The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 11, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 148. —SUBSGRIPTION RATES: GOLD SAVES RICH AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. ESPITE the civil war in China James Ramsay MacDonald is op- posed to international intervention, according to a press report. As Mr. MacDonald delivered himself of this observation, British marines had already landed in Shanghai, -presum- ably with the authority of the prime minister and ostensibly to “protect life and property.” But do marines every occupy teritory not that of their master for any other reason? Of course not, There was a time when British arms went forth looking for new worlds to conquer and boldly an- nouncing their willingness to “carry the white man’s burden” but now-a- days, Britain only assumes mandates or acts to “restore law and order.” British capitalism can yet teach les- sons in hypocrisy’ to its competitors, see 'HE PRINCE OF WALES is to spend the next year travéling around the world. He will visit South America and South Africa. Tho the prince is evidently having a good time, his mission is principally one of business, combined with pleasure of course. It might be said that pleasure is the prince’s business, and that the prince’s pleasure is the Em- pire’s business. While playing polo on the estate of a Long Island capi- talist, one of the inconsiderate ani- mals kicked a bit of dirt into one of the prince’s eyes. His Royal High- ness like a real noble just covered up the injured optic and with the sound one located the prettiest society girl within his range of vision and trotted her around the ballroom floor until 6 o’clock.in the morning. “es ee HE PRINCE OF WALES is one of the wealthiest young men in the world. Besides receiving a handsome sum for his upkeep from the British Treasury, which, by the way was not reduced by the socialist chancellor of the exchequer, His Royal Highness owns extensive properties in England, Scotland, Wales and in Canada. It is a reasonably safe assumption that the capitalists with whom he consorts in “ New York will be urged by their .wives under threat of divorce proceed- ings or worse to put the prince wise to little schemes that will help pay his expenses. The prince being one of “The Last of The Mohicians” is a great favorite with upper class wom- en, being more in demand than even Haldemann-Julius, or Frank Harris. While the prince is having such a good time, 1,200,000 British workers are suffering from the effects of un- employment. When they work not they eat—not much, When the prince works, he does not eat. But he never worked. * {AT last a headline that has it all A over the DAILY ~WORKER’S chief “head” writer. “Coolidge Deat- and-Dumb Clubs to Be Organized in All States.” Neither is the headline misleading. The Boston director of the Coolidge and Dawes Clubs makes the following statement: “Mrs. Cool- idge was a teacher in a deaf and dumb school before she married Mr. Coolidge. There are thousands of deaf and dumb voters in New York state alone. The work of organizing them has already been started.” There is a barrel of wisdom in the director’s statement. ¥ ' 8 @ § the first place Coolidge is sure of the “dumb” vote. He stands a sporting chance of getting the “deaf” vote providing it is blind as well as deaf. That Mrs. Coolidge accepted Calvin for a mate was long the won- der of New England, but the puzzle is solved. Her training qualified her. Who else but a “deaf-and-dumb” teacher would tackle Silent Cal? And dumb! Vaudeville actors drew much needed inspiration for their “Isn't he dumb” jingles from Coolidge. We are of the opinion, however, that the (Continued on Page 6) ** Outside Chicago, by in Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year, mail, $6.00 per year. THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1924 .gz=5 a5 Publish: PUBLISHING C ed Daily ex 1113 W. Washington Blvd. pt Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER , Chicago, Ill Communist Candidates For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW. Price 3 Cents WALKER USES MUCH INK BUT SAYS LITTLE Flowery Rhetoric Takes Place of Real Program By KARL REEVE (Staff Writer, Daily Worker) | PEORIA, Ill., Sept. 10—The re- port presented by John Walker, president, to the 42nd conven- tion of the Illinois Federation of Labor here reveals in its first three pages the hopelessness, impotence and confusion which will result in leaving the affairs of organized labor in Illinois longer in the hands of this man. Walker’s report is distin- guished for its remarkable fecundity of false economics. Altho almost every line is crammed with flowery rhetoric and misunder- standing of the plight of the Illinois workers, not one constructive meas- ure is put forward as a remedy for existing suffering. Talks On Depression. “Industrial depression has affected many of our members very injurious- ly,” says Walker. “Hundreds of thou- sands of men,” he has the astounding effrontery to admit, “among them a great many trade unionists, are walk- ing the streets of Illinois and have been for the past year or more, seek- ing employment unavailingly. They and their wives and little children have suffered incalculable harm from the vicious so-called deflation drive.” “Our membership knows that a stronger and better equippdd organiz- ship have made impossible the bringing about of this inflation at all.” says John Walker brazenly, But Walker tells the DAILY WORK- ER that he does not propose to sug- gest any action on the part of the convention regarding the unemploy- ment