The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 26, 1924, Page 1

th st thi thi pe th tH 2 Tae 68 THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 161. SUBSCRIPTION RATE r in Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year, Outside Chisago, by mail. $6.00 per year, E DAILY WO Batared a6 Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ilimois under the Act of March 3, 1979. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1924 EEE 29 KER. Published Daily except Sunday PUBLISHING CO,, by THE DAILY WORKER 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL Comrie : Cemiliaas| Candidates | | For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW. Price 3 Cats 1,500 PICKETS IN SILK STRIKE AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O}FLAHERTY. T is not surprising that Gaston B. Means should keep his lying ma- chinery well oiled in order to be ready§ at any moment's notice to work at his favorite trade, that of stool pigeon. Means seems to have thrived in the business. Perhaps the public would not be aware that Means was one of its most respectably wealthy citizens but for his tilt with Harry M. Daugh- erty and the Coolidge cabinet, an im- portant cog in which is Andrew Mel- lon. Means had things to say about the way Andrew makes his living. One of the things he said was that the distinguished secretary of the treasury was one of the country’s most successful bootleggers. * * * FTER Means repudiated his testi- mony on the witness stand against Harry M. Daugherty and then suggested that he would like to go to work again telling all he knew about Coolidge, Mellon’s men in the Internal Revenue department filed a lien on Means’ Washington home for income taxes. Mellon claims that the stool pigeon, boon companion of the late president Harding and Daugherty, owes the government $267,614 in tax- Means may not be a respectable citizen, but he has made money at his trade. * * * 'HE Prince of Wales was given a card in the Web Pressmen’s Un- ion of New York. This is not surpris- ing, tho it may hurt the sensibilities of real union men who have respect (Continued on page 5.) CONTRACTORS DO NOT FANCY LEN Crooks Ent Chahidence in Each Other Concerns that sell supplies for the Illinois roads, including the Portland cement sellers, have been asked to contribute *te a $175,000 slush fund which Governor Smalb is attempting to raise to put over the $100,000,000 road bond issue in the coming elec- tion. The road builders and supply men have refused to turn this money over to Len Small as they do not trust him.and are of the opinion that Small is attempting to raise the rroney to use in his personal cam- paign. Large Profits in Roads. However, the cement sellers have their own publicity organization, the Portland» cement association, which they admit will be used in a vigorous campaign to put-over the bond issue. The road building game is produc- tive of a ‘high percentage of profits, end the cement sellers will put thou- sands of dollars into getting the peo- ple to vote for it. A large percentage of the $100,000,000 bond issue will find its way into the pockets of the con- tractors and supply men, for the Illin- ois roads are largely built by unem- ployed miners, who are forced to work at non-union wages of 30 to 40 cents en hour. Large Propaganda Fund. Now that the democratic nominee for governor, Norman L. Jones, has cxposed Small’s plan to augment his * private campaign fund, the governor's t.es are promising that the original eme to turn the money over to the ce will be abandoned. This does i} ot, mean, however, that hundreds of tiousands of dollars will not be ex: jended in propaganda to influence tae voters. The contractors are now iq handle the huge fund themselves. Soon a flood of propaganda is to be issued urging the people to turn loose the $100,000,000 so that the contrac: tors can make millions of dollars profit from the shoddy material that goes into the roads and from the} cheap non-union labor, All admitted that this fund is being raised. The controversy came about over which group of crooked politicians would be vllowed to handle it. The sand, gravel and equipment concerns that sell supplies for the Ill inois roads have agreed, it is report ed, to contribute $75,000 and the re- maining $100,000 is to be donated by the men who get the road building contract. They know it will come back to them from the people of the state many times over, Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the. DAILY L snare aye MC ANDREW GETS FAKE VOTES T0 