The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 18, 1924, Page 2

Page Two Communists on Illinois Ballot\MANY ISSUES alan Z. FOSTER AND BENJAMIN GITLOW, presidential and vice-presidential candidates ‘EM, of the Workers Party, will be on the ballot in the state of Illinois. tures were required to put the presidential electors on the official ballot; and the Workers Party Petitions containing signatures to put congressional and state can- dates on the ticket here are being circulated and there is every prospect of success. The achievement in Iilinois makes it the seventh state on the ballot of which the Com- munist candidates will appear. Others are expected shortly. The six states, besides Illinois, as already collected 4100. Lt Two thousand signa- are North Dakota, Washington, Oregon, Cfolorado, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. a SEE DECISIVE BATTLE COMING WN CHINA WAR Country Demoralized by Internal Strife (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) SHANGHAI, Sept. 17.—Re- pulsing the determined Kiangsu attack at Liuho, the Chekiang defenses today were intact along the battle line surrounding Shanghai. Fighting is reported less se- vere all along the line, both sides apparently resting while awaiting a decisive struggle in ‘North China between Chang Tso Lin and Wu Pei Fu. Country Demoralized. Railway service thruout China is completely demoralized today as a result of the civil war. Trade is vir- tually at a standstill, shipping firms being especially hard hit. No goods are coming in at all from the country districts. The Chang forces who are sympathe- tic to Sun Yat Sen, represent the ele- ment that is not so ready to sell out the country to foreign capitalist na- itions, while Wu Pei Fu, now military dictator of Peking, represents the monarchists who are ready at a moment's notice, almost, to yield the country up to the investment desires of American or British capital. Japan Walts. Japan is tending to side with the Chang armies because of their opposi- tion to the penetration of American and British capital, which Japan con- siders the greatest danger to its de- sire of hegemony over Asia. The recognition by China of the Soviet Republic complicates matters more, and influential American busi- ed intervention by U. S. military und naval forces. TRIAL OF 107 SILK STRIKERS IS POSTPONED (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) PATERSON, N. J., Sept. 17.— The cases of the 107 pickets, ar- rested two weeks ago in Pater- son, has again been postponed, this time until Thursday, Sept. 18, when it will be definitely dis- posed of, according to the an- nouncement of both defense attorney and judge. This is the same date as the Webster Hall meeting to be held in New York, so the New York audience will get the first news of the disposal of the cases. Out on Bail. The 107 that were arrested have all been released on bail, and have been jon the picket line continuously since ;their arrest. This action of theirs ia refusing to be intimidated by the Police terrorism of Patterson, is a Symbol of the militant spirit of the silk strikers in the present strug- gle. It is this spirit that has held the ranks of the strikers in fighting ‘ay for flve weeks in the most bril- Mant struggle over waged in the many strikes of the silk mill workers, The story of the strike is to be told for the first time to New Yorkers on Thursday evening, September 18, at Webster Hall, 119 East 11th St., near Third Avenue. H. M. Wicks, well-known in the labor and Commun- ist movement of the United States, who has been taking a leading part in the strike and Adolph Lessig, of Patterson, who has been a leader in many of the silk mill struggles, will ,be among the speakers. Admission to this meeting is free and all mill- tant workers should attend and hear the story of this struggle and learn of the new tactics in the labor move- that are being developed thru the: ent strike. { y ie = men are already calling for Fascisti to Switch Bank. LONDON, Sept. 17.—A Central news dispatch from Rome today declared the Pascisti financiers are preparing to reorganize the Banca Discontes in- to @ Pescisti bank. Wanted: Girl Operators on Caps 1121 S. Halsted Street, floor. Mr. M. Hoffman. © ‘ HEAVY LOSSES IN LIFE RESULT OF BIG FLOODS IN JAPANESE VILLAGES (Special to the Daily Worker.) TOKYO, Sidpt. 17.—Altho the num- ber of deaths has not yet been es- timated, it is believed to be large as a result of floods following in the wake of torréntial rains which In- undated many villages near Tokyo and also flooded sections of the capi- tal. Reports filtiering in over wires broken by the violence of the storm indicated a heavy loss of life as well as property darwage. In Tokyo alone 40,000 houses were flooded. The fate of 300 inhabitants of Kugemura fs as yet unknown. The village was inundated and today is surrounded by a raging torrent, Ef- forts to rescue by boats to reach the village were unavailing. Oc- casional cries for help from the vil- lage were heard. Six villages om the other side of Tokyo were submerged by the flood waters. CZAR MC ANDREW LAYS DOWN THE LAW TO. "MARNS He Won't Call Meeting of Teachers’ Council William McAndrew, super- intendent of Chicago's schools, will under no circumstances call the meetings of the teach- ers’ councils which he is re- quired to call by rules of the