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: Page Four LAFOLLETTE'S POLITICAL STEW BREWS TROUBLE LaF ollette’s Man Shows Labor the Door in Mo. (Special to The he Daily Worker) KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 4. —A three-cornered controversy that has been going on between two local LaFollette factions and the national leaders of the movement came to a head at a committee meeting held here when John M. Nelson, LaFol- lette manager from Chicago,| laid down the law to Rube| Wood, president of the Missouri | State Federation of Labor. Altho LaFollette apparently “had the support of a quite a number of trade unionists and rural voters, both LaFollette supporters and non-supporters had begun to suspect something wrong when the much-adver- tised whirlwind drive did not materialize. History of Labor Party. It will be necessary to go back to the early stages in the movement to get an understanding of what has tak- en place here. Early this spring when the farmer- Yabor forces came together to perfect ‘a logal organization and to select dele- gates to the June 17 convention, they ‘were joined by an individual who ap- peared to be an enthusiastic F. L. P. supporter. The gentleman, one Tim O'Neil, erstwhile proprietor of a scab restaurant and self-styled implement manufacturer, turned out to be a hell- raiser in general. He claimed he had a wide following among the farmers in this territory due to his farm implement business. On his own hook he collected funds to be used for the F.L. P. Suddenly Tim had a change of heart. He resigned from the F. L. P. and issued a state- ment saying it was too radical for him. He refused to turn over the funds he had collected. Self-Appointed Leader. After the Cleveland convention of the C. P. P. A. he decided to climb on the LaFollette band wagon. Seeing the national chairman Johnston was self-appointed, likewise LaFollette, the presidential candidate, Tim caught , the-spirit and straightway appointed himself regional manager for this ter- ritory. He opened an office in the expensive Baltimore Hotel and proceeded to tell everyone how well qualified he was to organize the campaign because of his wide influence among farmers and rural business men gained thru his implement business connections. This latter argument got to be a local joke when it became known the implement; story was a fake. This met with the disapproval of the Missouri section of the C. P. P. A. and a controversy developed be- | tween the C. P. P. A. supporters head- ed by Rube Wood and the supporters of Tim O'Neil. As time went on the fight waxed hotter and hotter. To and fro the bat- tle waged and the sparks flew. There were charges and counter charges. Thruout the controversy O’NeiP main- tained he had been appointed by John M. Nelson, national campaign boss. Nelson Sent For. Three national committee represent- atives came to Kansas City at differ- ent times, but none of them were able to reconcile the factions. Finally it Was announced that Nelson the hea@ mogul himself was coming to iron out the wrinkles. Nelson arrived and after a short in- terval, O’Neil gave out the following statement to the press. “I am done ‘with LaFollette. The old warrior, “Fighting Bob” has degenerated in his old age to a substitute for that pic, turesque but visionary character, Eu- gene V. Debs, and if that is his choice, I predict for him 2,000,000 votes. There never was a Socialist named Tim O'Neil. I hereby release all my followers.” It was surmised then by everyone that Nelson had given O’Neil the boot and handed over the reins to Rube Wood and the above was reported in the DAILY WORKER. But that is not the end of the story. Labor Too Radical for Nelson. 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These shares gave the Rockefellers a majority voting control of the copper companies which now are consolidated in the Ana- conda. When Dawes retired from the comp- trollership, he attempted to run for the senate from Illinois, but was un- able to gather a following. In disgust with politics, he organized the Central Trust Company in Chicago, with $400,000 subscribed. Within a few) days after he began business the older banks in Chicago learned that the Standard Oil Company of Indiana had deposited $5,000,000 with Dawes—and there the money remained year after! year as a nest egg for the fortune | which