The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 25, 1924, Page 2

Salat, Page Two , LEWIS ORDERS RETURN OF NOVA | SCOTIA CHARTER International Bull 'y Has Enough of Fight By JOHN A. McRURY. (Special to The Daily Worker) GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia, Sept. 24.—A month ago, Hous- ton, provisional president of District 26, United Mine Work- ers of America; held a confer- ence with vice-president Mc- Lurg of the British Empire Stee! Corporation. At this meeting it is known that Houston was informed, the company was preparing to hand the miners another wage slash next January, and Houston was instructed to go out and get the miners ready for a cut, as the company “wanted no damned nonsense this year.” Instead of informing the miners of the situation, Houston sped away to Indianapolis and was closeted with John L. Lewis and the administration officials for days. Lewis Tool Acts Quickly. Four hours after his return to Nova Scotia, a circular was issued to all local unions informing them that their charters and complete autonomy would be restored in a week's time, and also announcing that a conven- tion would be called for Sept 29. The Maritime Labor Herald report- er secured the private letter of in- structions sent by John L. Lewis to Houston. It reads in part as follows: “International Executive Board, in- struct officers to restore charter and autonomy of District 26 at earliest possible date. That said officers is- sue call for a district convention at earliest possible date, wherein dis- trict officers pro tempore may be se- lected. The said district convention may. then make arrangements for lat- er election of permanent officers. “The International Executive Board declares ineligible for office, tempor- ary or permanent, all individuals whose offices were vacated by the ex- ecutive order of July, 1923. That in- ternational president be empowered to execute details of policy. In con- formity with foregoing you are in- structed to issue call for delegate con- vention to all locals in good standing ith ‘provisienal district and interna- tional, said convention to be held at point designated by you at earliest date. “Califor convention shall specify, precise subjects to be considered which shall be restricted to subject covered in foregoing action of the executive board. John Is Careful. “You are directed to personally preside over s ns of convention and your rulings on constitutional questions and parliamentary proceed- ure shall not be subject to repeal by convention within period of five days following such convention. You will, together with your associates, turn over affairs of district to newly elect- ed officers pro tem. All monies and property now in possession of provis- ional officers will be turned over to) successors, and receipts taken. Fi- nancial records and correspondence files made during administration of provisional officers shall be retained as property of the international and shipped by you to office of the interna- tional officers. Employes of district will be paid up to date when succes- sors take office. Make necessary ar- rangements for final audit by inter- national representative of John L. Lewis.” Miners Jubilant. The turn of events surprises min- ers who have only one week to get themselves into shape for the conven- tion. Lewis is whipped to a stand- stil and is simply fleeing from the im- pending fight over the wage question. He is now getting out from undér so the full weight of the fight will fall on others. In spite of the impending struggle, the miners are jubilant. While a few reactionaries favored Lewis in July action, today he has no following. , Pope Perturbed. ROME, Sept. 24.—The Vatican is perturbed over the report that France intends to abolish the position of am- bassador to the Vatican and declare that the country no longer regards the presence of a papal nuncie at Paris with pleasure. ENGINEER KILLED AND SEVERAL HURT IN BIG MICHIGAN TRAIN GRASH KALAMAZOO, Mich., Sept. 24.