The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 17, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 153. —SUBSCRI PTION RATES: in Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year, THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 31, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illimois under the Act of March 3, 1879. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1924 <ai> 190 Communist Candidates For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL Price 3 Cents U. S. FASCISTI DISCUSS POLITICS Foster Make AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. HE Catholic Church pretends to be out of politics. Of course, this is not true. The church is in politics up to the neck, in every country, some- times openly, sometimes covertly. Here in America its spokesmen tell us that it does not interfere in the game. In Italy, the Pope was on Mus- ‘solini’s side, even going to the ex- treme. of putting the muffler on Father Sturzo, the agrairian leader who was one of the chief enemies of the Fascist dictator. In return forthe Pope's support, Mussolini waged war on the Masons, restored Catholic in- struction in the schools and made sev- eral other valuable concessions to the Vatican, O08 'HE Pope now sees the power of Mussolini slipping and he is not napping. Receiving a party of Catho- lic students recently, the Pope said: “When politics come near to the altar, then religion, the church and the Pontiff have not only the right, but the duty to give directions and indications to be followed by Catholics, the supreme one of which was given by the Divine Master, namely: ‘Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God’s.’” a ‘HE Pontiff regretted to see many Catholics adherring to a party which boasted its opposition to every religious creed. His Holiness was re- ferring to the radical parties. The al- leged follower of the “meek and low- Mussolini and the Catholic religion, Neither*is there. There is about as much christianity in the Catholic . Church as there is in the Ku Klux Klan. Both are political organizations used to further the- interests of those who contro] and subsidize them. ee PRIEST from Youngstown, Ohio, who once posed as a radical, recently returned from a visit to Ire- land. He is a republican in Irish poli- tics and a devoted adherent of Eamon DeValera, the alleged president of a mythical bourgeoisie republic, This priestly fraud, in an interview to a Youngtown paper, took occasion to express his views on Communism as well as on Ireland. He is equally jg: norant of both. He is a typical Irish- American blatherskite, whose chief stock-in-trade is beating the breast for Ireland and pulling the British lion’s tail, but keeping at a safe dis- tance from the seat of trouble. ee ‘HIS stupid skypilot learned while in London that the British gov- ernment was allied with Moscow, and that every Englishman is an imperial- ist. This assumption is just as rid- iculous as it would be to assume, after reading the Father Kirby inter- view, that every Irishman is a jackass. Father Kirby is of the opinion that what is ruining Europe is not capi- talism but “the disintegrating propa- ganda issuing daily from Russia which keeps the people agitated and unhap- py.” “I believe,” he goes on, “that there exists today an international con- spiracy against christian civiliztion with headquarters in Russia.” There is no propaganda against civilization coming from Moscow, but propaganda to abolish the system that is killing civilization. Only the overthrow of capitalism can save civilization. And one of the casualties, when that is accomplished will be the opium joint with headquarters at Rome, which has always been the enemy of human progress and always will be. oe ‘HE invitation extended by this column to its readers has not ‘fallen on deaf ears, Comrade Kruse comes first with the following, and promises to be a frequent contributor: eo .4); ¢ bs 'HE “waiting list” is not only func: tioning at the factory gate. Tho Salvation Army's “training \séhool” reports the largest class in its history and more applicants than~ it ‘ean’ handle. “Col.” Thomas Martin that some applicants for doughnut baking and . have had to postpone their stu another year. The wise knows that the boom and blah skypilot’s band has nothing to dov = ‘ontinu 16), ome (Continued on vege 0). i bi STRONG DRIFT TO COMMUNISM IN UNION CENTER Sentiment of Clothing Workers Revealed William Z. Foster, candidate for president on the Communist platform, is running neck and neck