The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 15, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. Il. No. 151. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: BIG MACHINISTS in Chicago, by mail, Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year, $8.00 per year. PATERSON MILL OWNERS FORCE STRIKE-BREAKERS TO COMMIT PERJURY AGAINST SILK STRIKERS (Special to The Daily Worker) PATERSON, N. J., Sept. 14.—The strike leaders in Paterson who have been served with injunctions from four of the larger shops affected by the strike, declare that the silk mill owners are using terroristic tactics against their scabs. They are not satisfied with degrading these miserable slaves to the level of scabs, but they even forced them to commit per- jury in order to aid the fight against the strike. Examination of signed affidavits showed that more than a dozen of them are identical in wording, and they are signed by scabs in various shops and it is plain to anyone that no twelve people would make identically the same statements word for word. The strike leaders further point out that the scabs are so AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O’FLAHERTY. —— EOPLE passing thru Madison street on “Mobilization Day” paused for a moment in front of the Morrison Hotel, to look with more or less surprise on the American flags that flew from the windows of the spacious LaFollette-Wheeler campaing headquarters .on the fourth floor of that building. “We thot LaFollette was against ‘Defense Day,’” was a re- mark frequently heard from passers by. There were no flags flying from the headquarters of Michael Igoe, on Clark street. He is Democratic can- didate for states attorney. The war test is a Repubilean proposition. La- Follette is a Republican. Igoe is a Democrat. ee € jtest the injunction and demand that ® ‘ ‘VEN tho soldiers are not at this : moment marshalled in opposing camps on the continent of Europe, wé learn that the money of the different capitalist nations is carrying on a bloodless war. A Paris dispatch of Sept. 9 states that Morgan may re- new the $100,000,000 loan to France. The weakness of French exchange is attributed to the fact that British fi- nanciers are using their reserves in francs to defend the pound sterling against the American dollar. When this pound-dollar war nears the break- ing point the Pringe of Wales had bet- er look to some other country for his jazz. His populariy will quickly fade. es 8 AMSAY MACDONALD is_ very much favor of world peace. He will stand for any drastic scheme for the reduction of war armaments. But the British navy must not be touched. His Majesty’s water wagons demand the right to grab anything afloat when- ever they feel like it and John Bull thinks it is the height of insolence for any outsiders to interfere with them. It would never do for the British fleet to-be under the jurisdiction of the League of Nations. That kind of thing is alright for the French army. It looks good for peace does it not? tod beak OHN W. DAVIS, attorney for the House of Morgan, ex-ambassador to the Court of St. James, and gen- eral lackey for capitalism, gets “madder ‘en madder” against the Re- publicans as the campaign developes in intensity. His first election speeches were models of politeness, but now, (Continued on page 6) +totally ignorant of the English language that they are in- capable of making such state- ments. Hire Notorious Lawyer, Merritt Lane, a notorious corpora- tion lawyer of Newark, has been em- ployed by the Paterson silk manufac- turers to carry on their legal fight against the strikers. Lane, in con- nivance with a local jay bird lawyer by the name of J. J. Clancey, is re- sponsible for these scabs perjuring themselves in the interest of their bosses. The attorneys for the strikers will point out this evident perjury on Mon- day, when they appear in court to con- these scabs be arrested for perjury. Knowing the general character of courts, it is doubtful if any action will be taken against the paid lars who are scabbing in thé mills of Paterson. However, the fact that they are ex- posed, strike leaders point out, will create added. determination on. the to fight against the injunction. Fight Against Injunction. If the injunction is made perman- ent, the strike leaders declare that they will deliberately order wholesale violations of it and that they will not permit the injunction to interfere with the progress of the strike. They point out, too, the fact that the strike has been the most success- ful ever called in the history of Pater- son. To date, more than 110 mills have yielded to the strikers’ demands. The fact that the ranks of the manu- facturers are breaking has caused many of the larger concerns to be- come desperate in their struggle against the union, hence