The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 27, 1924, Page 1

( THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 162. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: jn Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year, Outside Chisago, by mail. $6.00 per year, THE DAILY WORKER. |} Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 8, 1879. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1924 <> *” Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL CENTS including Saturday Magazine Section. On all other days, Three Cente per Copy. Price 5 Cents JAPS SPURN LEAGUE ‘PEACE’ PLAN Hush Oil Scandal Until Election Passes Coolidge Administration [STRUGGLE FOR Has Sinclair Suit Put | JOBS AT MEET Off Until January 6th (Special to The CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 26.—Hearing of the ment’s suit against Harr: pany, lessee of Teapot Daily Werker) govern- + Sinclair’s Mammoth Oil com- ome, in connection with fraud charges, set for October 7 has been postponed until January 6, it was announced here today by Judge John Lacey of counsel for Sinclair. Judge Lacey said postponement was granted by Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy on application of government coun- By T. J. O'FLAHERTY, fac- German Fascisti movement had a unity convention re- HE Ludendorf-Hitler-Graefe tions of the vently, Large demonstrations were held by all the anti-republican organ- izations on German Day, August 17. Violent speeches against the govern- ment were delivered by the Ludendort followers and tho the Ebert govern- ment has been urged to take action ugainst the monarchists for inciting to murder nothing of the kind has been done. * * . ERE is a sample of the kind of language used by one of the an- tirepublican .~ speakers: “Standing here by the side of the greatest Ger- man general, (Ludendorf) I accuse the present government of the Reich of treagon to the people and the state: It belongs on the gallows We We swear to follow our leader, Lu- dendorf, to death if need be, when he calls us and not to rest until the No- vember criminals are brot before the Supreme Court of justice.” The thou- sands that heard this exhortation shouted “Hang them” and “To the lamp post.” ' * rene ITH a_ social-democratic presi- dent in Germany and thousands of Communists in jail for participat- ing in strikes, no doubt you will ex- pect to read a little further down that steps were taken to punish those peo- ple for advocating violent measures. But Dr. Karl Jarres, the Minister of the Interior, does not move a finger, and the national authorities instead of punishing ‘the reactionaries for in- citing to murder, give the Junker of- ficers in the army leave of absence in order to attend those antf-repub- lican demonstrations. * ee * N sharp contrast to the leniency dis- played by the German court that acquitted Ludendorf and Hitler of their beer-hall yevolution last April, are the penalties inflicted by the same body on seven Communists and three regular army soldiers for having tak- en some ammunition from a military barracks last Fall. The sentences ranged from three to eight years at hard labor. Early during the trial the presiding judge remarked that if the soldiers were guilty of the charge, they should be taken out and shot. The defense lawyers refused to pro- ceed with the trial while the judge presided, but the judge remained at his post despite protests to the so- cialist president, Ebert, who after- wards promoted the offending judge to the place of Permanent President of the Supreme Court for the Defense of the Republic. That is how “justice” works under a socialist president in Germany. ee ae 'HE best sermon the Rev, Law- rence Hight ever delivered was the one he’ made over the coffin of Wilford Sweetin, the man he induced Mrs. Sweetin to poison, in order to remove him as an obstacle in the way of their clandestine love, The preach- er used; “Let not thy heart be trou- bled,” as a text. During the sermon he explained that he never wanted to come to Ina, Illinois, but that the ‘Lord kept pushing him on. When he ‘met Sweetin he knew right away that ho. was sent to convert his victim to the ‘true faith and save his soul for the Lord. “Brother Sweetin was an (Continued on .page 2) Two Spaniards Killed in Morocco, TANGIER, Sept. 26—Two Spanish soldiers were killed in an attack by Riff tribesmen on a Spanish outpost at Segleda. as we sce iT |POSTPONEMENT OF 1. W. W. CASE AGAIN ORDERED “Injunctionites” Feel Anger of Members’ The “injunction suit brought by the Griffith-Rowan-Bower- man faction in the Industrial Workers of the World against Secretary - Treasurer Thomas Doyle and his following, which was scheduled to be