The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 22, 1924, Page 1

Communist Candidates THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT, Vol. Il. No. 157. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. THE DAILY WORKER. For Vice-President: \ PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, I \ “scaled by Mr. Ault, his brief in be- AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O')FLAHERTY. HEN the story of Ramsay Mac- Donald’s acceptance of an au- tomobile, plus $135,000’ in American money, or thirty thousand pounds in English money, reached here it was Suggested that this column offer a re- ward for the most stupid defense of the premier’s action. It is too late now. E. B. Ault who writes a col- umn, for the Seattle Daily Record, is awarded the prize even before it is of- fered. In. order to effectively kill any ambition on the part of our readers to reach the pinnacle of stupidity half of MacDonald is hereby quoted in full: ie weer {THE row about Ramsay MacDon- » ald’s endowed auto sounds something like the discussion when it was first proposed to buy an auto for the business agent of the painters’ union in Chicago. There are plenty of people ready at all times to throw mud, no matter whom the target nor what his motives may be. That Mac- Donald would trade a baronetcy for an automobile is the sheerest non- sense. That MacDonald is greatly in need of an automobile and may not live much longer if he is compelled to spend so much of his time in Landon’s underground railways may be the animus of the attack on him. If he cannot be killed off politically, may- be it can be accomplished in some other genteel way without having to resort to the favorite weapon of Ital- ian politiciatis.” se * E fail to see the analogy between | a business agent employed by} a union to transact its business, ac- copting an automobile from his union, and a labor premier, who is supposed to serve the interests of the class that placed him in office, accepting an auto with a bag of gold thrown in, | from, the capitalist class which the| Labor Party came into being to fight and conquer. There is no analogy. Had the Chicago business agent ac- cepted a limousine from Samuel In- sull, along with enough American dol- lars invested in, let. us say, the Peo- ple’s Gas Company, to keep it in gaso- line, and pay a chauffer, then the an- alogy*would be perfect. a as 8 R. AULT did not mention the trif- ling matter of the $135,000 in- vested in Sir Alexander Grant's bis- cuit factory. How did that escape his attention? Of course in printiple it was just as sinful for Mr. MacDonald to accept the automobile as to accept the auto with the dough. But if he first accepted the auto and took the money afterwards it might be better diplomacy. Something like the story of the unmarried Catholic lady who went to confess an indiscretion to al priest. Fearing priestly anger and a/ heavy penance and being gifted with a sense of diplomacy, she first admit- ted that while wooing Morpheus one night she found herself in close prox- imity to a pair of pajamas—the kind worn by the opposite sex. The priest} did not consider this a mortal sin, and | so informed the lady who replied: “But father there was a man inside of them.” Mr. Ault might be able to/ explain away the auto on the ground of Mr. MacDonalds’ health but what about the $135,000 inside the auto? a AVID LAWRENCE, a writer for the Chicago Daily News on the political situation evidently is on the payroll of the republican campaign committee. He sees republican vic- tories on all sides. Capitalist report- ers like alienists, come to whatever conclusions their paymasters -pay- checks call for. Mr, Lawrence sees a republican victory in Minnesota, which proves that his eyesight is good. One of the reasons for his coming to this conclusion is that the vote-get ting power of Magnus Johnson's lungs is more than offset by the physical blindness of his opponent on the Coolidge ticket, Thomas D. Schall. “Ho is blind, which wins sympa- thy for him,” says Dave Lawrence. If he has thirteen children and sold newspapers when five years ald, Mag- nus will have to blow like a whale in order to lick him. ‘ R, SCHAWL may be blind but he M is not half as blind as the work- ers who vote for either himself or Magnus Johnson. It is remarkable how slow the workers are to learn- ing the lesson, that if they are ever to get anything done for them they must do it themselves. The old fable of the lark in the meadow who never moved her brood until the farmer who was always waiting for somebody else to cut his hay finally decidgd to do it himseli. So long as the workers wait for LaFollettes, Johnsons and other saviors to rid them of their troubles they will remain slaves, «ete ‘HERE is something admirable about the way a capitalist poli- ticlan puts up a bluff. All capitalist politiéians assume that the masses are (Continued on page 3) Bntered as Second-class matter September 31, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illimois under the Act of March 3, 1879. BENJAMIN GITLOW. pe : : 4 > “ : ; . LY WORKER | pte Aap and ” gene ctr ae MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1924 BEE hig Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAL Price 3 Ce: n8\ ARR RSE REE SG RES ASRS A S c BARE DEAL T0 BETRAY WORKERS Outline Problems of Carpenters | NEW JERSEY ON BALLOT | (Special to The Daily Worker) JERSEY CITY, N. J., Sept. 21.