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Tuesday, September 9, 1924 GREEK FASCIST RULE ATTACKS LABOR LEADERS France, England Urges War on Communists (Special to the Daily Worker.) ATHENS, Sept. 8.—An_ at-| tempt to intern John. Cordatos, manager of the Greek Com- munist daily Risopastis (The Radical), editor of the monthly Communist review of Greece, and prominent leader of the Communist party in this coun- try, on charges made over two yee ago and understood to avebeen permanently dropped, is being engineered by ‘the re- publican government of Greece. It is understood that the move is instigated by the imperialist governments of England and France, which are using the government and the army of Greece as tools in fighting the impending Communist revolt in Bulgaria. Waylaid in Park. That the government is now dig- ging up an old and almost forgotten charge against the Communist spokes- man seems to prove the contention’ of the great body of workers in this country that the thugs who last week made an unsuccessful attempt on Cor- datos’ life, after having trapped him in-a lonely park, were agents, of the Greek premier, Sofoulis.! Universal suspicion was aroused at that time by the fact that no investigation into the crime was made, and that no ac- tion was taken by the police. The united strength of the Greek labor movement is behind the Com- munists in their fight against the out- rages of the democratic government. Evangelou, secretary of the General Confederation of Labor—an organiza- tion which includes nearly all of the industrial workers of Greece—himself a member of the Communist party, has made formal protest in behalf of the Greek workers against this and other anti-Communist moves. This protest will be backed up by militant aggression on the ‘industrial field. Oppose Invasion of Bulgaria. The renewed efforts of the Greek government to get rid of Cordatos are said to be due to the agitation which Risoskastis has been carrying on against the intended invasion by Bulgaria by the Greek army. Com- munist sentiment runs high in Bul- garia, and the effect which a prole- tarian revolution in one of the Bal- kan states would have on the whole of the Balkan peninsula is feared ‘by the imperialists of England and of France and by the tobacco corpora- tions of America, which have inter- ests in the Drama district, a fertile tobacco raising area located in Ma- cedonia. } To justify the proposed invasion of Bulgaria by Greek soldiers, and to prepare the workers of Greece to take up arms, the Greek government, thro the columns of the kept press of the country, have for weeks been spread- ing propaganda denouncing the Com- munists of Bulgaria as bandits, mur- flerers and thieves. Offers Aid Against Workers. This crisis was evidently foreseen by the Greek representatives who four years ago concluded a treaty with the other countries of the Bal- kan peninsula, specifying, in part, that the Bulgarian army was to be kept at a maximum’ of 20,000 men. The Greek government has since that time made overtures to Bulgaria, of- fering help in the event of a proletari- an revolution. The charges made against Corda- tos two years ago are based on the fact that he agitated against the in- vasion of Asia Minor by the Greek army, which was at that time the tool of England in its struggle for dominion with France, which was on the side of Turkey. Action against the Communists has become more and more stringent since the formation and the begin- ning of the dctivity of the World War Veterans, an international as- sociation headed by Henri Barbusee, and openly devoted to the cause of the workers. In this the social-democrats and the republicans of Greece have the help of the royalists, one of whose leaders, Metaxes, telegraphed to the Political office of the Greek govern- ment saying that he favored the fight which is waged against the World War Veterans and against all organ- ized labor bodies. The Royalist press heartily supports every move of the social-democratic government to break strikes and to suppress radi- cal publications. Fury of Labor Aroused. The sudden turn to legality on the part of the government is said to be due to the fury of the workers of Greece at the arrest of Comrade Max- imus, delegate of the Greek Commun- ist party to the Fifth Congress of the Communist International, the intern- ment of three members of the Greek section of the Young Communist In- ternational who were exiled without trial—and the wholesale arrests of Communist leaders during the recent _ demonstrations on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the world war. Faster Work Needed the required signatures. sizéd too the signer put. his name to both. * * among the live wires reported. petitions, and be recorded. It becomes more plain each day do this. them both signed. WORKERS PARTY CANDIDATE IN TURES EVERY DAY! ONLY EIGHT DAYS LEFT! SPEED UP! Signatures to Place Workers Party Candidates on the Ballot in IMlinois Coming in Faster. WATCH THE FIGURES GROW! MAKE THE FIGURES GROW! If Job Is to Be Done. Comrades will have to hustle every day in order to turn the trick by ki September 15, at which date the Party hopes and expects to have more than Story to Daily Worker Too many comrades both in the Party and League are