the bank accumulated for its| promoter. Daniel Wing, whom Dawes sent to Boston to “protect” the public by clos-| ing the Globe Bank, and who helped | to put the copper stocks in the way of Standard Oil, became president of the First National Bank in Boston. Was Hanna-Lorimer Aide. Of course it is not to be assumed | that it was solely because of the Bos-} ton incident that Dawes became a fa-| vorite of the money gods. He had qualified earlier, and he proved his calibre on numerous occasions after- THE DAILY WORRIES. OF CAL’S MATE ward. His earlierstest was when he audited the $7,000,000 campaign fund spent by Mark Hanna in electing Mc- Kinley in 1896. Nobody ever found out what became of some $3,000,000 of that money, altho it was used in the final stages of the fight. Dawes was acquainted with the secrets of that gi gantic effort of money to retain its hold on the government. The bosses trusted him. It was becauese he was a brother to the real bosses that he lent $1,200,000 to the “Blond Boss,” Billy Lorimer, at a later period, so that Lorimer could pass inspection of his own bank. The inspector asked Lorimer to show his} money; Lorimer flashed a certified or cashier’s check on Dawes’ bank for $1,200,000, which was what Lorimer had to own. The inspector went to Dawes’ bank and was shown the ready cash, which he was assured was held for payment of that check. Then the check was torn up, and when after- ward the Lorimer bank blew up, and 4,000 depositors found themselves robbed, hand-picked judges on the Il- linois bench decided there was no es- cape for Dawes—he must make good. It took ten years for the court of last. resort to hand down its verdict against Dawes. This happened on the very day of his nowfination for the vice- presidency ofthe United States as the worthy running mate of Cal Coolidge. Let Silence Reign. It is on this record that Dawes stands when he invites the nation to “uphold American institutions and safeguard the Constitution.” And the “strong, silent man” in the White House will be very silent indeed upon this same record. meeting was held in Kansas City be- hind closed doors. The meeting was apparently called by Nelson and prom- inent LaFollette backers were pres- ent. As soon as the meeting was called to order, Nelson proceeded to dress down the entire gathering centering his attack on Rube Wood, state C. P. P. A. chairman and W. M. Brant, secretary, saying they were too rep- resentative of labor and were too radi- cal. He then made a scathing attack on the whole Missouri C. P. P. A. movement claiming that it was too much dominated by labor and rank and file farmers. He laid down the law in ten propositions. The four most important ones are as follows: 1. Leadership to be taken out of the hands of Wood and Brant and given over to some prominent business man (a Missouri Spreckles). 2. All presidential electors be with- drawn and more representative ones placed on the ballot. (Representative of business). 3. That the LaFollette electors do not go on the ballot under the name of Liberal Party which was being used as it gave the LaFollette-Wheeler ticket the aspect of a third party and this was especially to be avoided. 4. That all connections between the so-called Liberal Party state platform and the LaFollette ticket be severed. Rube Wood Must Go. The committee members were dumbfounded by this attack on Wood. PRINCE OF WALES ARRIVES; THRILLS AMERICAN BOOBS U.S. Millionaires Bow Low to Foreigner (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—Four Scot- land yard detectives, four Cunard pier detectives, a watch-dog staff of secretaries, and assorted other super- numeraries guarded the most dis- tinguished recent alien immigrant to this country. The young man’s name proved to be sufficient passport, elim- inating all the usual red tape of im- migration into the United States. One hundred and twenty-five newspaper men met this alien at the boat before he was escorted onto the private ferry of a millionaire Brooklyn manufac- turer. Other persons of the Society of Wealth vied with one another to honor the immigrant. _ One family greeted him at their private pier, another acts as host in the palatial residence loaned the visitor by yet another member of the monied aristocracy. Speed laws do not exist any more than others for this distinguished immigrant: The machine of a wealthy family