heard by Master in Chancery Fred Bern- in been postponed a again en postpo! Oct. 20. This latest postponement, which shelves the injunction case until after the I. W. W. spe- cial convention called for Oct. 13, was brought about at the request of William F. Bigelow, attorney for the Rowan-Griffith group, which is apparently re- sponding to pressure of the rank and file membership to keep the case out of court. No Injunctions For Wobblies. The membership of the I. W. W. thruout the country is known to have registered deep resentment against the resort to the capitalist courts by the I. W. .W. factions, and it is now thot the special convention of the or- ganization will fight out the factional differences rather than leaving them to the capitalist courts, William Cunnea, attorney for the Doyle-Fisher group in the I. W. W. or- ganization, against whom the injunc- tion has been brought, told the DAI- LY WORKER reporter, it is perfect- ly satisfactory to him to have the in- junction case postponed. “I am a great believer in the I. W. W. ironing out of its own differences,” Cunnea told the DAILY WORKER. “The con- vention is the place for the fight and not the capitalist courts. It was the Griffith-Rowan faction which brot the case into the courts and not the Doyle- Fisher group and I am perfectly will- ing to have the postponement. How- ever, as far as the legal aspect of the case is concerned, I am ready to have ithe hearing at once.” Mr. Cunnea declared the. deporta- tion of Pietro Nigra, set for December, is a disgrace to the country, as Nigra is in danger of death at the hands of the Fascisti should he be deported. He declared that if all else fails, an effort will be made to have Nigra de- ported to some country other than Italy. Cunnea gave the DAILY WORKER reporter a six months’ sub- scription to the DAILY WORKER. The injunction suit will be reported back by Master in Chancery Bernstein to the labor hating Judge Dennis PR. Sullivan if the I. W. W. factions con- tinue to fight the case in the capital- ist courts. The I. W. W. case has been placed on the’ books of Sullivan's court, the same court which has is- sued so many anti-picketing injuctions aiding the employers in time of strikes, and Sullivan will have the final decision to make in the L W. W. case. One Killed in Holdup. WARSAW, Sept. 26. — Ono person was killed and several were wounded when bandits held up a passenger train at Luniniec today. After rob- bing the passengers the bandits blew up a bridge, disrupting traffic, OF CARPENTERS Raise Fake Issues in Nominations (Special to The Dally Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 26.— The nomination of Willis A. Brown, of Peoria, IIl., to oppose William L. Hutchenson for re- election to the presidency of the United Brotherhood of Carpen- ters and Joiners in convention here, was made at today’s ses- sign. The basis of Brown’s opposi- tion, which is supported by C. J. Mulcahy, who was beaten up the other day, is the administra- tion’s effort to establish an old age home in Florida, whereas the Brown-Mulcahy bunch are in in favor of concentrating on the pension system. Is Artificial Issue. It is pointed out here by the mili- tant delegates that this is merely an artificial issue stirred up in order to afford an excuse for one group to get into control of the international jobs in place of the incumbents. The progressives are supporting the proposition of providing for elderly members thru the union, instead of having to throw them to the mercies of capitalist charities, but at the same ; they out that a> view of the matter is by no means sufficient. The fact that the capital- ist system of society throws the work- ers on the ash heap of industry after they have been used to produce pro- fits for the boss for scores of years, is the real reason why it is necessary to institute pensions or build old age homes. The only way in which to fight against this is not only by these two methods, but by recognizing the class struggle between the workers and their bosses, and by organizing and acting accordingly, in a unified class conscious manner. Not the Real Fight. The fight between the two opposing candidates and their groups is not the real fight in the union, but merely a struggle for jobs. The real battle is on for principles, between the re- actionary element and the progressive element. This was recognized by Hutchenson himself, when he devoted a good deal of his report and talk to the Communists and “borers from within” and imported Philip Murray to do some expert red baiting. No real encounter between right and left has yet taken place at the convention, but it is expected that a spirited discussion will be aroused on the