— One man is known to be dead and a score of others are reported? in- jured, several seriously, following a crash between’ the west-bound Detroit-Chicago flyer and an auto- mobile, on Hawthorne Paper Mill crossing, east of here, early today. The, locomotive turned over twice, dragging nine Pullmans off the rails. into the ditch. The one known dead is Arthur Adams, the engineer. He was killed instantly. The fireman, whose name has not been ascertained, was taken to a Kalamazoo hospital with in- juries which physicians feared would prove fatal. A score of pasengers, thrown from their berths, suffered minor injuries. So far as can be learned the auto- mobile ‘which caused the wreck was unoccupied, the passengers having apparently foreseen the wreck in time to leap out. Speakers’ List (Continued from page 1) Carlson, 20, Buffalo. Gitlow, 29, Rochester. Gitlow, 30, Syracuse. Engdahl, Nov. 1, Buffalo. DISTRICT FIVE. October: ~ Stokes, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Pitts- burgh. Lovestone, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, Pittsburgh. Ruthenberg, 22 and 23, Pittsburgh. Gitlow, 27, Pittsburgh and vicinity. Foster, 29, Pittsurgh. Browder, Nov. 2, Pittsburgh. DISTRICT SIX. October: Minot, 4, Cleveland. Minor, 5, Akron. Minor, 6, Toledo. Foster, 15, Toledo. Foster, 16, Cleveland. Lovestone, 20, Akron. Lovestone, 21, Youngstown. Carlson, 22, Toledo. Bedacht, 24, Toledo. Ruthenberg, 24, 25 and 26, Cieve- land. Gitlow, 28, Youngstown and vicinity. Foster, 30, Columbus. Foster, 31, Cincinnati. Foster, Nov. 1, Louisville. Engdahl, Nov. 3, Cleveland. DISTRICT SEVEN. October: Minor, 7, 8, Detroit, Grand Rapids. Foster, 14, Detroit. Bedacht, 22, 23, wetroit. Carison, 23, 24, 25, Detroit. Carison, 26, Grand Rapids. Carlson, 27, Muskegon. Engdahl, 31, Detroit. Foster, Nov. 2, Indianapolis. DISTRICT EIGHT. October: Gitlow, 1, South Bend. Gitlow, 2, Gary. Gitlow, 5, Milwaukee. Gitlow, 12, Chicago. Gitlow, 15, St. Louis. Gitlow, 16, Zeigler. Gitlow, 17, Springfield. Foster, 12, Chicago. Bedacht, 25, South Bend. Bedacht, 26, Gary. Browder, 28, St. Louis. Browder, 29, Springfield. Foster, Nov. 3, Chicagé. DISTRICT NINE. October: Gitlow, 6, Duluth. Gitlow, 7, Superior. Gitlow, 8, St. Paul. Gitlow, 9, Minneapolis. Minor, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, Minne- apolis and vicinity. Dunne, Nov. 4, 2, St. Paul, apolis. Dunne, Nov. 3, Duluth. DISTRICT TWELVE. October: Minor, 24, Spokane. Minor, 25, Seattle. Minor, 27, Tacoma. Minor, 28, Astoria. Minor, 29, Portland. DISTRICT THIRTEEN. October: Foster, 1, San Francisco. Foster, 3, Los Angeles. Minor, 30, San Francisco. Minor, 31, Oakland. Minor, Nov. 2, Los Angeles. DISTRICT FIFTEEN. October: Carlson, 12, New Haven. Foster, 23, New Haven. Foster, 24, Hartford. NATIONAL OFFICE TERRITORY. October: Foster, 5, Salt Lake City. Foster, 7, Denver. Gitlow, 13, 01 Gitlow, 14, Kansas City. Browder, 26, Omaha. Browder, 27, Kansas City. Minor, Nov. 7, Denver. AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT. Minor, Oct. 21, North Dakota. Minne- O’NEILL’S PLAY SURVIVES IN NEW YORK IN SPITE OF MANY ATTACKS (By The Fe ' NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—“All God's Chillun Got Wings,” Eugene O'Neill's brilliant drama of the Negro district in Harlem, ig a marked success at the id Press) Greenwich Village theatre in spite of the attacks of anti-Negro fanatics and Mayor Hylan's interference in compelling the prologue, which shows Negro and White children playing together, ‘eritics O'Neill defends his cour: a Negro, Paul Robeson, saying: in giving the 1 think Paul Robeson can play Jim Harris| trom the heavy rains which accom to be read not acted. Replying to EB RRA kg SEAL li nT Sc THE DAILY WORKER CHANCES ARE 106 10 2 FOR JOBS IN GARY “Boom” Talk is Bitter Pill to Workers By KARL REEVE. (Staff Writer, Daily Worker) GARY, Ind., Sept. 24.—If you want a job in the Gary mills of the United States Steel Corpor- ation, it is bést to check your self-respect outside and lose your identity in a mob of hungry unemployed. Even then the chances are 106 to 2 that you won't get work, judging from my own experience. “Where’s the employment of- fice?” I asked a blue uniformed guard, who at first glance ap- peared to be a Chicago city policeman, but who on closer inspection WORE" a badge re- vealing him as a private watch- dog for the “Illinois Steel Com- pany, No. 16.” Guard Is Mum. He showed me the employment of- fice of the Steel Mills, about a mile down the private cement road belong: ing to the steel corporation. This guard was well trained in his job, for he would dispense no information. “Is it hard+to getya job in here now?” I asked, but he put me off with the reply, “I don’t know anything about it. You'll have to see the employment man.” In front of the employment office were four more policemen, and a crowd of steel workers and laborers looking for a job. I went inside and was told to “Get outside and wait. Mr. Hoffman will come éut in half