The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 29, 1924, Page 4

Page Four tse eee EXPOUND PEACE BUILD MILITIA, “BOB'S” SCHEME Badger State Leads in Militarism By JAY LOVESTONE (Eleventh Article.) LaFollette’s proud boasts of -being an opponent of militarism and g ipitalist wars have no firm foundation in fact. Wisconsin, the state which| “Bob” always holds up as an example of what a government | ought to be to and for the working and farming masses, is | one of, the leading militarist states in the Union. The Wisconsin National Guard is one of the biggest in the country. In this “Model Commonwealth” military expenditures have risen at a teriffic pace. And when an effort was made todo away with the state military organiza- tion, Senator LaFollette cried “Halt” and threw back the forces opposed to the maintenance of this institution. In preventing the abolition of the Na- tional Guard of his state, LaFollette fought against the demands of the workers who have always been hos- tile to the National Guard because of the frequent use made of its forces by employers in time of industrial dis- putes. Finally, crowning the militarist in- famy flourishing under LaFollette’s much-vaunted “Wisconsin Plan,” is the strong record made by the Badger state in helping the capitalists plunge the country into and wage the last im- perialist world war. Militarist Strides in Wisconsin. On examining the annual reports of} the Chief of the Militia Bureau we find that only two states in the Un- fon, Indiana and Wisconsin, have doubled their National Guard strength between 1915 and 1922. In 1915 there ‘were 3,291 in the Wisconsin National Guard. By 1922 the number rose to 6,900. The Capital Times, a LaFollette mouthpiece, published at Madison, Wisconsin, tells us editorially in its is- sue of April 5, 1923: “Wisconsin is one of the leading militarist states in the nation. We base this statement on the number of men in the National Guard in this state and on the amount of money spent here for the mainte- nance of military establishments. “The figures show: “That Wisconsin is one of the four states that has gone even further than required by the National Defense Act.” When, as a result of the post-war reaction, the Wisconsin National Guard was losing numbers, a special recruiting campaign was put on for two months. Adjutant General Ralph M. Immel, appointed by Governor Blaine, an- nounced officially that this militarist drive netted more than six hundred new members to the state guard. More Armories. This campaign to maintain Wiscon- sin as a pacemaker in militarism is further shown in the quarterly report for the period ending December 31, 1923, made by State Engineer, John G. D. Mack. Here we learn that four new Wisconsin armories have just been completed and located at Ab- botsford, Clintonville, Milwaukee, and Hudson. Describing this mushroom growth|counties are over 100 per cent, Ke- of militarism and its effects in LaFol- lette’s political satrapy, Mr. William T. Evjue said editorially in the Capi- tal Times, July 28, 1924: “Up at Camp Douglas the annual fan-fare of Wisconsin’s military dis-|$35.904,000 to the Fourth Liberty Thousands of|Loan, which is more than $3,000,000 Play is in progress. young men are marching. The bands are playing. The guns are booming. lone of the cardinal points in their On December 10, 1923, | |'This a a base falsehood.” states that have gone even farther quired by the National Defense Aot. In the war to make the world s: buy cannon, machine guns, battlesh' The workers have no illusions strike of the meat cutters against t state militia, it was LaFollette who “Well, why not? “Do you know, Mr. and Mrs. Citi: zen of Wisconsin, that Wisconsin is today the seventh state in the Union in militarism? Do you know that in spite of the big cut made in appropria- tions in the last legislature that there are only six states in the Union hay- ing a larger national guard than Wis- consin’s? “And this in a state that is over- whelmingly committed to peace! This in a state controlled by progressives | who have made attacks on militarism} platforms!” But in the appropriation of funds for militarism, Wisconsin ranks even worse. The last available annual re- port of the Chief of the Militia Bu- reau reveals the fact that in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, only three states appropriated more money for their National Guards than Wisconsin did. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, only four states, Michigan New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, spent more than Wisconsin for the national Guard. Pacemaker in War Preparations. When Woodrow Wilson called upon the American workers and ‘poor farm- ers to shed their blood in order to make the world safe for capitalist’ de- mocracy, LaFollette’s state, Wiscon- sin, rallied to the imperialist colors and wantonly sacrificed the lives and dollars of the working masses. Let us Hsten to a glorification of Wisconisn’s war efforts by John M. Nelson, now national director of La- Follette’s presidential campaign, as he delivered it to Congress on behalf of the Wisconsin delegation, on July 15, 1918: “The President, as Commander-in- Chief, has had our unanimous support on all war issues. When he asked for appropriations, we gave him all he asked; when he asked for authority to issue bonds, we gave it to him; when he asked for authority to control our food, fuel, railroads, telephones, telegraphs, mines and factories, we gave him the authority; indeed, we did not hold back as a delegatiow when he asked for power over our liberties and our lives . . “Once war was declared, I accepted the majority decision for war. I re- call only three votes out of about 120 since war was declared upon which I was not in full accord with the Ad- ministration . It has been stated that I voted against conscription. Support War Loans. And from the Milwaukee Journal of MILITIA RULE IN WISCONSIN ISCONSIN is one of the leading millitariets states In the union. LaFollette’s peace-loving commonwealth is one.of the four There are only %six states having a bigger National Guard®and only four states spending more money for militarism than Wisconsin. nearly 125,000 workers and poor farmers to the front and gave about $350,000,000 to the various campaigns to raise funds with which to chine which has been used aga@ihst them by the bosses, as In the of the strongest units of the Beeél Trust. And when the Wisconsin workingmen organized to abolish the saved the day for the militarists and open-shoppers of his state, in military preparations than re- afe for plutocracy, Wisconsin sent ips, aeroplanes and polson gas. about the Wisconsin military ma- he Cudahy Packing Company, one robbed them of their victory and Ployes, $70,000 from city employes, and $30,000 from the police depart- ment.” The total amount of war bonds sold THE DAILY WORKER in the 71 counties of Wisconsin, ac- cording to Pixley in “Wisconsin in the World War,” is about $335,900,- 720, Workers Used as Cannon Fodder. LaFollette’s progressive, peace-lov- ing state was as lavish with the work- ers’ lives, as it was with their money in the last capitalist world war. On page 36 of the Report of the Adjutant General of Wisconsin, for period end. ing June 30, 1918, we find: . “To date of this report there have been forwarded to the different camps under the calls as made by the War Department: “. Selected men to num- ber approximately —.......... 90,000 “Wisconsin National Guard to Camp McArthur .. “Enlistments “Total furnished Army and Navy since the beginning of this war 118,000” Finally, in the announcement by Governor Blaine, August 2, 1924, on the proposed Defense Day plans, we are told that the number Wisconsin sent to the front reached a grand to- tal of 124,814. LaFollette’s guberna- torial candidate then goes on to de- clare proudly: “Wisconsin's military record re- calls the major components of the Iron Brigade and the major compon- ents of the Thirty-Second Division. It recalls the fact that in no war during its history had Wisconsin failed to answer the call for national defense or within its own boundaries known industrial or military disorders, and the fact that on July 18, 1918, when American arms stemmed the tide in the second battle of the Marne, one out of every fifteen soldiers wearing the American uniform in France came from Wisconsin.” Hate Wisconsin Militarism. The workers of Wisconsin have at no time had any illusions as to the extensive military preparations going on in the state. The following ap- pearing in the Milwaukee Leader of May 12, 1921, shows the misgivings of the. workers aroused by the récord- breaking military appropriations voted in the state; “The efforts to increase its person- nel and give greater power to the Na- tional Guard are viewed in labor cir. cles with mistrust and open declara- tions that it is not done with an eye October 10, 1918 we learn of the strong support