The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 10, 1924, Page 4

age owiehe Page Four COMMUNISTS IN MEXICO FIGHT _ THE FASCISH Expose Obregon Rule as Ally of M ussolini By ELLA G. WOLFE (Special to the DAILY WORKER) MEXICO CITY, Sept. 9.—To greet the good Fascisti ship Italia,” the Communists of Mexico have launched a special manifesto calling upon the workers to protest against the festivities the Mexican govern- ment is preparing for Musso- lini’s boat. It calls upon all workers and} peasants to get their organiza- tions all over the country to organize .giant demonstrations against Mussolini, “assassin of workers and peasants.” “And if the yellow labor leaders are unwilling to organize such demonstra- tions, shove the leaders aside and or- ganize them yourselves.” Hit Obregon Government. The manifesto goes on to “This is the moment for the formation of a united front of protest against Italian reaction, which is only part of the reaction of the entire world. “Thé Obregon government, which has repeatedly called itself revolu- tionary, is committing servile acts in {ts preparations for festivities in honor of these criminal reactionaries of Italy. What role is the Mexican gov- ernment (which claims to be a friend of the workérs) playing in receiving the spokesmen of Fascism here? Does the hypocrisy of diplomacy come be- fore the honor of the Mexican revo- lution?” a At a large festival arranged in the Ministry of Education for these Fas- cisti, the Communists distributed the above manifesto. A regular “scandal” was created and President Obregon has sent for the Minister of Educa- tion, asking him to-see that “these people” be properly punished for the insults they hurled at Mussolini's representatives, in a manifesto which had the “shamelessness” to say: “The Communist Party of Mexico (Section of the Third International) calls upon all the unions and all the peasants to organize a united front against the Fascisti. ~-“Down with the bourgeois reaction! “Long live the proletarian united front! “Long live Communism!” Winter Activities of Society for Tech Aid Now on in Full Swing The winter activities of the Society for Technical Aid to Soviet Russia, are in full swing. At the last meet- ing of the Sogjety held this week, committees were elected to organize the various activities. Classes in Rus- sian and in English will soon be started. The entertainment commit- tee is arranging a series of concerts with Russian opera stars. The first Russian performance of the season will be given this Sunday evening, Sept. 14, at 7:30 p. m., at the theatre Hall of the Society, 1902 W. Division Bt. The Russian Dramatic Players at the head of which is the well-known Russian actor, Anatoly Pokatiloff, will present “The Convert,” a drama in four acts, from the life of the Nihil- ists, by the famous Russian revolu- tionary writer, Stepniak-Kravchinsky. Other performances are being ar- ranged. 1. W. W. Lumberjack Arrested. SUSANVILLE, Cal.—John Bruns, I. W. W. member, has been arrested for criminal syndicalism and is held in the Lassen county jail. The arrest ‘was at the instigation of the White .and Sugar Pine Association, notori- ous for its blacklisting of radical Jumber workers. You can get sample copies of the DAILY WORKER any time at the DAILY WORKER office. THE DAILY WORKER, The workers employed in the on the presidential candid WM. Z. FOSTER Workers Party DAVIS » votes; Democratic Party WORKERS’ STRAW VOTE 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ni. and the vote was as follows: » votes; LaFOLLETTE ..... | certify that this report is correct: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE NEW YORKER VOLKSZEITUNG CONFERENCE. By the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party. ‘HE Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party is in re- ceipt of the following communication from the New Yorker Volkszeitung- Conferenz: “Central Executive Committee, Workers Party, “Dear Comrades: The above named organization orders me to ex- press -its resentment in regard to your attitude in censuring the editor of the ‘New Yorker Volkszeitung.’ Your position, in our opinion, is detri- mental to our organization inasmuch as it is likely to create animosity against some and to discourage active | support which is so essential to any| working class paper. We mean, under all conditions, to maintain a newspa- per built up with tremendous sacri- fices. “We feel that your position, in the matter has not been entirely fair. We take the position that anybody, before pronouncing censure upon him,.should have the privilege of a hearing and defense a right expressly granted by capitalist court procedure. We do not know if you regard your method as comradely. Permit me to say we do not!! “I wish to say in re merits of the case that it was the Advertising De- partment which accepted, without knowledge of the editor, the adver- tisement of the Hungarian loan bonds. The ‘Volkszeitung’ has a yearly con- tract with the banking house for a certain amount of space. It could have been sued for breach of contract at the option of the banking house. The result might have meant finan- cial ruin... The paper has consistently denounced Horthy and his regime. On the next day the advertisement was discontinued. On the same day an editorial appeared stating the edi- torial position in the matter. Not- withstanding, you seem to feel justi- fied in your action! “I wish to discuss the question of principle involved because this is the most essential point. Does it help and assist Horthy if the public buys the bonds? Not one scintilla or one con- tinental. The banking syndicate which buys the bonds buys them at a cer- tain rate and pays a stipulated price. It. does not matter in the least it fhe syndicate can foist them on the pub- lic or not, Horthy will get his amount. Small bankers buy same and act as retailers as in this case. A _ small bank inserted the advertisement in the ‘Volkszeitung.’ “To boycott the bonds does not’ mean that Horthy will lose a cent. I may say, in parenthesis, that among the readers of the paper there are exceedingly few bond buyers actual or appearance in the Volkszeitung of the advertisement offering for sale bonds of the murderous counter-revolution- ary Horthy government of Hungary? First we are told that the Volkszeit- ung had a contract with the banking house selling these bonds and that it might have been sued and ruined fi- nancially if it had refused to publish the advertisement. In answer to this writer, we say that we would rather a thousand times have the Volkszei- tung ruined financially by a suit than that it would sell its revolutionary honor by consciously publishing an advertisement of bonds of the mur- derous- counter-revolutionary Horthy government. A Communist goes to prison, yes, sacrifices his life, rather than to sacrifice his revolutionary principles. We are glad to be able to say that it was thru gross negli- gence and carelessness that the Horthy advertisement got into the Volkszeitung and not for such a rea- son as the writer of this letter assigns. Communist papers depend for their existence upon the,support of the workers and not upon the good wish- es of banking houses. The discussion of the question of ‘principle in this communication takes the same counter-revolutionary non- working class attitude. Horthy sells his bonds to the banking houses, we are told. He gets his money whether they are advertised and sold to the public or not. We might answer this argument by stating the fact that banking houses will not purchase bonds which they cannot sell to the public, but such an answer would be on the plane with the argument of the secretary of the New Yorker Volks- zeitung-Conferenz. For us as Communists there is something more at stake than the question of the relationship betwen the murderous Horthy government, the banking houses, and the public, in connection with the sale of these bonds. The New Yorker Volkszeitung is an organ of a revolutionary Communist THE DAILY WORKER ers Party is a fraternally affiliated Section of the Communist Interna- tional, as is also the Hungarian Com- munist Party, In other words the Workers Party is a part of the world organization of Communists which established a Soviet Government in Hungary. This government was overthrown by the murderous Horthy white guard regime. This murderous Horthy regime visited its vengeance upon the workers of Hungary by shooting and hanging thousands and casting other tens of thousands into vile prisons, resorting to the extremes of terrorism in order to break and destroy this working class movement. We here in the United States today are part of the world organization of Communists which is fighting against this murderous Horthy government. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our Hungarian Communist comrades in the struggle to end Horthyism in Hungary—and, yet, one of the organs of our party carries an advertisement offering for sale the bonds of this Horthy government. No matter how this happened— and the Central Executive Committee has already declared that it was thru gross negligence and not consciously that the’ advertisement appeared in the Volkszeitung—it is a matter of shame and disgrace to the Workers Party. It should be a matter of shame and disgrace for the New *Yorker Volkszeitung Conferenz, We hope that the New Yorker Volkszeitung-Conferenz, after recon- sideration of the letter of its secre- tary, will definitely repudiate’ the dis- cussion of the merits and principles of this matter expressed in that letter