outdis- Wood has a large influence among the farmers. He also has a long record of service in the trade union move- ment. All these were pointed out to Nelson, but he would have none of it and only tiraded the more. Rube Wood defended himself well. He said he had no apologies to make because he represented labor. The committee agreed to all of Nel- son’s demands except the one to re- move Wood and Brant and while they did not openly refuse to accede to this demand, the tendency was to ignore it entirely. The meeting ended any- thing but harmoniously. Labor Being Disillusioned. The members of the C. P. P. A. of Missouri, thinking that they were in a movement of farmers and workers, set to work, raised money, sent out 30,000 circulars to the farmers and workers and launched what they con- sidered a farmers’ and workers’ cam- paign. But they were soon disillu- sioned. Thus ended act one of the Missouri-LaFollette drama. One can only marvel how well the Workers Party leaders diagnosed the LaFollette disease... All of Neiso tances four state/ troopers’ motorcy- cles in hastening his arrival. Lunches With Cal. Samuel Rea, president of the Penn- sylvania railroad, generously allows the alien immigrant to run down to Washington in his private car to lunch with President Coolidge. Butler Wright, third assistant secretary of state, Major Oscar Solbert, aide to Coolidge, a representative each of the U. S. army and navy escort the im- migrant and secretary of state Hughes himself meets him at the train. H. R. H., Prince of Wales, heir to the throne of this country’s greatest rival among nations, is here! The alient immigrant who has been so ac- claimed by wealthy society on this occasion of his attendance at the polo games may conceivably live to be called the greatest enemy of these same millionaires. But British and American financial interests seem to be getting more interwined and the Prince still gives fluttering hopes to the hearts of innumerable American flappers. guments were anti-Socialist, Anti-radi- cal, anti-labor and they bore a strik- ing similarity to those used by the scab restaurant owner, Tim O'Neil. .. At a time when it was expected to be going ahead, the LaFollette drive in Missouri seems to be at its lowest ebb. ..By Karl Radek By Alexander Bittelman Send-off Party for Three Junior League Members MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 4.— Saturday evening, September 6, from 8 until sunrise at the Labor Lyceum Auditorium, 6th and Irving Ave., the Jewish branch of the Workers Party will give a farewell “vecherinka” (party), Comrades Joseph, Bertha and Sarah (member of the Junior League) Turchinsky, who, on the 10th of this month are leaving for Soviet Russia. Members of the Jewish branch are expecting all members of the Workers Party to come with their family and friends from Minneapolis and St. Paul. Bring the children, All those who want to send mes- sages or souvenirs to their relatives, friends or comrades, bring them along. Joe will be glad to take them over there. Everything will be free— eats, drinks and dancing. Come and say good-bye to Joe and at the same time Chicago, Illinois the DAILY WORKER. te get acquainted. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” HEARST'S MORON |° WRITER, HINMAN, SOLVES IT ALL Thinks Workers Should Toil Longer Hours By H. 0. WATT. (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) YORK, Pa., Sept. 4.—George Hin- man, editor of Hearst’s Financial Sheet, says today that “Americans live in a too-easy fashion, but will awaken soon.” No doubt, this is an- other prediction of a return to nor- malcy and the ten (or twelve) hour day, as Hinman ridicules the idea of the possibility of existing under capi- talism on a short work day. Hinman especially desires that the working- man have large houses and heavy automobiles and other evidences of prosperity and the way to procure them is to work long hours. Had this moron ordinary powers of observation, he might have noticed that those who work the shortest number of hours, or no hours at all, are those.who possess the largest houses and the heaviest automobiles. But Hinman has in mind those fortu- nate workers who have had _intelli- gence enough to organize and thereby improve their working conditions. It is gall to those of Hinman’s type to realize that the working class has made some progress. The