The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 23, 1924, Page 4

Zaaistee 4 WORKERS TIE UP “GREECE IN HUGE RAILWAY STRIKE Demand 8-Hour Day, 15 Pct. Wage Increase (Special to The Daily Worker) ATHENS, Sept. hundred per cent strike of the railrokd workers here. has tied up transportation all over the country. The workers are de- manding an eight-hour day and an increase of 15 per cent in wages. Sympathetic strikes are be- ing calied in one industry after another. The bakers and print- ers have already walked out. Premier Repulsed. demanding of the m of Labor that the strikers come to terms with the| government, was told that gotia- | tions would be carried on only after | the strike had been won. Dissatisfaction among the working classes with the republican govern- ment of Greece is shown in burning revolutionary addresses made by la- bor leaders all over the country. A Premicr Sofoulis General Confed large majority of the members of the|" General Coufederation of Labor, which includes all of the organized workers of Greece, are active mem bers of the Greek Communist party. The fury of the workers against |* Premier Sofoulis and his cabinet has been roused to fever heat with the discovery a few days ago of the theft by government officials of millions of drachmas from the funds set aside for Greek refugees who fled from Asia Minor after the retreat of the Greek army. The refugees are on the streets starving. The scandal concerning the admin- istrators of the Refugees’ Financial bureau follows close on the discovery of the theft of 14 million drachmas by a committee appointed by the gov. ernment to evaluate the property lost by the refugees in 4 Minor, and to return to them a certain proportion of their losses. Arrests Numerous. Members of both committees have been arrested, but it is not expected that action will be taken against them. A bishop of the official Church was arrested seyen months ago for stealing money from the funds of the “~-"--—-chureit comntittee, but no attempt has deen made to bring him to trial. The workers are now proclaiming their intention to refuse participation | in the threatened war of the Greek | government on Bulgaria. The Com-| munist movement in Bulgaria is enor- mously strong, and the effect of a/ Communist uprising on all the coun- tries of the Balkan peninsula is feared |¥ by Greece. The two governments have for a| week been exchanging ultimatums, giving as cause for war the “killing of citizens in foreign territory.” | Communists Call for Action. | The Communists of Greece, thru} Proclamations and speeches, and especially thru their daily organ, Ris- ospastis, is rousing the Greek ‘work- ers, in the event of war, to seize their | arms against the bourgeois govern-| ments of both countries and to estab- lish Soviet rule. Pittsburgh Y. W. L. Meet. Oliver Carlson, delegate to the Young Communist International, will give his report to the membership of Distrist 5 at the membership meeting to be held Thursday, Sept. 25, at 8 Dp. m., at, the Labor Lyceum, corner Reed and Miller Sts., Pittsburgh. Carlson has spent 20 months in many European countries and will have many interesting things to tell of conditions in’ Europe. Every mem- ber of the Young Workers League must attend and the members of the Workers Party are urged to attend also. Branches out of the city are expected to attend this meeting as it is very important. Admission will be Morris Schindler, District, Organizer. 22—A one| Party Activities Of Local Chicago BRANCH MEETINGS, Tuesday, Sept. 23. Roumanian Branc 4 Clybourne Ave. Ukrainian No. 1, 16 Chicago Ave. Russian, Pullman, 11453 South Park Aye Northwest English, 2733 Hirsch Blyd. Irving Park English, 4021 Drake Ave. Wednesday, Sept. 24, T. U. BE. L. Local Genéral Group, Northwest Hall, Western and North Aves. Dunne, just returned from h Congress of the C. 1, will speak. lish Class, 722 Blue Island Ave. New and experienced teacher. Poltsh, South Chicago, 8715 Com- ie ‘ 1, 1826 8. Loomis Thursday, Sept. 25. in Trade Union Tactics and Con- 2 Blue Island Ave. Thursday, Sept. 25. llth Ward Italian, 2439 S. Oakley Blvd. Scandinavian Karl Marx, 2733 Hirsch dinavian W. S., Cicero and Su- perior St. Scandinavian Lake View, 3206 N. Wil- ton St. . Friday, Sept. 26. Scand. South Chicago, 641 EB. 61st St. Bet atthe: a NY YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE ACTIVITIES. Tuesday, Sept. 23. an, 10701 Stephenson Ave. 1g Park Branch, 4021 Drake Ave. Wednesday, Sept. 24. Side Branch, 2409 N. Halsted St. wood Branch, 6414 S. Halsted St. field Branch, Hebrew Institute, nd Lytle. Shop talks. Every Thursday. wood Branch, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. rley’s class in Three Schools t. 7 Every Friday. (Russian), 1902 W. Division Luxemburg, 1910 W. Roosevelt , 1224 8. Albany Ave. ide, 3322 Douglas Blvd. Educa- eting. Lekert, 2613 Hirsch Blvd. The of American Labor Movement, Backal. Liebknecht Branch, 1500 Sedg- The Branch and Its Tasks. Ainslie Birthdays of Political Jail Victims This Month MILWAUKEE, Sept. 22.