and take its stand with the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party on a working class view of this advertisement as expressed in this letter. Central Executive Committee, Work- ers Party of America. WILLIAM Z. FOSTER, Chi Party, the Workers Party. The Work- Cc. E. RUTHENBERG, Exec! i Secretary. The bituminous coal fields with revolt against capitalism. coal cities. the center of District No. 6 of th ica. is close to the West Virginia lin potential, If you are aware of these facts why did you act so tempestu- ously? Or is your knowledge of fi- nancial matters as deficient as your method of procedure in impasing censure? “The only effective method of a boycott against Horthy might be not to buy any Hungarian products, “Hoping that the facts set forth above will convince you of your hasty action, and in the future you will be guided by the old Roman proverb: “Audiatur et altera pars.”, I remain fraternally, LOUIS BRAUN, Ree. Secy. 163 E. 92nd St., New York City.” The Central Executive Committee is glad to be able to say, in opening its comment upon the above letter, that the writer, Louis Braun, is not a Communist and not a member of the Workerg Party. It would indeed have caused uneasiness in the minds of the members of the Central Executive Committee if a member of the Work- ers Party could have been guilty of writing such a non-Communist coun- ter-revolutionary letter as the above, We hope also that the sentiment ex- pressed in this letter did not repre. sent the views of the members of the New Yorker Volkszeitung-Conferenz, altho the letter is written in the name of this organization. What are the arguments which are advanced in this letter to justify the sent political struggle. They flocked in full force to the Git- low meeting in Bellaire from the various surrounding mining camps. Many of them came over the line in West Virginia. The local fake labor leaders had in- tentions to rally the miners for a big demonstration on Labor Day, but only succeeded in getting out a bare forty- six miners, most of them under the influence of the “leaders.” Conse- quently, when Gitlow in his campaign speech called attention to May Ist as Labor’s real, international holiday, the assembled miners wildly cheered. Workers Party Is Communist Party Gitlow’s exposure of the labor re- cord of their next-door neighbor, John W. Davis of West Virginia and Wall Street, aroused from the assembled miners loud applause. They repeated- ly made the rafters of the hall echo with their hand-clapping and foot- stamping, when Gitlow showed how LaFollette fought and betrayed the La- bor Party. “The Workers Party of America is the Communist Party of the United States. The Socialist Party betrayed the possibility of in- dependent, political action. The work- ers, thru strong, militant, revolution- ary unions and thru a powerful revolu- tionary party, like the Workers Party of America, must overthrow the rule of the capitalists and must, by setting up a workers’ government, establish Communism on the ruins of capital shop of... have taken a straw vote votes; No Party COOLIDGE .. Republican Party votes, ism.” Following this wonderful meeting, every miner who had sat in the large audience, insisted upon shaking the hand of our vice-presidentlal candi- date, Benjamin Gitlow. , LaFollette Reactionary, “The program of LaFollette is a re- actionary program and is framed in the interests of the small capitalists. It is against the logical development of our present industrial and economic order.” Loud applause greeted this remark made by Benjamin Gitlow, Communist candidate for vice-president, from a large audience gathered at the most successful meeting of militant, work- ers ever held in the home of the Amer- ican Rubber trust, Akron, Ohio, last Saturday night. Many Socialist and LaFollette sym- pathizers were on hand. The crowd was attentive, responsive and enthusi- WORKERS IN BITUMINOUS MINE FIELDS LISTEN TO FOSTER AND GITLOW FLAY CAPITALIST SYSTEM intensely interested in the pre-+ of the United States are alive This is the inevitable conclusion to be drawn from the recent successful, enthusiastic and revo- lutionary gathering held by the presidential and vite-presidentiat candidates of the Workers Party in several of the bituminous Foster spoke at Ziegler, Ill., Gitlow in Walkerstown, Pa., the heart of the Pennsylvania coal fields and again at Bellaire, O., in e United Mine Workers of Amer- The Bellaire, O., meeting was of especial significance as it e and the miners apparently are astic. Comrade Gitlow particularly ad- dressed the LaFollette sympathizers when he said: “LaFollette will fail to bust the trusts just like Teddy Roosevelt did. . The Standard Oil company is richer today and more powerful in spite of the fact that a few years ago