The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 12, 1924, Page 2

» \ Page Two \ WHEELER SEEKS THIRD, BUT NOT TOILERS’ PARTY Wouldn’t Bar Access to Free Automobile Rides (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—A permanent third party, resem- bling the British Labor Party, is advocated by Burton K. Wheeler, progressive party can- didate for vice-president and democratic senator from Mon- tana. The senator’s statement of third party policy is given in an interview which is expected to arouse considerable comment in the labor movement. Opposes Class Party. On the one hand it throws the in- fluence of La Follette’s running mate towards the organization of an organic third party: on the other it specifically opposes a purely proletarian political movement of industrial workers and farmers only and advocates the admit- tance of bankers and manufacturers to the proposed party. The interview follows: “Do I believe that a definite, organic third party movement will be the out- come of the present movement?” “I do: it ought and it will,” the sen- ator declared. “Are you in favor of a definite, or- ganic third party developing out of (Continued from page 1) memento the “reds.” Altho Farrington did not mention the Communists, he put on his regular inciting to riot act, Far- rington left the impression that a per- son who criticises the officials of a union are traitors to labor and stool pigeons of the employers. He plead- ed with the delegates to throw out of the unions any person who criticises theunion officials, and held up to them as models the Oddfellows, Redmen and other fraternal organizations which, “will not tolerate criticism of officers.” 3 Intimation was given that he has serious apprehensions as to his re- election in the coming miners’ elec- tions. He admitted that. “hundreds and hundreds of miners and many mining camps are against me.” But Fartington blamed it all on “stories circulated among the mining camps from outside the organization about me. In the light of these stories that have been circulated about me,” said Farrington, glancing pointedly toward the press table, “many members of the miners’ union feel that I am the most unworthy member in the miners’ union. Every member of the miners’ union seems to feel that he has the right to de- fame the officers and attack our poli- cies, tear dpwn our work, and eat at the vitals of the organization.” Call Farrington’s Bluff. Miners told the DAILY WORKER in commenting on this section of Far- rington’s speech that, “Farrington knows that there is provision in the UNITE AGAINST GOOSE-STEP DAY (Continued from page 1) United Mine Workers that a miner making false accusations can be brot to trial and punished. If he really believes that stuff why doesn’t he pre- fer charges and clear these so-called ‘scandalous statements’ up.” “There are hundreds of mine work- ers in Illinois who belieye I am un- worthy of their trust,” Farrington de- clared, “because somebody has told them that.” Farrington’s speech was a classic confession of the failure of class col- laboration. In my opinion, when printed in pamphlet form it will react tremendously against Farrington as a typical example of the chaos resulting from class collaboration, Farrington stands and surveys the wreck he is creating. As he talked it became ap- parent that under his leadership, the Illinois miners are drifting toward de- struction. He pleaded for the Illinois coal operators. He sang his eternal song, “I have done what I could and that was nothing.” Under Farrington’s Regime. He told of terific unemployment, of miners starving, of scab coal mines in- creasing in prestige. He neglected to point out the fundamental truth that the coal trust, controlled by Wall Street, monopolizes both scab and un- ion mines. Farrington stood there, pointing first with pride to what the union was when he first took hold, painting the terrible picture of what he has made out of it, offering no solution, and brazenly admitting his impotence. Then he said, “It’s all the fault of the reds.” BLOW AT LABOR DAILY FOILED Massolini Ambassador at Washington Busy A desperate effort by the Italian ambassador at Washing- ton, Mussolini's representative in the United States, to suppress “Il Lavoratore,” daily organ of the Italian Communists in this country, failed yesterday when three detectives, who had been sent from the federal depart- ment of Chicago left the head- quarters of the newspaper after an unsuccessful attempt to trap Antonio P. editor of the “Il Lavoratore,” into making state- ments on which a charge could be based. The detectives carried