board of education. McAndrew made this state- ment to a representative of the DAILY WORKER after his plea to be allowed to amend the rules of the board had again been denied, this time by the committee on administration. The King Has Spake! “T gave my decision last May, I re- peated that decision this fall, and I will not change my mind now,” said McAndrew. Asked whether he felt that he had any legal basis for refusing to comply with the rules of the board, McAn- drew laughed and said: “That is not the question.” The superintendent’s attitude dur- ing the course of the hearings before the committees was the subject of angry comment from other members of the board, and from teachers who were present. He laughed loudly at every attempt to show him that his stand was not justified. . What action the teachers them- selves will take will remain uncertain until the central committee of the high school councils meets next Tues- day. Why Not Act? “I don’t know just what we can do when the superintendent refuses to listen to reason,” said Elzy F. Downey, president of the councils, The school board, which was at first split, is gradually swinging over to the side of McAndrew. Mrs. Dowd Gregg, who was at first a strong pro- ponent of the teachers, yesterday vot- ed in favor of amending the rules.. The members at first attempted to persuade the superintendent to com- promise, but when they found this im- possible, they decided to line up be- hind him rather than take the part of the organized teachers. A change in the personnel of the board is expected when Mayor Dever this fall appoints four new members to take the place of four whose terms have expired, The mayor has so far refused to say what appointments he will make. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER, \ OMAHA GOES CUCKOO ON THE ARRIVAL OF U. S. WORLD FLYERS (Special to the DAILY WORKER) OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 17.— Thou- sands stopped work for a few min- utes to yell themselves hoarse over the arrival of the American world flyers here. Fire sire! id factory whist! hrieked their hoarsest and it wae noticed that some graves trembled, the dead obviously think- ing Gabriel's horn was being blown. The flyers arrived in perfect V formation, led by Lieut. Lowell ‘Smith, LEGION PARADE IS MILITARIST DEMONSTRATION Commander in Plea for Quiet Convention (Special to The Dally Worker) ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 17.— Forty thousand members of the American Legion marched here today in the huge parade ar- ranged as a war demonstration of the purest water. The marching Legionaires shouted, “Who won the war?” “We'll do it again!” and “We'll tell the world we're ready!” to- gether with similar militarist promises. . Appeals For Soberness, At the day’s session, Commander John R. Quinn, in an attempt to min- imize the fact that the legion con- ventions have been lawless orgies, read a telegram from the chief of po- lice of San Francisco, seat of the last convention, in which the cop wrete that the convention was the most or- derly and pleasant meeting ever held there. » Quinn appealed to the delegates to maintain that standard and they all rose in their seats and yelled as- sent. Just the same that did not pre- vent a legionary from getting into a brawl and being*’wounded. He is Ar- thur Christopherson, 28 years old, from South Dakota. Pershing Won't Run. Word was officially received by the convention that Pershing, who was being boomed for the national com- mandership of the organization, would not accept the job, Others who are ‘contesting the position are Col. John J. Bullington of Illinois, Major Reed Landis, James A. Drain and John McQuiggo of Ohio, not one of them a rank and file soldier in the last war, an indication of where the control of the legion lies. In the parade, “Hell-an’-Maria” Dawes marched as a private. He smoked his drooping pipe and was greeted with “Hello, Charlie,” when- ever he was recognized. When he wasn’t recognized he was taken for a vice-presidential nominee on the re- publican ticket. The convention shook the St. Paul Auditorium here today with repeated applause when labor-hating Judge Kenesaw M. Landis urged them to vote back into office the congressmen and senators who voted to override President Coolidge’s veto of the ad- justed compensation bill. His speech was replete with his usual pifile, opening with a wild de- nuneiation of pacifism and including a plea to back the Black Maria up to the door of the citizen who refuses to vote. Four Dead Brings - Toll to Seven in Beer City Sewers MILWAUKEE, Wis. Sept. 17.— Four employes of the Hammen Con- struction company, Detroit, were en- tombed today in a sewer cave-in which buried them 50 feet below the surface under hundreds of tons of loose concrete and earth. The men were engaged in putting concrete roof and walls on the sewer tunnel when the cave-in occurred. It is believed all were killed. The victims are: John Milich, 42; John Tica, 38; Otto Cina, 26, and Will- iam Beljon, 32, the foreman. The cave-in is one of several which has occurred in the construction of Milwaukee’s new $1,000,000 sewerage system, Today’s accident brings the death toll to seven. : NEW YORK CITY PARTY ACTIVITIES All members of the party in New York are instructed to see that they are present without fail at the next membership meeting of the local, which is to be held this coming Fri- day evening, Sept. 19, at Stuyvesant Casino, 142 Second Ave. Important matters concerning the campaign being waged by the party in the coming elections will be discus- sed and it is imperative that each and every member of the party be pres- ent at this most important general membership meeting. , No branch meetings must be held on this night, and every member of the party who is interested in the party and in the political campaign we are now conducting must put everything else aside and be present at this meet- ing. THE DAILY WORKER ASK DECISION OF MACHINISTS Detroit Convention Is Now Doing Business (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 17.