—Birthdays in October of political prisoners, con- fined in prisons in the United States, are announced by the Workers’ Na- tional Prison Comfort club: San Quentin Prison, Cal.: Oct. 5, }James LaLonde, Reg. No. 38122; Oct. 23, John Hannon, 35565; Oct. 28, W. H. Wright, 38537. Lewisburg, W. Va. County Jail: Oct. 19, H. C. Hickey, (a coal miner). Thomaston, Me., Box A.: Oct. 24, Jack Lucelle. Cora Meyer, National Secretary, in- vites friends and sympathizers to send birthday cards and letters (money is advisable for gifts) to these political prisoners. Books and publications must be sent direct from publishers. Recently @ member of the club call- ed on one of the political prisoners, and was advised that when prison offi- cials know a prisoner has not been forgotten, but receiving yisitors, even letters and other communications, they are decent toward the prisoner in order to create an impression upon his sitors. The club helps all political and class war prisoners, regardless of their po- litical or industrial affiliations. | wick St. Expel Member for Violating Principles of Workers Party In accordance with the decision ren- dered by the Central Executive Com- mittee of the Party the Superior Wis- consin English Branch has expelled Earl Milde from the Party, : The ground for this action was the fact that Milde supported a .republi- can candidate for sheriff in the pri- ] maries on the basis of a promise of a job as deputy sheriff if the republi- can was elected to office. Later Milde | accepted a position in the employ of the Wisconsin state government which obligated him and he desired to sup- port the candidacy of Governor Blaine of Wisconsin thru the distribution of advertising matter during at least one day of the campaign. The decision of the Central Execu- tive Committee expelling Milde was based upon the fact that the records show that he has not the slightest conception of the class struggle and the class character of the Communist card only.—| movement and therefore had no place in a Communist Party. Vote Communist This Time! Join the Workers Party! THE DAILY WORKER ; OUT BUT IT MAY BE PUT CAN’T BE PUT DOWN FROM A MACHINIST. (Special to The DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 22.—Willi dent of the machinists, was making a a carefully prepared speech for the campaign. Daily Worker) am H. Johnston, international presi- speech to the convention here, It was convention on the LaFollette-Wheeler Just as he was telling the delegates what a nice, beautiful personality LaFolletto had, how he had such a big heart, how he loved everybody, the workers and the bosses and \every-+- body, and how the bogie man trusts will surely get them if they don’t hide ‘behind Lafollette’s apron, what *ghould he spy but those terrible Com- munists solling tho DALLY WORKER. Now the DAILY WORKER is a dis- turbing element for Mr. Johnston at a meeting of the machinists. Bvery time he gets ready to put over one of those deals nearest to his heart, along comes the DAILY WORKER and Mr. Johnston that threw him into to white fever and he yelled for them to be thrown out and the doors barred. way in thru the window. The dele- gates did see copies of the Communist paper. Johnston and the rest of the fake labor leaders of the working class cannot be saved from the dump heap awaiting the: For the work- ers everywhere are reading the spills the beans, Bo the newsies selling this newspa- per caused great thumps inside of DAILY WORKER be they sold inside or outside meeting halls, ed = ao —! = cont ——] = — re ~*~ OF FARRINGTON - TOBE JUDGED Expalsion of Local to . be Reviewed (Special to the DAILY WORKER) SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Sept. 22. —The question of whether or not Frank ~Farrington, auto- cratic president of the Illinois miners, has the power to arbi- trarily expel individual members of a local union, and to revoke the charters of local unions in an unconstitutional manner will be the issue here October 12 when John: L. Lewis reviews the revocation by Farrington of the charter of Local Union No. 448. Farrington, because local un- ion 448 contains a large pro- gressive