The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 23, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. H. No. 158. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: TWO MINE BLASTS SAME DAY AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. “E LY" BASCOM SLEMP, “Silent” Calvin Coolidge’s canny secre- tary, besides assisting his boss in his effort to retain the janitorship of the White House for the next four years, has taken on another task. It appears that the crab industry is running on the rocks, paradoxically enough, be cause the dredging of Chesapeake Bay removes the rocks and other shelter which means as much to the crabs as the White House means to Calvin and Slemp. In telling of the crab-saving crusade, in which Slemp joined, the Chicago Tribune, has the following headline: “U.S. Asked To Make Na- tion Safe For Crabs.” It is a snappy headline, but if the United States showed as much concern for its pres- idents as it does for the crabs the headline would read: “U. 8S. to Make Its Presidents Safe From Crabs.” Did not a dose of poisoned crabs lay the late Mr. Harding low? But is was rumored that the G. O. P. secretly offered the crabs a vote of thanks for getting rid of Warren. Mr. Slemp’s action in their behalf lends eredence to the story. P ** * ISS SUSAN LAWRENCE, labor woman member of the British parliament recently returned to Lon- 4on after a visit to Russia, She speaks highly of the Soviet regime and the progress being made by the ‘Workers’ Republic along the lines of social reconstruction. The plute press is angered because she has not fol- lowed the lead of such counter-revolu- tionary hags as Emma Goldman and Mrs. Philip Snowden, who attacked the Soviet government to the delight of the workers’ enemies and to their own profit. In an attempt to detract trom the value of Mis Lawrence's tes- timony to Soviet progress, the capital- ist papers warn thefr readers that Russia took a month off during the English woman's visit in order to “stage” things for her benefit. One would imagine that the U. S. S. R. turned itself into a gigantic Holly- wood in order to give Miss Lawrence e rosy view of life in present-day Rus- sia. So desperate is the position of the anti-Soviet die-hards that they risk arrest on suspicion of lunacy, as 8 result of their lying yarns, in a tutile effort to poison the minds of the masses against the Workers Republic. 7. © LL is not well in “Bob's” camp in A Illinois. Or in New York, Mis- souri and Montana fer that matter. But to deal with Illinois is sufficient for the present. It appears that the original pregressives and “Bobites,” the heads of the railway brotherhoods are allied with the socialist party against John H. Walker, Olander and the forces of which Wiliam Quesse, the fiat janitor, is the rather unvocal head. Because of Small’s career as a friend of grafting labor officials, the boys who rule certain unions with the aid of the gat owe him a debt of grati- tude which they pay with votes. It is better to pay with votes and dine at Henrici’s than lishten to the unmusi- cal voice of the prison trusty every morning say: “Come and get it.” And what they get is nothing Tike what wide-awake labor leaders can order in the noted food emporium on Randolph Street. It usually consists of indifferent oatmeal, sans sugar with a can of hot root beer, mislabeled cof- fee to wash it down. + ee OW, money makes the mare go and even Napoleon knew that armies march on their stomachs and capitalist political orators find many things the matter with their vocal chords unless they can hear the clink of the coin in the box office. The friends of Governor Small may not be strong on ethics but they are not weaklings when it comes to playing politics. They are perfectly willing to ‘pass resolutions praising LaFollette and Wheeler and denouncing General Dawes, but when Bob stretches out the hand for the dough that is needed , to make his campaign sing, he hears only a horse laugh, coming from the general direction of Quesse and Co. (Continued on -page 6) in Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chago, by mail. $6.00 per year. |. A.M. CONFAB CUTS DOWN ON OFFICEHOLDERS Fight to Come on Power to Appoint or Elect (Special to the Daily Worker.) DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 22.