accorded the various war loans in the home of LaFollette, now seeking workingmen’s, votes as an anti-war candidate. We quote: “Total bond sale is $102,000,000. The forty-five counties in Wiscon- sin in the Chicago Reserve Bank Dis- trict have bot $102,000,000 worth of bonds compared with a quota of $100,- 000,000. Since subscriptions are still being tabulated, the final total will be still higher. Twenty-seven Wisconsin nosha leading with 142 per cent. Mil- waukee is eighth, with 109 per cent of quota, according to the present tab- ulation. ‘ “Milwaukee county has subscribed over the quota. Among subscriptions are $105,000 by the church commit- The reviewing stands beam as the| boys go marching by. THE STORY OF WILMA AND RUTH. . By Karl Reeve. Christopher, Illinois, Vera and Zora Cernich, 10 and 8 year old daughters of Comrade Victor Cer- nich, are staunch , Foster-Gitlow supporters. Vera and Zora read every issue of the -Young Comrade from the first headline to the last period. Wilma and Ruth Crane, their two inseparable play mates, are daughters of hard. shell, Klan Baptists, but that’s not the fault of Wilma and Ruth. Recently Mrs. Crane saw her two daughters reading the Young Comrade, and she was very angry that her young daughters should be “Red” sym- pathizers. Mre Crane meant well, She tried to get Victor Cernich to send Vera and Zora to Sunday school and to church every Sun- dey, bur Comrade Cemnich said 4s, i ee au nai) UNIFT CHILDREN COLUM x A tees, $38,000 additional from federal employes, $79,000 from county em- was up to,the girls. Then Mrs, Crane wrote a letter to Vera and Zora, asking them not to “corrupt” her daughters and asking the two “Bolsheviks” to come to church. A few days ago Wilma and Ruth Crane asked Vera and Zora Cernich, “Didn’t you get a letter from my mother asking you to come to our Church?” “Yes”, Vera replied, “But relig- ion js the opiate of the people,” and she explained to her play- mates how the fat priests fool the workers, getting them to think o: heaven, while the capitalists skin them on ‘earth, Now Wilma and Ruth Crane read every issue of the Yi Comrade. They like it, and it is getting harder and der to make them enthusiastic about the Klan teachers in the Baptist OUDG| the itsts against the Wisconsin work. to an‘outside foe, but to prepare to put down labor. “Labor men claim that Fort Sheri- lan was located midway between Chi- cago and Milwaukee by the capital- istic interests that guide the military Policies, so that regulars will be on hand to meet labor troubles.” The great service the Wisconsin National Guard is to the Badger state bosses can be seen from the fact that, under the usual pretense of riot and violence, several companies of troops were rushed to terrorize the workers into submission in the Cudahy strike of August, 1919. In the strike of the meat cutters against the Cudahay Packing Com- pany, one of the beef trust firms, Gov- ernor E. L. Philipp of Wisconsin Tushed three companies of National Guardsmen from Camp Douglas fully equipped and prepared to stay for an indefinite time, in order to “mediate the dispute” against the workers. Supports Wisconsin Militarism, Robert Marion LaFollette has been @ consistent supporter of the military system in Wisconsin. In his message @$ governor he declared in 1905: “The people of Wisconsin should recognize their importance and take just pride’in intaining the Guard . The model of efficiency in the military service in this country is the United States Regular Army; and évery effort should be m: to bring the militia as near this standard as possible.” Then, in February, 1923, an effort was made, because of the strong la- bor opposition to the rapid strides in militarism that Wisconisn was mak- ing, to abolish the National Guard. Even Mrs. LaFollette lent support to this movement. Senator LaFollette then came upon the scene and led a Vigorous opposition to this effort to abolish the Guard. i The bill to do away with the state militia, hated by the workingmen, had Passed the assembly. Preparations were afoot to fight for its adoption by the state senate. But LaFollette, the self-styled anti-militarist, soon entered ers, lined up with all the enemies of organized labor, joined with all the open shoppers and killed the move to gage the state militarist organiza BIG ANTEWAR MEETINGS IN KIEV, RUSSIA Demonstrate Against Imperialism By ISRAEL AMTER (Special to the Daily Worker.) MOSCOW, Aug. 4 (By Mail.) —August 3rd was the climax