litera- ture was burst open by armed men and all literature and supplies confis- cated. Attempts have been made by I. W. ‘W. members to sell their papers on the streets and as soon as they are spotted by the dicks they are arrested. The boycott and the blacklist are ap- Plied vigorously, and despite the fact that a call has been issued for volun- teers to help carry on the fight the efforts on the part of the Wobblies to date have not been on a scale to ser- iously embarrass the common enemy. No Law Against Mobbers, ‘Up to the present time no indict- ment of the persons who participated in the June raid has been made, no conviction seems possible. Wobblies who positively identified members of the raiding party, are now doing time in jail; a convenient way of closing their mouths. Such circumstances would have a depressing effect on the average per- son, but to the militant rebel—never! The day of the worker is coming, and soon. The putrid and Contradictory system whose adherents on one hand shout for law and order and on the other blinks at atrocities, who mouth of Jesus and his “suffer little chil- dren,” etc., and then scalds little kids almost to death, cannot continue. But a Part of World Struggle. While seemingly trifling in compari- son with some of the crimes that can be laid to the door of the capitalist system in other parts of the wortd, yet the workers of San Pedro realize that events here are but straws show- ing the direction of the wind, and such happenings will act as a means of consolidating the resistance of the workers and the building up here of a section of the world revolutionary labor movement whose methods will be in line with modern developments and whose final victory is certain. Get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER. Res. 1632 S. Trumbull Ave, Phone Rockwell 5050 MORDECAI SHULMAN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 701 Association Building 19 S, La Salle Street CHICAGO Dearborn 8657 Central 4945-4947 NEWS! E. L.