The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 4, 1924, Page 3

Thursday, September 4, 1924 FEELING. AGAINST INJUNCTIONITES GROWS IN. W. W. Rank and File Commit- tee Lines Up Indications of how the Iv W. W. membership is reacting or may react to the splitting tac- tics of the Rowan-Bowerman “injunctionites” are shown by the action of a “Joint Investi« ating Committee” representing f W. W. branches from several industrial unions, some from Portland, Ore, others from Butte, Mont., and some from Chicago. These workers whose earnest desire for the unity of the I. W. W. had, some of them at least, arrived in Chicago strongly pre- judiced in favor of the Rowan- Bowerman-Raddock faction. Tendency ‘in Northwest, Those from the northwest, where the heavier membership inclines the revolutionary thought of the I. W. W. to be proportionately watéred with job unionist tendencies, showed dis- tinct leanings to the injunctionites. However, when their desire for unity prompted them to approach both sides with suggestions that if leaders of both factions would resign, agree- ment for unity could be had by call- ing in alternates for all resigning on both sides, their faith in the Rowan- Bowerman faction suffered a severe shock, While the Doyle-Fisher administra- tion agreed to this plan for unity, when Rowan, Griffith, McMurphy, Bowerman and the rest were ap- proached, the peace makers received only non-committal, evasive answers and were given to understand that they were unwelcome. Bowerman even went so far as to say, according to reports: “I am going thru with this injunction even if it breaks up the I. W. W.” Neutral and even friendly delegates from branches in the north- ‘west were practically shown the door at splitters’ headquarters, 2418 West Madison street. Delegates Meet in Committee. . Following this cool reception, a , dozen delegates met as a “Joint In- ‘vestigating Committee” and, while yhaving no more standing than repre- ~~epontatives of branches of. part of th: _industrial unions, their decisions and ‘votes are indicative of the tendencies ;within the general confusion. There ‘was one delegate from the Agricul- tural Workers, three from the Gen- eral Construction Workers, one from the Lumber Workers’ Industrial Union, four from the Metal Miners, one from the Building Constructoin Workers and two from the Finnish Workers’ Club, a \rather political appendage to the “strictly industrial” I. W. W. After considerable @iscussion and a somewhat infantile decision that they “go in a body and withdraw the in- junction,” a record vote was called for on the following motion: “That if Griffith, Rowan, Ryan, Bowerman, Trotter and Anderson do hot withdraw the injunction, there shall be charges filed by this body ngainst them as disrupters or the I. We Indications of Test Vote. The votes stood nine in favor, one against and two not voting. And here in this simple test vote, is shown the uncertaintity of a permanent revolu- CLARAHAN HAS THE GOODS ON TWO MORE IN RONDOUT HOLOUP Evidence obtained by the govern- ment officers against Wm. J, Fahy, postal inspector arrested as a conspir- ator in the $2,000,000 Rondout mail train robbery, involved at least two other persons whose arrests will take place shortly. This is the statement made last night by Chief Postal Inspector C. H. Clarahan, of New York City, who di- rected the investigation which result- ed in Fahy’s arrest. Fahy has been removed to Wood- stock for fear that he would com- municate with Ernest Fontana, one of the men charged with active participa- tion in the train hold up and who oc- eupied a cell at the Geneva jail. — $$ tionary direction for the I. W. W. even though the most active element is largely though vaguely devoted to revolutionary ideas. In spite of all that had been experienced by these delegates, in spite of the fact that all were undoubtedly honest workers gravely concerned for the interest of the organization as a whole, in spite of the fact that they were more ad- vantageously placed by reason of their being on the scene than are the great bulk of members, and in spite of the fact that the overwhelming majority approved the motion, the indecision and opposition of the minority is sig- nificant of a tendency throughout the whole I. W. W. The delegation from the Metal Min- ers split, two in favor of the motion, one not voting and one not ac- counted for. Indecision showed in the non-voting of the one delegate from the Lumber Workers, the largest union of the I. W. W. The General Construction Workers’ delegation also CALL MEETING 10 RATIFY WORKERS PARTY NOMINEES Hold Conclave Sunday, September 13 To all Workers Party Branches, Lo- cal Unions, Workmen’s Circle Branches and other Fraternal and Workers’ Organizations. Dear Comrades—During the coming few years the workers of this country will be faced with enormous problems and difficulties, which will prove of decisive importance to the workihg class movement. Already, in spite of every