of a mighty week of propaganda and demonstration —thruout Soviet Russia against imperial- ist war. Hardly a worker or a peasant in the villages but was reached by the big army of propagand- ists who went out to tell the Russian workers and peasants the oft-told and by historical evénts clearly proven cause of imperialist wars. Russia’s workers and peasants have felt the horror of imperialist war on their own bodies; they have ex- perienced the horror of imperialist in- tervention, the ravages of counter- revolutionary plotting and demolition at the behest of imperialist masters. But Soviet Russia’s workers and peasants have the power now and fear no imperialist. The workers of the western part of the world, of Europe, America, and of the Hast, face a new imperialist conflagration, which, in its glaring circle, is bound to draw in the state of the workers and peasants. So Soviet Russia's mighty voice was raised against the coming disaster—the approaching im- perialist war coming out of the west. Gathering of Workers. Kiev was the center of a mighty demonstration on August 3rd. All Kiev was on its feet: workers and peasants —men and women—young workers, children and the Red Army. It was a splendid demonstration, the factory workers gathering in their districts and waiting till the Communist speak- ers came to greet them, and ‘then marching thru the city to the City Soviet, where also the headquarters of the Communist Party are located. Passing the stand in front of ‘the Soviet, they filled the air with shouts of “Long live the Communist Party,” “Down with imperialist war,” “Long live the Communist International,” “Long live the proletariat of the world!” It was a splendid day. The streets were lined with people to wit- ness the procession of 100,000 workers and peasants, out to pledge their all to put down another imperialist war! Praying for Rain. Kiev is one of the oldest cities in Russia. It contains the famous opera house where Stolypin was shot. It also ‘contains the famous convent “Lavra,” to which good Christians journey thousands of versts to pray, cross themselves and ask of their saviour the good things of life—in that heathenish castle of splendor and wealth. A girl walked to Kiev a distance of 1,000 versts, barefoot, with some straw fastened under her foot, to be al- lowed to pray on the steps of the cathedral. And only a few days before, the peasants gave their last grain to the priest to bring the rain, of which not much has fallen this season in the dsitrict. The faker promised them much, just as the church promises a whole heaven—but no rain fell. This story is centuries old, but now the Communist Party is carrying on a campaign of education, and little by little, this stout pillar supporting the ignorance of the peasants is crum- bling—of which Americans should take note. “Kiev was the home of pogroms, the frenzied slaughter of the Jews by the Black Ci by, Denikin, Petlura, Hetman and the other White generals who carried out the tasks assigned them by England, America and France. On the way to Kiev I met a young Jewish worker who told me another story of the destruction of life and property these hordes were guilty of, at the order of their imp it em- ployers. Seventeen times the govern- ment changed hands in Kiev, until finally the Soviet power was firmly established and capitalist rule was for ever banished from the soil of the Ukraine—and imperialist hopes were blasted. Fought Against Semenoff. I also heard the story of' a young Communist whom Denikim was going to shoot, but had to leave hastily, be- cause the Red Army entered and took possession of Kiev. No other state of Soviet Russia was so bitterly fought over as the Ukraine; none suffered the ravages of the «war as did the Ukraine. There are Communists head- ing the Kiev government who led the fight against Semenoff, the Czecho- slovaks and other counter-revolution- aries in Siberia, until the red flag was EDUCATE YOURSELF FOR THE STRUGGLE Class in English (for foreign-born workers) begins September 10; tuiton fee $2.00. ; Claes in Trade Union Tactics be- gins September 11; tufton fee $1.00, Enroll Now at Local Chicago Of- fice, 166 W. Washi st (Phone State ) Our Candidates FOSTER’S DATES Sloux City, lowa—Labor Lyceum, 608 Jennings St., Friday, August 29, 8 p.m Des Moines, lowa—Grotto Hall, 721 Locust St. Saturday, August 30, 8 Pp. m Omaha, Neb.—Eagles= Hall, 17th and Cass Sts., Sunday, August 31, 8 Pp. m Kansas City, Mo.