— Resolutions demanding amalga- mation of the metal trades, de- claring for affiliation with the Red International of Labor Unions, demanding recognition of Soviet Russia, and denounc- ing the Baltimore and Ohio class collaboration scheme, _ intro- duced in the convention of the International Association of Machinists here, are now await- ing action. One resolution introduced by Lodge No. 371 demands ‘‘Imme- diate action of the part of our officers instructing them to take necessary steps to call a joint convention of the metal trades. For Red International. The resolution demanding affiliation with the Red International of Labor Unions, which was presented to the convention by Lodges 330 and 337, de- clares that, “The capitalist offensive against the eight-hour day in Ger- many and elsewhere, the struggle against Fascism, the occupation of the Ruhr, and the threatened enslavement of the German workers, the struggle against the terrorization of the work- ers all over the world, has taught the workers the necessity of international solidarity and establishing united struggle against capitalism. “One of the principal weapons of the capitalist class is their ability to use the workers of one country against the workers of another in time of war, use the workers of the different countries to slaughter each other, and in times of peace, use the products of labor of one country to break the strikes of labor in another.” Favor Soviet Recognition. Many lodges, including numbers 79, 330, 337, and 119, in their resolution favoring recognition of Soviet Russia, “condemn the delay and call on the American Federation of Labor to join with us in a movement to bring pres- sure to bear on the Ame} govern- ment to give full and complete recog- nition to Soviet Russia in the name of solidarity with the first Workers’ Republic.” A hot fight is expected over the so- called “Johnston” or B. & O. plan, which resolutions passed by lodges $30 and 337 brand as “an eisployers’ scheme that will bring destruction to our union.” The full resolution condemning the B. & O. plan follows: Swat B. & O. Plan. “Whereas the I. A. of M. is being corrupted by the propogation and in- stallation of a poisonous scheme, vari- ously called the ‘Co-operation,’ ‘B. & 0.,’ ‘Johnston’ plan, which proclaims as its object that the union shall be made into a business institution, to sell labor as a capitalist sells, ‘arch- brick, super-heaters, or lubricating oil’ and “Whereas this scheme is absolute- ly repugnant to the ideals of union- ism, to the traditions of the I. A., of M., and to the effective functioning and healthy growth of our unions, be- cause it destroys the militant atti- tude and vigilant watchfulness of the I. A. of M., against the employers, our natural enemies, and turns it to colla- boration, to soft yielding and to acqui- escence in intclerable conditions; and “Whereas the preamble of the I. A. of M., in its statement of the class struggle as the basis of our union, lays down the only solid foundation upon which a fighting organization can be built; therefore, be it “Resolved, That the convention of the International Association of Ma- chinists rejects the so-called ‘B. & O.,’ ‘Johnston’ or ‘Co-operative’ plan, and brands it as an employers’ scheme that will lead to the destruction of our union, and the officials of this. organization are hereby instructed to enter into no further commitments along this line and to cancel the pres- ent entanglements at the earliest pos- sible moment. “James Leckie, Recording Secretary No. 330, “Math. Melhunio, Recording Secretary No, 337.” Roberto Haberman, representing the Mexican Federation of Labor, ad- dressed the convention today criticis- ing Johnston and Davison for not, in- cluding Mexico in their report. He stated that Mexican labor was devel- oping towards industrial unionism. In the printing trades the man hewing the wood for paper pulp up to the edi- tor are all in one union. . The Mexican government buys all the products made by union labor from a tack toa locomotive. Roberto wears a red necktie and attacks the reds, stating that the Russian ambas- sador will arrive next week in Mexico, but at the same time he attacks the R. LL, U., accusing it of trying to destroy the Mexican as well as the American labor movement. Haberman classed the Ford factory as a slave asylum. gaia aa laa se Morgan Calls for the Biggest Air Fleet on Earth; Coolidge Acts By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ODAY, all forces are ready in Washington for the Amer- ican drive for the biggest war fleet in the air. The globe- girdling flight of the American aviators comes to an