an, hour if he wants to hire anybody.” | Branch. Along with 106 other members of the army of the ufiemployed, I lounged (Continued on page 5) Communist Takes Up Challenge of Socialist Lawyer. Over four hundred workers gathered to listen to Nat Kaplan and Al Schaap at one of the numerous open air street meetings: held on the corner of W. Division St. and N. Washtenaw, and cheered the Communists when they gave a verbal blow to an ob- tinved to assert his ignorance. Te socialist stated that he was now for LaFollette and against the dicta- torship of he proletariat and when he asked Comrade Schaap about this, the answer given to him caused the crowd to demonstrate their approval of the Communist position. Socialist Backs Down. When this lawyer, who, it is said, never permits Communists to ask lenged Kaplan to debate, he with- drew immediately when Kaplan ac- cepted the challenge from the plat- form. Twenty DAILY WORKERS were {sold, as were also 35 Young Workers, |10 “Russia in 1924,” 55 Freiheits and jother literature. A collection of $7 | was taken. The Thursday street meetings of the Workers Party in Chicago are as follows: OPEN AIR MEETINGS IN CHICAGO. Thursday, Sept. 25. | North Ave. and Orchard—Auspices of German Branch. Speakers: W. Carmon, Pete Herd. 62nd and Halsted—Auspices of Eng- lish Branches W. P. and Y. W. L. Speakers: M. Shachtman and H. George. 47th and Ashland—Auspices of Polish Branch. Speakers: Maurer and Polish comrade. 14th and 5ist Ave.—Cicero Italian Speakers in Italian and English. Treason Charge Doesn’t Hold. BALBOA, Canal Zone, Sept. 24.— Senors De La Rosa and Sanchez, who were arrested last March and charged with treason in the circulation of handbills among crews of the Ameri- can fleet, inciting intervention, were acqitted at the conclsion of their sec: streperous socialist lawyer who con- questions when he is speaking, chal-| unions, showing the need of applying HANGING HAS ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION, TEXAN SHERIFF'S MEET SHOWS FT. WORTH, Tex., Sept. 24.—The Sheriff's Association of Texas, in convention at Ft. Worth, is on rec- ord against electrocution. It is pic- tured as a horrible affair, Lest the reader jump to the conclusion that Texas sheriffs have gone soft let it be said that they favor allowing themselves as county officials to hang their victims. The sheriff of a county gets $50 for each man he hangs. He gets nothing when the penitentiary warden throws on the juice. PARTNER FOUND FOR CG. 6, DAWES IN CLEVELAND Is Bird of Same Stripe and Also Out of Jail By HARVEY O'CONNOR. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent.) CLEVELAND, Sept. 24.—Here’s a partner for General Hell ’n Maria Dawes. His name is M. A. Vinson and he was secretary for the Municipal Savings and Loan Co., which went to the wall in an $18,000,000 crash this year. Vinson is charged with a species of | financial jugglery, with which Dawes is familiar, known as check |kiting. Here’s how it works. At the end of 1923 the Muny com- pany fell far short of having the needed cash balance to show govern- ment authorities. Enter a check for $139,500 from the Representative Realty Co., which gave the Muny’s books a healthy appearance, Is On Trial. Then, on January 2 there is an- other entry, the Muny company hay- ing written a check for $140,000 and given it the Represéntative Realty Co. Now secretary Vinson is on trial here for perjury in connection with the check kiting. Will he go to the penitentiary? Well, Gen. Dawes is still at large, isn’t he? And the Illinois supreme court held him liable for the phony Lorimer deposit which fooled the bank examiner. Trade Union Class Tonight to Discuss Practical Problems Practical methods to be purstied by miltants in trade union activities are the chief topics discussed. in the class on Trade Union Conduct, given for party members every Thursday night at 722 Blue Island Ave., with Comrade Arne Swabeck as instructor. The first lesson covered a brief theoretical survey of the aims and objects of the Communists in the trade tactics with a view to the ultimate object. The second lesson dealt with character and methods of trade union- ism with special notes on differences of American and European trade unionism. Four more lessons will cover the following main points: Structure and functional methods of American trade unions; strategy and tactics of Com- munists in trade unions with partic- ular reference to broader issues; or- ganization of Communists for effective trade