The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 4, 1924, Page 1

4 THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A.WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT ° Vol. Il. No. 168. — SURSCRIPTION RATES: PARTY ON MIN AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O}FLAHERTY. EWSPAPER reports carry the in- formation that the Peking gov- ernment has protested to France against the supplying of armored cars and flying machines to Chang-Tso-Lin, the Manchurian leader who is on his way to square up old accounts with Wu Pei Fu the miltary dictator of Chihli and commander of the Peking forces. Britain and the United States are backing Wu while Japan and Prance are getting behind Chang. In the meantime the League of Nations continues to babble. **e 8 ‘HERE may be people who take the league seriously and no doubt it has some us@s. But certainly not as a peace instrument. A British dele- gate, perhaps under the influence of his enthusiasm, ventured to offer the British fleet as a world police force, but the statement raised so much con- sternation in London, that the offer had to be disavowed. The British fleet will be used to protect the loot of the British capitalists and nothing else. World peace is on the other side of the social revolution. ‘2 8 TORIES of Spanish victories in Mo- focco appear to be rather prema- ture. The Moors are still winning, despite reports from one of the Chi- cago Tribune liars. The gentleman saw the situation from the vantage point of a Spanish airplane, and no doubt did not feel like biting the hand that clutched .the steering gear. It looks bad for Spain in Morocco and it looks still worse for the present rulers of Spain, when the big crash comes. eee LIVELY discussion is taking place in the British labor press over the criticism made of the Trade Union Congress by a special writer on the New Leader, official organ of the In- dependent Laber Party. While criti- ism of the congress was thoroly justi- fied; the New Leader critic had no constructive program to offer and ridi- culed the Minority Movement led by the Communists which backed up several motions and resolutions hav- ing for their object the solidifying of the trade union movement as well as making of it a revolutionary fighting force. ** T is true that the amalgamation reso- tion passed was only a makeshift but the comforting feature of the situation is that whatever progress (Cottinued on page ,6) WORKERS PARTY CAMPAIGN PEPS UP IN SUPERIOR SUPERIOR, Wis.—The election cam- paign of the Workers Party here in Superior is progressing favorably des- pite the fact that the workers, even if organized, are conservativé and as such ‘very much prejudiced against everything flavoring of the revolution- ary. They are not satisfied with things and social conditions as they are and with the corruption of politics and the governmental machinery as it function in the national capital, but instead of grabbing the bull by the horns and trusting to the working class as a whole to golve the problem they go to politicians like LaFollette for help. They still believe in good promises by which the working class has been fooled so often. Yet, this is not at all. In spité of the backwardness, of the workers in general the Workers Party is trying to make the best of these condition in promoting our first national election campaign. Through its Finnish and English Branches and C, C. ©. of Superior our Party is pushing ahead and ably assisted in putting our can- didates on the ballot in the state of ‘Wisconsin. In a few days Comrade Gitlow will be here on his campaign trip. He will speak at Tower Hall, corner 13th St. “and Tower Ave., Tuesday, Oct. 7th, ani we are expecting every class con- s worker who has any fighting a in him to be at this meeting. in Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year, Outside Chinago, by mail, $6.00 per year, HETROPOLS IS | FACING SERIOUS ECONOMIC CRISIS Industrial Aid Head in Startling Report (Special to” The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—There are at least 300,000 men and women out of work in New York City today. According to the director a | the New York City Bureau of Industrial Aid, gohn Suflivan, New York is facing a serious economic sit- uation. “Not since the fall of 1921, which preceded an. unusually hard winter, have there been so many unemployed,’ declared Mr. Sullivan. He went on to say that, “In normal times our bureau places about 125 men daily. At present we are placing only about 60 or 65 mena day. These applicants, it must be remembered, are mostly non-union men The agen- cies maintained by the various unions also are being beseiged by hundreds of seekers for work.” The situation is much worse than these figures would tend to indicate. Only about 60 per cent of the unem- ployed are union members. It has long been. accepted as an axiom among industrial investigatiors that unemployment is more widespread amongst the unorganized who in the main are unskilled or semi-skilled. » It) is also significant that this group ac- counts, as a rulé,-for the smallest por- tion of the employment surveys made. Figures Are Corroborated. This view of the conditions in the metropolis is substantiated by the lat- est bulletin on the course of employ- ment in representative factories for August just issued by the New York State department of labor. Within the last year, there has been a de- crease in the state of nearly 45 per cent in the number of workers em- ployed in the pig iron and rolling mill industries; about 19 per cent in the metal, machinery and conveyance; 25 per cent in automobiles; 20 per cent amongst fur workers; more than 25 per cent in the textiles; and more than 10 per cent in the clothing indus- tries