—New Jersey became the ninth state to put the Foster-Gitlow ticket on the state ballot when this task was finally CARPENTERS CAN! LEADLABOR THRU FIGHTING POLICY Convention Asked to Plan for Straggle Carpenters meeting today in convention, in Indianapolis, are addressed in a statement, dis- cussing the burning issues be- fore the building trades, issued by J. W. Johnstone, on behalf! of the Trade Union Educational League. Calling for unity of all pro- gressive forcé’ to put the car- penters in the vanguard of the labor movement, Johnstone proceeds to get down to brass tacks on the knotty problems that must be solved to accom- plish this purpose. Johnstone’s statement for the T. U. E. L. follows: | Statement by Johnstone In the name of working class solid- arity the Trade Union Educational League greets the delegates to the 21st Convention of the United Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, beginning today in Indian- apolis. We sincerely hope that in the deliberations to follow, the Brother- hood will lay down plans for the solid- ification of the ranks of the building trades workers, both on the economic and political fields of. The splendid advancement madé by | the carpenters in the years past, by progressing from weak and discon- nected local groups to the present great organization, embracing some 327,000 members, is an achievement of which the carpenters can well be proud. But our pride in past accom- plishments must not cause us to be (Continued on Page 4.) Use Extra Cash To Split Knot. DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 21.—-There are 284 people in Dallas who hope to get a divorce this week. That is the num- ber of suits filed for immediate action. Quite a number of these are Negro women. The cotton picking season being on, they have more funds than usual for such expenses, ONLY THE MOST UPPER OF UPPER GLASSES CAN ASSOCIATE WITH WALES SYOSSET, N. Y., Sept. 21.—Only persons having their names in the ~ social blue book are eligible to par- ties in honor of the Prince of Wales. At a private dinner party at the home of John Sanford in Brook- ville, an elegantly* dressed man got by the guards and danced with guests for an hour. By that time he had been looked up and found wanting socially. Two rvants pitched him down the steps, malac- ca cane and all. State police are guarding the Borden home where the prince stays. completed here today. “We have put it over,” declared Charles Krumbein, district organizer of the Workers Party, enthusiastically. “Now for the campaign and a tremen- dous vote on election day.” In addition to the presidential electors, District Organizer Krumbein re- ports that the candidate for United States senator has also gone on the ballot, while congresional and state legislative candidates in Hudson County too have gone over. It is expected that a heavy vote will be cast for the Communist candi- dates in Paterson, N. J., where a big strike is now going on, in which the Workers Party is taking an active part. The silk strikers have gone thru a thoro education, both in the exploitation of the bo iS and under the clubs of the police, aided by court injunctions. Thousands are expected to vote Communist in this election. No “Prosperity” Bubble SURVEY SHOWS |L.L.G.W. DESPOT NOREALMOVE | BANS MEMBER TOWARDS JOBS; FOR SPEAKING Slight Rise in Demand Seconding of Motion Is Changes Nothing E. eelete a for certain commodities occa- sioned by the seasonal influence of the Fall, the unemployment situation remains unchanged and as serious as it was during the summer months. The boasts of the republican administration that industry is again on the upward grade find little substantiation in the latest official department of labor sur- vey of industrial employment thruout the country. : Stagnation in New England. In the New England district where the Coolidge clique is looking for its greatest support, the industrial situa- .jtion shows no signs for the better. We find that the textile industry and the foundries and machine shops of Maine continue on part time