— The battle for the soup bone, as it was called by one of the vice- presidents, is on in full swing at the convention of the Inter- national Association of Mach- inists here. By a vote of 325 to 163, the convention voted to adopt a change in the constitution which is. supposed to eliminate a number of useless jobholders in the general executive ad- ministration, but which actual- ly hands over more power to those at the head. Rank and File Line-up. The rank and file supported the pro- position when the vote was taken, not because of its allegiance to Johnston, but because of its desire to take some of the fakers off the payroll, the bur- den of which rests on the backs of the membership. The proposal was to change the jconstitution of the Grand Lodge, so |that the number of vice-presidents would be reduced from ten to seven, and the executive council to consist jof the internatienal president, the |general secretary-treasurer and the |seven vice-presidents. It was sup- |ported by Johnston, the president and Davison, the secretary-treasurer, who don’t give a hoot as to how many are on the , but. who wanted..to centralize the control of the union in- to the hands of the Johnston family, by giving him the power to appoint the organizers of the international. Appoint or Elect? Now that the matter of a reduced payroll is settled, the fight will take place on the question of appointing or electing the organizers. Johnston, of course, wants to have them ap- pointed—by himself. The rank and file. delegates are overwhelmingly in favor of the various territories elect- ing their organizers, thus giving the membership direct control over them. It was amusing to see the various vice-presidents who were in fear of not being elected again, make a fight against the reduction amendment. The struggle within the old adminis- tration was brought out into the opefi and every bit of dirty linen went thru the process of cleansing right there. The first one to speak was vice- president Anderson, who admitted that he was fighting to hold his job. He said that it is not the officialdom, but the rank and file that makes the sacrifices in the organization. Vice-president Dave Williams sud- denly got his dander touched and he pointed out the growing friendship between the administration and Wall Street, Johnston's picture having been featured in the Wall Street Journal. He made the interesting prediction that if the Johnston proposal went thru, Victor Gauthier, a Toledo faker, who expelled the Communists, would be left salted high and dry. Charges Bank Is Open Shop. Nicholson, another vice-president, took a terrific swat at the administra: tion, charging that the amendment was written in the Grand Lodge's of- fice at Washington. He charged that if the amendment was adopted, it would put more power into the hands of the administration that formerly (Continued on Page 2.) BRAZILIAN COMMUNIST PARTY SUFFERS UNDER PERSECUTION OF REACTIONARY OLIGARCHY RIO DE JANEIRO, is facing tremendous d proletariat. working class. y (From Our Brazilian Correspondent) oe 1.—The Communist Party of Brazfl ifficulties and hardships. The Brazilian oligarchy has mobilized all its forces for the suppression of the No mercy is being shown to anyone who is for the There are many Communists languishing in the terrible prisons of. Brazil. executive committee of the party was jailed. The gruesomeness of the Brazilian prison system and jails is comparable only to those of China and Japan. Attempts to Suppress Trade Union, The Federacio dos Trabahadores Brazileira with a membership of ten thousand (communist and syndicalist) (Continued on page 5) Recently one of the members of the central RESISTANT an ERE Tough Luck. BERLIN, Sept. 92. — Mrs, Frances Hutten, wife of an American banker of Valparaiso, shot and killed herself in her hotel room in remorse over a traffic accident in which the car Mrs. Hutten was driving ran down and killed @ pedestrian, C.M. & ST. P. RAILWAY LAYING OFF MEN AND CUTTING DOWN WAGES (Special to the Daily Worker.) MILWAUKEE, Sept. 22.—The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. freight car repair shop, in addition to laying off a large number of men is dealing out a 20 to 25 per cent de- crease in wages to five or six of the remaining men daily. WHEELER NOW ADMITS DEAL WITH WALSH Confesses Opposition to Montana F.-L, P. Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, candidate for vice- president on the LaFollette ticket, does not deny he is try- ing to scuttle the Farmer-Labor Party in his home state. In fact, he practically con- fesses to the main charge in the DAILY WORKER’S correspond- ence from Butte, Mont., pub- lished in yesterday’s issue, that he has a deal on with the Mon- tana “Standard Oil Senator,” Thomas J. Walsh,/who was the permanent chairman of the pro- ceedings in» the democratic madhouse at Madison Square Gardens, that nominated th Davis-Bryan ticket. i “T shall be very, very pleased if Sen- ator Walsh is re-elected to the senate on the democratic ticket,” is the way Wheeler puts it. Wheeler confessed to his best wishes for Senator Walsh while in the city stopping at the Morrison Hotel. The DAILY WORKER, in its corre- spondence from Butte, Mont., charged that Wheeler would get, according to the deal, the support of Senator Walsh for the vice presidency, if the election is thrown into congress. . It is known that similar deals are being made among the democrats and republicans, the latest combination be- ing “Davis and Dawes.”. This means that the republicans woul@ ditch Cool- idge for Morgan’s lawyer, if the demo- crats will throw their vice presiden- tial candidate, Bryan, into the dis- card, and support the Chicago banker. Wheeler espousal of the candidacy (Continued on page 3) 29 Dead In Midwest Storm. Twenty-nine dead, two missing, hun- dreds injured-,and property damage which will run into millions was the toll of the tornado which swept the midwest Sunday, according to partly complete reports reaching here over crippled wires from the devastated areas of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas and Illinois shortly before before noon. MILAN, Sept. 22.—King Emanuel officially opened a section of Milan- Barse boulevard system on which 76,- 000,000 lire has been spent in new road construction. Militants! Left Wingers! Put Your Dollars to Work for Foster and Gitlow Support Foster and Gitlow in your union and fraternal organization. Support the Workers Party candi- dates who stand for: Independent political action thru | a mass party of workers and farm- ers, Make the government and in- dustry pay the unemployed union wages, For recognition of Soviet Russia, For a workers’ and farmers’ gov- “ernment, tionalization of the great Appeals have been sent out to all organizations, — unions workmen's circles, fraternal organizations, etc. Send contributions to: WORKERS PARTY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEc 210 East 12th St., New York City , Tel.: Stuyvesant 6647 Make Checks Payable to CHARLES KRUMBEIN, Treasurer THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ulimois under the Act of March 3, 1979. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1924 <z>.,,, SEARS-ROEBUCK CLERKS MAKE GOOD SHOWING Straw Ballot Uncovers Growing Discontent William Z. Foster, Communist candidate for president, made a startling showing at the great plant of the Sears-Roebuck Company, mail order house, in the DAILY WORKER'S straw ballot taken there yesterday. Foster got seven per cent of the total vote, the results show- ing as follows: Foster,59; Davis, 113; Coolidge, 315; LaFollette, 340, with Andy Gump getting three. Employ Young Workers. The DAILY WORKER straw ballot distributors went to the Sears-Roe- buck plant with many misgivings. Here is a great institution employing mostly very young workers. While the vote was going on, some of these youngsters flippantly declar- ed, “Oh, we don’t want to vote,” or, “We don’t care who gets elected.” But large numbers were interested. They voted. “The ballot taken at the Sears-Roe- buck plant,” declared Manuel Gomez, “is the most significant yet taken. It Was a tremendous success. It shows that even among the youngest work- MA FERGUSON FEARS CONSPIRACY TO HALT ELECTION IN TEXAS AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 22.—Charg- ing that conspiracy had been en- tered into by her opponents, main- ly disgruntled democrats and Ku Klux Klan supporters, to bring about her defeat in the November elections and to aid the republican nominee, Mrs. Miriam “Ma” Fer. guson thru her attorneys today filed a demurrer in the suit to prevent her candidacy for governor when the case was called in dis- trict court here. GASTON MEANS MAKES ANOTHER “CONFESSION” Burns Spy | Hopes to Dodge Penitentiary (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.