a let- ter from the Italian ambassador at Washington to the Italian consul at Chicago, charging that “Il Lavoratore” has pub- lished facts which it is illegal to publish, and that the attacks which it has made on the Fas- cist government of Italy have been biased. Urge “No Mercy.” The letter urges that the federal department show no mercy to the editors and managers of the Com- munist daily. “Is it true that Il Lavoratore has is a healthy sign and shows that even Once Miners’ Offical; Also Baiter of Radicals; Now He Fights the Union By J, LOUIS ENGDAHL. ODAY, it should not be difficult for the workers to esti- mate the worth of some of their misleaders, by judging the records of a few of the radical baiters of the past. Let us consider the case of Thomas Haggerty, formerly Executive Board Member of the United Mine Workers of America, representing District No. 2, Central Pennsylvania. In the days before the war Haggerty was one of the big guns of the Miners’ Union. He was an active participant in all the international conventions, He was given important work to do in the'union. Strike and ohgantation activities in the key state of West Virginia were nearly always placed in his hands. * * * * But there came the day when Haggerty dropped out of the Miners’ Union, just as former International President Tom L. Lewis eropned out, and became the agent of the New River, West Virginia, mine owners. When Haggerty ceased his membership in the union, he went to West Virginia, like Lewis, but he became himself a non-union mine owner in that state. How long he had been in league with the “open shop” mine owners, before actually becoming an employer of scabs himself, is not known. But his actions since indicate that he was serving well the inter- ests of the enemies of the miners’ union, Tong before he ceased being an official of the coal diggers. Haggerty was a red baiter in his day, even before the workers and peasants rose to power in Soviet Russia, and made Bolshevism a living issue wherever labor gathers. He was a good friend of Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois Miners’ Union, and John H. Walkér, also a member of vw: Friday, September 12, 1924 i) UNCOVER CLOWN LABOR MEETING Peoria Sees Convention _ of the Near-Dead By KARL REEVE (Staff Writer, Daily Worker) PEORIA, Ill., Sept. 11.—Days pass, one after the other, at the convention of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, and _ still not a single action is taken to consider the vital problems” which are confronting the workers at this time. Most of an afternoon session was taken up by an address by Frank Farrington, reported in another column. Since the convention opened, the re- porters have been sitting at the press table gnawing their pencils, amd talk- ing about leaving if nothing happens. It is admitted that under the control of the Chicago labor officials, the con- vention is about the deadest ever con- vened. : An Ambitious “Red Baiter.” The only light touch afforded the delegates, weary with oratory, has been the ridiculous capers of William Quesse, of the flat janitors’ union. Quesse’s spirit is willing but his brain is weak, and in his efforts at red baiting he has been so over-zeal- ous that his fellow Smallites are now guarding him and whispering to him the Miners’ Union, but now president of the Illinois Federa- Pi y epee: . :, 4 id re ap ie auked the’ inter Co., specialist in turning working girls|the reactionaries in control of the|made attacks on the Fascist govern- tion of Labor, who spend most of their time attacking the shea ro copra ace elotiey ite _ dahl Pe replied ‘Wheeler into prostitutes by paying them coolie|Legion cannot forever keep down|ment?” one of the detectives de- Communists. When Farrington and Walker give voice to Nola : ” ould you like to see it a labor party, say the American Labor Party,” the interviewer continued. “No,” answered Wheeler; “You must remember that laborers constitute only a certain proportion of the people. What about the farmers?” Shies at Communists. “Well, of course,” explained the in- terviewer; “I mean all workers—a party made up of industrial workers and farmers.” “Well, there is already a ‘Workers’ Party’—a Communist group,” answer- @d Wheeler. “We don’t want to have anything to do with Communists. And as for industrial workers—I confess I io not like the use of that term either. ‘There are the Industrial Workers of the World.” “Well, what about a party made up of all people who gain their living by useful work, whether of brain or «1 Wrawn?” Wheeler was asked. He Likes His Auto. “I am less interested in the