Agricultural Situation. But if Hinman should visit this agricultural section he would find the population wholly at a loss to under- stand his references. From an agri- cultural point of view, York County, Pennsylvania, cannot be improved up- on. The soil is of the richest and the climate ideal for the raising of bumper crops. Not only in York County, but thru- out the country as a whole, the farm- ers compose the largest part of the population. The farmers do not know the meaning of short hours. Speak to the farmer of the eight-hour day and he assumes that what is meant is eight hours in the morning and eght hours in the afternoon. From 4:00 a. m. until 8:00 p. m. (16 hours) is the regular work day. The week con- sists of seven days, altho on Sunday the live stock is given a rest. No Rest For Farmer. But no rest for the farmer; he draws milk and takes it to the sta- tion on Sunday as on every other day. And he does all the small jobs on the day of the Lord that he doesn’t have time to do during the week when he must keep his mules busy. Accord- ing to George Hinman, these are the folks who are prosperous; surely they work long enough and hard enough. But what are the facts? Invariably, when any sort of employment is avail- able in an agricultural community in this county, such as when a man with a threshing or hay-baling outfit, ar- rives, the farmers will leave their farm work and assist the thresher for wages of $2.00 a day. The work is laborious and unremit- ting. Only the more vigorous, may work “in the straw,” i, e., erect the immense stacks of straw as rapidly as it is shot out of the mouth of the funnel of the threshing machine. These are the men who are working long hours to supply with food George Hinman’s parasites. No wonder Hin- man does not want them to shorten their hours. If this should happen the leeches of society would have to go to work and produce some of their own necessities—or raise the rent of the property they own! Recently an account was printed in the DAILY WORKER to the effect that strikers had gone into farming communities to help in making hay for $3.00 a day. The writer of the ar- ticle intimated that this low wage was a hardship to the workers—and no doubt, it was, but in this section of the United States the workers would consider themselves very for- tunate indeed if they might earn $3,00 per day. The wage for carpenters is $3.20 a day, considerably .ess than one-half the wage paid to carpenters in the sections where they are or-. ganized. But the workers shouldn't organize, says Hinman. Communist Youth to Hold Open Air Meet In Cleveland Soon CLEVELAND, 0., Sept. 4.—While preparations for Mobilization Day are going on in Cleveland, the Young ie Workers League has taken the oppor- tunity of pointing out to the young workers the reasons for this mobiliza- tion of the military power of the |ers, United States, the class nature of the American government and the neces- sity of having all the workers line up in a struggle against capitalist mili- tarism. Two big open air meetings have been arranged by the league for this week, in connection with the anti- military demonstration on Sept. 7 at Bricklayers’ Hall. The first meeting will be held Thursday, Sept. 4, at Market Square, Lorain Ave, and W. 25th St, The second meeting will be held Friday, Sept, 5, at Cedar and 40th Sts. The speakers at these meetings will be Comrades Gordon and Papeun. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” j the DAILY WORKER. ° |“WE ARE ALWAYS READY!” IS \\ SLOGAN OF JUNIOR COMMUNISTS AT CHICAGO CITY CONVENTION By M. A. SKROMNY. “Are you ready? Always ready!” _ This is the slogan adopted by the Communist children’s groups, of the Junior Section of the Young Workers League, of Chicago, at their first city convention which met last Saturday. It is the first convention of its kind ever held in the United States. The hall at 2644 LeMoyne Street was crowded with delegates and visitors, mostly children. The convention was opened by the city organizer, Comrade Rose Cohen, age. who made a short talk calling for the singing o} - the International. All joined in the singing. After a roll call the following officers were elected: Albert Glatsky, age 12, chairman. Thelma Kahn, age 12, ass’t chair- man, Diana Echeles, age 12, secretary. © Mass Reports. Barney Mass, representing the N. E. C. of the Young