—Musicians’ Hall, 1017 Washington St., Labor Day, Sep- tember 1, 8 p. m. St. Louis, Mo.—Triangle Park, 41 South Broadway, Tuesday, September 2nd, 8 p. m. Ziegler, IIl.—Pavilion Park on Wed- nesday, September 3rd, 5:45 p, m. Springfield, I!l1—Carpenter Hall, Ad- ams and Seventh Sts., Thursday, Sept- ember 4th, 8 p. m. Elizabeth, N. J—Turn Hall, 725 High St., Wednesday, September 10, 8 p.m Newark, N. J.—Labor Lyceum, 704 80. 14th St., Thursday, September 11, 8 p.m Philadelphia, Pa —Musical Fund Hall, 8th and Locust Streets, Friday, September 12, 8 p. m. Paterson, N. J.—Haivitia Hall, 56 Van Houton Street, Saturday, Sep- tember 13, 8 p. m. . GITLOW’S DATES Comrade Gitlow, candidate for vice- president, will address meetings at the following places: ‘ Buffalo, N. Y.—Labor Lyceum, Will- jam and Jefferson Sts., Friday, August 29th, 8 p. m. Rochester, The Labor Lyceum, 580 St. Paul St—Saturday, Aug. 30. Dalsytown, Pa.—Muffet Field, Walk- ertown, Pa., Sunday, August 31st, 1:30 p.m. ‘ Canonsburg, Pa.—Labor Temple, Monday, September ist, 2 p. m. Pittsgurgh, Pa.—Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St., Tuesday, September 2nd at 8 p. m. : Bellaire, Ohio — Miners Temple, Wednesday, September 3rd, 7:30 p. m. Warren, Ohio—Thursday, ~Septem- ber 4th. Canton, Ohio.—Canton Musie Hall, 810 Tuscrawas St., E., Friday, Septem- ber 5th, 8 p.°m. Akron, Ohio.—Perkins School Audi- torium, Exchange and Bowery Sts., Saturday, September 6th, 8 p. m. Cleveland, Ohio—Bricklayer’s Hall, E. 21st St. and Prospect Ave., Sun- day, September 7th at 7:30 p. m. C. E. Ruthenberg executive secre- tary of the Workers Party, will make a series of campaign speeches in the New England States. Meetings al- ready arranged for are: Bo%ton, Mass. — Monday, Sept. 1, Paine Memorial Hall, 7:30 p. m. Providence, R. 1.—September 4th. New York City—Central Opera House, Tuesday, September 9th, 8 p.m. New Haven, Conn.—Saturday, Sept. 6, Hermanson’s Hall, 158 Crown St, 8 p.m. raised there, not to be lowered again. These are stern, strong men, drawn out of the crucible of the class war; men who are loved by the whole pop- ulation—except the nepmen. Every one of these men has a brilliant war record—they have tales and anecdotes to tell that breathe of the romance of the last century. Religious Worker. The attitude toward the Communist Party is best. exemplified by the fol- lowing incident which took place a few days before I arrived in Kiev: A worker had applied for admittance to the Communist Party, but before being accepted sent a letter to the party asking that his name be stricken from the list as he intended to be married in church—to please his bride. Of course, this is forbid- den to members of the party. The young man was called before a factory meeting, where the non- party members demanded that he also be expelled from the union for the outrageous act of renouncing the ‘party for the sake of “petticoats.” It took the combined efforts of all the Communists present at the meeting to make the workers understand that, altho as a, matter of course, the worker could not join the Communist Party, still he could not be excluded from the union. Nevertheless they persisted, and the matter is not yet settled. Organizing Ability. August 3rd demonstrated the or- ganizing genius of the Russian Com- munists, the Young Communists and the Young Leninists (the Pioneers), for upon them rested the organization of the demonstration. It was a dem-| onstration full of revolutionary enthu- peasants manifest it. Behind this enthusiasm is the determination of the Russian workers to be “ever ready,” as the Young Leninists proclaim. Workers, peasants, soldiers, clerks, young workers and cbildren—old men and women, and yourtg ones, yet de- termined to defend the Revolution to death—and to heed the call for aid from the west or east, when the work- ers of the capitalist countries are ready to overthrow capitalist rule, The Kiev workers are only .spect- men of what Soviet Russia thinks and does. Let the workers of other coun- tries but demonstrate the spirit and the will to power that the Rui workers and peasants display, Capitalist power will soon meet its siasm, as only Russian workers andjand the fee for the entire term will LEWIS" PIECARD ARTISTS HOOKED ONTO LAFOLLETTE Pittsburgh Gang Swing toC. P.P. A. By PAT. H. TOOHEY. PITTSBURGH, Aug. 28.