depending on the other fellow to do his or her work, The Party expects and demands that every member shall be on the job securing signatures. | !llinois State Federation of Labor con- Do your share. Some comrades are neglecting to take the State and Presi-|V@"tion at Peoria, Ill. Unemployment dential Electors petitions with them when they go out securing signatures; in the mining camps of Illinois is ram- they take only the Congressional petition with them. It cannot be empha- strongly that comrades shall TAKE BOTH PETITIONS and have EI * we Young Workers League Members Getting on Job. Englewood and John Reed and West Side Young Workers League mem-|it?. bers have been making a good job lately in getting signatures, League and Party members are doing well, according to reports sifting into |#tion of Labor, does not know whether the Local Office. Comrades Lydia Beidel, Evelyn Mack, Lampkoff, Gordon |the matter comes up on the conven- Owens, Davison, Kahn, Mike March, Clausen, Ed. Murasko, D. Early are | ‘ion floor. He says it is entirely up to No doubt there are others. Also other Bring in your that every candidate of the Party in Illinois can get on the ballot if the comrades in the League and Party will get out each day for a couple of hours. Remember, TAKE BOTH STATE AND CONGRESSIONAL PETITIONS tor A, Olander. and the rest of the with you when you go out getting signatures. Some comrades have failed to leadership at the Peoria convention We must get the Foster-Gitlow ticket on the ballot by all means. A person who signs one petition will sign the other. Make it a swift job. Take ’em both and have OVER THE TOP WITH EVERY ILLINOIS! SEND IN YOUR SIGNA- | (Special to The drive of the coal operators, as manifested at their Herrin con- ference, follows: WHEREAS, The miners of IIli- nois are suffering from terriffic un- employment, from which no relief is in sight, and to fight against which our Union has not yet adopted a pro- gram; and WHEREAS, The employers are preparing to take advantage of this condition, in order to tower wage scales and break the union, and put Illinois on the same basis as the. non-union fields; and WHEREAS, The ‘glorious strug- gles of the past, which established Dist. 12 of the U. M. W. of A. and raised our conditions in former times, stands as a challenge to us to meet these problems and solve them in the same fighting spirit of the founders of the Union, and to bring into this fight the plans and tactics necessary to meet the changed con- ditions of modern industry; and WHEREAS, This necessitates wide counsel together of the rank and file, and frequent councils of war of our forces, just as the em- ployers are holding counsel among themselves (as witnessed in the Herrin “open-shop” wage-slashing conference); therefore, be it RESOLVED, That we call upon the officials of Dist. 12 to call con- ferences of representatives of the various locals, and Sub-Districts, for the specific purpose of launching a fight for unemployement relief as a means of forcing the re-opening of the mines, and to lay down funda- mental plans for solving our prob- lems. a “* © A Correction by Karl Reeve. (Special to The Daily Worker) DIVERNON, IIL, Sept. 8.—In pass- ing thru here on the way to the Peo- ria convention, I am told that some of the officials of the Madison Coal Company have been denouncing the DAILY WORKER because in an ar- ticle of mine in the August 22 issue of the DAILY WORKER it was stated that' the Madison Goal Company houses contain “two small .rooms.” The truth of the matter, I learn upon closer inspection, is that there are four small rooms in some of the houses and not two. Anyone who ha‘ been to Divernon will agree with me that my mistake was plausible, as the THE DAILY WORKER, . The workers employed in the seeanevenncnnonnneresnogen * on the presidential WM. Z. FOSTER ... Workers Party DAVIS Democratic Party . votes; seenannneene Address: seeseaneennennenennees MANY COAL MINERS’ LOCAL UNIONS JOINING IN GROWING DEMAND FOR UNEMPLOYED RELIEF CONFERENCE Daily Workery SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Sept. 8.—Dozens of local unions thru- out the Illinois coal fields have indorsed the resolution passed by the Divernon Miners’ Local Union No. 146, demanding that of- ficials of the Illinois miners call a conference of local unions and sub-district officers, to secure unemployment relief. The resolution, which calls for concerted action against the open shop and wage reduction *— + MAKING MEN OUT OF SCABS IN THE COAL FIELDS OF OKLAHOMA (By Federated Press.) OKLAHOMA CITY.