with Cal Coolidge, and leads John W. Davis, donkey presidential candidate by a wide margin in the first tabulation of the DAILY WORKER'S Straw Vote, which was in full swing yesterday. The DAILY WORKER Straw Vote has already aroused sur- prising interest among the workers in the shops of the Hart, Schaffner & Marx fac- tory, 36 S. Franklin St., the Kuppenheimer clothing factory, corner Harrison and Franklin streets, and the Royal Tailors’ plant,. on S. Wells St., where over 3,000 ballots were distri- buted by Workers Party volun- teers. First Workers’ Straw Vote. The total vote in the three factories, which are union concerns under the jurisdiction of the Amalgamatet Clothing Workers, shows a surprising proportional vote for Foster. The vote is: Foster, 151; LaFollette, 496; Davis, 58; Coolidge 289, and Andy City Organizer, ers Party, declares the straw vote, which is the first presidential straw vote to be conducted right at the fac- tory, is serving to bring the DAILY WORKER and the Communist presi- dential campaign to theattentionofthe workers better than almost any other medium of propaganda that has so far been devised. Workers Show Great Interest. Surprising interest in the DAILY WORKER Straw Vote was manifested when the Workers Party volunteers distributed the sample ballots at the noon hour yesterday and collected the votes of the factory workers in their ballot boxes. Foster’s vote, even among the office workers, which as a rule, was expect- ed to. give most of its strength to Coolidge, was astounding to the Work- ers Party volunteers. The total vote in the Hart, Schaff- ner and Marx factory gave Foster a large proportional vote. LaFollette led with 206, Coolidge received 158 and Foster 67. Davis was a bad fourth with 31 and Andy Gump, who, like Davis, Coolidge and LaFollette, wears no man’s collar, received 3 votes. Foster also led Davis in the Kuppen- heimer plant, receiving over twice as many votes as the donkey candidate. (Continued on page 6) MACDONALD’S PRIDE ‘AND JOY BUSY WITH VISITS TO BANKERS NEW YORK, Sept. 16. — The Bankers’ Club entertained Malcolm MacDonald, son of England's prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, at din- ner. Otto Kahn, Dwight Morrow, General Guy Tripp of Westinghouse Electric, Judge Morgan O’Brien, Walter E. Frew, and other of the best-known big bankers and busi- ness men were hosts to the young man who is representing Oxford Union in de! with 17 colleges in the United States and Canada. Young MacDonald is studying the welfare work of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and has been _ visiting the model apartment houses see if they offer any solution to the severe housing situation con- fronting his father’s labor govern- ment. Malcolm has been so busy siting the New York Stock Ex- inge and seeing the big busine: in that he hasn’t had a chance to get acquaint with the real New York of the East Side and crowded Harlem. So far as is known he has vii on any labor union offi- Oe RESULTS OF FIRST DAY’S VOTING IN DAILY WORKER STRAW VOTE Foster Hart, Schaffner & Marx.... 67 Kuppenheimer Royal Tailors . Total vote cast, 994, Coolidge LaFollette Davis 158 206 31 94 200 19 37 90 8 289 496 58 AROUND WORLD FLIGHT, SCHEME - TO BOOST BIG AIR NAVY PLAN (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Maintenance of a bigger and better air fleet are_to be features of the future policy of the United States navy, it was announced officially at the White House this afternoon. U.S.ATTEMPTS RADICAL CHINA TO END ALLIED | LEADER MOVES DEBT PROBLEMS) TROOPS NORTH Proposition (Special to the Daily Worker.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.— The world war foreign debt commission will meet within six weeks to consider ways and means to open funding negotia- tions between the United States and the Europ siege ury dep I Inspired reports have already been issued to the effect that France is considering the des- patch of emissaries to this country to take up the matter of the debt, but these reports have been denied from Paris. Say Dawes Plan Is Basis. The statement is made in official quarters that the Dawes plan will so revive Germany as to enable her to pay the reparations assigned to the allied nations, in turn giving them an opportunity to repay the debts to America. Nothing of the kind will, however, happen. The revival of German in- dustry and commerce will not be per- mitted by the United States financiers who will control the operation of the Dawes plan, thru Owen Young, since it will set up a