Workers League gave a report of the activities of the organ- ization. “We have organized the young workers in the shops and mines, we are now going to organize the young workers in the steel mills,” he said. He called upon the children to work in close unity, “for your are preparing to take over in the future the Communist work of the older comrades,” he said. Comrade Early greeted the conven- tion in the name of the Workers Party. Banner Presented from Russ’ Comrade Nat Kaplan presented to the convention a small red banner from Soviet Russia, a gift from the Russian Pioneers (children Commun- ist groups). The banner was greeted with cheers and applause. A letter from the Russian children to their American comrades and an appeal from the Russian children to the chil- dren of the world against war, were read. A resolution and an answer to these letters were drafted. They will appear in the Children’s Column of the DAILY WORKER. A special week was set aside for writing letters to the Russian children. All groups are expected to participate in this week. The slogan: “Are you Teady? Always ready!” was adopted unani- mously amid cheers. The city organizer, Comrade Rose Cohen, gave a report which was ac- cepted after a short discussion. Re- ports of the groups followed . Groups Are Active. The Marshfield group has 40 me! bers, represented by 4 delegates. The children of this group participated in two school strikes against cruel teach- ers. Police and detectives broke. up the strikes. They are holding street meetings, “soap boxing,” as they call it. During the month of July they sold 350 copies of the Young Com- rade, official organ of the childrens’ organization. The Vanguard group has 33 mem- bers, represented by four delegates. Work is going along very good, only the speakers of the Young Workers League don’t show up at the meet- ings and the group has to get along without them. The group is running a surprise entertainment Sunday, Sep- tember 21, at Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. They ask co-operation from other groups. The West Side group has about 80 members, but mostly new ones. Only 37 good sianding. Are holding out- door meetings in the park. They have two educational, one social and Party Activities Of Local Chicago BRANCH MEETINGS, LOCAL CHICAGO Friday, September 5. Ukrainian No, 2—10701 Stephenson Ave. Polish, North Side—1902 W. Division St. Lithuanian No, 41—4138 Archer Ave., Vokantis Bidg. Greek Branch—722 Blue Island Ave. STREET MEETINGS IN CHICAGO. Friday, Sept. 5. North Ave. and Rockwell St.—Auspices, North West branch and Maplewood Y. Ae L, Speakers, O'Flaherty and Wm. F. ‘use. bon gk and ple age iam aga mote 4 Irving Park W. P. branches. Broskare, D. EB. 1 Warley and Peter Herd. Roosevelt Road and Central ee > Auspices, Rykov and West Side Y. branch. Speakers, aren usd Harvey. Saturday, Sept. 6. ~ 23rd and Oakley — Auspices, kers, branches, 4th District. Speal and Italian comrades. Italian English Dickson and Division, near Milwaukee |& -Auspices, Polish — branch, ers, Hammersmark and Polish comrade, 114th Pl. and Michi —Auanices, Pull- Speakers, D, Barley, man_ branches, K, r Sts.—Auspices, coetng Speakers, F, Buckley and Division and Washington—Auspices, North West Jewish branch and Hersch Leckert . Speakers Louis Engdahl, Sid- ney Borgeson. garaah Acp stelaorebend,Sectgple je a ungarien branches ge? Herd, Gi and State ithenaasploen, South Side Mnek W. P. Speak G Owens, C. Miller. Ree Neen Sunday, Sept. 7. Washington Park — "0; Forum,” Workers Party. Speakers, Be B, Barley. North Side English Branch. The regular meeting of the North Side English Branch was cancelled on account of the T. U. HE. L. picnic on Labor Day, and a special meeting will therefore be held on Monday, Sept. 8 at Imperial Hall, 2409 N. Halsted St. Every member must report at the spe- cial meeting and bring along the signed petitions, ARE YOU OBTAINING YOUR BUN: DLE OF THE DAILY WORKER and CAMPAIGN LEAFLETS to distribute when you are out getting beodtgae re to petitions? one business meeting per month. They are organizing the Red Scouts. The Newberry group has 35 mem- bers, are holding street meetings, “campaigning in the streets,” they call it. The Rykoff group has 15 members, organized only five weeks ago. The Young Guards group has about 25 members. Organized about seven weeks. The Maplewood group