they appeal for the injunction. Preparations for Defense. Arrangements have been completed for the defense of the Paterson work- ers and for raising funds for relief of the suffering strikers. At the mass meeting to be held in Webster Hall, 119 East 11th St., Thursday evening, Sept. 18, the leaders of the Paterson strike will tell a story of the Injunction, police terrorism and the fight against the mill owners. This meeting is free to the public and militants should attend, in order to become familiar with new strat- egy developed during the present “struggle of the Paterson silk work- ers. Join the Workers Party! MACHINISTS’ DELEGATES IN DETROIT ARE TOLD OF SCAB AGENCY MASKING AS “B. & 0. CO-OPERATION SCHEME” What is the “B. & 0.” plan? What do the workers think of it? What does it mean for the employers? What relation has It to the Taylor system of speeding up? Why is It knocking out the “company union” plans of the bosses? These questions are answered in this article by one who attended the special week course of study on the & O, plan that was held at Brookwood school, Katonah, N. Y., by the Machinists’ Union officials, as a part of their preparation for putting the plan across at the conven- tion now In session in Detroit. Machinists! Read the words of these men, examine the facts, and you will realize that to preserve the |. A. of M. as a real union, you must defeat the B. & O. Plani * * * * The international officers of the Machinists’ Union and the “economic experts” advising them are much perturbed as to their ability to continue buncoing their rank and file as to the alleged benefits of the B. & O. plan. Many members of the executive board had planned to quietly take a week’s.coaching course in the early part of July on the best way to sell this scheme to the delegates at the September convention in Detroit. However, the ©. P. P, A. convention at Cleveland prevented all except a few eastern representatives from atti this-course, , ‘a bee wn er, ben My concocter of the B. & O. plan, hing gave e final lecture of the coaching peared to be appre- (Continued on page 4). pers hig THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post, Office at Chicago, Illimois under the Act of March 3, 1879. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1924 ‘CONVENTION STARTS Publish AES 299 PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, UL Communist Candidates For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW. ed Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Price 3 Cents McDonald Scandal Shocks England BRITISH BANK IN CHINA IS PLOTTERS BASE Supplying Reactionary Tuchuns with Arms (Special to The Daily Worker) CANTON, Sept. 14.—That the British bank in Shanghai is sup- plying plotters against the rax dical government of Canton with guns and munitions is the charge made by Ma Soo speak- U.S. GOVERNOR IN HAWAII ORDERS | _ SUPPRESSION OF SUGAR STRIKERS; HAS LARGE PLANTATION INTERESTS By JOSEPH CATLIN (Special to The Daily Worker) FAONOLULU, Sept. 14.—A sample of how American governors of U. S. colonies use their office to protect the interests of American capitalists, in- eluding themselves, is shown here by the activities of Governor Wallace Far- rington, in his moves against the striking plantation workers. © Declaring that he was “convinced that there is an organization to pre- vent laborers from returning to work and that the time has arrived when we must determine whether an aggregation of leaders operating under a false idea of their authority to establish a government of their own shall prevail,” the governor today directed the attorney general to investigate and take vigorous steps towards suppressing the attempt of the Filipinos to better MACHINISTS TO CONSIDER B. &0. PLAN AT MEET Officials Plotting to Expel Radicals (Special to the Dally Worker.) DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 14.— The convention of the Inter- national Association of Machin- ists, the first since 1920, = here tomorrow at the Hotel Tuller. GASOLINE FOR MOTOR COOKS MAC'S BISCUIT British Premier Caught in Big Graft Deal (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Sept. 14—Not since the Marconi stock the conditions under which they are slaving. This is not at all surprising when the biggest owners of sugar plantations in Hawaii. order” is the interest he has in maitaining the profits he squeezes from the labor of his slaves. scandal, which involved David Lloyd George, then chancellor of the exchequer, has the financial pursuits of a cabinet member (Continued on Page 6) it is known that Farrington is one of His interest in “law and Workers Party Goes on Ballot in Colorado OLORADO is the sixth state in Its petitions placing its candidates on the ballot. which the Workers Party has filed Petitions with the required number of signatures covering the State ticket as well as presidential electors were filed Sept. 8th. The states in which the work of complying with the legal require- ments for the nomination of political candidates has been completed by the Workers Party are Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Colo- rado, Oregon and Washington. Wosk is under way in a dozen other states and the legal require- ments will likely be fulfilled in these states before time for filing peti- tions for the nomination of candidates has expired. Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Michigan, Indiana, These are Rhode Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri and California. The national ticket of the Workers Party will not appear on the ing officially for the Sun Yat Sen government. Ma Soo also declared that W: secret” powers has enly provoked. war with Chekiang as the first step in the subjugation of the south western provinces of China. Dr. Sun Yat Sen has long been a thorn in the side of the imperialists and is looked on as the strongest bulwark in China against the schemes of the rob- ber powers, particularly Eng- land and the United States. The attempt of Wu Pei Fu, military leader of the Peking government who evidently is a purchasable chunk of animated protoplasm, to overrun southwestern China in the interests of foreign capitalists, will be stoutly re- sisted, declared Ma Soo. Continuing, he said: “Under the leadership of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, we will not only repel the invaders, but seize the opportunity to batter down the strength of the militarists and bring about a stable and truly democratic government, ~ Warn Powers, “We must twarn tae powers against any attempt at intervention. Having failed to exert their influence on: be- half of the people, they should not now use it in the interests of the mili- tarists. “We call the particular attention of Great Britain to the plottings of omprador of Hong Kong. The Shanghai Bank is using Hong Kong as a“base for operating against our gov- ernment. Arms have been secured by Comprador from this British bank to foment rebellion in Canton. It is dif- ficult to conceive that these hostile acts of the British in China have al- together escaped the notice of the British government.” MacDonald's Hyoocrisy. Privately the officials of the Sun government comment acidly on-the liberal expressions of Ramsay Mac- Donald, his great love for humanity and his peaceful aims, But they notice his desire for peace is not so keen in India, Mesopotamia, Egypt and China as it is in Europe. While Mr. MacDonald is anxious to keep the big powers from each other's throats, he allows his agents in other countries to foment rebellion in the territory of friendly but comparatively helpless nations. The Chekiang forces defending Shanghai have secured possession of a number of new French armored trucks. This would make it appear that the French are playing a role in China similar to what they played in Turkey, that is taking the side oppo- site to that taken by the British, Plenty of Man Power. The Manchurian war lord, General Chang, is in @ position to send 100,000 troops against the Peking government without causing him any inconven- jence. General Feng Yah. Slang has (Continued on Page 2.) i Fu, with vot. * ballot in Ohio, altho local candidates have been nominated in Cleveland and other sections of the state. Under the Ohio law some 20,000 signa- tures are required to place candidates on the ballot and the organiza- tion in Ohio was unable to fulfill this requirement before the time expired for the filing of petitions last week. The Ohio situation is made par- ticularly difficult by the large number of signatures required and the fact that the petitions must be filed 60 days before the elections, whereas in many other states, filing is not required until 30 days before election. Reports received at the national headquarters indicate that the Party will have its candidates on the ballot in at least 12 of the great industrial states of the country, and that the workers of these states will have the opportunity of casting their ballots for the Communist candidates, Foster and Gitlow, and thus indicating their support of the proletarian revolution, Soviet Rule and the dictatorship of the proletariat. 7 mM LABOR REBEL JOURNAL (Special to The Daily Worker) MILAN, Sept. 14.