union work and attitude towards every-day issues; conduct and methods, parliamentary and constitutional rules and proceedings. The last points particularly deal with the practical every-day problems, which develop during union activities and a better understanding of how to properly propose the measures re- quired, will undoubtedly facilitate the work which militants propose to carry out. The class in Trade Union Conduct is of real value to the party members, One of the Students. McAndrews Still Flouts the Rights of Chicago Teachers At a meeting of the Board of Edu- cation yesterday afternoon the board went on record as upholding Super- ond trial in the Panama superior! intendent McAndrews in his position court. Eearthquake in Constantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 24.—An- other earthquake shock has been re- on the teachers’ councils, and com- pletely ignoring the teachers’ wishes in the matter. The school board accepted the mi- Imperialist Policies-of British Empire Are not Changed by MacDonald el emnaamninentitin ° By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Today: the imperialist policies of, Great Britain are the same as always, in spite of the fact that the MacDonald “labor” governmerit holds the reins of power. MacDonald may hold the reins but British finance capital tells him where and how to drive. And always the drive is against the inter- ests of the oppressed. * * * * It is the British government, the power in the hands of the “labor” premier, J. Ramsay MacDonald, one of the lead- ing figures in the Second (Socialist) International, that-is plotting to overthrow the nationalist revolutionary govern- ment of Sun Yat Sen, in Southern China. It is the “socialist,” MacDonald, who has put his “O. K.” on this drive, on behalf of the British money lords, to crush the liberation: movement of China’s oppressed masses, strug- gling to shake off the rule of their native bankers and rich merchants in league with the international money kings. The rich oil fields in the Near East call for the greatest effort of British imperialism to maintain its position as against French and American competition. There the Mac- Donald “labor” government stands back of the British con- trolled Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Just as solidly, and with the same anxious and solicitous co-operation that Secretary of State Hughes gives the Standard Oil Trust in the same corner of the world. * * * * 3 2 : It is the British government, in the hands of the “‘so- cialist” MacDonald, that plots the overthrow of the present ruler of Afghanistan, friend of Soviet Rule in Russia, who roclaimed his independence of the British*throne in 1919. it is not the policy of a Workers’ Government, that Mac- Donald is carrying out in the Near East, but the old imperial- ist policies of Curzon. These are the policies that have pre- vailed during liberal and tory ministries alike in Great Britain, and that now continue under the “labor” premier, MacDonald, who is opposed to Soviet Rule, and makes war on Communism. pa ee . * It is significant that this week, when workers the world "over are celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the First Inter- national, under Communist inspiration, that MacDonald, the “socialist” premier of England should be agreeing to the terms of the German government of the “socialist” president, Ebert, for admission to the Black International of World Capitalism, the League. of Nations, * In the hour that the Communist International is cele- ‘brating the first effort, 60 years ago, under the leadership of Karl Marx, to organize the workers of the world into a dis- ciplined body, to fight for the interests of labor everywhere, * the “socialist” premier of the British empire, and the “so- cialist” president of Germany, give their support to the in- ternational of the biggest bandits of the robber business interests. These “socialists,” who have been raised to power in capitalist’ governments, give their aid to the ldtest efforts to organize another attempt at the overthrow of Russian Soviet Rule and the crushing of the spirit of awakened labor every- where d * * * Ld Even before he became premier, MacDonald did his ut- most to overthrow Soviet Rule in Georgia, and now, as “labor” premier he seeks the aid of capitalism's international to sever Soviet’ Georgia from the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, and restore the rule of the bankers and the land- lords in this Near