crisis. He Can Be Optimistic. Honest John, with his $5,000.00 yearly salary and his $2,211.05 ex- penses received last year, is remark- ably optimistic. And Walker, to min- ers who have been out of work for seven months, keeps a straight face long enough to get off some of his mealy-mouthed and meaningless op- timism. It will all come out right in the end, says Walker, if only we keep paying him his salary and be patient little miners. “There is need for greater unity,” our oracle tells us. “More com- plete information on problems on vital interest. a better understanding amongst each other.” . . a feeling of brotherhood amongst the common people of our state.” This is the only apology for a solution that could be found after a diligent search thru Walker’s incoherent document, for the industrial depression and for unem- ployment. While the large employers, one hun- dred per cent organized, are in the midst of a wage-reduction drive, the great labor leader, shakes hands with them in the policy of class collabora- tion. Néro fiddles while Rome burns. Report Full of Gush The DAILY WORKER has not the heart to bore its readers with all the gush disclosed in Walker's report, which devotes fifty pages to the flat Janitor’s case, and then jumps to quo- (Continued on page 2) * COMMANDER OF MARINES CONFESSED MURDER OF 3,250 BY U. S. IN HAITI (By The Federated Press) , NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—The “Sun’s” editorial statement that Oswald Gar- rison Villard exaggerated the number of Haitians slain by United States Marines when he addressed the Williamstewn Institute of Politics has been attacked by James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Mr. Johnson made the first investi ican occupation of Haiti. gation and expose in 1920 of the Amer- He points out that Major-General George Barnett, 1ormer commander of marines in¢——————————————_ Haiti, admitted on October 23, 1920, that 3,250 Haitians were killed and that he “further regretted to report” that there “were many unlawful and indiscriminate killings.” Mr. Johnson also pointed out that these slain Haitians were not bandits, as the “Sun” charged, for they were fighting against the unlawful: seizure of their country and he further de- clared fhat, “the America of. 1776 ' would have called them patriots, not bandits.” ; Mr. Johnson brands the statement that “our marines found 17,000 band- its murdering peaceful Haitians and devastating farms” as untrue. He says that less than twenty marines lost their lives in killing the 3,260 Haitians, and asks if that looks “like war or slaughter”? — NEW YORK IN HUNDRED ‘SUBS’ Foster Meeting Date is Time Limit Five hundred new subscribers by the time of the Foster meet- ing is the immediate goal that the New York City organization has set for itself. The specific reason for this subscription campaign is to-prove that there is—sufficient naarretie for the DAILY WORKER in New York to-justify placing it upon the news’ stands for-sale. Bvery reader of the DAILY WORKER in New York realizes what a convenience it would be to the workers of New York to find the workers’ daily on the news stands every day, and how this would benefit the DAILY WORKER in increased circula- tion. Every reader, regardless of party affiliation, is invited to help achieve this end by hustling a sub or two of the necessary five hundred. Much in Earnest. The Party organization is very much in’ earnest about this. A con- test has been launched among the Party branches, and the-Branch that makes the best record will receive a JR. LK ANNER ith’ “Bois! F se . Sickle, ‘Star and “suitable inscription’ embroidered 6H it ‘This’ “‘banner-will.be..officially _pre- sented by Comrade.Foster, the Work- ers Party presidential candidate at his meeting in New York. The mem- bers of the winning branch, together with the members that make the best individual records in other branches, will have seats of honor at the Foster meeting. Particulars are mailed to the branches, and will be sent to any one on request by the New York Agency of the DAILY WORKER, 208 East 12th Street. But no one need wait to start. The essential point is to get subscribers, at once, early and often, until the required number is reached. Then the DAILY WORKER will in- vade the news stands of New York. POLIGE THREATEN USE OF TEARGAS IN STEEL. STRIKE By MAX LERNER. (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) ANTON, Ohio, Sept. 10.—Police rushed into a meeting of steel work- ers of the Canton Steel Mills on strike and threatened the use of tear gas un- less it was dispersed, thus breaking up a meeting called for the purpose of organizing the strikers into a un- ion. Two of the strikers were arrest- ed without any charges. One was im- mediately released. The other strik- er is still in jail. Cut Wages, The officials of the: Canton Steel Mills informed the men that they would have to submit to a large cut in their wages and there would be an increase in the hours of work. Re- fusing to submit to those conditions, the 500 steel workers employed in the Canton Mills left their benches as one man and have been busy organizing’ into’a union until interfered with by the police. ‘ The strikers are demanding recog- nition of the union, the eight-hour day and an increase in their wages.