effort of the ruling class, we see an enormous spread of unemployment thruout the country. In our own state of New York the total number of un- employed has been steadily increasing until it néw numbers 200,000 more than a year ago. This condition is re- flecting thruout the rest of the coun try. And this in spite of every at- tempt of the bosses to maintain “good times” until after the election. With unemployment figures amount- ing into the millions, we can expect the united capitalists of the country to renew their open shop campaign, with the object of wiping out all sem- blance of organized labor in this coun try. The only force capable of avoid ing such a situation is a government definitely committed to the interests of the working class as against the capitalists. It is by this time a matter of fact known to all of the working class that both the democratic and republican patties are wholly controlled by the great financial and industria} interests of the country. The strikebreaker Coolidge, the open shopper Dawes, and split, two in favor and one opposed to|the attorney of the House of Morgan, the motion. Davis, can no longer fool the workers When one calculates the fact that|with their planks, designed to catch the delegates are drawn from the|the labor vote. They are incapable of more active and more revolutionarily | defending the interests of the workers, inclined members, this opposition and| for it is their job to at all times pro- indecision represent a far wider pro-|tect the interests of the bosses and portion of non-revolutionary workers. | bankers. Even tho a later meeting wiped out this resistance, still the mass of mem-| LaFollette Large masses of workers look to the “socialist” outfit, backed terintnea mo yn ONLY 13 DAYS MORE! HURRY UP! Signatures to Place Communist Candidates on Ballot in Hlinois Beginning to Come In. WATCH THE FIGURES GROW! ‘HE comrades in Chicago are put- ting in strong licks these days to make sure of placing the Workers Party candidates on the ballot Nation- ally, in the state of Illinois and on the various Congressional Districts in Chicago. Below we give the names of the Congressional District candidates in Chicago, the number of signatures ob- tained by the comrades thus far in the respective territories and the number that are yet required. Also the number of signatures gotten to, place the Presidential electors (Fos- ter-Gitlow electors) and the state tick- et on the ballot are given. ington St., Room 303. Once these are in, the figures in the column will go up rapidly, and we will know how many more are needed in the various districts. As fast as one district is finished, comrades will be transfered to other territoriés ot help. out. Branches of both the Party and Y. W. L. shall hold membership meetings to mobilize every member to get sig- natures. Remember to take both the State and Congressional petitions when you go out. If a comrade can get one petition signed, he can get the other at the*same time. Only 13 days remain for the com- rades to finish the job of getting the No.1 Gordon Owens 200 1200 No.4 ‘Joseph Podkulski 249 1300 No. 5 Harry Epstein 22 1000 No.6 Frank Pellegrino 125 3500 No.7 Sam Hammersmark 277 4000 No.8 George Maurer 50 800 No.9 Jack W. Johnstone 125 1200 Presidential Electors (Foster-Git- low electors) and state signatures. bership which is remote from the ex-| by the sugar king, Spreckels, and the perience of these delegates, have not] former president of the National City been turned into revolutionists any|Bank, Vanderlip, as a movement on more than have their Neceney by this| the road to take over the government Take a Vote in Your Shop single decision. WALES USES HIS FEET; HIS HEAD IS OUT OF WORK SYOSSETT, N. Y., Sept. 3—Edward Albert, Great Britain’s jazzJoving prince, danced all night at the home of Devereaux Milburn, well-known polo player, at Wheatley Hills and return- ed to the James A. Burden estate, where he is living on Long Island, at six o'clock this morning, tired ‘but serenely happy. Eagle eyed newspaper men .were mystified early today when they dis- covered that the prince had returned to the Burden home at six o’clock and numerous rumors of where and how he had spent the night were broadcast but not one knew just where he had been until members of his party, in explaining why he was sleeping so late, related that he fox-trotted until the wee sma’ hours, Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER, OW do the workers in you! campaign? hop and In this presidential election How many of your shop mates are stlil so backward that they accept the leadership of Coolidge and Davis? How many of your fellow workers have been fooled by the specious pleas of LaFoilette and adopt this middle-class saviour? And, above all, how many workers are there in your shop who un- derstand that the working class must have its own party, its own policy, and its own candidate—and who therefore stand for William Z. Foster for president? ‘Take