—Armed workers march up and down before the offices of “Unita,” daily newspaper of the Com- munist party of Italy, and of “Avanti,” organ of the Maxi- malists, to protect their ma- chinery from destruction at the hands of Fascist officials. The offices of “La Giustizia,” organ of the United Socialist party, and of “Il Corrierre della Sera,” which is published by a group of liberals, have already been seized by government agents and the machinery con- fiscated. Seizure Legally O’Kayed. The seizure of these papers is legal- ly sanctioned by a decree of the Chamber of Deputies, passed under pressure from Mussolini, making “any newspaper which publishes material | detrimental to the interests of the government and the nation sublect to confiscation.” With the killing of Armendo Casa- lini, a Fascist member of the Cham- ber of Deputies, by Giovanni Corvi, a worker who “wanted revenge for the murder of Giacomo Matieotti,” Italy has again been thrown into tur- moil. Communists Call for Unity. , Communists are calling for a united front with the Unified Socialists and the Maximalists to deal a death-blow to Fascist reaction. The Maximalists, however, who refuse co-operation with the Third International in spite of the fact that they have broken con- nections with the Second Internation- al, and the Unified Socialists, have continued their policy of weak-kneed opportunism and, after ignoring the call to arms of 4he Communists, have joined a loose federation of liberals and social-democrats, organized into a body known as “Italia Libera,” or “Free Italy.” 3 The presence of former Fascists, in this federation is natural in view of the fact that Fascism is in itself an opportunist movement—-most of the Fascist leaders being former revolu- tionaries, socialists and syndicalists. In league with the social-democrats are the leaders of the popular party, @ group composed largely of Catholics and led by the priest, Don Sturzo, of poets like Sem Benelli, and of senti- mental socialists. The Communists, who have refus- ed to join the “constitutional opposi- tion for legal action,” are growing daily in numbers and in induence. B. & 0. RAILROAD USES “CO-OP” BAIT TO DRIVE LABOR AT HIGH SPEED; ~ “OWN YOUR HOME” BUNK EXPOSED (Special to The Daily Worker) BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 14.—The much-talked of “B, & O. Plan” by means of which the railroad unions are being turned into production machines for the employers, is generally judged in Baltimore as a great success—for the employers. + In addition to the other well-known features of the Baltimore and Ohio PATRICK GROON RIGHT ON JOB FOR COMMUNIST CAMPAIGN DONATIONS Railroad policies towards its employes, (Special to The Daily Worker) the workers here tell of other ways in which the B. & O. is “nice” to its workers. It helps them own their homes by loaning them money. Sounds good, doesn’t it? “Own your own home with the help of the B. & O. Railroad.” NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 14.—Af- A Sting In The Gift. ter a morning, of bricklaying on a But—like the “B. & O, Co-operation palatial paw. Rifths Avenue apert- ment house to be inhabited by our idle rich, Patrick Groon took a sand- wich in one hand and a Workers Party Fund Subscription list in the other and commenced a canvass of his fellow’ bricklayers. Patrick Plan” being boosted before the Ma- chinists’ Convention in Detroit—there| Groon refused to wait for the open- ing of the Trade Union Educational is a “but” in this gift to the workers also. The workers who have taken League Shop Collection Drive which is scheduled to run for two weeks advantage of the “own your home” propaganda have found out that there is a sting in the tail of all B. & O. gifts. Most of the old employes bought properties, expecting to settle down and live the rest of their lives with their good masters. The writer spoke to several machinists, blacksmiths, ¥ to Sept. 8. He pitched right in and eee anor see went for his fellow workers at the same story: earliest opportunity. No bricks were thrown at Pat as he passed the list around among the brickidyers who were eating their lunches. In fact Pat received cash, altogether eight dollars, sixty- three cents. That same evening he brot the proceeds of this neat little collection to the headquarters of the Workers Party Campaign Commit- tee, 210 E. 12th St., and what is more, he took a new subscription list and went back on the job. “Oh, before the strike it was not so bad. One could work like a man. But now it is regular hell. Inspectors follow every move one makes. At quitting time a check-up man counts the product of each worker, and sets the standard, ‘for all by the. highest production. One must work like the very devil to keep up, and those who fail to do so are laid off.” “Homes”—With a String. And that’s where the “own your home” proposition comes in, When About 300 delegates arevex- pected to be in attendance*to consider the important pro- blems facing the organization, Fight “B. & O.” Plan, Outstanding among the controver- sial matters before the convention is the so-called “B. & O. plan,” initiat- ed by President William H. Johnston, of the