-» The strike will continue in spite of the opposition that the men are meet- ing with from the police. The local labor unions here are busy organizing the men and assist- ing them in every way possible in their fight. Officials Started Something. The officials in the Steel Mills real- ize they have started something when they undertook to cut the wages of their organized workers, This strike will see the Canton Steel Mill work- ers organized into a union in addition to the men gaining the union scale of wages and hours 1 ) UNITED STATES RUSHES TROOPS TO QUELL HAWAIIAN STRIKE (Special to The Daily Worker) HONOLULU, Sept. 10.—Governor Farrington today ordered a national guard infantry company and two squads of machine gunners to the scene of the strike on Kaui Islands. pinos were killed in Tuesday's battle on Makaweli plantation. Two other strikers were reported fatally wounded and others less seri- ously wounded, by the police. Deputy Sheriff William Crowell was also wounded. According to reports received here the strikers had kidnapped two scabs, beaten them and threatened their lives. The sheriff sent police to the camp. He placed two men under arrest and was leading them away from the camp when Filippino workers began demand- ing their release. The workers fol- lowed the officers, the report #aid, and 300 yards from the camp the police opened fire on the strikers who re- turned it. Latest advices today showed policemen and fourteen striking Filfp-+— that four COMMUNISTS ON BALLOT IN TWO _- MORE STATES | | Washington and Oregon Go Over the Top By NORMAN TALLENTIRE (Special to The Daily Worker) SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 10.— The Communist candidates for | When Money Talks The above cartoon appeared in August 16, under the title of “The RICH KILLERS DON’T HANG the DAILY WORKER, of Saturday, Most, Perfect Murder Trial.” SHOP VOTE SHOWS THAT FOSTER SUPPORT JS GROWING IN K. 6. (Special to The Daily Worker) KANSAS CITY, \Sept. 10.—A straw vote taken in the shop of the Hesse Carriage factory here shows. that the sentiment for the Workers Party candidate, William Z. Foster, is growing. The 25 votes cast by the worke in the shop and the office force, gave Foster 7, Davis 8, LaFollette 5, and Coolidge 5. Ku Klux Klan elements were unan- imously for Coolidge. The other shop workers divided between Fos- ter and LaFollette, with Foster in the lead. Other shops in the city are discus- sing the straw vote, and looking over the candidates from the work- ers’ point of view, and other shop ballots will be taken soon. Look for the Straw Ballot on Page Four of this issue. Klan Parade in New Jersey. TRENTON, N. J., Sept. 10.—Run- ning thru the streets in the dark of night with their white shirts on and all dressed for the perpetrating of their nefarious acts, the Klan pre- sented a ghastly scene here, It was not until extra police and the militia were called out that the Klan march- ers were dispersed. Due to the ac- tivities of the Klan racial feeling runs high here, The office workers vot- | ed unanimously for Davis, while the president and vice-president of the United States, William Z. |Foster and Benjamin Gitlow, will be placed on the ballot in the states of Washington and Oregon. At the state convention of |the Workers Party held yester- |day in accordance with state |law, seven presidential electors ;were nominated in behalf of | William Z. Foster's candidacy for president and that of Ben- jamin Gitlow for vice-president All Sections Represented. Practically every section of the party in the state was represented in the convention. The state convention of the Work- ers Party in Oregon was held on Stn- day and a full slate of Workers Party electors nominated. Preparations for the Foster meet- ings are in full swing. The Commun- ist presidential candidate will speak in the following cities: Spokane, Sept. 22; Seattle, Sept. 23, Masonic Temple, East Pine Avenue; Tacoma, Sept. 24, Eagle Hall, 18 South East street; Portland, Sept. 28, Oddfellow Hall, 10th and Salmon street. Promise Foster Big Welcome. All workers in this territory are working enthusiastically and the na- tional chairman of the Workers Party, and its presidential candidate will be given a rousing welcome at all points in the Pacific northwest. You can get sample copi of the DAILY WORKER any time at the ‘DAILY WORKER office. gs 4 of the Miners’ Union last Junary, and ‘|continue the existing scale of wages RIVAL LABOR FAKERS FIGHT FOR MASTERS Lewis, Miners’ Head, in| War on “Loco” Chief (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—| When two prominent. labor fakers get into different politic- al camps, the rank and file of {the unions are bound to learn something. A goodly sized cat whose presence in the bag has long being evident thru, his mewing has finally escaped. Or to be more exact, John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, turned him loose. Here is the story. Warren S. Stone, Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, and director of the dozen or so banks, industrial development associations and coal companies held by the union, got into trouble original- ly with the United Mine Work- ers of America thru his treat- ment of the members of the miners’ union employed at the Coal Rivers Colleries Company in West Virginia, almost two years ago. _ Miners Puzzled. The question was brought up on the floor at the Indianapolis convention an official explanation was made as to the status of the case, which was not considered satisfactory from the union standpoint. Delegates to the miners convention thought it strange that the head of a great labor organization should use the same tactics against the mem- bers of another labor organization as the railroad magnates use against the railroad brotherhood members. But business is business. The Story Slept. John L, Lewis did not say anything