element, including two of the militant leaders in the organization—John Watt, sec- retary-treasurer of the Spring- field sub-district, and Duncan MacDonald who has a large progressive following thruout the state—has centered his at- tack on this local. Violated Constitution. “Frank Farrington violated the con- stitution of the United Mine Workers of America and the state constitution of the Illinois miners in ordering Mac- Donald expelled from the union be- fore he had a fair and impartial trial,” Thomas Parry, vice-president of the Springfield sub-district, told the DAILY WORKER. “This is a disruptive move on Far- rington’s part. Farrington, in his talks against the reds, is always pleading for unity within the organ- ization, yet to further his own politi- cal ambitions, he attempts to fire out of the union those who are for the rank and file and against his auto- cratic machine. The constitution says that no member shall be expelled from the union until given a fair and im- partial trial, but MacDonald was or- dered dropped from the rolls of his union without any kind of a trial.” Is Election Trick, Progressives here declare that the move revoking the charter of Local Union No. 448 is a@ move to make John Watt ineligible to run for re-election as secretary-treasurer of sub-district four, Springfield. Farrington is run- ning one of his sattelites as candidate against Watt, but unless Watt is re- moved by some such illegal means as this he is practically certain of re-elec- tion. Farrington has twice ordered Mac- Donald dropped from the rolls on the ground that MacDonald did not pay his Herrin assessment. Members of the local union charge that Farring- ton deliberately sent his auditor into their local in an effort to “get” Mac- Donald and Watt if possible. The at- tempted expulsion is the flimsiest technicality, as the miner who was secretary of the local at that time, has admitted that MacDonald was not at fault, that he did not pay his assess- ment because the secretary overlook- ed asking for it, and MacDonald un- derstood it had been paid. As soon as MacDonald discovered the assess- ment was unpaid, he paid up in full and secured his receipt from the sec- retary. Local Union No. 448 immediately wired President Lewis of Farring- ton’s illegal actions, calling it to his attention that under the constituion only the international president has the right to revoke charters, and ask- ing him to intercede in behalf of the local union. Lewis replied that hé would review the case in Springfield on October 12. Exploitation of Little Children Shown in ’Frisco SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.—An in- vestigation by the Juvenile Protective Association shows that children are being exploited in California theaters. The investigators claim that 270 per- formances of child singers and danc- ers between 5 and 16 years of age include 443 violations of the state child labor law, with 45 per cent of the appearances entirely or partially illegal. 162 cases were noted where children without permits were substi- tuted for those having permission to appear. It is claimed that the chil- dren receive little or no money, the compensation going to their dancing teachers, and that the performances they are obliged to give are in many cases vulgar and degrading. Texas Birth Control Clinic, DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 22—Anne Ken- nedy,,’ national seeretary American When the DAILY WORKER is/Birth Control league explained the thrown out thru the door it finds }ts|/purposes of the organization at two well attended meetings in the Dallas city hall. The meetings were indorsed by many local physicians. There is no law in Texas against information on birth control methods. It is pro- posed that a clinic be established here. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” _.. the DAILY WORKER. HE Bxécutive Committee of thet Workers Party is in receipt of a communication from the secretariat of the Communist International an- nouncing the adoption of three new paragraphs in the constitution of the Communist International which auto- matically becomes part of the consti- tutions of all Communist parties. The Section V, dealing with the basic organization of the party, of course, is not yet applicable.to the Workers Party inasmuch as the work of organizing shop nuclei is just be- ing begun and the party cannot be based. upon these shop nuclei until the organization is completed which will require a Considerable length Of time. The sections in question, which also apply to the Workers Party, read as follows: “4, Any person