DOWN TEACHERS Launch New Fight With the help of the votes of school board whose terms have of Schools William McAndrew has secured the adoption of an amendment to the rules of the board which abridges the right of the teachers to meet and to om councils as they see es After the refusal of both the committee on rules and the committee on administration to concur in the opinion of vor superintendent that under t rules as they stood he was ioe obliged to call the councils to- gether, McAndrew suddenly changed his tactics and asked for complete revision of the rules. The revision was granted at the last meeting of the board. Pack Board Votes. Three of the trustees voted to -sup- port the teachers against the high- handed actions of the superintendent. Of the six who upheld him, one is Hard Hanson, whose term on the schoo! board expired a year, and~ months ago. The terms of both Julius F. Smietenka and William K. Fellows, who also upheld McAndrew, expired five months ago. the members whose terms have expir- ed, Mayor Dever would have been able |to give his aid to the teachers, most of whom followed the lead of the offi- cialdom of the Teachers’ Federation in supporting the democratic party in the last local elections, The may- or’s office yesterday indicated that no changes will be made for a time. McAndrew’s Despotic Rule. The prediction of the rank and file teachers that a victory of the super- intendent in this matter would be fol- lowed by more aggressive action on his part is borne out by the submis- sion by McAndrew to the committee on administration of a resolution em- powering the superintendent to force teachers “to attend, without dismis- sal of any regular classes, meetings called for any school day other than Friday.” If this resolution passes the board, McAndrew’s assertion that the time of the teachers is at the disposal of the superintendent during all of the twen- ty-four hours of the day would have a basis in school law. The resolution further refers to the “untenable proposition that the Board of Education authorizes the payment of teachers for only the times when they are in the presence of their class- es.” Implication is made that teach- ers should be forced to “prepare” for their work without extra compensa- tion. Teachers’ Protest, Members of the Chicago Teachers’ Federation will take up the fight for the rank and file teachers, beginning with the holding of mass meetings this week. Officials of labor bodies of the state are expected to be pres- ent. Mass Meeting Called to three trustees of the Chicago) already expired, Superintendent | | DAWES! EGINNING Wednesday, Oct. 1, the DAILY WORKER will run a series of articles on “America and the Dawes Plan.” The Dawes diagnosis will be pub- lished in six installments! Jay Lovestone, director of the research- department and member of the Central Executive Committee of the WORKERS PARTY, will an- alyze the plan and all its implica- tions for the DAILY WORKER readers, The Dawes Plan is the most com- plete and dangerous one yet put forward by a national or interna- tional group of capitalists for a new imperialist conflict. The scheme as fostered by the American and the leading European financi- ers involves the fate of the work- ers of every country. Don’t fail to follow this series regularly. Get your friends in the shops and on the farms to do the same. We promise to make the series interesting and informing. FILIBUSTER IN DELAY ATTEMPT ON B. & 0. P (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 25.— By apopintment of new members for | Last minute desperate attempts are being made by the official machine at the convention of the International Association of Machinists, to delay considera- tion of the B. & O plan while the rank and file delegates are here in full force. The obvious purpose of the! delay, which is being accom-j plished by machine filibustering with all sorts of minor issues, is to cause the rank and file dele- gates, whose money is giving out, to return home and give the fakers a clear, safe majority. Rank and Filers Leave. Already more than twenty dele- gates have been, obliged to leave and the issue is still kept off the floor, Despite this, frenzied attempts are being made by the Johnston bureau- eracy to line up every possible dele- gate in favor of the class co-operation scheme which is playing havoc with the organization. A fossilized sergeant-at-arms, acting on the instructions of Johnston and Davidson, threatened visitors who were making notes of the convention with ejection from the hall unless they ceased. The fear of an accurate report of what actually happened at this convention is certainly weighing on the minds of the fakers. The militant delegates are making plans for the consideration of the B. & O. plan at the first moment. Discuss Ceding Fiume. VENICE, Sept. 24.