about the case at the convention. He let one of his mouthpieces do the talking for him. Since then no pub- licity whatever has been given to the matter, and it might continue to slumber but for the fact that John L. Lewis is on the advisory committee of the Coolidge campaign committee, and that Warren S. Stone is one of the most prominent of the Robert Marion LaFollette backers. Two notorious Jabor fakers! One, in the so-called progressive camp; the other lined up with strikebreaker Coolidge. John Got Busy. Mr. Lewis, being high up in the Coolidge councils, no doubt was called upon to do his stuff. He therefore} made public correspondence between himself and Warren S. Stone, relative to the Coal Rivers Colleries Company. Up until April 1, 1924, the company operated its West Virginia mines on a union basis under a contract with the United Mine Workers of America. But when the operators in the central competitive field signed the Jackson- ville pact last February, agreeing to or three more years, Mr. Warren 8S. 3tone’s concern was one of thé coal companies that refused to make an agreement with the miners on that basis. Union Against Union. On the other hand, according to the statement of Mr. Lewis, the company demanded that the miners accept a reduction in wages. The miners flatly refused and the company closed down the mines. The correspondence between Lewis and Stone—all of it that we have seen—is interesting. Mr. Lewis charges Mr. Stone with joining other West Virginia coal operators, with attempt- ing to starve his employes into an acceptance of a wage reduction. As if Mr. Lewis remembered the days when he worked in the mines and felt that the workers and the capl- talists had separate interests, he writes to Mr. Stone: “I will be fair enough to presume that you are KILLERS’ LIVES Daily Worker Campaign Launched YOUNG SLAYERS GET AWAY WITH MURDER CHARGE Millions Weigh Heavily on Scale of Justice Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, the millionaire slayers of fourteen-year-old Robert Franks, have been sen- tenced to a term of life im- prisonment in the state peni- tentiary at Joliet. No emotion was visible on the faces of the slayers when Chief Justice Caverly rendered his decision. Nothing of the suspense, the tense excitement which might have been ex- pected in the court room on the final day of the trial which has aroused the entire country, could be felt during the short half-hour of orderly, methodic- al, legal procedure. None Surprised. Neither in the court nor among the crowds which thronged the streets nearby was there any strprise when the verdict became known. No one had expected Richard Loeb and Nathan F. Leopold to hang. No one had supposed that the millions which the families of the slayers have for five months lavished on attorneys and on alienists had been spent in vain. Crowe Eats Crow. State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe, alone, flushed hotly when he found that he had lost the case on which he had. founded all his hopes of re-elec- tion. To send two perverted million- aires tothe gallows for the slaying of af * another millionaire’s child, might, he hoped, wipe from the minds of the workers of Illinois the record of which he had often boasted—of hav- ing secured forty-two convictions of laborers. That hope has been lost to Bob Crowe. Interest now centers in the possi- bility of parole which the department of public welfare is free to grant at its discretion, and in the length of time which will pass before Richard Loeb and Nathan F: Leopold, Jr., are again free. In spite of Chief Justice Caverly’s strong recommendation that the term of life imprisonment be ad- hered to, no one really expects the two millionaires to main in the company of the the men of empty purse who, between Monday and Sat- urday of the same week, are sentenc- ed to Joliet for a term of life, and for whom thought of parole is far, far re- mote. Even the “minimum” sentence of fourteen years which the law of Il- linois provides for the crime of mur- der, may be shortened by the “discre- tion” of the authorities. Will Have Full Time. That the two slayers, even during their stay at Joliet will lead the sort of prison life which has wracked the | bodies of the hundreds of labor mili- tante in the United States, is not even considered as a remote possibility. Al- ready they are planning to act as in- structors, to read and to write during the years they spend in jail. Every comfort and every assistance which wealthy families outside can give, Leopold and Loeb will have. The house of Sears, Roebuck and Co., of which Richard Loeb’s father is vice-president, still hires its girl- slaves at the pittance of $17 a week, and puts them on the streets when they are no longer needed. The box factories of Nathan Leopold's father, at Morris, Illinois, are still wearing down the bodies of boys of twelve who have been forced to lie in order that their families might not starve, are catching them in monster ma- chines when they are too tired to be alert, are mangling them and tortur- ing them. Profits are still being ground out for the Leopolds, for the Loebs, and for the Franks family. And Chief Justice Caverly is satisfied that “justice” has been done. FIRPO WILL FIGHT; CANON CHASE CAN GO CHASE HIMSELF TRENTON, N. J., Sept. 10—Gow ernor Silzer today, in reply to the prote: of Jersey Gity church or- ganizations declared that he .would not call off the Firpo-Wills fight scheduled to be held at Boyle's Thir- speaking as a coal operator and not (Continued on page 2) ty-Acres, Jersey City, on Thursday night. r —