it was dissolved by the United States Supreme Court. The workers have nothing to gain by re- placing the exploitation of the work- ers by the big capitalists with that of the small capitalists.” Home of Rubber Trust. The rubber plants of Akron are famous for the industrial spies and open shop conditions which prevail. The trade union movement of Akron is weak and poorly organized. Some time ago spies were discovered in the }Central Labor Union. They had for a long time occupied prominent posi- tions and have always discouraged at- tempts to organize the rubber indus- try. Since the exposure of these spies, the labor movement of Akron has been a little more alive. The Workers Party, particularly, is cessful meeting will stimulate this sentiment tremendously. It was the clusion of Gitlow’s speech indicated ing here and also marked the conver- sion of many who had up to the time of that meeting been sympathetic to LaFollette. Gitlow in closing said: “The only party organized in the in- terests of the workers is the Workers Party of America. It seeks to organ- ize the workers, industrially and poll- tically for the overthrow of capitalist government, and for the establish- ment of a workers’ and farmers’ re- public. It seeks to do this by revolu- tionary means in order to abolish gapitalism and institute the reign of Communism.” ‘ Where Cops Are Thick. DETROIT, Sept. 8—According to | Detroit police department, Philadelphia employs more policemen on a per capita basis than any other city of the country. After Philadelphfa, the report says, Boston, St. Louis, Chica- go, New York City, San Francisco, (Seige and Detroit follow in or- 2) |FASCIST BANK the Volkszeitung Conference playing a major role in building up sentiment for a great concerted drive for organization of the workers in the local rubber industry. Gitlow’s suc- best meeting ever held under the aus- pices of the Workers Party in Akron. ‘The enthusiastic applause at the con- the revolutionary sentiment develop- GOES BROKE IN QUAKER CITY Black Shirt President Kicks the Bucket (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 9.— The closing by the authorities of the South Philadelphia State bank, operated by prominent Fascist sympathizers, has swal- lowed up the savings of the four thousand Italian working men and women who had deposited their savings. A shortage of almost a mil- lion dollars in the reserves of the bank led to investigation and suspension of payment. A warrant for the arrest of Edward A. Fichera, the treasurer, was sworn out by the chief examiner of the bank- ing department. Fichera disappeared from his home the day before the bank closed and has not been seen since. Several of the minor officials are also missing. It is reported that they escaped with over $27,000. The president of the bank, Joseph Cerrotti, collapsed in his home and died instantly. Receipt of the news Party Activities 1 Local Chicago WORKERS PARTY—LOCAL CHICAGO Branch Meetings Wednesday, September 10. Vojt Naprastek School, Czecho-Sloy. Branch, 2550 S. Homan Ave. Enlarge City ' Executive meeting, Room 303, 166 W. Washington St. The Problem of the Hungarian Fed- eration will be the special order of busi- ness. Czecho-Slovak No. 1, Spravedinost Hall, 1825 8. Loomis St. 722 Blue Island Ave. Committee is English Class, Thursday, September 11. Class ir Trade Union Tactics and Con- duct, 722 Blue Island Avenue. Lithuanian No. 2, 1900 S. Union Ave. Czecho-Slovak North Berwyn, | Sokol Oak Park, Roosevelt and Union Ave. 1ith Ward Italian, 2439 S. Oakley Blvd. ‘ arenes Lake View, 3206 N. Wil- on St. Scandinavian West Side, Zeich’s Hall, Corner Cicero and Superior Sts. woe Karl Marx, 2733 Hirsch vd. Friday, September 12. oe South Chicago, 641 E. 61st Lettish Branch, 4359 Thomas St. Czecho-Slovak Hanson Park, Bohemian pat fe Nad School, Mansfield Ave. near rand. of the bank’s failure is supposed to have brought a heart attack. All of the officials of the bank have been prominent -at Fascist meetings and Fascist demonstrations. During the past three years they have organ- ized dozens of pro-Fascist meetings in this city. The bank, which was not a member of the Federal Reserve system, is thought to have had financial con- nections with the Italian govrnment. at the Edgar Thompson Works of the Carnegie Steel Company which has its plant here in rtle Creek, Pa. Posters are hung on the walls in this plant for the workers to read. They warn the men against attempts to get them to join a union. The big boss is talked up as thé workmen’s nefactor. The posters go into lengthy accounts of the bad times that the workers had whan the shop was unionized and how much better they are off now when they let the boss look after their interests. In addition to the posters, other litera- ture in this tone is circulated thru- out the plant. But the conditions that exist in the plant show up the lies circulated thru these publicity channels. 