various propositions of the pro- gressives, most important of which is the resolution on the amalgamation of the building ‘trades unions. HITS HYPOCRITICAL ALL-GLASS POLICY OF BOSSES’ PARTIES “The Workers Party is interested solely in the support of the work- ers, and does not make the hypo- critical promise that it will attempt to work in the interests of all class- es,” said Max Shachtman, editor of The Young Worker, speaking for the Workers Party, to a big audi- ence of workers at 62nd and Hal- |. “Any candidate or party that es that all classes can be satis- fied by any act of legisiation or in any other manner, is consciously lying to the workers, and only to the workers. The bosses know bet- ter than to believe that piffle.” Much literature was sold at this meeting, thru the new method of taking up a collection and then dis- tributing DAILY WORKERS and pamphlets free of charge. A num- ber of tickets to the Foster-Gitlow meeting in Chicago on October 12, were also sold to the workers in the crowd, Other successful meetings were held by Robert Minor, editor of The Liberator, at State and 30th, and by Walt Carmon at North and Orchard. Meetings of the Workers Party for the coming few days are an- nounced as follows: Monday, Sept. 28. Madison and Wood Sts., auspices Mid-City branch, speaker, Ella Reeve Bloor, Capitalist Cannon Fodder Wagons Must Have Right of Way “Mrs. Nellie Sonser, charged by her a “neighborhood nuisance,” today lost the appeal of her case before Judge Hosea Wells. Placed under peace bonds by Justice Max Witkowes of Evanston, following recent com- plaints that she interfered with roller skating and perambulater traffic in the vicinity of her home on Prairie ave- nue, Mrs, Conser had appealed to the Superior court. When she failed to appear there today, however, Judge Wells ordered that she again be plac- ‘ed under bond in Evanston. MAGAZINE SECTION IS FIRST INTERNATIONAL ANNIVERSARY NUMBER The Communist International is celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the foundation of its predecessor, the First International. In this coun- try, the Workers Party is carrying on the celebration, as the American section of the International. In today’s magazine section of the DAILY WORKER th are special articles from the pens of some of the best known Communist writers in America on various phases of the First International headed by Karl Marx. Turn to the magazine section and read these interesting articles. FOSTER AND GITLOW GO ON BALLOT IN LaFOLLETTE’S OWN HOME STATE With the filing of fifteen hundred signatures with the secretary of state for Wisconsin, by G. S. Sklaar, in behalf of the Workers Party, the names of William Z, Foster and Benjamin Gitlow appear'on’ the ballot in this state in the coming elections. The same number of petitions were also filed for the Workers Party candidate for governor, Severi Allane, and for Charles Kusdas, candidate for lieutenant governor. Commenting on the success of the Wisconsin domrades in putting our ticket on the ballot in the home state of deformed socialism and the strong- hold of the Moses of little business,———__——_—__________ Arne Swabeck, Workers Party organ- izer for District 8, said: “Our comrades in Wisconsin de- serve credit for the manner in which they carried out the task assighed to them by the party. It is of extreme importance to the revolutionary move- ment, that the Communist candidates, Foster and Gitlow, for president and vice-president, and the state candi- dates on the Communist ticket should appear on the ballot in the State of Wisconsin. It is in this state that the theory of socialism propounded by Karl Marx has been perverted by the notorious political fraud, Berger, and also where the worke: being de- luded into the belief that the old re- publican party hack, Robert Marion LaFollette by some kind of legerde- main will succeed in solving their problems for them, by rattling the cracked liberty bell and going back into the past for relief, “The Communist candidates, while engaging in the every day struggle of the workers against the capitalists point out at the same time that only thru the overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of the workers’ and farm: government can these prob- lems be solved.” Wisconsin is the eighth state in which the Workers Party ticket will appear on the ballot in the coming election. Cursing Costs Money. LAPORTE, Ind.— William Brink- man, 17, was home again after having appeared in a justice's court yester- day where he was fined $1 for having cursed his father, DOWN APPEAL OF SUSPENDED [A.M MEMBERS Still Delay B. & O. Plan Consideration (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 26.