—The reac- tionary and corrupted officialdom of District No. 5,.U. M. W. of A. after squandering thousands of dollars of the miners’ money, finally depleting the treasury to such a degree that they now have to send “organizers” around to the more prosperous locals bumming enuf to pay the salaries of the corps of pie-card artists, in order that they may continue their life of luxury and extravagance and hold onto union at the cost of the long betrayed miners, have again betrayed the rank and file, this time politically, by their endorsement of the Wisconsin faker and definitely aligning with the C. P. P. A. at the Southwostern Penna, Con- ference held here recently. Rank and File Absent. The “conference” was dominated by the representatives of the transporta- tion brotherhoods, bureaucratic labor leaders and the gone and forgotten socialist party. The entire District Executive Board of the miners was present as “delegates” (they of course representing no one but them- selves.) The rank and file were con- spicuous by their absence. The “district gang” as they are af- fectionately (?) known to the member- ship, entering politics, is a new one to everybody. It is clearly remembered, that when the F. F. L. P. of Washington County began their first drive to affiliate the organized workers into the county or- ganization, shortly after the formation of the F. F.-L. P. and when many lo- cal unions of U. M. W. A. applied for affiliation, the entire machinery of the district organization sought by threats of revocation of charters, intimidation, etc., that the locals withdraw, giving as their reason that units of the U. M. W. A. were forbidden to pay per capita tax to any or all dual organiza- tions. Fagan Was at Democratic Meet. P. T. Fagan, District President, Lewis tool par excellence, was also a delegate to the conference. It is the same Fagan who was a delegate to the Democratic prize fight in New York recently, who consistently voted for Al Smith. I asked Fagan what was he doing there among that bunch of crooks in New York and why did he vote for Smith. His answer was “that I was there protecting the interests of labor, and that Smith is one of the greatest friends of labor living.” Nat- urally we all must.agree. Incidentally I might mention that Fagan is a rabid Catholic, probably that is where he gets his conception that Al is for the workers. It can be#id that when the district gang O.K.’d the trust buster, they drove away more votes than they will be able to corral in the next century, for thru experience the miners of the Pittsburgh district shun all move- ments in which the officials partici- pate, for the prevailing opinion is that their presence is akin to contamina- tion. Miners for Foster. Appearances indicate that generally the membership will support Foster and Gitlow, for they can distinguish the difference of the platform of the trust buster and the Workers Party. They know further that LaFollette will perpetuate the capitalist system, and that the Communists stand for its abolition, and for the establish- ment of a Workers and Farmers Gov- ernment.. Helene Wolf to Teach W. P. Course in English An English class which is designed to help foreign comrades get a better command of the English language in order: more ably to carry on party work is to be started Sept. 10 in Chi- cago, under the direction of Comrade Helene Woolf. The class will meet twice a week and is prepared to give an intensive and interesting course to party members and others who want to better theit command of the Eng- lish language so that they can take a more important part in the struggles of the working class. No special qual- ifications are necessary.. Speaking and writing are to be the main topics of the English class. The class will last about ten weeks be $2.00, Foreign speaking comrades who wish to perfect their English should take advantage of this oppor- tunity. This is one of the first proj- ects of the new educational program of District 8 of the Workers Par- ty, and a big class is expected. En- roll now at the City Office, 166 West Washington St. (Telephone, State 5959.) ry Raise in Printers’ Wages, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28,—Print- ing compositors in commercial shops received a raise in the basic scale from $46 to’ $51 a woek, opens the way for a similar raise for newspaper compositors, who have been told to walt until the’ c wola.mae oAinaye \ have wage This cotmmercial Friday, August: 29,1924 | Party Activities Of Local Chicago STREET MEETINGS IN CHICAGO. Friday, August by Rockwell auspii h and ep sae ares North Ave. and N. W. English |b: ¥, Stewa: nd Lawrence and 8: k Y. W. LL. + Poy Hammersmarks, Maurer and others. Roosevelt_and St. Louis Ave. aus; Rykov ¥. W. L., speakers, Wm. and M. Lurye ho and branches, and Italia: t Ct, auspices Cicero’ Bedacht, Nat Kaplan North eye atta AMebewiey usp or ve.,° ani German W. P. and Hungarian Y, ee, speakers, D. EH. Karly and -C. Miller. Division and Washtenaw, auspices N. W. Jewish branch and Y. W. ang eres: 8. H ewish comrade. 