accepting the pro- gram and statutes of the Communist Party of the country in which he is THE POWER COLUMN Twice ever’ week—this colu and inspiration of every conquests. Here is POWER—the power Inven Gone sections and mahy comrades in our Party are thoro- ly American. Even to the resident and.of the.Comintern, who ,is attached to a basic party organization, is actively working in it, and who submits to all the decisions of the party and the Comintern and regularly pays party dues, is accounted a mem- ber of the Communist Party and of the Comintern. “5. The basic party organization (its unit) is the nucleus at the place of employment (factory, mine, work- shop, office, store, farm, etc.) to which all the members of the party Membership and Discipline are obligatory for the lower party organs; strict discipline and rapid and precise execution of the decisions of the E. E. C. I, and the leading party centers, Party questions may be dis- cussed by members of the party or party organizations only up to the moment of their decision by the com- petent party organs. After decisions have been arrived at om the given question by the Congress of the Com- munist International, the. Party Con- gress, or the leading party organs, Tuesday, September 23, 1924 motive power behind the DAILY WORKER. reader—and especially the DAILY WORKER agents and committees—are tried and proven sugges- tions and accomplishments to drive the DAILY WORKER to further women of the working class who not only believe—but ACT! employed in the given must be att&éched. oy of the fundamental principle cratic centralism is bers, conferences and mn uncovers to your view the Here for the interest of brain and effort of men and tory. extent of taking part in the great American sport of “kidding themselves. Despite their opinion today’s great opportunity for the Party and the DAILY WORKE R is not being made most of. Altho the DAILY WORKER today is established and truth- fully has become “The National Labor Daily” it is not gain- ing.in leaps and bounds that it should during a presidential election-campaign. Perhaps no better time than this could be chosen to take stock; to take a look at our nine months of existence. Dur- ing this period and out of some twelve hundred branches in this Party of ours OVER ONE HALF have NOT as yet elected a DAILY WORKER agent. OF THE PARTY IS NOT BEI ONE HALF OF THE POWER NG UTILIZED to drive the DAILY WORKER to greater gains and strength. This would be serious if it were the only Of the remaining half only be called active. Party have hustling, hard wo WORKER! fact our inventory discloses. fifty pér cent can deservingly Only one quarter of the branches of our rking agents for the DAILY oday, due to the efforts of only a quarter of our branches and a handful of valiant, loyal comrades (not all Party members!) the DAILY WORKER is the leader in the working class press. A leader and an influence in the American Labor Movement. With a greater peroentage of the Party Power driving the DAILY WORKER during this period not only would the growth of the Workers Party be accelerated but the DAILY WORKER would gain in stren ers’ battles. would have a greater drive be Today we can—we must—make a opportunity. New York, Min gth to better fight the work- And the first Communist election campaign hind it. reater use of our neapolis, . Paul and other locals are showing the way by first thoroly ORGANIZING themselves. Wherever this is forthcoming. If your local or yet see it is done NOW—AT O done results are immediately branch has not done this as NCE. 1—A DAILY WORKER agent must be chosen for your city—from among your most capable comrades. 2—Every branch (regardless of language) must have a DAILY WORKER agent. 3—The branch agents, wi ith the city DAILY WORKER agent compose a body (meeting at least once a month) that systematically secures subscriptions and renewals and ar- ranges for the sale of the DAILY WORKER at factory gates, meetings, etc. on the program. It sees that no important meetin; agi 4 is held without a speaker for the DAILY ie of the ORKER To keep functioning always at its best, the DAIL WORKER committee must see that branches are visite when they have not chosen a when these agents are not functioning. Ever: DAILY WORKER agent—or detail in the poids Ana of activity in behalf of the DAILY WORKER shoul An come from this body and be put in operation on the approval of the City Central Committee. f local not having done this as yet is not making most of our Party’s Power—is not doing its obvious Com- munist duty. The DAILY WORKER can be built into the reatest weapon of the American workers—if it has the full Fewer of the Party behind it—if it has YOUR shoulder at the wheel. APPEAL IN GASES OF * * FARRELL COMMUNISTS SHOWS PERSECUTION FARRELL, Pa.