avoca- tion of a man than in his ideas—what he believes in,” answered Wheeler. “I ‘would welcome into the party any man who subscribes to the aims and pur- poses of the party. I will tell you what I mean. In Connecticut I had placed at my disposal a beautiful, enclosed gutomobile. And the man who owned it also contributed liberally toward the campaign fund. Are we to debar him because he happens to have money— even though he is sufficiently with us “to do these things. Take the British Labor Party. Aren’t there many such in it. In the British Labor Party in Britain, you will find all possible sorts of people—workers, farmers, school teachers, bankers, manufacturers, etc. They are all of them agreed on one common ground—the aims and pur- poses of the party.” wages; Harry A. Wheeler, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States; and numerous other notoriously labor-hating gentlemen.. Gompers Tacitly Consents. It is with men of this type that Mathew Woll, the man whom Samuel Gompers is grooming’ for the presi- dency of the American Federation of Labor, in \an unofficial statement, aligned himself in pushing Defense Day, as it is more soothingly entitled by Silent Cal Coolidge. While the big labor leaders are tacitly giving their consent to this im- Perialist move, the rank and file of or- ganized labor in the country are tak- ing a stand against it. Resolutions of denunciation have been pased by vari- ous working class bodies, that of the Minneapolis Trades and Labor As- sembly being typical. The Chicago Federation of Labor, in spite of the fact that the petty politicians added a little rider to the Communist reso- lution, also passed’a moion condemn- ing the proposition. Big Biz Holds Reins. In practically every large and small city and town the arrangements for demonstrations are in the hand of business men, who are forcing their employes to participate in many in- stances as shown by the DAILY WORKER to be the case in the Bos- ton Store, and local American Legion- aires: Labor is largely conspicuous by its absence. Even part of the American Legion is rebelling against what they can see as another attempt to prepare them for war—and some of the veterans are just about fed up on capitalist slaughter. In Indiana, the state con- vention of the Legion developed quite an opposition to participation of the organization in Defense Day. This (Continued from page 1) much this expert opinion fs worth can be seen from the fact, that the experts always testified as those who paid them demanded. Crowe’s alien- ists testified that there was nothing ; The Loeb-Leopold Sentence sweat shop of Loeb, will continue to turn out the dollars that will be used to win freedom for the slayers. But why so much fuss about two young killers for taking the life of @ young parasite, while the slow some rank and file sentiment against more imperialist wars. Despite the fact that even the preachers have been rallied to thé sup- port of the demonstrations—altho some of them have condemned the day, not on the basis of its capitalist, imperialist character, but because it will disturb their sweet pacifist ideals —the Workers Party and the Young Workers League are today holding meetings in practically every part of the country as the only political group actively engaged in counter-demon- strations to Mobilization Day. These meetings are the culmination of a number of meetings held all during the time since the plans for the day were announced. Active anti-military work will continue to be carried on by the Communists. Communists Issue Slogan: The slogans of the Workers Party and the Young Workers League are: Refuse to have anything to do with capitalist Mobilization Day! Join in the workers’ struggle against capitalism! Join with the Commun- ists in the fight against the Dawes Plan, against imperialism, and for the rule of the workers thru a workers’ and farmers’ government! Make Mobilization Day count against capitalism by giving your sup- port to the Workers’ Communist Party! Join in the Communist mass meet- ings against Mobilization Day! Vote for the Workers Party candi- dates, Foster and Gitlow, as a demon- stration of your support of the work- ers, and farmers’ government! Join the Workers Party or the Young. Workers League as a member and become a fighter against capital- ism and imperialist wars, and not a manded of Presi. “Why don’t you get after the capi- talist newspapers who have described the Mussolini dictatorship as a ‘black- handed regime’ answeted Presi. “They seem to be in perfect agree- ment with us on that point.” Hangs Charge on Thin Thread. The occasion for an investigation, which had been eargerly seized by the Fascist headquarters at Washington, was the attempt some weeks ago by the business manager of the paper, who was ignorant of the postal reg- ulations, to conduct a lottery. The lot- tery was undertaken without the authorization of the Workers Party. The refusal of postal authorities to permit the lottery, the Italian consul characterized as a “raid on the head- quarters of the newspaper.” 