competitor to this country, as well as to the other pow- ers, which will be to the detriment of the interests of the capitalists. It is pointed out that should Ger- many be permitted by Ameriéa to in- crease its productive powers, it would begin looking for markets to dispose of them, and will eventually come in- to conflict with the interests of the United States and Bngland in parti- cular. The truth is that the Dawes plan will not permit the development of German industry and commerce, but has been put into effect in or- der to give American capitalism a firm hold on German industrial life, regulating it to suit its own pocket. Presumption Is False. The debt funding commission is ob- |, viously not going on the premise, de- spite official statements, that the Dawes plan will furnish the allies with sufficrent reparations payments to return the money borrowed from the United States. The funding commission proposi- tion will fail to reach any lasting de- cision cn the debt question, unless additional pressure is applied to Trance, thru Morgan who has extend- ed them a great loan, to come thru with some money. Feelers have al- ready been put forth on this proposal and Iierriot has been consulting with his ministry of finance in order to work out some means of getting a new arrangement into effect. ony eR cei ace with jae tan reed a landers who will thus enjoy Foster’s Funding Plan Hopeless| Premier of Mongolia Is Reported Killed (Special to the Daily Worker.) SHANGHAI, Sept. 16.—News that Dr. Sun Yat Sen, head of the South China government, was on his way north to aid Lu Yung-Hsiang in defending the The fighting is growing in intensity, all modern weapons of war being used. Private trucks and vehicles of all de- scriptions are being comman- deered by both sides. General Chang of Manchuria has cut the Peking-Mukden railway and is concentrating his troops for a march on the capital of China. Wu Pei Fu, commander of the Peking armies has called a conference of generals to consider the situation. The war has now involved practically all China, tho active engagements have so far been confined to the Chekiang and Kiangsu forces. oo TIEN TSIN, China, Sept. 16.—Dr. Danzan, premier of Mongolia, was re- ported today to have been assassinat- ed. A serious situation prevails at Ur- ga, the Mongolian capital, where busi- ness is at a standstill. Many Ameri- can, English and other foreign resi- dents are being denied permission to leave. Mongolia, a part of the old Chinese empire, has a separate government, ease PEKING, Sept. 16.—Admiral Wash- ington, commander of the” United States fleet in Asiatic waters, arrived in Peking this afternoon for a con- ference with the American legation on the Chinese situation. A large part of Admiral Washington's fleet is now in Shanghai waters protecting Ameri- can interests. 7 ¢ Red Ambassador Presents Credentials PEKING, August 1.—(By Mail).— Mr. Lev Mikhailovitch Karakhan, am- bassador of the Union of Soviet So- cialist Republics to the Republic of China, presented his credentials to H. E., the President of China yesterday, July 31st, 1924, at 11 o'clock of the morning. &)e@. ® . PEKING, August 1.—(By Mail),— General Hsiao, of President Tsao Kun’s suite and member of the mili- tary council, called this morning on Ambassador Karakhan on behalf of H. E., the President of the Republic of China, ULSTER REFUSES POINT BLANK TO NAME BOUNDARY COMMISSIONER (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Sept. 16.—After a three-hour session at the summer home of Sir James Craig at Streatly-on-Thames, the Ulster cabinet this afternoon informed Premier Ramsay MacDonald that Ulster would refuse to appoint a member on the proposed commission to settle the Ulster-Free State boun- dary dispute. Lord Londonderry, a member of government would not con: any proposal for an “All-l the cabinet, said the belief was the Conference.” “Ulster has nothing to give away,” declared Lord Londonderry. ‘ OAKLAND CHIEF . COP WON'T LET FOSTER SPEAK Communists Will Hold Meeting Anyhow By JAMES H. DOLSEN. (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 16.