—While citi- zéns living near open shop mines have been complaining of shooting at night by armed private guards, organizers of the United Mine Work- ers have been reducing the force of scabs. The non-union force at Hailey, Okla., has been reduced from 60 to 25, and at Bull Hill mine from 25 to 18. Many of the men quit- ting have joined the union at Luti. rooms are so small it is difficult to see some of them. But my gravest mistake in the ar- ticle, strangely enough, the Madison Coal Company did not denounce. In fact, they completely ignored my er- ror. I said: “There is no running water, no bathrooms, nothing but backyard pumps and backyard toilets.” No Backyard Pumps. In crediting the Madison Coal Com- pany with supplying backyard pumps, WORKERS’ STRAW VOTE 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, III. and the vote was as follows: » Votes; LaFOLLETTE ... | certify that this report is correct: * , I find I underestimated their thrift. There are no backyard pumps except where the miners put them in them- selves. There is nothing but a hole in the ground in the backyard where the miners draws surface water for all purposes from his cistern with a bucket. The mine of the Madison Coal Com- pany is still shut down with no pros- pect of opening. In the last three years the mine has worked barely half of the time. There has been no work for the past few months. pamebieP HBS de U. S. Wants Long Concession. MEXICO CITY, Sept. 8—The Mexi- can fruit exporters of the’ states of Tabasco and Vera Cruz are urging the government not to grant a concession to American interests on the isthmus. American capital in return for repair- ing the railroad is asking for a ten year concession, which will mean that freight rates will become prohibitive. In lieu of this arrangement, Mexican export dealers are offering the gov- ernment five million dollars for re- pairing the road. . ‘ doin the Work. Party! shop of..... ave taken a straw vote wm. Votes; No Party COOLIDGE Republican «» Votes. THE DAILY WORKER MUST STAND ON STREET CORNERS FACING HUNGER Miner Tells Desperate Yesterday saw the opening of the pant and the miners every day send in their letters to the DAILY WORK- R relating the misery they and their comrades have been reduced to thru unemployment. What will the convention do about Victot A. Olander, Secretary- Treasurer of the Illinois State Feder- the miners themselves whether or not this question will be discussed and a remedy sought. Miners’ delegates at Peoria should read this letter just received by the DAILY WORKER, and then tell Vic- what to do about it! To the DAILY WORKER: I know my subscription has run out long ago and I should have sent you the money. Keep my name on the mailing list. I ain’t got the money right now, but| I will send it pretty soon. The DAILY WORKER sure does de- liver the goods all right. It is the | best paper we have in this country. I will now tell you what a fix I am| in. There is one mine in this town | at which I worked. I have been out of | | work now for five months. Last win-| ter we only worked two and three | days a week and I am broke. There} Se Page Threa’ HINDOO COMMUNIST CALLS ON RAMSAY MACDONALD TO HALT REIGN OF TERROR IN INDIA (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, July lentless persecutior —(By Mail.)—In consequence of the re- of so-called political offenders in British India, and in particular the Cawnpore alleged conspiracy. case, where all the accused were sentencéd to prison for advocating an ‘open letter” to Mr. Mac- Donald, the British premier, in which he remarks, among other things, that “the British prole- t t would have a thrilling tale to hear, if the organized conspiracy on the ‘part of our imperial rulers*against the freedom and well-being of the three hundred million half-starved and oppressed men, women and children of the Indian Empire were fully told.” Issues Challenge. Further, the author s in part: “We repeat, and we challenge you to repudiate this statement, that the egonomic interests of the colonial and subject peoples require the destruc- tion of Imperialism. India, as a col- ony of the British Empire, is’no ex- seption to this law. The only real ution of the f. in which civilization finds itself involved, is the total destruction of Imperialism, and a change from the capitalist sys- tem of economy to a socialist one. “The rise of a militant working class party in India is one step towards this goal. If the labor government per- sists in denying the Indian masses a constitutional outlet for their griev- ances, they will be obliged to take re- fuge in the only weapon which re- mains to them—force, employed as an instrument of freedom, to overcome force maintained as a tool of exploit- ation and oppression. And who shall dare to say that the Indian people will lis nothing else here. I have looked | all over the country for other worl:| and did not find anything. Many min-} ers who left for Chicago and other places to look for work all returned | in a short time because they could not |find work. Just like you say in your paper, the | stores let them have credit at first, but | they have stopped it now. There is/ nothing for them to do but to stand on the street ‘corners and starve. One person here, a miner, wants to take your paper but he ain’t got no money. He is broke like everyone else here. He wants to know whether | you willsend him the paper now and he will pay for it in about a week.) His name is -, Virden, Ml. | He likes your paper and he asks me for it every day. ‘Phis is my story and it is the story of many; many miners here. Keep the good work going and please don’t stop sending me your paper.