16 Sugar Strikers Die Under Bullets Fired by the Police crooked, dirty game to rob your la- borers!” Together with this dastardly plan goes the terrible housing conditions of the workers. In the majority of cases the laborers are housed in quarters packed like sardines, pre- senting an appearance very far from what any civilized community would permit. Millions Made in Profits. This has enabled thirty-two sugar plantation companies of the Hawaiian Islands, owning the Colifornia & Hawalian Sugar Refining Corporation, which operates the Crocket sugar re- finery at San Francisco, to have an extremely profitable season in. 1923, notwithstanding some falling off of the island’s output. The plantation companies sent approximately 385,000 tons of their raw sugar to the Crockett refinery. It is significant to note that Goy- ernor Wallace H. Farrington, appoint- ed by the United States to rule the islands, is himself a large sugar baron, fighter for capitalism! ciety is rotten to the core and this murder case has turned the Klieg light of publicity on it as it was never turned on before, not even in the cases of Harry K. Thaw, who murdered Stanford White or the (Continued from Page 1.) a part of the other dollar they have earned. . . . Your bonus system is a their slanders against the militants in the labor movement, it is well to remember what happened to their friend, Hag- gerty. * * * * This Haggerty, who now runs the New Export Coal Company, on Campbell’s Creek, in the Kanawha Field, in West Virginia, in the words of the United Mine Workers’ Journal, “has been fighting the union in every possible man- ner,” ever since he left it. To continue: “Haggerty is now numbered among the most hard-boiled of the non-union operators of that hard-boiled fleld. In recent weeks he has evicted a number of his employes who have refused to accept a reduc- tion of the 1917 wage scale. He even went so far as to evict his own nephew, Andrew Haggerty and his family, because the latter refused to work ‘at the reduced rates. “Haggerty ‘served notice of the reduction on all of his employes and notified them that unless the ecepted the cut they would be required to move out of baad ” _ This document should be rather historic, the eviction notice of a former miners’ union official to his present help- less, non-union slaves. A sample is therefore reproduced here'in full as follows: To A, T. CAMPBELL:— You are hereby notified that the company desires that you report for work at the scale of wages heretofore posted by the com- pany, on or before the 19th day of July, 1924, at 10 o’clock a. m. In the event you do not accept the employment here offered on or before the said 19th day of July, 1924, then, and in that event, you are hereby notified to vacate, at once, the premises now occupied by you. Your failure to vacate the premi: in accordance with this notice will make it necessary for the company to take over the possession of same without further notice and without further or additional pro 5 Dated this, the 15th Day of July, 1924. The New Export Coal Company, THOMAS HAGGERTY, General Manager. ee haresete duly authorized. % ; CINCO, West Virginia, July 16, 1924. The case of Thomas Mg yg ag is not exceptional. In the American labor movement it is rather the rule for reaction- aries, who have won influence among the workers, especial- ly in the trade unions, to sell that influence to the enemies of the workers. Take a good look at the radical baiter of today and you will no doubt see in him tomorrow's open agent of the em- ployers. a See it was T. V. O'Connor, former Gompers’ lieutenant, and ex-president of the International Longshoremen’s Unign, as the DAILY WORKER pointed out yesterday, who led the so- called “labor delegation,” including President John L. Lewis, of the Miners’ Union, to the Labor Day luncheon at the White House, in Washington, to advance the candidacy of . the strikebreaker president, Cal Coolidge. O'Connor is now head of the United States beg Board. It is George L. Berry, still president of the International But Quesse at one point demonstrat- ed his radicalism and militancy to the convention. Delegate George Slater, of the