end, and the budget-making business of the warmakers at the nation’s capitol begins. Thus the militarists carry out, in every detail, the pre- diction of the DAILY WORKER, since the world flight began, that it was merely a venture to help put over greater air armaments, in preparation * ™ The world fliers hop off from Chic for the next war. 3 = * o to Omaha, on the last laps of their trip, and Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur, at the special call of President Coolidge, rushes from California to Washington, D. C., by speedy airplanes and fast trains. Reports from Washington say, “The President has been told that, as a result of the world flight by the army planes, the practicability of air fighting has been -demon- strated.” Thus the Hughes-Coolidge alliance at Washington, against battleships and in favor of a huge air fleet, maintains the agreements reached in the Washington Disarmament Conference, and at the same time adopts the most up-to- date methods of modern warfare. The headline, “Coolidge Halts Nav Building,” will give workers the impression that there has been a halt in the preparations for organ's next war; whereas, in fact, the preparations are going forward more feverishly than ever. The overwhelming failure of Mobilization Day to whet the appetite of America’s worker$ for the blood of their brothers in foreign lands will not deter the warmakers in Washington in putting over their schemes. themselves satisfied with “The Day.” It is Morgan’s dictatorship that rules in Morgan’s rule. will drive the workers into the next the power. ington, They profess bove all they have ash- war, just as it drove them into the last war in 1917, unless the workers deprive Mr, Morgan of his power. France today leads the world in the air. France spends $100,000,000 annually on her air fleets, while Morgan ar- ranges for new loans for the Paris imperialists. As far back as 1922, France Pegs 3,300 military aircraft. This year v it is estimated at France has 220 completely equipped squadrons averaging 10 planes each. England ran United s second to France, a close second. The ingdom has 33 squadrons at home, with 2,200 of- ficers on active duty. This does not include the colonial and dominion forces. Japan is not far behind. She has 200 duty, approximately the same as in the United States. pilots on active In Italy, the Fascist Dictator, Mussolini, has endorsed the plan to triple the Italian air strength. In 1914, the capitalist nations stood ready, with huge armies and great naval fleets, to jump at each other's throats. The war came. In only one nation did the workers throw off the yoke of their oppressors. The workers in every nation, except in Soviet ussia, again face the imminent prospect of fighting another war for their masters. Only the next war will be more deadly, with its death rays and poison gases, than the last. s Thus the joker in the Washington Disarmament Con- ference is revealed. It limited the building of useless battle- ships. But no restrictions were put on war fleets in the air, the battleships that sail the skies. This subject was barely touched, an then quickly dropped, at the recent League of Nations gathering at Geneva, Switzerland. The next meeting of congress comes in December. It will be the last session of the old congress, not the new one to be elected in November. Large appropriations will be demanded for “the greatest air fleet in the world.” It will be Morgan's air fleet. workers at home, when necessary. in Western Europe, in the Orient, or anywhere that interests may be threatened. It will be used against It will be ready for use lorgan’s The efficacy of airships in fighting workers has already been shown in the war on the coal miners in. West Virginia. Airplanes were used to pour poison.gas into the ranks of the striking coal miners in the United States, just as an airplane was used on behalf of the interests of British coal barons, to bomb the headquarters of British miners in South Africa. * * When congress votes appropriations for air fleets, it means that new strength is being given to the American ruling class. New power is given the greatest capitalists, not only to carr out their imperialistic policies abroad, but to fight their class enemies, the workers, at home. Labor must be made to realize the significance of this growing menace. Labor's only alternative is to ablish its own power. A beginning can be made in the days and weeks ahead by throwing all possible support to the Communist candidates in this election: William Benjamin Gitlow, for. vice-president. joviet Rule in this country will American workers be of . Foster, for president; Only in the triumph freed of the menace of the greatest airfleet in the world in the hands of Morgan's dietatorship. ° Only in the peaceful co-operation of an American Work- ers’ Republic with Soviet Rule in other lands will the menace of the new war be completely eliminated, Against the quick response of Coolidge to Morgan's de- mand for the biggest air fleet in the world, the workers must push forward, with renewed energy to the establishment of their Soviet Power. Foster Strong at : Western Electric (Continued from page 1.) selves in favor of Foster, but ex- pressed the opinion that it was “foolish to throw away a yote.” — The party will continue taking the straw ballot in the various industries throout the rest of the week. Com- rades are urged to report for this extremely important work at the of- fice of the DAILY WORKER, at 10:30 a.m. sharp. Many comrades will be needed to sell copiés of the paper at the gates of the factories at which the ers to Mingle For Day. JOLINT, Ill,, Sept 17.