— The two warring groups of re- actionaries in the machinists’ convention today patched up their differences long enough to cast a united vote against the appeal of the suspended mem- bers from Toledo. The Appeals and Grievance Committee broughtin a recom- mendation that the suspended members be reinstated, revers- ing the decision of the General Executive Board. This recom- mendation was defeated by a vote of 107 to 44. The machine attempted to have th convention reconsider the right of the membership to vote on the salary of the secretary treasurer, at yester- day morning’s session. Board mem- ber Feckner, who was in the chair re- fused to accept the motion for a roll call, but the delegates over-ruled his decision, and the question will go to a referendum of the membership. The delegates yesterday were rest- less and anxious to go home. Johnston in Vile Speech. the union, descended to the lowest depths of misrepresentation in his last minute tirade against the sus- pended members. He read a fake tel- egram to the delegates, supposedly from a detective reporting the conven- tion to the employers, which told about Johnston being a fighter against the bosses and the progressives being here to throw him out. He hinted that Andrew Overgaard, who has been attorney for the suspended members, was working with the detectives, wording his speech in such a way as to avoid direct responsibility for his statements, yet leaving the same im- pression with the delegates as tho he had made the direct charge. Center Unites With Right. This vote which unites the center group of delegates with the adminis- tration is looked upon by many del- egates as a sign that Johnston has made his,peace with them. The Fry- | Keppler combination has been punish- ing Johnston, not for his reactionary | policies with which they agree in sub- stance, but for reasons of personal power and prestige. Yesterday they voted with the radi- cals*in putting over a reduction of salaries for officers of $1,000 per year each, That must have keen the blow that hrought Johnston to his knees to them, and forced him to a. agreement with the other reactionaries whom he has been ignoring heretofore. The B. & O. plan is expected to come up right at the ciose of the con- vention, It has been resigiously kept off the floor of the convention unti! the very last moment, first to let al) the rank and file delegutes who were short of money to get starved out and away from the convention, and second th obtain the necessacy «n‘ted front of the reactionary grovps necessary to put it over on the rebelling mem- tership. Turkey Negotiates With Spain. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept, 26—Tur- key will open negotiations shortly, looking toward the resumption of di- plomatic relations and signing of a treaty of friendship with Spain. STRAW BALLOT PUTS COMMUNIST CANDIDATES BEFORE WORKING MASSES By C. E. RUTHENBERG. (Executive Secretary, Workers Party.) Our party suffers from the disad- vantage in the election campaign of having its candidates ignored by the capitalist press. The taking of straw votes is a valuable method of agitation for us because it brings the fact that there are Commun- ist candidates in the field to the at+ tention of the workers. 40 LAID OFF AT CRANE’S BRINGS FEAR 10 TOILERS Foster Gets Good Vote in Straw Balloting “Forty men laid off!” This fact hung like a black cloud over the great machine manufacturing plant of the Crane Company, at 39th St. and S. Kedzie Ave., when visited by the DAILY WORKER straw vote squad. It was hard to get the workers in- terested in the straw ballot. Their bodies werg tired. There was a terror look in théir eyes. Their faces regis- tered a blank, stunned expression. “How They Drive Us!” Ballots had been distributed in the early morning, when the men had en- tered the big machine shop. But at night the men were thinking, “Forty men laid off!” and not so much about the political campaign. One worker came out of the great building with his ballot, which he had kept since morning, crumpled up al- most into a ball. He handed the bal- lot to one of the girls in the DAILY WORKER squad, whispering hurried- ly: “The fellows won’t vote. Forty men were laid off today in this de- partment. The orders are: ‘No vot- ing, no talking!’ Damn them how they drive us. It’s hell in there. Here’s my vote. Foster is my man.” Here’s the Vote. The vote cast by the few courageous ones were: 43 for Foster; 102 for La- Follette; 47 for Davis, and 91 for Coolidge. The Foster vote came from the workers who had kept their ballots all day and had them ready to drop in to the ballot box on their way home. The workers who were conscious of the significance of this year’s political campaign were eager to voice their opinion. The Davis vote came from the Polish workers because their church was for him. “Davis all right —no Ku Klux Klan,” one Polish work- er told the straw vote volunteer. It was a physical impossibility to get all the votes when the rush for the cars was on. Among those who stood around and talked with the DAILY WORKER squad was a Lithuanian who assured us tha* there are many Bolsheviks in the plant. During the lunch hour ke said the straw vote was discussed ty the Lithuanian and the Polish com- rades in his department. But they fail to see the significance of a straw ballot. “Instead of voting they argue,” he protested. “But they are our people all right,” he again as- sured us as he hurried away to make his car for home. EUROPEAN POWERS ALREADY IN QUARREL OVER THE DAWES PLAN (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Sept. 26.—The German ambassador today handed in a note to the foreign office protesting against the twenty-six per cent duty charged on German exports to France. The note proposes that the dispute be arbitrated. U to “Hell an’ Maria.” BERLIN, Sept. 26.—Germany's protest against the twenty-six per cent duty charged by France on German goods is b violation of the Dawes reparation plan, it was stated this afternoon, JAPAN REFUSES TO LAY NECK ON ALLIED BLOCK “Pacifists” Hold on ta Trusty Rifles (Special to The Daily Worker) GENEVA, Sept. 26.—The re. fusal of Japan to sign the arbi- |tration protocol proposed by |the League of Nations ¢aused ha sensation here today. Japan’s action was entirely unexpected jby the British diplomats who lare the real backers of the |scheme. | Journalists called to mind the jremarks of George Chicherin, Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs, last week when he de- clared that Russia looked upon the league as an instrument of capitalist world domination and not an instrument for peace, Exposes League’s Futility. He also made acid comment on its futility saying that it could make a lot of noise, but was not taken seriously. That Japan can treat it with such ill-concealed contempt does not en- |hance its prestige in the eyes of its |signatory members. Still at Swords’ Points. The capitalist governments, six years after the termination of the world war, are still at swords’ points and all their efforts to avoid another war are wrecked op the co ; n- terests of the individual 5 Japan’s action throws a monkey- wrench into the plans of Ramsay Mac- Donald and the British imperialists. This scheme was cleverly framed, but the pitfalls did not escape the sharp eyes of the Mikado’s diplomats. Britain’s War Scheme. The arbitration agreement was to be part-of the general disarmament scheme fostered by Premier Mac- Donald, of England, and Premier Edouard Herriot, of France, Franee wished arbitration to be ar bitrary. It was drawn along that line. Nearly all nations intimated their willingness to accept the arbitration protocol. The action by Japan came as a surprise, therefore three League of Nations’ commissions were author- ized to make preparations for a dis- armament conference and to draw up the arbitration protocol. While Japan has refused to sign the proto- col, it is believed she will participate in the disarmament meeting next year. Whether or not the United States will take part has not been revealed. M. Adachi, Japanese delegate to the league meeting, issued a statement saying: Declines With Thanks. “It is with the greatest regret that, in the name of my delegation, I must register complete reserve from the complete protocol.” Japan insisted on the creation of conciliation jurisdiction which would enable the losing party in the interna- tional court to appeal to the court for a review of the case. Australia op- posed such a move. The arbitration protocol proposed that decisions of the international court at the Hague should be final on questions of international law. Tried to Frame Japs. A hypothetical case would be an ap peal to the international court to de cide the international legality of the American law excluding Japanese. If the court upheld the law as purely domestic, arbitration would be im- possible for Japan to appeal. Com sequently if Japan ever went ta hostilities over the question, that country would automatically be the aggressor, ! | . . . Washington Puzzled. WASHINTON, Sept. 26.—Japan’s refusal to sign the aritration protocol at Geneva today caused considerable interest in official government circles here today, but on the basis of press dispatches officials of the state depart- ment declined to comment or hazard opinions as to the probable motive that lay behind Japan's action. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER, : i