—A Miner, Virden, Ill. Join the Workers Party! , MOVING PICTURE MEN PATRIOTISM ~ IS KIND 0° WEAK The motion picture owners of Chi- cago take their patriotism a la mode, according to the statements of Jack Miller, president of the Exhibitors’ Association of Chicago, who has re- fused to grant permission to “De- fensé day” speakers to rave for even | two minutes on September 12. | Would Annoy Patrons. | “It would annoy our patrons,” he} explained and added, “we can’t af- ford it.” He offered, however, to permit the local committee, composed of leading militarists and capitalist figures, to have slides run thru the machines of every theater. The committee de- clined this generous offer and de- manded that speakers be permitted to spill the piffle to the bored audi- ences. Miller refused to consider even 2 minute talks. "Taxis More Accommodating. Taxi-cab concerns, and the elevated system are not so obstreperous, it seems, They have all promised to decorate their conveyances with ap- ropriate designs, bunting, pictures and what not. Any young lady riding home in a cab on that night can be inspired with the thot that it is “De- fense Day.” U. S. Imperialism Spreads. MEXICO CITY, Sept. 8.—The talk of ceding Belice or: British Honduras to Guatamala, with permission to the U. 8. to build a railroad there, in re- turn for cancellation of part of the British debt, is stirring up much in- teresting comment here. Such a step would mean that the U. 8. would com- pletely dominate Central America and would get a much stronger hold on Mexico, It would have the complete commercial, military and economic control of the entire isthmus, Little by little the U. S. is getting all the strategic points in Latin-America. ARE YOU OBTAINING YOUR BUN. DLE OF THE DAILY WORKER and CAMPAIGN LEAFLETS to distribute when you are out getting signatures to petitions? You can get sample copies of the DAILY WORKER any time at the DAILY WORKER office. f ey \ i TT TTT not be justified? Not the British pro- letariat, in whose name you are play- ing the role of the watch-dog of im- perialism. Calls For Reconsideration. “In view, therefore, of the grave sig- nificance of the situation, I call upon you, Right Honorable Sir, in the name of the Indian masses, to re-consider your polic: I repeat the demands made in my first letter. Let the La- bor Government come to the assist- ance of the Indian working class, in- stead of carrying on clandestine ne- gotiations with British and Indian capitalism. ® “Give the same rights and protection to Indian labor as prevail in Great Britain; recognize the rights of organ- ization and propaganda in the poli- tical.and economic fields. Lift the ban on Socialist and working class literature. Legalize the existence of Trade Unions, and equalize wages, hours of work and conditions of la- bor with those prevailing abroad. Grant a general amnesty for all poli- tical offenders, and declare the rights of the Indian people to Self-Determin- ation and Autonomy. “Only by such measures can the British Labor Government justify its pretensions to be a government of the working class, and be true to the principles laid down in its program of socialism. Will you have the cour- age to inaygurate this new labor poli- cy upon the ashes of the old? The verdict of history awaits your de- cision.” Officers Mobilize Imagination. SAN FRANCISCO.—Officials of the Ninth corps area of the army are ter- |ribly concerned by discovery of leat- lets circulated in San Franciso by the Workers Party. The heated imagin- ation of the militarists has conjured from the manifesto on the tenth an- niversary of the war, containing a pre- diction of another imperialist war to follow, a‘ vision of “a red army plot to aid other countries to conquer the United States by means of revolu- tion.” What they intend to do about it the officers fail to state, but at any rate they have referred their start- ling discovery of the class war to the San Francisco police department. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER, SO LMU Mn RIGHT WHERE YOU WORK! The fellows with whom you discuss “politics” every lunch hour. the establishment of a democratic Indian republic, free from all} foreign control, Manabendra Nath Roy, leader and refugee, addressed+— ag a well-known Indian ACTORS ON JOB IN ENGLAND BUILDING REAL LABOR UNION (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Sept. 8—The Actors’ Association of Great Britain has written to union authorities thru- out England requesting trade union- ists of all kinds to stay away from performances given by the com- pany of Sir John Martin Harvey, organizer of the actors’ guild, a co- operative associatig@n which has been making war on the actors’ union. Members of the profession who objected to the closed shop demand of the actors’ association broke away last June and formed the stage guild. The union has been upheld by the general council of the Trade Union Congress, the highest trade union authority in the country. The union actors have the sup- port of the musicians and theater employes, who are associated with the actors’ organization. KLAN ON TRIAL TODAY IN MAINE STATE ELECTION Hooded Order Getting Slammed on All Sides Will Maine swat the Ku Klux Klan in Monday’s election as it was swatted by the Texans a few weeks ago? This is the burning question in Maine. This issue of the DAILY WORKER went to press to early for the returns. Full account in tomorrow's issue. The Klan vote will go to the repub- lican candidate, while the donkey jockey will fall heir to the anti-Klan yote. The Klan issue was a godsend to the democrats, who must be credited with using good strategy in forcing General Dawes to speak out on the hooded order. The general straddled the issue and did not please any side too well. The Klan is not enjoying smooth sailing these days. Governor Blaine of Wisconsin, see- ing the handwriting on the wall, took a wallop at the Kluxers when he 8us- pended District Attorney George B. Clementson from office, on the ground that he favored the klan. In Herrin, Ilinois, Dr. John T. Black, against whom a charge of mur- der had been filed in connection with the riots in which six men were killed last week, was discharged when he appeared in Justice Abe Hick’s court last Saturday. Vote Communist This Time! Librarian Escapes the Flames. SAN JOSE, Cal.