14th and Michigan, auspices Pull section W. P., ageaksca, uis ingdant ong alsted and Sebor Sts., auspices Gree jebo: i branch Ww ., speakers F. ‘Buckley an reek comrad oth, St., d State, auspices South Side W. P., speakers, O'Flaherty and Gordon Owens. Dickson and Division, auspices Polish branch, speakers, Jos, Manley and Polish comrade, o! DATES OF THE CHICAGO AFFAIR®& OF THE WORKERS PARTY. Party units and friendly organizations do not set conflicting dates. Monday, Sept. 1—T. U. BE. L. Picnic, Ale tenhein Grove. Sunday, Sept. 7—International Youth Day, Northwest Hall. Sunday, Oct. 12—Foster-Gitlow Campaign Meeting, ‘Ashiand Auditorium (after~ hoon). A ir’ Saturday, Oct. 18—John Reed Memorlal eeting. Saturday, Oct. 25—Freihelt Ball, Ashland Auditorium. Friday, Nov. 7—Seventh Anniversary Russian Revolution, Ashiand Audi+ torium. 15— Young Workers Safneey ae Worker and Labor Pe ho on Council Basaar, e Nov. Nov. 27-80—Dail; Dec. 31—T. U. BE. L. Dance, Waly) yp. day, Jan. 21—Lenin Memorial M ing, Ashland Auditorium. Saturday, Feb. 28—Red Revel. CHURCHES RAISE | STEW OVER U. S, IMPERIAL TREND Think Talking Will Stop American Bankers (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—Latin-, American and other diplomats here, as well as officials in the state depart- ment, are following with keen interest the development of sentiment against American dollar diplomacy in the re- publics to the southward, as disclosed in the address of Samuel G. Inman at the international relations confer- ence of the Federal Council of Churches at Chautauqua, N. Y. Our Own Irelands. Inman, who edits a journal, Nueva Democracia, backed by the Federated Council of Churches and circuldted. in Latin America, says that “We are piling up hatreds, suspicions, records for exploitation and destruction of sovereignty in Latin America such as have never failed in all history to re act in war, suffering and defeat of high moral and spiritual ideals.” He insisted that in the smaller countries to the south, controlled by our sok diers, our bankers and our oil kings, we are developing our Irelands, our Egypts and our Indias. So far, they have been weak. But at the rate the world is moving, they can hardly be expected to remain always powerless and isolated.” He cited the bankers’ hold on each of the republics in Latin America, and explained the relation of Wall Street loans to the landing of Ameri- can marines in Santo Domingo, Haitt, Nicaragua, Honduras and elsewhere. Churches Kicking Flippantly. This interference of the Federal Council of Churches, representing an association of the national bodies of the chief Protestant evangelical church denominations, in the financial conquest of Latin America is ree sented by the state, war and navy de partment staffs. They connect it with the resistance made to Mobilization, Day plans by these churches, and to the general anti-imperialist trend of the churches in this country and Can- ada. Attacks by church spokesmen upon the sending of marines inta Haiti to pave the way for profitable loans are regarded as proof that the churches are honeycombed with radi- calism, just as they are tinged with pacifism. Secretary Hughes, Secretary Weeka and Secretary Wilbur will take no measures to counteract this tendency, however, until they have consulted President Collidge and National Chair man Butler. Correction In our issue of August 14th we car ried a story on a resolution condemw ning militarism which we credited to the Amalgamated Food Workers of America and which should have been credited to the National Committee of the Amalgamated Metal Workers of America. While we know that the Food Workers are most assuredly en- tirely in accord with this resolution, we feel that we owe it to the Metal Workers to print this correction—The . Editor, (aac Hartford, Conn., Meeting An air meeting will be held Saturday, Aug. 29th at 8:30 P. M, on the corner of Main and Buckingham Streets, W. Simons of New Haven will be the speaker of the evening. Petits Ni ct Send In shat -Subaertntion, Testa, ——L | } !