has about 25 members. There are also groups in Cicero with 55 members, Pullman, and South Side, who are not represented at the convention, and new groups being or- ganized, the Wicker Park group and another one. Membership Drive Begins. With the opening of schools it was decided to start a membership cam- paign. The Vanguard group proposed to start a campaign now for a sum- mer camp next summer for the mem- bers of the Junior groups. It was adopted. Rose Plotkin, age 9, gave a talk on publicity. In the discussion that fol- lowed the children complained that the Young Worker and the DAILY WORKER do not pay enuf attention to the Juniors. They demanded more publicity from the party press. A re- porter of the DAILY WORKER who was present was permitted to defend the paper. He called the attention of the children to the Children’s Col- umn in the paper and advised every group to elect a publicity agent or reporter, and to send in news to the Children’s Column. The suggestion was adopted. Elect Officers. After the constitution was adopted the following members of the City Central Committee were elected: Rose Cohen, organizer, Thelma Kahn, secretary, Molly Rubin, finan- cial secretary, Albert Glatsky, educa- tional director. Tillie Lurye, litera- ture agent. Diana Echeles, social di- rector, Phillip Bolden, sports director, Eva Stolar, publicity director. The convention closed its session to the strains of the Young Guards, the song of the Juniors. Wa 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) ews for the Worker Everyday of everything concerning Labor in this country—and the world over. ARTICLES On every phase of working class activity. STORIES Of people who CARTOONS By Labor’s leading artists. Workers Corre P the children—all You'll enjoy the Saturday Magazine Section. SUBSCRIBE! And get it every day. $6.00 12 Months RATES (EXCEPT IN CHICAGO): $3. 6 Months Send this blank with your remittance. NAME? oersrsrssisssvocsscernecsecrsecesenevssovonne Street and No. ondence, ee Stories and Comics for go to make up THE DAILY WORKER “THE NATIONAL LABOR DAILY” Friday, September 5, 1924 ae WORKERS PARTY CANDIDATES IN ILLINOIS VOTE “Bill” Dunne at Head of Communist Ticket The following are the candidates of the Workers Party for offices in the state of Illinois and the city of Chi- cago: For Governor—William F. Dunne, Chicago, For Lieut.Governor—John J. Watt, Springfield. For Secretary of State—Moritz J, Loeb, Chicago. For United States Senator—J. Louis Engdahl, Chicago. For Attorney General—David J. Bentall, Chicago. Congressman from 1st Gordon Owens, Chicago. Congressman from 7th District— Samuel Hammersmark, Chicago. Congressman from 8th District— George Maurer, Chicago. Congressman from 9th_ District— John W. Johnstone, Chicago. Congressman from 6th District— J. Pellegrino, Chicagé. Congressman from 4th District— Victor Zokaltis, Chicago. Congressmen at large—E. B. Hew- District— lett, West Frankfort; Robert Minor, ° Chicago. Cleveland League to Hold Joint Meeting With W. P. on I. Y. D. CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 4.—Due to the fact that the Gitlow campaign meeting in Cleveland is being held on the same day as International Youth Day, it was impossible for the Young Workers League to arrange for a meeting of its own. Instead, a joint meeting has been arranged for Sun- day, Sept. 7, at Bricklayers Hall, 21st and Prospect. The league speaker, Comrade Martin Gordon, will bring to the attention of the assembled workers the slogans of the league: Down with militarism; fight against Mobilization Day; organize the young 4 workers into the trade unions; fig! for the establishment of a work and farmers government in America. Young and adult workers of Cleve- land are invited to hear Benjamin Gitlow, Communist candidate for vice president, and Martin Gordon of the Young Workers League. S. P. Gets Back Seat. BROOKLYN, Sept. 4—The Social- ist percentage in the LaFollette or- ganizing committee for the assembly districts is being limited by Robert H. Haskell, in charge. Abraham Tu- vin and Joseph Viola are the two So- cialists now on the steering commit- tee. idents and two women republican workers are also on the committee, leaving the Socialists in the minority. Order campaign leaflets from the Campaign Manager thru your branch. work for a living. 50 $2.00 3 Months Two active republican club pres-v