4 Every man is given a booklet con- taining safety rules of the company. How he is expected to keep these Tules under the high speed pressure he is compelled to work soon puz- zle the new employee. But he must ask no questions. The book admonishes all employes not to talk back to the foremen. It warns them always to’be courteous to the heads of the departments and foremen. If a worker tries to talk back to any one of them he learns from the other workers that it is as good as asking for his pay. So he complies with the safety rules as nearly as it is possible for him with the result that many accidents hap- pen thruout the day. Tell Workers What to Eat. The real joker in the book of rules is the part that tells the workers what to eat. Breakfast should con- sist of fruit and cereals. One meal of meat and vegetables and one meal of bread and butter and milk. But we who work in this mill do not get enough wages to even afford the lit- tle sample of food which the big steel owners think we are entitled to. The wages are terribly low. Those who work -eight hours a day get 50 cents an hour. Those who work ‘10 and 12 hours a day, get 46 cents aw hour. The main parts of the mill work the ten and twelve hour day. The eight hour day sections were origin- ally piecework sections. The work- ers developed production to such a height thru striving to make a little more money that the bosses knocked off the piecework system and put them on the eight-hour day. Workers Driven. Under the new system they do not need to give the workers that little, extra pay as an incentive. They just drive. There are days when I come home from work and just drop on the bed and stay there till it is time to WORKER IN GARY STEEL MILLS OF PENNSYLVANIA TELLS HOW LABOR IS WORKED FOR BIGGER PROFITS To the DAILY WORKER:—After reading some of the letters in the DAILY WORKER from workingmen about the conditions in the shops and factories in the United States I feel that I must tell your readers about the factory I work in. I am employed i to work the next morning. That is how they work us when we are given a chance to work. We do not have steady work. The speeding up system makes it unnec- essary for us to work every day. A large part of the time we only work three days a week. But the mill does not shut down. A certain number of men are employed each day. Every man must report to an out- er office every day. The foreman comes out and looks over the men. If you look rested up arid strong and husky you are likely to be given a days’ work, otherwise you are sent home to report the next day. Any man who fails to report each day is fired. One young man was sent home for five days in succession and on Saturday he did not report. On Mon- day morning when he reported for work he was told that he was fired. Meetings for Workers. The company does not stop at the use of posters and -leafiets and safety booklets for propaganda. It uses still another means. Every week we have safety meetings. These meet- ings open with the singing of the Star Spangled Banner. Any man who does not sing, loses his job. They next call on a few men who have met with accidents in the plant to speak.” These men must declare that the accident was caused thru carelessness on their part and they go into a detailed account of the way it all came about to prove that it was no fault of the company. Men in- jured but not incapacitated enough not to be able to walk about, must report every day and sit around the plant as soon as they are able to do some kind of work, they are put to work, . The object in mind is to report as few accident cases as is - possible. If these men report to the plant they are not incapacitated. If all the men who receive injuries in the plant were reported, it would knock up the ac- cident report of the Carnegie Steel Co. at least five times the original amount. Prosperity For Bosses Only. The capitalist papers carried Judge Gary’s report that mills are begin- ning to show signs of prosperity again. But we who work here in the mills know that they are closing down more furnaces and laying off hundreds of men and that all the men are working only on part time. Pros- perity for the Garys yes, when he forces one man to do the work of two. Here's to the day when we will wipe the parasites off the earth! One of Gary's Slaves, Turtle Creek, Pa. HARRY GANNES LECTURES JUDGE ON FREE SPEECH His Honor Rules Cop’s' Time Was Wasted Police interferrence with the street not dampened the enthusiasm of the members or lessened the attendance at the meetings. As the campaign grows in intensity and the various candidates increase their efforts to gobble up the labor vote, the