machinists, under which the unions become efficiency agencies of the railroads in return for the privi- lege of collecting dues. The “B. & O. plan” is the especial object of attack from the left: wing of the machinists’ organization, strik- ing as it does at the very basic prin- ciples of unionism, and a bitter fight is expected’ because the officials have committed themselves to this colla- boration with the employers so com-~ pletely that they can hardly find a compromise. Fifty Amalgamation Resolutions. Hundreds of resolutions and amend- ments to the laws of the union have been submitted by the local unions: More than 50 resolutions calling for amalgamation of the unions along in- dustrial lines, for the establishment of a,labor party, for recognition ' Soviet Russia, against the “B. o plan,” for the reinstatement of sus- pended and expelled members, are already filed for the ‘convention. Local Union No, 459, of St. Paul, has proposed an amendment to the constitution, providing that the pn- ion shall actively work for amalgam- ation and a labor party. Try to Outlaw Workers Party. The general executive board has made a decision, just before the open- ing of the convention, against the ap- peal of seven suspended members in Toledo. This decision demands that before the members can be re-instated they must renounce membership in the Workers Party and in the Trade Union Educational League. This case is an attempt to launch a campaign of expulsions similar to that recently carried out by the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. The officials have been holding the Toledo case in abeyance for months, right up. to the eve of the convention, in order that they may be able to keep it off of the floor of that gath- ering, and yet at the same time claim authority from the convention to pre- ceed with their disruptive policy. The suspended members will appeal to the convention to give a complete hearing to the case, however, and will make every attempt to stop this | policy that threatens destruction to the union. Expulsion Is Threatened, It is. well-known in the machinists’ union that the suspensions and ex- pulsions that are taking place are to crush opposition to the “company union” “B. & O. plan,” It is pointed out that the officials are not expelling stool pigeons, like in the Lennon case in Pittsburgh, nor acting against such Fascist organiza- the worker doesn’t keep up with the constantly increasing speeding-up, he not only loses his job—he loses “his own home” which he has purchas- ed on the payment system with the “kindly aid” of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. “ “This is not even ordinary compe- tition,” said one worker. “It is worse than anything I have ever worked under. It is rush and rush, with no end to it. It is racing, it is suicide.” This is the wonderful scheme, and che wonderful railroad, that is being boosted today at the Convention of the International Association of Ma- chinists meeting in Detroit. This is the kind of “co-operation” being urged upon the unions by “leaders,” who seem anxious to outdo the Taylor efficiency system, or Henry Ford, and the other slave-drivers of our capitalist system. Cal Issues Hot Statement. , WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.— Presi- dent Coolidge today issued a procla- mation naming Thursday, Oct. 9, as fire prevention day. This ‘will make the 58rd gnniversary of the great Chi- cago fire, ici yt ic Pat was so delighted with his achievement that he decided to be even more effective in the class struggle, and he filled out an appli- cation for Party membership. Great interest has been aroused tions as the Ku Klux Klan, but that it is only against the rank and file who protest against the dictatorship of the officials, in, its attempt to ram the “B. & O, plan” down the throats of the membership, that the suspen, for the work of raising funds in the | sion and expulsion power is called in- shops to carry on the campaign. |to play. The Shop Collection Drive is on. —_—_—-_—_ Hundreds of Patrick Groons are on Open New Factori: the job. All workers are urged to en- EKATERINBURG, Russia, Sept. 14. courage our Patrick Groons with |—Three canning factories opened in substantial contributions, and not |the Urals during July and one chemi- waste their time with use! dick- |cal factory which had been closed” ering. 9 since 1918, WORKERS PARTY IN CHICAGO OPENS STRAW-BALLOTTING IN FACTORIES By MARTIN ABERN . A straw ballot, the only straw ballot of the working class, is being organized by Local Chicago, Workers Party, to take place between September 16 and 25 inclusive. ‘ A cross section #f Chicago industry has been selected so that a fairly (Continued on page 6) accurate picture can be gotten of thé attitude of the workers toward the | ' |