— Declaring savagely that ‘No God-damned Communists are going to speak in our auditor- ium,” Chief of Police Drew, of this city, has blocked the rental of the Civic Auditorium ball- room to the local Workers Party for a Foster mass meeting. The hall had been originally rented to the party for the 30th. Unwittingly, however, the chief has made a laughingstock out of himself, for meanwhile the promoters of the meeting had taken the precaution of se- curing the right to another hall. Accordingly, the meeting for William Z. Foster Sept. 30 has been switched to the neighbor- ing city of Berkeley, where it will be held in the magnificent High School auditorium, at Alls- ton Way and Grove Street. y Fooled the Chief. As any Oakland citizen by a few minutes’ ride on a street car can reach address despite the hysterical out- burst of their local guardians of the peace. The revocation of the grant of the hall here came about thru an investi- gation which the city department re- sponsible for it asked of the police. The chief of police, Drew, in his let- ter recommending the hall be not granted, showed his familiarity with the DAILY WORKER by quoting in full from the issue of July 2, a tele- gram from Moscow announcing that “two seasoned revolutionists,” Foster and Ruthenberg, had been elected to the Executive Committee of the Com- munist International. ‘He then refer- red to Foster’s trial in Michigan, stat- ing that the “case was still pending” and to my own arrest here for crim- inal. syndicalism in 1919. After a short interview with chief Drew in which he liberally damned the Communists and everything Commun- ist, I drew up a letter in the name of the Workers Party of this District, protesting to the board of city com- misioners against allowing this pre- cedent to stand. Press Demands Freedom. Copies of the letter were released for publicity and the whole matter has been taken up by the local capitalist press. The Scripps McRae local pa- per, the Daily News, editorially .asks the citizens of this city to see that Foster is allowed to speak. The city administration here is very reactionary, The commissioners are strong for Coolidge and it is reliably reported that with one possible excep- tion, they belong to the Ku-nightshirt brigade. The Better America Federa- tion is active as is the California Man- ufacturers’ Assn. COOLIDGE’S GANG IS FRIENDLY 10 FARMER; ELECTIONS APPROACH! (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Awak- ened to the necessity of yielding something to the farmers, after many years of covert hostility to the co-operative movement, the depart- ment of agriculture announces an expansion of its service of informa- tion to co-operators. Cris L. Chris- tensen has been placed in charge of the new enterprise, and a corps of trained experts will “make personal contact with leading organizations throut the country in an effort to help solve individual problems.” Ten y arch work" by the dep: fore extending this active istance to co-opera- tive marketing, is confessed. Our Candidates FOSTER’S DATES FARGO, North / Dakota. — Friday, September 19th, 8 p. m. SPOKANE, Wash.— Monday, Sep- tember 22nd, 8:00 p. m. SEATTLE, Wash.—Masonic Temple, Tuesday, September 23rd, 8:00 p. m. TACOMA, Wash. — Eagles’ Hall, Wednesday, September 24th, 8:00 p. m. ASTONIA, Ore.—Saturday, Septem- ber 27th, 8:00 p. m. PORTLAND, Ore.—I. O. O. F. Audi- torium, 10th and Salmon St., Sunday, September 28th, 8:00 p, m. BERKELEY, Cal.—High School Au- ditorium, Tuesday, September 30th, 8:00 p. m. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—California| Hall, Turk and Larkin Sts., Wednes- day, October, 1st, 8:00 p. m. LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Friday, Octo- ber 3rd, 8:00 p. m. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah.— Unity Hall, 138 So. 2 East, Sunday, October 5th, 8:00 p. m. DENVER, Colo.—Auditorium, Curtis and 14th St., Tuesday, October 7th, 8:00 p. m. GITLOW’S DATES Comrade Gitlow, candidate for vice- president, will address meetings at the following places: WORCESTER, Mass.—A. O. H. Hall, Trumbull St. Thursday, September 18th, 8:00 p. m. NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Hermonson’s Hall, 158 Crown St., Friday, Septem- ber 19th, 8:00 p. m. HARTFORD, Conn. — Educational Alliance, 287 Windsor Ave., Saturday, September 20th, 8:00 p. m. ANTL-LOCATELL DEMONSTRATION Thousands Jeer Fascist Airman in Quaker City (Special to the Daily Worker.) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.— “Down with Mussolini!” “Long live Matteotti!”’ were the cries that greeted the Italian world flyer, Locatelli, a vicious Fascist when he descefided from the train at West Philadelphia. Not only were there about 100 bankers, business men, cor- respondents and the consul to meet him, but also about a dozen Italian members of the Workers Party. More did not come since it took place in the afternoon and the other com- rades were at work. Run For Help. The 12 comrades made a dash up to Locatelli and the 100 bourgeois ran for police help. Locatelli was spirited away by the cops in a taxicab and tak- en to his hotel, the Palumbi. At this hotel, he was met by some 2,000 workers who by that time had gathered to greet this Fascist gentle- man in the proper manner. With cries of “Down with Fascist, Locatelli,” they rushed at him with boos and jeers, and began to give the Fascist sympathizers a little dose of their own medicine. Beat Up The cops came Worker. to rescue of the blackshirts. “One Russian comrade was badly beaten up by the police and seven Italian comrades were ar- rested with him, They are comrades | Morelli, Digiovanni, Bresi, Peronadci, Agenti, Didonato and Recchia, | The crowd dispersed finally with | the singing of The Red Flag and The Internationale, The police, fearing an- | other demonstration of the workers, | set up a cordon around the hotel while Locatelli was feted by the local bankers and business men. The demonstration of the Commu- nists in Philadelphia is simyar to one | held against Locatelli in New York | some days ago. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” s Big Showing in Factory Vote PERSHING MAY BE CHOSEN AS LEGION CHIEF Convention to Discuss Entering Polities (Special to the Daily Workers) ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 16— A movement was started here today at the sixth annual con- vention of the American Legion to elect John J. Pershing, just retired as chief of staff of the American army, as the national commander of the organization in place of John R. Quinn, out- going commander. The election of Pershing rests solely on his desire to ac- cept, say numerous delegates, and if “Blackjack” should say the word, it is said, the conven- tion will overwhelmingly vote him into office as the head of the legion. Is Notorious Reactionary. Pershing is one of the most motori ous reactionaries and militarists that this country has yet produced. Elec- tions take place Friday. The feature of today‘s session of the convention was the address of John J. Tigert, federal commissioner of education, who lauded the legion’s activity in sponsoring “educational work.” The educational work of the legion has mostly consisted in working hand in hand with the cap- italists of America against the work- ers whenever they were needed. It is. being persistently rumored here that this convention of the legion will definitely put the organization into politics. ‘“Hell-an’-Maria” Dawes, vice-presidential candidate of the re- publican party, is here, ostensibly as a “rank and file” member of the le gion, ready to march in parades with the members of his post, Evanston. Those on the inside, however, are predicting that Dawes’ presence indi- cates that there is a plan to have the legion get into national politics as an organization, endorsing the candidates that it chooses. A dinner will be giv- en the would-be Fascist tonight and he will review the’ legion parade in the afternoon. If the legion enters politics there is absolutely no doubt in anyone's mind, but that it will enter as a re- actionary force, lining up with any candidate or party that has the most labor-hating candidates or platform, and the most militarist principles. The republican party is most general- ly favored, and the fight for national commander, the election of Pershing may largely hinge on the fact that he is a staunch upholder,of the G. O. P. SOCIALISTS SEE DANGER IN BOB'S SIREN TEMPTERS Realizing only too late that its im- mersion in the icy waters of LaFol- letteism in the hope that rebaptist might mean a rebirth, is more likely to prove a death blow to its rapidly declining organization, the socialist party in an official bulletin, issued un der date of Sept. 12, warns its mem- bers that they must hold fast to their organization for fear the wily “Bob” and his friends may steal it from them. “Comrades, you will be a sick and sorry lot, following the election, if you neglect your own sacred organ- ization, the socialist party. Just here is the impending danger. “A Connecticut comrade writer thus: ‘Our party members are join ing the LaFollette clubs and neglect ing the socialist party meetings.’” And why not? The socialist party on the admission of such a leading’ figure as Morris Hillquit accepts La Follette’s quack remedies as the es sence of socialism. Why should the socialist ‘party members patronize ar old bankrupt establishment when the new store has something “just as the DAILY WORKER. good?” | Meds aad th? — i *