a vote in your shop. Send will compile it along with all the it in to the DAILY WORKER. We other shop votes and give you a picture of how the workers are thinking about the election issues and candidates. WORKERS’ STRAW VOTE THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, lil. The workers employed in the on the presidential candidates, and WM, Z. FOSTER Workers Party DAVIS » Votes; Democratic Party votes; } shop of... have taken a straw vote the vote was as follows: LaFOLLETTE wens Votes; , No Party” COOLIDGE wives Votes, Republican Party | certify that this report is correct: Address; for the interests of the exploited masses. A study of the LaFollette record and the story of the betrayal of the Farmer-Labor Party by the so- cialists at the behest of LaFollette, who is the political leader of the small business men and rich farmers, will convince any workers that this outfit is opposed to the intersts of the work- ers. The only political party in.this cam- paign representing the interests of the workers is the Workers Party. The Workers Party took the lead in the fight for a Farmer-Labor Party. Now that the LaFollette “socialist” outfit have betrayed the Farmer-Labor Par- ty, the Workers Party will Continue in the campaign for the formation of such a party. The Workers Party calls upon the workers of this country to rally around the banner of the Workers Party, whose candidates are William Z. Foster for president and Ben Gitlow for vice president, both tried leaders of the oppressed masses of the coun- try. The Workers Party issues this call to all labor unions, fraternal organiza- tions and all sympathetic organiza- tions to attend the ratification meeting of our candidates which will be held on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 14, 1924, Signatures obtained Signatures required .. Send in Your Petitions Filled Out Daily. There are only 13 days more in which the comrades of Chicago are expected to gather the signatures needed. As can be seen from th above figures, many Congressiona! Districts have barely started, and have got to hustle every day from now on. The job can be done in every Congressional District with work from every party and Young Workers’ League members. There are many comrades who have filled-out petitions which they have not yet sent in. We ask these com- rades to send them in at once to the local office, M. Abern, 166 W. Wash- Workers Party candidates on the bal- lot. It can be done. Experiences of various comrades shows that. an aver- age of 10 signatures per hour can be obtained by every comrade who is on the job. If the comrades will put in, at least an hour a day for a few days successively, every Communist candi- date will go on the ballot, and then the real smoke of the Communist cam- paign will start. An Hour a Day for Communism. Is the Communist movement worth an hour a day's effort from you, Com- rade Pgrty or League members? Or are you just one of those mere dues paying, sympathizing members, but not a genuine Communist Party mem- ber If you're a real Communist, let’s see you get out each day to get sig- natures. Make the Communist Cam- paign hum. Get signatures onto the |petitions, and help sting the capital- ists. Later, we'll make it a death sting for the capitalist system. Put in at least three hours per day till September 15. Send in the filled out petitions every day. Watch the column grow. Make the figures spell Communist activity. AS WE (Continued from page 1) is the daughter of Mrs. White- law Reid, owner of the New York for shooting. They will drink bottles of champagne, Scotch wihsky, wine and Guiness’s XXX porter. people can make lots of money, they ey’please. At least that is what the Chi¢ago Tribune tells us. Capitalism creates incentive. But for the capital-| ists there would be no work we are told, Perhaps not for the capitalists, | because they are so accustomed to| rable to work for most of. them. ‘ $8: @ 'HERE are others. Lady Leith of} Fyvie, formerly Lady January of} St. Louis, is giving a shooting party | at Fyvie Castle. Mrs. Archibald of Edmonstone, formerly Miss Gwendo- lyn Marshall Feld, is entertaining at Stirlingshire. This happy condition exists in a country presided over by @ socialist pemier. We hasten to add, for fear our readers might get a heart attack that Mr. MacDonald is not a wicked Communist who would insist on sending these parasites to work after turning over their estates to the landless peasants of England. and Scotland. Oh, no! Mr. MacDonald is a Christian socialist, not exactly like Morris Hillquit, who is a Talmudic so- cialist, nor like LaFollette who is re- at 1 p. m. sharp, at Stuyvesant Casino, | puted to be an agnostic socialist, but 142 Second Ave., New York, N. Y. Fraternally yours, CHAS. KRUMBEIN. District Organizer, District No. 2, Workers Party. Our Candidates FOSTER’S DATES Springfield, I!l—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 So. 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.