—The Jewish holidays, Sept, 28 and October 8, will bring reprieve for Nathan F, Leopold, Jr, and Richard A, Loeb, from the orders of Warden J. H. Francis that they were to be separated until July 4. Mr. Francis announced today that, in accordance with the prison custom, services for prisoners of the faith will be held in the prison chapel and that following the prisoners will be allowed to mingle and talk, ee ARE YOU OBTAINING YOUR BUN. DLE OF THE DAILY WORKER and CAMPAIGN LEAFLETS to distribute when you are out getting signatures to petitions? §=—_ , ie Thursday, September 18, 1924 SULLIVAN, FOE OF LABOR, GETS* LW. W. CASE Injunction Hearings Tie Up Wobbly Defense The injunction case brought by the Griffith-Rowan-Bower- man faction in the Industrial Workers of the World against the Doyle-Fisher group was placed on the books of Judge Dennis E. Sullivan, noted labor hater, efirgicns and hearing will be held Friday morning. Meanwhile John O. Ryan, ane of the lawyers for the Doyle- Fisher group, charges that the injunction proceedings are handicapping the defense of the four I. W. W. members who go to trial this morning before Judge Adam Cluff, in the federal court building, on deportation charges. Face Federal Judge. . William Moran, Pietro Nigra, Joseph Oates and Herbert Mahler, who served terms in Leavenworth prison after being arrested in the fam- ous war-time I. W. W. case, were served with deportation proceedings upon their release. “The injunction proceedings have tied up the I. W. W. defense fund,” Ryan told the DAILY WORKER. “And so far the opposition faction hi shown no disposition to .co-operate with the defense of these I. W. W, members.” Later, however, lawyers for the group responsible for the injunction, asked for a conference with William A. Cunnea, chief lawyer for the Doyle- Fisher group, which is to take place before the case comes before the ex- pert on anti-labor injunctions, Dennis Sullivan, Friday morning. This conference, according to a rank and_ file wobbly, altho it may patch.up peace during the deportation proceedings in federal court, will not bring about lasting harmony, as the differences between the groups will be thrashed out on the floor of the I. W. W. convention, specially called for, Oct. 13. Faces Fascist Tyranny. Pietri Nigra, who is in danger of being deported to Italy, was away from the trial held in Chicago, in 1918, being seriously ill in a hospital as a result of rough treatment in a southern Illinois jail. Nigra was ar- rested in the southern Illinois coal field for activity in organizing for the I. W. W. He was placed in the same jail with an insane man, who, in a fit of frenzy, hit him over the head with an iron cup, breaking his cheek bone. This injury the prison cheek bone. This injury the prison au- thorities refused to treat, with the re- sult that during the trial Nigra was seriously ill in the hospital in Chi- cago. Herbert Mahler, a Canadian, was active in successfully securing a united front of working class organ- izations to defend the I. W. W. mem- bers arrested in connection with the Everett massacre in 1916 and 1917. Mahler, who has served the most of a five-year sentence in Leavenworth, took charge of the publicity, reveal- ing that the business men of Everett shot down I. W. W. members who were getting off a boat at the dock which had just brought them from San Francisco. About 70 of the I. W. W.'s were arrested, and no small credit for their release goes to the support secured by Mahler from many working class organizations. Moran An Australian, William Moran is a native of Aus- tralia and Joseph Oates an English- man. Four separate deportation pro- ceedings have been consolidated in-- to one case, and will be tried before Judge Cliff this morning. Whatever the outcome of the con- ference between the two I. W. W. fac- tions brings forth, the fact remains that at the very moment when four of the oldest fighters in the organiza- tion need the defense money of the organization, and when a renewed onslaught on the I. W. W. in the fed- eral courts calls for a united organ- ization, the factional fighting has landed before Judge Demmis B. Sulli- van, worst labor hating judge in the city, who is asked to act as referee. Sullivan gWill Enjoy Job. Certain it is that if Sullivan sees a clance to serve his capitalist mas- ters by further disrupting the I. W. W., he will take it. Sullivan demon- strated by his severe sentences of the girl garment strikers that he will show no mercy to the cause of la- bor, Sullivan has ever demonstrated his willingness to serve the large em- ployers in the city. Not only did Sul- livan grant injunctions against the garment strikers, attempting to deny them the right to picket, but he also granted an injunction against the striking retail clerks’ union recently, and has performed many other acts against the working class, Judge Sullivan will enjoy his task ot passing judgment on the I. W. W.,- unless the case is dropped at once — by demand of the rank and file of the organization. | 4 Subscribe for “Your the DAILY WORKER.