— Gaston B. Means, professional stool - pigeon, incurable liar, bootlegger, international spy, accused murderer, and star wit- ness in Burton K. Wheeler’s quiz of the Department of Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL Communist Candidat For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN CGITLOW. Price 3 Cents FIVE COAL MINERS ENTOMBED IN UTAH WHILE OHIO BLAST KILLS ONE AND MAIMS FIVE (Special to The Daily Worker) SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 22.—Five men are reported to be entombed in the mine of the Carbon Fuel Company at Rains, as a result of an explosion at six o'clock last night. Efforts to verify the report were fruitless, but reports reaching the city today stated that the Rains mine was on fire. This disaster follows on the heels of the Kemmerer, Wyoming, catastrophe. * * * * DILLONVALE, Ohio, Sept. 22.—One man was killed and five others injured in a mine explosion here today, according to a report to the state mining department at Columbus. STEUBENVILLE, O., Sept. 22—One man was killed In- stantly, two probably fatally injured, and five others sustained serious injuries when a mine motor car in which they were riding was buried by a fall of stone and slate in the H. Walker Mining Company mill at Dillonvale today. William Maleski, mine foreman, was crushed to death. \John Riffle and Aleax Travis were crushed so bad they probably will die, and H. Govric, Joseph Sundora, Henry Anderson, Joseph Bazor and Henry Buzer were those hurt. Let’s Quicken Our Step WE are addressing ourselves to the party membership. What to say, well, what we know. But HOW TO SAY Justice under Harry M. Daugh- RESULTS OF FIVE DAY’S VOTING _IN DAILY WORKER STRAW VOTE Foster Coolidge LaFollette Davis Hart, Schaffner & Mar: 158 206 31 Kuppenheimer ... 94 200 19 Royal Tailors 37 90 8 otal vote cast, 994, SEPTEMBER 17th: Western Electric Co......... 171 407 408 70 Total vote cast, 1056. SEPTEMBER 18th: Stockyards ees OF 136 118 57 Total vote cast, 348. SEPTEMBER 19th: Pullman Palace Car Co., Executive office 70 35 15 Factory workers . 86 127 19 Total vote cast, 393, SEPTEMBER 22nd: Sears-Roebuck ....... 315 340 116 Total vote cast, 833. Grand total for — — — tae five days o» 459 1303 1524 335 Total vote cast in five days, 3634, ers there is a great undercurrent of erty, denied the truth of all unrest.” Bolshevik at “Sears.” The first straw ballot presented to a Sears’ worker, brought its startling response, The man took the card from my hand. He read it. Then whispered in my ear. “I'm a Bolshevik,” he said, and took an extra ballot for the girl with him. “She is Bolshevik, too.” More Women Than Men. “Cast a straw vote for president,” was the greeting to the thousands of office workers that poured out of the tremendous Sears-Roebuck company buildings, at Arlington and Homan avenues, on the west side of Chicago, as the DAILY WORKER straw ballot distributors got on the job Monday. The Sears-Roebuck plant is the lat- est to be visited. The comrades hand- ed out the ballots rapidly to the men and women, mostly women in fact, very few men coming out of the doors of the Sears-Roebuck plant. There are many buildings. The re- porter counted as many as six. There are more. There are doors thru which only the office help and executives come. There are other entrances for mere clerks, ‘ Most of those who greeted the straw vote getters, were the office clerks. Most of the time it seemed more like ‘a high school dismissing cla: in- stead of the world’s largest mail order house vomiting its help. Many Remain Indoors. There were very few actual work- ers who came out of the buildings that are used for manufacturing. They bring their lunch and remain indoors, The DAILY WORKER vote getters were greeted first of all by secret ser- (Continued on Page 2.) ‘objects statements made by him on the witness stand reflecting in any way on the character or acts of the ex-attorney general. Means is now under threat of imprisonment having been con- victed in New York on a boot- legging charge shortly after his testimony against Daugherty. He charges that Wheeler, Senator Dill and LaFollette’s two sons, Robert and Philip, framed Daugherty with the ob- ject of ruining him, having him expelled from his office and putting something over on the administration. ° That all these were accomplished even Daugherty is willing to admit. Coolidge, Silent and Slow. The famous investigation of the de- partment of justice under Harry M, Daugherty almost. completely ruined that strikebreaker. While Daugherty was under fire, Calvin Coolidge kept