work- ers of Chicago are showing a decid- ed interest in the Communist mes- sage of the Workers Party. The large numbers of workers that come to hear our speakers apparent- ly has aroused the anger of the busi- ness elements, who compel the police to try and stop the meetings and fail- ing to do so, arrest the speakers. Will Fight For Right. Several of these attempts to deny the Workers Party the right of free speech.on Chicago's streets have proved abortive. The party is deter-) mined’ to avail itself of every obpor-. tunity to present its message to the: workers. On last Saturday, while Harry Gan- nes of the Young Workers’ League, was speaking at Orchard and North Avenue, he was taken off the box! before he had a chance to begin his' speech. Gannes was taken to the police station and booked for disor- derly conduct. Maurer Takes Stand. No sooner was Gannes arrested than George Maurer took the plat- form and continued his speech - de spite threats of arrest. It was learned that the cause of) the arrest was a complaint made to the local police station by the North Avenue Improvement Association. The crowd at Orchard and North Avenue sympathized with the speak ers and resented the arrests. Tells It To Judge. Comrade Gannes ably defended himself yesterday morning before the police court judge and the case was dismissed. “Have I not a right of free speech on the streets?” Ganneg asked of the judge. The judge re- plied that he was not giving him le- gal advice, and suggested that hig party was able to inform him on that point. “The case is dismissed,” said His Honor. The free speech fights in Engle- « wood and Cicero have ended yictort- ously forthe party. Last Thursday ‘evening a battery of Communist speakers were at 62nd and Halsted streets ready for a vocal scrap in case of police interference. But thera was none, The lone cop in the vicint- ty gave the meeting a wide berth. Negroes Interested. Two very successful meetings that deserve special mention were held last week. One was on the South Side in the colored section with Gor- don Owens. as speaker. Twenty; workers came up and signed the pe- titions for Placing the Communist candidates on the ballot and several signified their desire to join the Workers Party. At Rooseyelt and Thalman ov workers listed attentively Al ti Speakers, bought a large quantity of literature and several stayed after the meeting was over to inquire bie ee necessary procedure in ap- ing for mem! cia Pasty, bership in the Work- This is the first Commu tion campaign ever held mn Chine poe of the most satisfactory results rom the campaign is the large quan- tits meet literature sold at the meet- ee STREET MEETINGS IN CHICAGO, ae Wednesday, Sept. 10. nd and Halsted Sts.. yanlan branches; speakers: Hoek Gane, Blechschmidt. and Marshfield, Roosevelt Luxemburg Y. W. Harley and others. 32nd and Morgan Sts., auspices Polish branches; ft others.” speakers: Polish comrade and auspi\ “; Speakers: D. od <Gind ana Halsted Star tury l4th St. + 12, Friday, Park branches’ ponkers; Peter een and North Ave. and Washtenaw, ans; Wiltoh and Belmont, auspices N. 8, Y, Seon speakers: Swabeck, Ilsa “Block, LESSONS F you don’t know what possibilities there are in taking a stroll, you should observe well what a Workers Party member who takes his member- ship seriously,,gets out of a walk. This comrade, who does not take shelter behind the fact that he cannot speak good English, has discovered that the main thing that is needed in taking his kind of a walk is just plain, ordin- ary nerve to stop folks on the street and talk to them. This is because, besides the exer- cise he gets out of taking a walk, he raises money as well. Starting from Milwaukee and Chicago avenues one morning, he walked up Milwaukee to Now that is a good walk is fine for on health, But this comrade’s walk -benefited | excercise? the labor movement, also. He took with him thirty-two copies of the LA- BOR HERALD, and when he saw any- one approaching him on the street, he stopped him, No, he didn’t ask them for a match. He asked them to buy a LABOR HERALD for 15 cents, and he explained to them all the virtues of the LABOR HERALD. That, is, he started to do so, Unusually, after he had pointed out the chief articles, showing how important and interest ‘ ik and a good | street with one less ON TAKING A WALK nia avenue, south to Chicago and back|chaser succumbed to east on Chicago to where he started.|the comrade pad cle the prospective pur. Passed on down the LABOR HERALD, Why don’t moreCommunists take such MITCHALL’sS _. INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA Union Music Furnished For All Occassions Write for appointments to M. MITCHALL, (Teacher of Saxophone) 1640 W. Congress St. Chicago, Il, meetings of the Workers Party has | . } | ,