—A few months ago the American history of Albert Bush- nell Hart was burnt in the streets of San Jose at the order of President James Fellom of the library board, over the protests of the liberal librari- an, Mrs. Edith Daley. Now Mr. Fel- lom has ordered Mrs. Daley's dismis- sal for “insubordination and conduct unbecoming a librarian.” Mrs. Daley will fight the charges, which arose from the struggle between progres- sive and reactionary forces in the li- brary board. Join the Workers Party! hold different views—and are not easily convinced. Get their sub for THE DAILY WORKER With NEWS of everything that concerns Labor — ARTICLES, CARTOONS and STORIES. ‘The DAILY WORKER will convince your shop mate. GET THAT SUB~— RIGHT WHERE YOU WORK! $6.00 a year $8.00 a year 1 DID THE JOB My Name... Street & No. Y State ... RATES OUTSIDE CHICAGO $3.50 Six Months RATES IN CHICAGO $4.50 Six Months HERE’S MY SHOP for... ._ ™ His Name. Street & No... And use this little sub blank for the job. CALVIN SPITS FIERY WORDS AT: COURT SWATTERS Davis, LaFollette, Gom- pers Doing Their Acts | President Coolidge came to the de- }fense of the supreme court of the | United States in a speech delivered {in Baltimore, Maryland. usual, piffle-brained capitalis were there to magn’ the usual Cool- idge piffle into political wisdom of the ieee water. Perhaps the’ strikebreaker presi- dent was a little more vigorous than usual in his delivery. After all, the supreme court of the United States is a very important tool of capitalism. When laws forbidding child labor are passed, the trusty supreme court dumps them into the garbage can. It! is always ready to interpret any law! to suit the interests of those who| give it direction. A few gems from the Coolidge! speech are given for the record. One} is: “This is not the struggle of the rich and the powerful. They will be able to survive. It is the struggle ofj the common run of people.” Get a Good Start. | “The time to stop those who would | weaken and loosen the fabric of our: government is before they begin “The question is whether America! will allow itself to be degraded into a communistic and socialistic state whether it will remain Ameriedh.” Silent Cal has delivered many wise! sayings about law and order ever since the time of the Boston police strike, but he suffers from a peeular lapse of memory in connection with the doings of the Ohio boys during’ the administration of Warren Hard- ing, continued into Calvin's. ‘The president seems astounded that any- body should think evil of Daugherty Fall, Denby, Roosevelt, Forbes of the Veterans’ Bureau, Jess Smith, or the scores of other grafters who, would fill a spacious rogue’s gallery, wal Has Good Smellers, , | The pen hirelings who now paint Cadfvin a dazzling white; will use a ait- | ferant color when the little tin God is turned into a little pile of junk, po- liticaily speaking. He may then get a job fyom Henry Ford, smelling the, breath of his employes for whiskey at the factory gates or from the Ku Klux Klan driving the devil out of the once Nordically God-fearing American people. Being such a reli- gious law-enforcing fiend, both jobs would suit hina well. en i While Coolidge was bleating in Bal-} timer, Maryland, his competitor on the democratic ticket was shooting | the ox to the farmers of Nebraska. ' Davis speaks a different language in Nebraska to that which he uses in | the industrial east. In Omaha, Mor-' gan’s man Davis, was telling the far- \the republican party monstrums but |that the democratic party was more | honest and would not trick them after | jit landed in the White House. Why Two Parties? | So far the campaign has mot shown jany good reason why the big capital-! |ists should insist on keeping their two old parties in the field, unless it be that the politicians who feed on both must be placated. LaFollette continues to beat the air with musty phrases and is meeting |the fate of all trimmers—he does not» satisfy any faction of his chop suey, following. One of the most popular subjects for discussion in Washington is: what |induced Samuel Gompers to get on the LaFollette bandwagon? The gen- eral opinion is that he saw a big hole in the act of being bored into his non-partisan political circus tent, and he decided to do a little boring him- self with the result that he captured the LaFollette show, so far as the labor wing of it is concerned. ' Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. The men who ° $2.00 Three Months $2.50 Three Months MATE'S SUB! OB, sans |mers that he agreed with some “| ’