—The Italian-Ju- go Slav conference which will con- sider the ceding of Fiume to Italy will meet here Oct. 1. COMMUNIST TICKET WILL BE ON BALLOT IN STATE OF WISCONSIN By G. S, SKLAAR. 'S} MILWAUKEE, wis" lal to The Daily Worker) Sept. 25.—Today, we are hing with the secretary of state for Wisconsin petitions for presidential electors, thus qualifying our' candidates for president and vice-president of the United States, William Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow for a place on the ballot in Wisconsiii in the coming elections. In addition to presidential electors we have also secured signatures for candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, The Workers (Communist) Party is going on the ballot in this stronghold of reformism and LaFollet- teism and Bergerism will be challeng- ed in its own lair. Petitions are being filed with ap- proximately 1,500 signatures for Sev- eri Allane as Workers Party candi- date for governor and Charles Kus- das, candidate of the party for lieu- tenant governor. Rebels Capture Town. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—General Ferrera, the Honduran revolutionary leader is reported to have captured the town of Comaygua, forty miles west of Tegucigalpa, on Sept. 22, after 36 hours of fighting. Forces of the provisional government were reported falling back toward Siguatapeque, CZARIST RULE IS CONTINUED BY HUTCHENSON Militant Delegate Is Re- fused Floor (Special to The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 25.— Autocratic and arbitrary rulings by William L. Hutchenson, pre- sident of the United Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, and presiding of- ficer at its convention here, continued to mark the sessions today. Following a speech by James Duncan, vice-president of the American Federation of Labor, in which he urged that the brotherhood rejoin the building trades department of the fed- eration, one of the progressives, delegate Morris Rosen, New York local 376, made a motion -|that a committee be elected by the delegates to work out a lan whereby this unity project |might be achieved. Unity Project Squelched. ’ The: motion provided for joint rep- Tesentation, consisting of representa- tives of the carpenters, the sheet me- tal workers with whom the former ,)have been in jurisdictional controver- , and a committee from the: Ameri- der and stated that the entire mat- ter would be taken up later thru the regular committee reports. It also developed that the beating up of delegate C. J: Mulcahy, Rhode jIsland local 632, which brought him a badly injured eye, and alleged to have been accomplished by followers of Hutchenson because Mulcahy was ac- tive in organizing an opposition to the old age home, altho he stood for a pension. Hutcheson Is Autocrat. The morning session was devoted to the report of the general executive board and again a motion by Dele- gate Rosen that a committee be elect- ed from the floor to consider the re- port was ruled out of order by Hutch- enson. Rosen attempted to appeal from the decision of the chair, but Hutchen- son summarily ordered him to “sit down.” The carpenters’ czar then proceeded to name the committee himself. Many delegates are begin- ning to wonder why their locals spent good money to send them to the con- vention if Hutchenson is going to run the show as he sees fit, without con- sidering the wishes of representatives of the workers who make up the un- ion. The ‘afternoon session of the con- vention which has so many pressing problems whose solution will affect the union for the next four years was devoted to having pictures taken of the delegates and officers. “Bob” May Have to Run on S. P. Ticket in California State SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.—Lead- ers of the LaFollette independent cam- paign in California for the presidency today held a conference to decide whether to place the Wisconsin sena- tor on the November ballot as a so- cialist or let the California electorate “write in” his name following the ac- tion of the California supreme court in ruling that the 13 LaFollette elec- tors have no place on the ballot. Want More Bull. TOLEDO, Spain, Sept. 25.