—Halvitia 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: Warren, Ohio—Hippodrome Hall, High Street, Thursday, September 4, at 7:30 p. m. Canton, Ohio—Canton Music Hall, 810 Tuscraw: , 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- eptember 7th at 7:30 p. m. lew York City—Centrai Opera House, Tuesday, Si at 8 p.m. West New York, N. J.—Floral Park, 1ith and Polk Streets, Wednesday,| duced bills in Congre: September 10, at 8 p. m wy ) pi like Jesus of Nazareth who was not a socialist at all. The capitalists will never nail Ramsay to a cross as the Romans nailed his prophet. moe @ ‘HERE are approximately one mil- lion Workers unemployed in Great Britain. They are living on miserable weekly doles. , The prospects are that their unemployment will become chronic. And not only will they be chronically unemployed but they will become “unemployable.” That is they will become so deteriorated physically and mentally that thru a long period of unemployment and semi-starvation that they will be unable to work. In- stead of turning over to the unem- ployed land now used by American heiresses and their British male pood- les for shooting innocent birds, Ram- say MacDonald, the Baptist “revolu- tionist” only suggests that people be- come more charitable and abolish classes, itty, delhe N Soviet Russia there are no para- sites shooting grouse or duck on land that is needed by the peasantry. Since 1917, the workers and peasants of that country have had a chance to shoot grouse for themselves but they were obliged to shoot a lot bigger game first. ‘RD, otadh. ICTOR BERGER was not particu: larly crazy about Woodrow Wil- son, while the great prophet of democ- racy was alive, “but now that he is dead” Victor wants to revive his four teen points, or bring the treaty of Ver- illes into harmony with it. Berger so wants to create a “revolving fund” so that German industry can secure credit in Amertca, He intro- incorprating the above suggestions. Berger's head ‘ { IR JOHN AND LADY WARD, who} Tribune, are going north to Perthshire| This is a} democratic country and if our best} have a perfect right to spend it where | loafing that death would be prefer-| —— SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. must be “revolving” or else he would have observed that the Treaty of Ver- sailles is superseded by the Dawes’ |Plan to all intents and purposes. Morgan will put German industry on its feet for the benefit of Morgan but the German workers will pay the piper. Berger is not concerned with the fate of the German workers. He |is only worried about that “combina- tion of chemical elements” known as Germany. eee Ate w Calvin Coolidge got back to Washington from a two weeks’ vacation among the Vermont Hills, he sounded a call for the observance of the homely American virtues of loy- alty, common sense, faith and the golden rule. He said that was the | Platform Jesus of Nazareth ran on. |but perhaps he forgot that Jesus | wound up his campaign as an orna- jment on a big wooden cross. Even | Morris Hillquit admits that ‘Coolidge is an honest man but so was Christ and yet he was crucified between two thieves. Cal may be crucified between a dozen of them. Barabas had noth- ing on Daugherty, and this reminds us that the mob called for Barrabas and let Jesus die. It looks worse than ever for Cal. oe ie HEN the devil was sick, the devil a saint Would be; when the devil was well the devil a saint was he.” It is the other way around with the capitalist candidates for pres- ident. When they were holding their conventions, and the crowds cheered and workers were conspicious by their absence, labor votes were not thot of. But when the cheering died down and the candidates went out into the cold world they began to realize that there were more workers than capitalists in the United States. Therefore all the capitalist aspirants for the presidency got their windpipes. ready for Labor Day. Prove R, DAVIS, Morgan’s lawyer, was an honest-to-goodness friend of labor. He was against the injunction in labor disputes. He was against the Esch-Cummins law. He was for the anti-child labor amendment. In fact he was for everything that the workers favor. His boss, Morgan, being over in Scotland, and campaign speeches, being what they are, Davis did not care what he was for or against so long as he got the votes. a eh OOLIDGE also made a speech on Labor Day. He spoke to a group of labor fakers. Calvin, the man who broke the Boston Policemen’s strike wished labor well. But it was labor of the sort that follows T. V, O'Connor, president of the shipping board, John L. Lewis, Mine Workers of America and other super labor fakers. That the capital- ist candidates are willing to govel in the dust for the labor vote, proves what a power labor could be if it only got together in its own political party and stood on its own feet. As it is, ouutside of the Workers Pary, there is no other party in the field that of- fers the working-class a solution of their problems. The capitalist parties, LaFollette’s included, treat the work- ers like voting cattle. The Workers Party urges them to stand on their Mates omen ettle | <- CHRISTIAN FILIPINO EATEN FOR LUNCH BY NEGRITOE CANNIBALS MANILA, Sept. 3.