— Arguments by the defense in the appeal of the Farrell sedition cases under the Pennsylvania sedition law show: ing qudge McLaughlin that unusual- ly brazen methods were permitted to the prosecution. Two Workers Party members were convicted last May of sedition against the in this steel trust town because they were Communists, The prosecution which had the help of a federal spy named Lennon made it appear that the Workers Party is an illegal or ganization, In arguing for the appeal the de- . fense is now showing that the party cannot well be illegal since it is run- ning Foster and Gitlow on its presi- dential ticket and is already legally on the ballot in half a dozen states, including Pennsylvania, of four other Farrell pending the outcome of the appeal, The Labor Defe council of 166 W. Washington St., Chicago, is col- lecting funds for the defense, - Soviet Russia Hits Exhorbitant Demands of the Japanese ‘ PEKING, Sept. 22.—The report of Japan's terms to’ the Soviet, as car- ried by the Kokusai News Agency, not only fails to give an idea of the actual terms presented by Japan, but tends|' to represent the position of the Jap: nese government as more reasonable than it really is. Indeed, not one Great Power—nei- ther Britain nor Italy—puts forth such It is difficult to understand the reasoning of the Japanege government wishing to get such conceszions from the Soviet Union as’ were not granted were the first exhorbitant demands as Japan. even to powers whic! to recognize the Union, Your correspondent was told in well-informed circles that were all Japan's terms to be published, the world at large would wonder how eyen in 1924 Japan has not learnt yet to correctly estimate the international situation, It is reported that in reference to the last loan in America, Japan pres- ently pays much attention to Ameri- can opinion in the Russian question, ‘ enterprise The Comintern and the Com- munist Party are constructed on the basis of democratic centralism. The demo- election of the lower and higher party organs at general meetings of party mem- congresses; periodical reports of the party organs these decisions must be uncondition- ally carried out, even if there is a dif- ference of opinion amongst the mem- bers of local organizations with regard to the decisions.” In illegal conditions lower party or- gans may be appointed by the higher party organs and individuals may be co-opted to various party organs with the endorsement of the superior JUNIOR REDS 1S. GREAT SUCCESS Special Magazine Issued for Occasion Oh, capitalists ain’t gonna reign no more, They ain’t gonna reign no moré. Yes, by heck, they’ll get it in the neck, And they ain’t gonna reign no more. Oh Mister, buy a paper, ‘We know you won't refuse, We've got the DAILY WORKER, But down with the Daily News. These were two stanzas of the song sung by the Vanguard branch of the Junior groups-of the Workers party, at a rousing red entertainment which they gave Sunday afternoon. Get Out Paper. For the entertainment the Juniors got out a.special magazine, called the Junior Voice, which gathers into its seven pages news of the Communist propaganda which the young revolu- tionists are carrying on ‘in the schools, ¢ PLEDGE ARMENIA $75,000 TOWARD SOVIET TEXTILES Send Two Textile Men ‘to Survey Plans — NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Seventy-fivei thousand dollars has been pledged to- wards the development of the textile industry of Soviet Armenia by an Ar< menian organization in New York City . named after the old Armenian textile city of Arabkir, from which its members came. The society haw assigned $30,000 to the work and wilk pay the rest when factory. building gets under way. To Select Workers. Two Armenian textile experts hava been dispatclied to Armenia from New York City thru the co-operation of the Society.for Technical Aid to Soviet issia. . These men are authorized to! select factory sites, make contracts for materials and arrange for an op~ erative force. The workers will be se- lected from the men and women de- ported from Turkish Armenia and robbed of their lands there. Members of the Arabkir society ara confident that other Armenian organ. izations in America will follow thein example and that the textile industry of Armenia will be brought to a flour- ishing condition. All Armenia needs is capital, they point out. She has a sufficient number of highly skilled workers. Amenians have long been famed for their textile products, par- ticularly carpets. There are about 130,000 Armeniang in America, and a large per cent of these,are in the textile trades. SEATTLE WORKERS IN PETITION FOR RELEASE OF I.W.W; SEATTLE, Sept. 22.