—Popular riats have resulted from the edict against bull fighting. Five were ar- rested when police were called to halt one such demonstration. Hutchenson ruled Rosen out of or Party Members and others who desire to assist in collecting for the Workers Party Campaign Fund, Who have not yet received either a book of Campaign Fund Stamps or a contribution list SHOULD WRITE US TODAY Campaign Fund Campaign THE WORKERS PARTY 1113 W. Washington Boulevard Chicago, Ill. PLANT OF MILITANT ORGAN OF GLACE BAY MINERS BURNED DOWN By JOHN A. McRURY. (By Telegram to DAILY WORKER.) GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia, Cana- dap Sept. 25.—On the verge of its fourth anniversary of existence and \ struggle on behalf of the militant labor movement of Glace Bay, the Maritime Labor Herald plant was burned to the ground here, involv- ing a total loss of twenty thousand dollars. The paper is being printed by an outside concern and an imme- diate investigation has been called for. . All evidence points to the fact that the crime was committed with malicious intent by local reaction- ary hirelings as the final shot of the deserting rats who attempted to retaliate for the publicity accorded to them in the last issue of the Herald. The paper had a brilliant history in the defense of the miners and _steel workers against the huge Brit- ish Empire Stee! Corporation, and was the center of inspiration in the brave fight of the members of the United Mine Workers of America against the reactionary leadership of John L. Lewis, and his imported “provisional officers.” It also car- ried on a bitter struggle against the will-o-the-wisp policies of the split- ters like Ben Legere of the One Big Union, The tragedy occurs imme- diately following the announcement by Lewis that he was going to with- draw the provisional officers ap- pointed by him and permit new elections. The paper had been under the brilliant editorship of Tom Bell, and, later, it was taken over by Jim McLachlan, deposed leader of the miners, DISMISS HERRIN CITY COURT AS NEW JURY MEETS MARION, Ill, Sept. 25.—Announce- ment was made here today that the Herrion city court, where additional riot cases were scheduled to be tried this week, would be adjourned during |the session of the grand jury here. |Judge Bowen presides over the Her- jrin city court. The proceedings of the grand jury were kept secret on instructions of circuit judge D. T. Hartwell. Lieut, Zon Sines, with sixteen men of Company I of Salem, arrived today. ‘They will do guard duty during the grand jury session. Bulgarian Situation Tense. BERLIN, Sept. 25.— The strictest. censorship apparently has thrown over all news emanating from Bul- garia. All advices are agreed that the civil war situation is becoming more tense daily. French Bread Goes to Dogs. PARIS, Sept. 25.—The Matin is vig- orously opposing the feeding of white bread to dogs, urging the need of economy because of the poor wheat crop, Bread, because it is cheapest, has been the favorite food for dogs. TEXTILE WORKERS GIVE OFFICIALS AUTHORITY TO ISSUE STRIKE CALL (8 MANCHESTER, N. jal to The Dally Worker) jept. 26.—The Manchester textile council, the local branch of the United Textile Workers of America, today authorized ‘Thomas F. McMahon, president of the latter organization, to call a strike if he sees fit. Similar action was taken by Pawtuoket, R. |., operators Sunday. Much Unrest in Steel Mills IARY PLAN IS TOKEEP HIS SLAVES TAME Paternalism Is Paying Proposition By KARL REEVE (Staff Writer, Daily Worker.) GARY, Ind., Sept. 25.—The| United States Steel corporation, under the management of El- bert H. Gary, president, carries out a paternalistic policy of | making the workers believe! they are well treated, while at| the same time it pays the low- est of wages and extracts the| most profits possible out of the workers. The plan followed for comet years by the United Steel Cor- poration has been to select some phase of the workers’ liv- (Continued on Page 2.) CHANG DELIVERS SMASHING BLOW TO WU FORCES Chihli Armies Are in Disorderly Flight ~~ MUKDEN, Manchuria, Sept. 25.— Chang Tso Lin’s forces have defeated the Wu Pei Fu troops defending Pe- king from an attack by his Manchuri-|in, g an forces in several engagements dur- ing the last two days, according to a| communique issued today from his headquarters here. The Chihli troops, Gen. Chang as- serts are fleeing in retreat before his forces along the Great Wall. He is, marching south with Peking as his objective. General Chang admits having agreed to recognize the Russian-Chi- nese railways agreement between the Soviet and Peking governments. It is reported that General Chang hesitat- ed to march southward until he was relieved of fear that his march on Pe- king would be taken advantage of by sympathizers with Soviet Russia. The Japanese are backing Chang while the British and American capi- talists are giving their support to Wu Pei Fu’ the dictator of Chihli prov- ince. Boycott Bobbing Barbers. ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. 25.—A boy- cott against barbers here who have raised their prices for bobbing hair to 75 cents and for trimming an al- | ready shorn head, has been establish- ed by girls in this city. HIRAM JOHNSON OF CALIFORNIA MAY VOTE §. P. TICKET THIS YEAR SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— Barred from placing an independent ticket of electors on the ballot fa- voring the LaFollette-Wheeler pres- idential ticket, supporters of the Wisconsin candidate today an- nounced they would avail them- selves of the offer of the socialist ticket to place LaFollette before the voters of California. |tators” to speak, | CONTINUE MASS PICKETING Ii SILK WALKOUT Cops Seek to Exclude Communist Speakers (Special to The Daily Worker) PATERSON, N. J., Sept. 2. —Fifteen hundred striking sik workers engaged in one of the best organized p.cketing demon- strations of the walkout in front of the Gilt Edgé Mill, fcl- lowing out the policy of the militants in the labor movement to ignore injunctions in masses. ‘The police did not. dare to ar- rest any of the pickets at this demonstration, but chief of police Tracey issued an order prohibiting any “outside agi- on pain of having the strike hall closed up. , Cop Aims at Communists. The order is directed solely against the Communist workers who have been of yeoman service to the strik- ers. More particularly the order is aimed at Harry M. Wicks, who has been very active in the strike and has earned the thanks and approval of the silk workers. This czarist edict will be fought by the strikers and their committee, and Wicks will continue to speak in spite of the order. The latest maneuver of the manu- facturers is their attempt to qbtain warrants for contempt of 980 against the strike leaders, Dit picketing is continuing in spit Pickets Beaten By © “~PICKets have bee sen “injunction” shops. 4 can Silk company, the police rea 2 riot act to the pickets and broke up their line of about one thousand gtrik- ers, beating up several’ of them. Near alzberg shop, another “injune-—_ tion” mill, nineteen strikers were ar- rested. Masg picketing “will be continued, jit is announced. The relief committee jis functioning well and’ a commissary has been established. Assistance ir urgently needed from workers every- where if the militant silk workers are to achieve their aim. of bettering the condtions in the textile industry of Paterson. It is suggested that work- ers everywhere take up shop collec: tions for the succor of the strikers, SMUT HOUNDS IN APPEAL TO ‘CAL’ TO SAVE BUTLER : Phila.F. ascist Chief Feels | Mayor’s Boot PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 25.—Prest- dent Coolidge may be asked to inter: _ vene in the political feud that is rag- ling between Mayor Freeland C. Kend- rick, and Gen. Smedly D. Butler, his 7 director of public safety, by those in- terested in the general's retention. the law enforcement league, the Klan element, stating that the removal of i ey the general would be a “calamity,” 4 and asking the president, whether he | Carpenter's Hall celebration. Meanwhile plans are being made by the general's «friends to hold a “town meeting” Monday night at CAPITALIST POLITICIANS FEAR REVIVAL OF DAUGHERTY QUIZ Last night a telegram was dispatch- ed to the White House by officials of ye will “act to avert this. calamity” when he comes here tonight to speak at they” Academy of Music here as a protegt against his dismissal. WOULD BE TURNING SKUNK LOOSE (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—Any chance of the Wheeler Brookhart sena mbling at this time to resume its Probe into the depart- ment of justice apparently went a-glimmering today. | committee Senator Henry F. Ashurst, democrat of Arizona, and Senator George H: Mos mittes. » republican of New Hampshire, the only members of the com ee in the capital, both announced they had no intention of reconvening nny com: If the committe is called to hear about Gaston B. Means’ quasi-repudation of his sensational testimony concerning the Daugherty administration of the department, it will be at the direction of Senator Brookhart, Ashurst sald.