Garment Workers’ Union, of | Chicago, introduced a resolution that ii & committe of niné be appointed to | investigate the character and record fof Charles G. Dawes. Quesse, not realizing) that Slater was against Dawes, arose and protested violently against having anything to do with Dawes. Clown of Convention. “I move the motion be tabled,” Quesse shouted, and the delegates, who recognize Quesse as the official joke of the convention, roared with laughter. An effort was made to side-track Quesse on the ground that no one had seconded his motion, but our old friend, Anton Johannsen, finally sec- onded it. Bob Fitchie, however, saved the day for Quesse by whispering into Quesse’s ear what it was all about, whereat Quesse got up and said if Slater would agree to conduct a “real” investigation he would withdraw his motion to table. Slater’s motion was unanimously passed. Walker Is Peacemaker. Delegate Corbishley moved that, since Sept. 12, is “Defense Day,” the resolution ‘protesting against capital- ist militarism be made a special order of business and considered Thursday morning. Delegate Quesse, his fangs hungering for Communist ~ blood, moved that the resolution be consid- ered at once. @hairman Walker, how- ever, ruled both motions out of order and adjourned the convention. . “The time for adjournment is past,” he de- clared. : The afternoon Thee,” with the delegates standing, af- ter Victor Olander had suggested that, “This will have a good effect on every- body.” By unanimous consent of the con- vention, Guy Young, of the Herrin Miners’ Local Union, was permitted to introduce a resolution asking the state federation to work for a state law to compel Illinois institutions to pur- ni theref . * # chase only state mined coal. the matter with the slayers’ glands. torture by excessive toil of thou- Ward Baking company head who ahi dredging pape tong s enen or sal tt ites ste wad a ra K-81: Begi The defense alienists testified that | sands of youthful boys and girls by | Killed the poor boy, Peters. Million- ington, Varstugton ‘gave ‘eliwiie a to the Da ryan jack-Slapping Begins. their glands were defective forty dif- | the fathers of the slayers is tolerated | aires don’t hang in this country. C is bs rhaeor To thi The committee on officers’ reports ferent ways. But for the money be- hind the defense, their glands would have never been heard of. They go to Joliet with a cynical grin, The authorities at the state penitentiary issue publicity to the effect that the young murderers ‘must live on prison fare. Radicals ‘who have experienced the inside of prison for political offenses will not take this announcement seriously, They will not take it any more ser- iously than, the delusion hugged by so many people, that “justice” is impartial to rich and poor alike. Pardons came to those who wait but they come quicker fo those who can afford to buy them. And the Loeb- Leopold family have many more millions, with which to influence . what is known as “public opinion” _ in favor of a pardon for their sons. The slaves who toll in the Leopold factories and in the mail-order VIENNA, Austria, - 20,000 GO ON STRIKE IN AUSTRIA o ' ~ (Special to The Daily Worker) nay, even approved? And does any- body outside of a radical ever ques- tion the source of the wealth which enabled the father of the murdered boy to offer thousands as a reward for the apprehension of the slayers? For the one life that the young scions of the millionaire capitalists took their fathers take thousands. But the lives of the thousands are taken legally, just as legally as Ro- bert E. Crowe takes the lives he sends to the gallows. It is the law of capitalism and it is alright, And what is true of the Loeb-Leopold exploiters is true of the thousands , of others who toil not and neither do they spin but who live in luxury while their slaves speed themselves to an early grave in the living hells of America. This angle of the situation has not found expression in the columns of the capitalist press. Capitalist so- ports of conditions in the Pacific slave pen. The profits of the sugar lords had been immeasurably in- creased by the importation of thou- sands of agricultural laborers from the Philippines. It is these workers, of whom there Workers do. But this is a million- aires’ government. Wonderful system is capitalism! To accumulate wealth is the great incentive. Therefore “radical” law- yers argue that wealth is a liability in court and not an asset; Catholic prosecuting attorneys ‘forget the fifth commandment and froth at the mouth hollering for blood; alienists testify according to the wishes