— Word’ was brought here today from the Zaxbales Mountain District of the killing of a Christian Filipino by cannabalistic | negritoes, who inhabit the mountain | fastness. According to the report, which is being investigated, the Filipino was tortured for several days, then killed and his heart, liver and other organs eaten by the negritoes at the instiga- tion of a negritoe priest. own feet and fight for their emancipa- tion. €.6.¢ ONSPICUOUS among the progres- sive labor weeklies that have fal- len before the LaFollette typhoon, is the Mid-West News, formerly the Mid- West Labor News. It is edited by J. A. Lochray. So that his name and fame may ring down the winding cor ridors of time, it is meet that we pre sent his surrender to LaFollette, Spreckles and Gompers !n his own ju diciously camouflaged words. As all leaders are liable to be misunder stood, their motives questioned and even their pocketbooks ‘sometimes left without a tenant, so was Mr. Loch- Tay. se * E was once a radical and every- body except a few. Communists jumped on him. It is true, he had the Rey, Beebe and William Green, but those who count had no use for him. The labor fakers walloped him right and left. But you cannot keep a good man down. He got the best of the labor fakers by surrendering to them. The Mid-West is now a receptacle for as much of the Gompers weekly con- signment of garbage as its pages can contain. And better still, the Labor | Day issue contains plenty of advertise- ments, which bears profitable if mute testimony to the truth that a life of evil does not pay. It pays to reform. *** EING with the minority means hard sledding, so the Mid-West News joined the throng. After assert- ing that it will continue to fight for the workers, the News says editorially: “. . . it will continue to fight their | battles, adjusting itself to the policies | and program most acceptable to the) great majority in both economic and | political affairs.” On other words it will go with the crowd. Klansmen Disrobed. CHAMPAIGN, IL, Sept. 3—An un- dercurrent of tension evident in low- voiced conversations of small groups gathered close together in various parts of the auditorium and corridors) | seethed thru the American Legion state convention here today when it reconvened for its second day's ses- sions, following an open clash with the Ku Klux Klan on the streets here | last night, when the robes of two Klansmen were torn off as they were | returning from a Klan initiation on an interurban car which had stopped in front of the Inman Hotel, convention headquarters. SSS eee essere sss president of the United | worlg over. ARTICLES STORIES Of people who By Labo “THE NATIONAL And get it every day. $6.00 12 Months $3. Send this blank wit Name: Street and NO.:? acess Poa eS SESE ERE SEE ee See ee eee ee eee ees News for the Worker Everyday of everything concerning Labor in this country—and thé On every phase of working class activity. CARTOONS Workers Correspondence, Poems, Stories and Comics for the children—all go to make up THE DAILY WORKER SUBSCRIBE! RATES (EXCEPT IN CHICAGO): 6 Months MESS secaudouvbnvesseibiahaieht cepanei beghvossensen tbe ae MA OMOR tates Page Three The Philadelphia “Public Ledg of August 23 says the “KUZBAS” has reduced the selling price of coal in Siberia from $9.78 per ton to $8. | and has reduced the price of coke by one third. “KUZBAS” is coking 400,e/ 000 poods (7,000 tons) of coke per: month which smelts iron-ore in the Ural steel mills, thereby displacing} expensive charcoal. “KUZBAS” pro duces benzol, ammonia, gas, tar, ete. “KUZBAS” has a 33,000 acre farm of which half is plowed, and also a dairy | with 130 cows. KUZBAS IS successful and growing. It; will take over new mines and 3! steel-mill next year. KUZBAS needs at once pick miners machine runners for “Jeffreys Shortwall” pump attendants J Hoisting engineers i first class outside electric # linesmen ba 1 switchboard attendant used to “Curtis” turbines saad 1 woodworking machinery «! operator i first class plasterers { first class bricklayers Ete., Etc. .° eH Other workers will be accepted te) firstclass men. Application forms sent on request, Each worker needs $200 for fares and passport. Term of agreement two years. 3 3 Next Party Leaves October 1st KUZBAS, Room 402 799 Broadway, New York City alts i q EDUCATE YOURSELF FOR THE. STRUGGLE Class in English (for foreign-born workers) begins September 10; tuiton fee $2.00. Class in Trade Union Tactics be- gins September 11; tuiton fee $1.00. Enroll Now at Local Chicago Of- fice, 166 W. Washington St. (Phone State 7985) SSS: tee ‘® s A work for a living. q . * ja r's leading artists, at — LABOR DAILY” hy your remittance, | teeeeenesaneeneneneeepeebamy