sched- ules, The surplus of workers in this state is unable to find emplgyment in other lines, The lull continues in the New Hampshire textile industry, where the majority of mills are operating on a part time basis and others are en- tirely closed. The textile industry of Vermont is in as bad shape. In this state, part time operations obtain also in the wood working’ plants and rail- road repair shops. In Coolidge’s own state, Massachusetts, many textile mills are closed and others are run- (Continued on page 5.) Vote Communist This Time! Crime, Says Perlstein _members cof the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union are discussing the latest instance of official tyranny and gag-rule in that organization. A girl who seconded a motion to reject a resolution submitted by International Vice-President Meyer Perlstein, which carried a condemnation of the “Frei- heit,” Jewish daily, was de- prived of her membership rights for one year. : Dreams He's Czar. On account of the vicious persecu- tion that Perlstein visits upon all ex- pressions of opposition to his Czarist rule in Chicago, it is impossible to publish the names and details in- volved in. the case. It is well known, however, the de- cision in this case specifically provides that it is a punishment for “seconding a motion” in a local union meeting. Perlstein rules that to stand for free- dom of press and opinion is a crime so long as he reigns supreme in the Chicago organization. Members are no jlonger allowed even the right to “second the motion.” Feeds Flames of Revolt. This case is adding new discontent to the already growing revolt against Perlstein’s arbitrary action in raising the dues, by his own act, after the organization had rejected His motion to that effect. Members who failed to act in oppositiom to Perlstein’s wrecking of the union last year are realizing at last their mistake. [A.M DEFEATS JOHNSTON'S WAR de JOIN “STANDAR ON COMMUNISTS Convention Turns Down’ “Red Baiting” Proposal (Special to The Daily Worker) | DETROIT, Sept. 21.—The| convention of the International Association of Machinists gave a severe drubbing to the at- tempt of the Law Committee, inspired by President William H. Johnston, to slip thru a provi- sion to legitimize “red baiting” in the union, placing the propo- sition on the table by an over- whelming vote after left-wing delegates had shown the true meaning behind it. The Law Committee proposed a substitute for Par. 8 of the Platform, evidently aimed to give the officials ground for ex- pulsion of all progressive and radical groups and members, and justifying the recent order issued to Toledo members to leave the Workers Party or stand expelled from the ma- chinists. Emme Gets the Floor. The motion of the committee that | was rejected, read as follow: “We condemn and oppose any poli- tical group cr program that contem- Plates the use of violence in achiey- ing its purpose or the setting up of a dictatorship by~eny group.” Delegate Emme of St. Paul, spoke effectively, pointing out that this was but a veiled attempt to start heresy- radical opinion. Delegate McEacron of Tacoma, moved to table the pro- | posal of the committee. President Johnston tried his usual trickeries, first declaring the motion to table out of order, and when over- (Continued on Page 2.) BRITISH LABOR CHIEF FOR GLASS TOLERANCE AT MACHINISTS’ MEET (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich. Sept. 21.— Srownley, head of the Amalgamat- ed Society of Engineers of England, spoke today before the convention of the International Association of Machinists. His speech seemed to be a deli- cate forerunher to the B. & O. plan which is to come up soon. He ad- vocated the theory of the commun- ity of interest between the employ- er and the employee and pleaded for the joint control of industry by the two classes. This bird poses as a socialist occasionally! He spoke in favor of admitting the Russian metal trades unions in- to the metal trades workers’ inter- national at Berne after indulging in the usual sickening red baiting. The law committee is to report this afternoon. hunting within the union, and stifle | | Montana state manager of the old non (Special to The BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 21.