—Because six of the jurors who convicted the de- fenders of the union hall at Centralia have signed affidavits repudiating their verdict, and for many other rea- sons the Seattle Central Labor coun cil is petitioning Gov. Hart of Wash: ington to pardon the eight I. W. W. who have been behind the bars om second degree murder charges for the in their homes, and among the chil- dren they meet on the streets. The paper is profusely illustrated with pictures of Communist children in their revolutionary work. Babe Cohen,‘one of the members of the group, performed a dance sym-| bolizing the struggle of children bound to the wheels of industry to escape from their slavery. When they free themselves they hear the ‘|herald of a better life. The herald is the forerunner of the Communist Past five years. They were arrested | after American legion roiters who as- saulted the Centralia I. W. W. hall on armistice day in 1919 had been killed. The state, inflamed by the lumber trust and the legion, tried to get a first degree conviction but in spite of © the intimidation and the prejudiced judge the jury gave a second degree verdict, indicating selfdefense. The sentence was 25 to 40 years. Labor all over the world is agitating in be. half of the workers now buried alive in Walla Walla penitentiary. , Revolution, which is symbolized by the signing Of the “International.” The funds derived from the per- formance will go to the treasury of the Junior groups. Would Bar Negroes. BERKELEY, Cal., Sept. 22.—Berke- ley is in the throes of another agita- tion to keep Negro residents from erecting homes in its “restricted neighborhoods.” The present point of attack is S_.T. Tillman, a clergy- man. A protest mass meeting is op- posing his building of an $85,000 apart- ment house. Russians Postpone Play. On account of the affair to be given Saturday, Sept. 27, for the benefit of the DAILY WORKER, the Society for Technical Aid to Soviet Russia has postponed its performance to Satur- day, Oct. 4. A Russian play, “The Devil's Kitchen,” in four acts, will be given by the Society at 1902 W. Divi- sion St. Stir the The very best place to carry on thal fighter for the middle class. possible to place tories, Sell them everywhere. . LaFollette, by Jay Lovestone. By Alexander Bittelman. Qu first reading this pamphlet.. Unemployment— ers today. .. shops and factories where the workers It is there that minds are open to the measures, parties and cand tand for concrete solutions of the problems of bread and facing the working class. It is in the shops that the workers will see most clearly, for example, the difference between Foster, the union organizer and fighter for the workers, and LaFollette, the lawyer and (Editorial Daily THE ABOVE “HITS THE NAIL” be added to that. It's up to you reader, to do everything physically THESE PAMPHLETS in the hands of the workers you work together with in shops and fac- Now is the time. The LaFollette Mlusion— As revealed in an Analysis of the Political Role Parties and Issues in the Election ferent parties view the conditions affecting It's a gem. No worker should go to the polls this year without 4 Why It Occurs and How to Fight It, by Karl R. Bi ef, pamphlet deals with the most important i bre tho ae In lots of 5 or more at 35 per cent discount. LITERATURE DEPARTMENT Workers Party of America U. S. Marines Hold Haitian Newspaper Owner in Hoosegow. NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Another in- stance of persecution in Haiti under American occupation is furnished by the National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People in the case of J. Colibois, proprietor of a daily paper in Port au Prince. The Haitian editor writes that he is in| prison for the eighth time for critici- sing occupation methods. J Colibois forwarded this letter by secret means. He is kept in solitary confinement, deprived of books and newspapers. Relatives and friends are barred and his attorneys also, The prison chaplain is not even allowed to visit him. The editor's charges are supported in another letter signed by three Hai- tians. . Shops! a working class campaign is in the gather to earn their living. lates itter orker.) on the head. Nothing could of Senator wee wu : Campaign— tions and answers, how the lif. the working class. ; a Single copy., jue before the work- Place your orders at once.