East country, even as British imperialism maintains its sway over other oppressed nations, whether in Egypt, India or China. * * * It is into this same morass that the LaFollette-Wheeler campaign would lead the workers and farmers of the United States. Under the appeal of “Get something now,” under capitalism, LaFollette lures the workers and farmers away from their main objective, which is to overthrow capitalism and establish their own rule. y LaFollette, in power, would be no different than Mac- Donald in power in England, Ebert in power in Germany; mere agents of the bourgeoisie to uphold capitalist rule on the one hand and to crush every effort to establish Workers’ Rule on the other. International problems do not interest Mr. LaFollette. Wall Street may subjugate Mexico, Central and South Amer- ica. It may send its warships to crush the revolutionary spirit of the Chinese, as it is doing. It may pices ie islands of the seas, the Philippines, Cuba, Porto Rico and Haiti, as it is doing. LaFollette only turns his attention to domestic matters;—how best to keep the workers and farmers con- tented at home under capitalism. he celebration of the 60th anniversary of the birth of ‘st International, the first effort of world labor to build an international organization, is a fitting time to rouse the workers and farmers against those most despicable slaves of capitalist imperialism—Ebert, in Germany; MacDonald, in Great Britain; LaFollette in the United States. In the name of the revolutionary struggles of the work- ers of China, of the peoples of the Near East, of aspiring humanity everywhere; let the workers and farmers of the United States, enlist, in larger numbers than ever, under the standards of the Communist International, thru Joining the Workers Party, and giving their untiring support to the Foster-Gitlow ticket in this year's nr ential campaign. yng along the road to Communism lies the way that leads to the victory of the work nd farmers. 3 , ra Anyone Worfying About It? nority report of the Committee of|‘*Mother” Bloor in Administration, which recommends ported in the Sivas region with large|that all the rules pertaining to the property damage. It is feared many|teachers’ councils be entirely left lives were lost. NEVA OVERFLOWS ITS BANKS; LENINGRAD IS FLOODED A FOOT DEEP MOSCOW, Sept. 24—A violent earthquake swept Leningrad, with heavy property damage, according under the superintendent's jurisdic- tion. The vote was six in favor, and three against this decision. claimed by the teachers that of the six who voted in favor of the admin- istration’s report} three of them have no right to vote, ¢ Today the Chicago Teachers’. !eder- ation will hold a big mass meeting at the Studebaker Theater at 4:15, at which time a tremendous turnout of teachers is expected since this matter at to advices today from that city. |has been very closely watched by all The river Neva overflowed its banks better than any actor, colored or white, that | know. He his played opposite! panied the storm and flooded the white actri before this, in New York with argaret Wycherly in “Taboo”; Fa OE Cl NS city's streets to a depth of nearly a foot. the members of the federation. Al- derman Willey Mills will be the prin- cipal speaker. There will also be a speaker from the Illinois Federation of Labor. x Comrade Ella Reeve ‘Bloor covers It ‘tlrour more speaking dates in Wiscon- sin, beginning today in Racine, be- fore starting on her tour of Illinois, Comrade Bloor will speak thruout the ; southern Illinois coal, fields as well as in the larger towns of northern Mlinois, SHANGHAI, Sept. 24.—Maj. Zanni, Argeninian flyer attempting a round- the-world flight, Senor Reuillen, Peru- vian consul, and Felipe Beltrame, Zan- ni’s mechanic, narrowly escaped drowning in the harbor at Hong Kong in a collision between motor boats, according to ‘a dispatch from that city today. Racine, Wis., Today; Then into Illinois Greeks Get Sore. ROME, Sept. 24—The Greek gov- ernment has ,determined to disconti- nue its commercial treaty with Italy because of handicaps imposed by the new Italian tariff schedule, accord- ing to semi-official announcements here. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER, She is scheduled to speak Gary, Ind., on October 26, nf WISCONSIN Racine, Thursday, Sept. 25, Kenosha, Friday, Sept. 26. , Milwaukee, Saturday, Sept. 27. Sheboygan, Sunday, Sept. 28, doin the Worke: Party! t vs. --,.eptember 25, 1924 “B. & O.” Plan is Coming Up Today at Machinists’ Meet (Continued from page 1) ing taken up with the general super- intendent.” The locker situation is “in progress.” <A pipe vice for the pipe shop is also “in progress.” The installation of a furnace in the black- smith shop for use of the boiler force was referred for attention to the gen- eral committee in Baltimore, as was also the relocation of the spring plant. . Not one suggestion for “co-opera- tion” has come from the company, so far as the local Glenwood committee can recall. Before the plan was established, the material shop expense per man Was $15.08. Now it is $7.43. Repair work on locomotives that used to take 60 days is now done in 21. Engines that were formerly overhauled in con- tract shops are now repaired at homé at a saving of $4000.00 per engine—a saving to the company. The worker gets nothing out of it. He is an aux- iliary production machine to the rail- road company. Good Scheme For R. R The company has certainly profited from the B. & O. plan. The railroad has .announced its financial reorgan- ization involving the issuance of bonds totalling $155,000,000, which has increased the fixed charges for in- terest against the road’s sevenue by something more than $2,000,000 per year. This extra $2,000,000 per year surplus value will be diverged to the holders of B, & O. bonds. It repre- sents the expectations regarding the co-operation scheme of William H, Johnston and his gang. The extra pro- fits accruing to the employers from the enslavement of the workers is al- ready adjudged, therefore, at two mil- lion dollars a year® The feelings of the workers is well summed up when one of them said: “A hell of a fine scheme, isn’t it?’ » Chances Are Even, It is expected that whatever point of view carries the convention, the side that wins will do so with only a slim majority. The progressives are working hard to maintain their stand and keep the union a working class organization. Today’s session of the convention authorized President Johnston and Secretary Davison to make a trip to England for the convention of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Many delegates jokingly agreed that it would help the union to send all of its old officers on specially charter- ed boats that might obligingly sink! .. Gary Steel Workers : . in Meeting Tonight at the Turner Hall (Continued from page 1) craft system of the Federation of La- bor, to unionize the twenty thousand workers in the Gary mills. The steel corporation, powerfully organized in all its branches, with the school sys- tem, the Gary newspaper and the Chamber of Commerce co-operating tc enforce “open shop” conditions, has found it easy to keep the steel work: ers, separated into various crafts as they are, from organizing a union, The sentiment of the militant union men working in she plant is, “It will be hard to organize even with the crafts amalgamated into one steel workers’ union, but it can be done. As long as the workers are separated in- to various crafts, with the sanction of the officials of the American Federa- tion of Labor, it will be well night im- possible to form a strong union.” The steel corporation officials de- clared recently that “the abolition of ‘Pittsburgh plus’ means the establish- ment of ‘Gary plus,’ with many of the steel factories of Pittsburgh migrat: ing to newly built factories in and around Gary.” Thousands of steel workers will thus brought into Gary within the next few years, and it becomes in- creasingly important, by means*of a strenuous organization drive, and an amalgamation of the craft unions among thg steel workers, to establish union conditions, George Carbine, of the coal and .coke workers, and William Hannon, secretary-treasurer of the steel organ- ization and other representatives of the American Federation of Labor will speak at tonight's meeting. . ‘Use Franks Case in Plea to Save Life of Negro ( Girl Slayer . By The Fr BROO YN, NS Th Sent, 24.—Gov- ernor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania is being reqested to follow Judge Cay- erley’s decision in the Franks’ case in Chicago and show mercy to Louise Thompson, a 19-year-old Negro girl convicted of murdering a Negro Philadelphia, ' ‘Gov. Pinchot signed the death rant for the young alleged slayer and has been addressed by Congressman Emanuel Geller of Brooklyn, to re: consider the case, . The Negro girl is poor and a minor, the congressman points out. It is // said that no woman has been execut- ed in Pennsylvania since the eighties. \ i t