—In LAFOLLETTE-WHEELER FORCES D OIL” WALSH; FRAME-UP OF MONTANA LABOR Daily Worker) side political circles in Butte and Helena are all agog over the latest “news” of the inwardness of |the strategy of the Baldwin management of the LaFollette- It is now declared that the r | Wheeler campaign as it has more or less become public property. efusal to recognize the Farmer- Labor ticket and the efforts to wreck the Farmer-Labor Party‘of Montana which has. been contin | K. Wheeler himself concurred in of an understanding had with This is the Senator Walsh, cause he was unpatriotic during millions, but in reality because h ther the interests of Rockefel- ler, which were sponsored or supported by Senator Walsh in company with the rest of the oil senators including Senator Smoot of Utah. The deal is to vote for Wheeler in stead of Bryan fof the election by the senate of its candidate for vice-presi- dent in the event of there being no choice for president and vice-president in the electoral college, chosen next November, which, in the further event that the lower house becomes dead- locked on president up to March 4, next, the senate‘s selection for vice- president will automatically become president. LaFollette Aids Standard Oil. As a necessary part of this deal, so) the inside story goes, both Wheeler | jand LaFollette are to use their best efforts to re-elect Senator Walsh. The latter will not be bound to vote for Wheeler for vice-president. unless Walsh, old pgl of Doheny, is success- ful in his own campaign for re-elec- tion, which now looks very doubtful in spite of Wheeler's ardent support. Of course Senator Walsh, as a part} fof the deal, is to retire from the na-| tional campaign, forget about Davis} and give his silent support to Wheeler and LaFollette. This idea is sustained by the fact that the LaFollette-Wheel- | er overlord of Minnesota, North and} South Dakota and Montana, Dewey | Dorman, one time socialist alderman of Minot, and propagandist, but now a renegade, known to fame in Montana and Dakota as “Anarchist Island” Dor- man, is the paid agent of Senator Walsh. Two years ago he was a paid barker for Senator Wheeler, whose particular job in Montana for the past six months has been to deliver'the labor and bank-| rupt farmer yote to Senator Walsh on} the grounds of Walsh’s labor record. Dorman Is Renegade. What made Dorman’s support worth paying for is that he was once the| partisan league. To have accepted the farmer-labor electors by the LaFollette-Wheeler forces would have greatly aided State Senator J. W. Anderson, a poor farm- er of Richland County. Prominent as one of the old war horses of the non- partisan league, to whom Wheeler} owes his election to the United States Senate more than any other one man, Anderson's name is on the ticket of this new party as its candidate for United States senator, hence the re- uous, ‘vicious and nasty for the past month, was based upon specific orders from Senator Burton by Senator LaFollette, because Senator Thomas J. Walsh, the “Standard Oil” senior senator from Montana. who voted with the rest of the oil senators to oust LaFollette from the senate, ostensibly be- the war to protect Morgan’s e opposed laws designed to fur- NEW YORK MILITANTS TO HOLD CONFAB FOR FOSTER AND GITLOW (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Sept.21.—On Sunday, at 2 p. m., Sept. 28, the militants of New York City including delegates from trade unions, Workmen's Cir- cle and other fraternal organiza- tions, and Workers Party and Young Workers League branches, and left wing groups, will hold their first conference at the Labor Temple, 243 East 84th street. The purpose of this gathering is to organize the local campaign in labor organiza- tions in support of William Z. Fos ter and Ben Gitlow. All the above mentioned organi- zations should immediately elect delega’ 80 as tom: ence a tremendous — for the Communist ticket. The supporters of Foster and Git- low are working actively to raise funds on the appeal whidh has just been sent out by the Workers Party Campaign Committee to tocal labor organizations. , ee electors, though all of them were pub- licly pledged to vote for LaFollette and Wheeler in case of their election. Supports Infamous Reactionary. As a result of Wheeler's deliberate sabotaging of the farmer-labor party and his open and unblushing support of the reactionary Walsh, who voted for the Esch-Cummins bill and who drew the infamous draft laws and the espionage act under which thousands of American working men and women, including Debs, were thrown into pris- on, the farmer-labor party members, all of whom worked so loyally to put Wheeler where he is, are becoming embittered and disillusioned and it will undoubtedly result in the LaFol- lette-Wheeler forces losing the State of Montana, Cops Cut It Out., TORONTO, Sept. 21.