of their paymasters, capitalist news- papers treat the case in accordance with the interests of the advertising columns; and preachers when they are not detained in the divorce courts, make capital of out it in order to drum up more business for God. Their incentive for prostituting themselves is to, accumulate wealth and it is legal, therefore ethical, The result of the Loeb-Leopold trial proves again that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor and to those who have eyes to see it proves much more. It provés that not alone is the capitalist system which takes from the workers the greater part of the product of their toil, a robber sys- revolting against their industrial ery under American capitalism, 0 rule with the direct aid and con- sent of Washington officialdom, and who are being shot down for demand- ing that they be accorded the treat- ment of human beings and not of cattle. / New Jersey Mayor ' Announces Martial Law for Defense Day (Continued from Page 1) der martial law, and citizens who neg- lect to enroll and report at the stated hour will be subject to being drafted unless they have a valid excuse for not attending, Quotes Army Officer's Letter. are about 40,000 at present, who are}, ‘|mander wishes you success in carry- is list — be added a large number of other similar examples. ut our space is limited. In fact, fhe Coolidge, Davis and LaFollette candidacies have had no difficulty in rounding up support of .officials of labor. This official labor support is united on one proposi- tion—it is opposed 100 per cent to the Communists, to every militant program of progressive action in the labor move- ment. i Es, Beas, aa When some capitalist political candidate for office boasts of the support of “labor jals,” and parades their hostility to the Communist candida n asset, let the workers and farmers remember Thomas Haggerty, the ex-official of the miners’ union, evicting helpless, non-union coal bo. grt from his company-owned shacks along Campbell's Creek, in West Virginia. The labor official. who fights Communism, fights the best interests of the workers and the poor farmers. He is an enemy of the whole working class. , WORKER PAYS FOR HIS LAST RIDE ON FREIGHT TRAIN WITH HIS LIFE considered excellent, The corps com- ing out same.” Bergenfield has. 9,000 inhabitants and a large number of the “able- bodied males” are commuters. The mobilization hour was fixed to give these commuters time to reach Ber- Ind., Sept, 11.— read what appeared t6 be a prelimin- ary statement on John Walker's re- port. “We did not all agree on this report,” Secretary Edwin R. Wright, of the committee, announced to the convention, “But where we departed on one line ‘we made it up on another line. Our motto has been the greatest good to the greatest numbe: After this bright speech, the con- vention passed Wright’s statement on behalf of the committee. This statement consisted mainly of flowery praise of Walker and Olander, with indorsement of their stand in fa- vor of Len Small and LaFollette, and a tirade against Norman Jones, dem-, ‘jocratic candidate for governor thrown in. ‘ The statement of the committee on officers’ reports “urges the affillation of local unions into district councils and the strengthening of the craft un- fons,” which is reported to be Walk- er’s stand on amalgamation, ,/ The Score Is Even. The speech of Frank Farringtion ‘nd the coming speech of Sid Mercer, Mayor Warren says he had notified the War Department of his plans and received from H. J. Pice, assistant chief of staff, Second Corps Area Head- quarters, Governor's Island, the follow: ing letter: _ “Your plans are approved Sept. 11-—More than 20,000 workers in the iron, steel lectrical industries went on strike today following the refusal of the les to increase their wages. A general strike is expected. . The social-democratic government of the country, which has thus far acting a tool of the League of Nations, is expected to aot In the of official strike-breaker. today for the funeral at Jacksonville for Fred Walters, 27, coal miner, who died here two hours after his arms and legs were severed beneath the weight of a freight car on which he eae una) errant fs both District 12, Illinois miners’ of ctals, pays back the political debt Far- genfield and do their duty as the mili- tary committee sees and has proclaim- ed it. tem, but it is a filthy thing, which poisons all the institutions that spring from it including courts, col- leges, newspapers and ¢hurches, ‘The capitalist system must be de stroyed, Subscribe for “Your Daily,” and arejthe DAILY WORKER, i a a sh ® ste a mae