his silence and only moved to demand resignation when Daugherty’s continued presence in the cabinet threatened to bring down the administration. f Missed injunction Issue. There is considerable comment in labor circles here on Wheeler's failure to investigate the strikebreaking ac- tivities of Daugherty, particularly in connection with the railway shop- men’s strike. Wheeler would not have to rely on the testimony of such men as Means or women of the Roxie Stinson type in nailing Daugherty on (Continued on page 2) a eet t IT so that it will make them quicken their step, that may take a minute or so. We are asking for that minute or two from you. For instance, if all we needed to say was—“GO GET THE MONEY,” and if as a result of this command every comrade would take the campaign fund stamp book and not Sook, snaivet wink nor eat another bite until every 25 cent, 50-cent and dellar stamp had been sold-—if that prere> all we needed to do—hasten the day, is all we'll say to that. As it is, we're all out of step in this campaign fund col- lection effort. We don’t seem to have gotten the swing of it yet. And it’s not too late to expect returns. The stamp books have been in the hands of the members three weeks. Three weeks is a long enough time to sell the ten dollars’ worth of stamps the book contains. We're all out of step in this election fund campaign effort. That's why we shout—ATTENTION! Because, you see (and we hope you do)—the election campaign is our today’s offensive against capitalism. Yes- terday we fought capitalism at another front. Tomorrow we may have to change fronts again. Communists battle with the enemy everywhere and every way. Weaken the enemy, strengthen our ranks—this is what we will be doing for time to come. There can be no battle without weapons. There can be no weapons in the campaign under way without money. The weapons right now are our press, speeches, leaflets, pamphlets. HOW MANY OF THESE WEAPONS WILL WE PUT INTO ACTION? FIVE MILLION LEAFLETS? Sell every campaign fund stamp in your book and we will do it! ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PAMPHLETS? Sell every campaign fund stamp and we will do it! A HALF MILLION STICKERS? Sell your campaign fund stamps and we will do it! A HALF MILLION CAMPAIGN ISSUE OF THE DAILY WORKER? Then sell the campaign stamps! TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MAJOR CAMPAIGN RALLIES? Sell the campaign stamps and our best speakers will make every large city in the country! We repeat. There can be no battle without weapons. There will be no weapons unless you send us money. Do you intend to fight or not? Is this battle to be a big fight or just a little fuss? All who are opposed to making this election campaign a major offensive will please write us a letter. All others will please get into action—TODAY! There are hesitant souls, we know. And they will event- ually get lost in the clouds of dust at the rear of the advanc- ing proletarian army. That's the point! In the rear or AT THE FRONT! At the front, you say? Well, then let's quicken our step! IN WITH THE DOLLARS!! DUNNE SPEAKS AT CONFERENCE FOR FOSTER-GITLOW CAMPAIGN William F, Dunne, Communist candidate for Governor of Illinois, recently returned from Russia will be the principal speaker to address the meeting of the Foster-Gitlow Conference tomorrow night, at 8 o'clock, at 2733 Hirsch Boulevard. Alexander Bittelman and other members of the Central Executive Com- mittee of the Workers Party will address the meeting. M. Schuchter who will preside will open the meeting at¢——————____——— eight o'clock sharp. The call for the] with empty promises by corporation meeting reads as follows: lawyers who love the “dear people” Appeal to Workers. before election, but you will come to “Workers! This meeting is called|jay plans for the conducting of your by by py 2 bide of ie campaign to cary out your needs, and is @ most important politica oy, fi meeting held in this city because the Workers! Your bosses ate Ofgaay speakers will take up the problems that are nearest to the interest of workers. The Workers Party is a purely workers’ organization, you will not be entertained with this and that scandal and you will not be buncoed political organization to serve your terests is the only workers’ (Continued on Page 2) i% ' ized and the political campaign of the — Coolidges, Davises and LaFollettes are there to serve their interests, But the ce e