—Police perse- cution of Communists and other labor advocates for taking up collections at street meetings have ceased. The prosecutions started some time ago have fallen thru because the magis- trate held that taking up a collection for the purpose of a society was not begging, under which head the labor fusal to recognize that party or its campaigners had been prosecuted. Help Mobilize 100,000 Workers for Communism AN APPEAL TO THE PARTY BRANCHES By C. E. RUTHENBERG Executive Secretary, Workers Party E are in the midst of a campaign which is a test of our Party. The character of the work we do; the energy and enthusiasm we put into the work and the results which we achieve will be an indication of how far our Party has developed in becoming really a Communist Party. We have been obliged by the objective circumstances of the class struggle in the United States to m: quick change in our policy. We were In the midst of a United Front campaign which we had been con- ducting for two years. We gave up that campaign because, for the moment, the conditions were such that we could not go forward. We entered the election cam in as the Workers Party, on our own pl: form, with our own candidates, in a straight out fight for Communist principles. Such a change of policy is a test of a Communist Party. On the road to the Proletarian Revolution every Communist Party will face the necessity of makin, iny such quick turns and right-about faces. Our Party will have to change its tactics as fundamentally as it did in July many times before it reaches ly goal. The road to victory for a Com- munist Party is not a broad, straight road, on which we easily roll along. The test of a Communist Party is whether it can, after such a change of tactics, quickly re-mobilize its strength and throw it into the work of carrying the Party along the new road it has entered upon, That is the test which our Party faces today. Can we, we re- mobilized our forces? Is our Party working with the rgy and enthusiasm in the Communist election campaign as it was in the Farmer- » i Labor United Front? Are we making the most of our opportunities in the present campaign? 1 aL ot Rial, SR More Work. Harder Work Needed, , These questions cannot be answered optimistically. Our Party has not yet re-mobilized itself completely for the Communist election cam- paign, The Party members and the Party branches are not working with the enthusiasm and energy which is necessary if we are to make the most of the present opportunity to forward our cause. Some parts of the Party have responded and are working, but not with sufficient energy and enthusiasm. Other units of the party have not done any work at all so far as the election campaign is concerned and the campaigns which are part of this main campaign. The whole rty was circularized and sent supplies for a Member- ship and DAILY WORKER Subscription campaign to be conducted in connection with the Election Campaign, but nothing at all has come of it, in spite of continued agitation from the party centre. The distribution of literature is lagging and not enough meetings are being held. It seems only a portion of our Party is working. Be 8) wie Six Weeks to Intensify the Campaign. We have six weeks in which to prove ourself, to intensify the cam- paign and to get the greatest possible results out of it for the Communist movement, What are our possibilities? What can we hope to achieve duning those six weeks if our Party throws If into the work a ly Com- | muniet party would, if every member and every party unit goes to work with energy and enthusiasm to advance the support for Communist prin- ciples and to build the Communist organization? WE*CAN MOBILIZE A HUNDRED THOUSAND WORKERS IN A DEMONSTRATION FOR COMMUNIST PRINCIPLES BY CASTING THEIR VOTES FOR THE COMMUNIST CANDIDATES. WE CAN ADD TEN THOUSAND MEMBERS TO OUR PARTY, WE CAN SECURE TEN THOUSAND NEW READERS FOR THE DAILY WORKER, We ask of the members of the Party whether to achieve these things ts not worthy of the utmost effort on the part of every member of the organization. Would we not have a right to be proud of our work, If, when the election is over, we had rallied a hundred thousand workers behind our principles thru their casting their votes for our candidates, ~-had added ten thousand members to the Party and ten thousand readers to the DAILY WORKER list? A hundred thousand Communist votes would be real victory for us, Considering the hundreds of thousands of foreign-born workers who are disfranchised, the hundreds of thousands of native-born workers who are disqualified from voting, and that these workers are exactly those who feel the oppression of capitalism most and will be first to rally to the Communist cause, a hundred thousand Communist votes will be some- thing we can be proud of. Need any argument be made about the great gain which ten thousand Party members and ten thousand additional readers for the “Daily” means to us! ie See Wane Achievements Within Our Grasp. We can still make these gains for our cause, if WE PROVE THAT WE ARE INDEED A COMMUNIST PARTY. We myst go to work in the (Continued on page 6) ™