The total weekly wages and earnings per hour tell the same story. Colored People in ' South at Mercy of White Exploiters NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—The Interraci- al Commission in Atlanta has been appealed to by the National Associa- tion for the Advancement of Colored People to assist a Georgia Negro widow with eight children who was at- tacked by a white man. The woman wrote to the N. A. A. C. P. office in New York that “he came to my home and asked me to let my son go to a log camp. I refused to let him go with him. Then he cursed me, then came in the house and struck me with his fist. Then he threw a brick and struck my daughter. . . in the side. Me and my daughter are now in bed under doctor. He also went home and got his shot gun and revolver and shot my daughters, two of them and one of my sons. . . Down here we colored people can’t ever get a war- rant for a white man, don’t care how bad he do. Please help me to bring him to justice.” | TONIGHT | A Russian performance, “The Happy Day,” will be given tonight, Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Soviet School, 1902 W. Division St. under the direction of the well-known Russian actor, Anatoly Pokatiloff, beginning at 8 p. m. sharp. | STOP THE TE OF SACCO AND VANZETTI! APPEAL BY GITLOW By BEN GITLOW. Vice-Presidential Condidate, Work- ers Party. APITALISM in the United States is determined to get its bucket of blood. Judge Thayer, the judicial servant of the textile manufacturers and labor exploiters of New Eng- land, has handed down a decision that Sacco and Vanzetti must die in the electric chair. Judge Thayer disregards all the proof that was presented in the hearing before ‘him that established definitely that the two workers were the victims of the despicable frame- up. These two innocent workers must die because the slave-driving manu- facturers of the state of Massachu- setts want to get their revenge against Sacco and Vanzetti on ac- count of their activities in behalf of the underpaid and savagely ex- ploited workers of the state. The whole capitalist class in the United States have combined in their bloodthirsty demand that the two innocent workers be executed. It is significant that Judge Thayer for almost two years has kept Sac- co and Vanzetti rotting in prison before he rendered his verdict. It is very significant that Judge Thayer chose the present time to render his verdict. Judge Thayer knows why. Because just now the bloodthirsty manufacturers of the state of Massachusetts In the face of great unemployment are engaged in a campaign of big wage reduc- Wage reductions of from 10 to 20 per cent are being enforced against workers, particularly in the textile mills and shoe industries. The re- | ductions are enforced in spite of the fact that these workers at the pres- ent time receive starvation wages. As the result of the wage reductions a big labor strugle in the New Eng- land Is iminent. The workers there will soon re- bel against the attempt to degrade and impoverish them. Sacco and Vanzetti are being murdered by the New England capitalists as a warn- ing to all workers who will dare to lead the workers in their rebellion against the wage cuts, that the same fate awaits them. The workers of the country will not accept the verdict of the judi- cial executioner, Thayer. The work- ers of the country will rally as never before to the ance of the two workers whose doom has been sealed. The workers of the country will not allow the wage-cut- ting capitalist exploiters of New England to reck their vengeance up- on two innocent victims of a capi- tallst frameup. The workers of the country must immediately organize mighty work- ing cl: demonstrations that will hurl back into the teeth of Judge Thayer the decision that he has made to murder Sacco and Vanzet- ti. They must in their loyalty to the targets of the capitalists wrath con- duct such a campaign for Sacco and Vanzetti that they will throw consternation into the capitalist ranks. They must, thru their organized might, not only change Judge Thay- er’s decision, but they must open up the jail doors for Sacco and Van- zetti so that they can once more en- joy the fresh air and the bright sunshine. Workers of America, rise in the might of your numbers, foil the attempt to murder Sacco and Vanzetti in order that the capi- talists might not have a free oppor- tunity to slash wages and further Impoverish and enslave the work- ers. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER, Vote Communist This Time! - You must re Entered as Second-class matter September 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under om SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1924 . IS ARRANGED| ™Y. e, Bittelman and resi Will Speak refusal of Judge Webster Thayer to grant Sacco and Vv tti a new trial has d the class conscious kers of the United States to their efforts to save those ‘Italian workers from the ic chair. West Side Auditorium, the scene of a mass @ on October 8th, at William F. Dunne, candi- ‘for governor of Illinois on orkers Party ticket, will principal speaker in the language. le Dunne has siabnity. return: Russia where he attended the asa deiegate from the Party. He was also a dele- gate tothe Third Congress of the Red Inte ional of Labor Unions. Alexander Bittelman, member of the Executive Committee of the Party, editor of the maga- on of the DAILY WORKER, in Jewish, while Comrade of the Italian ItLavoratore, will ‘speak in Italian. West Side Auditorium is at Racine and Taylor Streets. Aroused World Attention. The Sacco and Vanzetti case has aroused world-wide attention. It stands in the annals of American working class persecution at the hands of the capitalist government in the same class with the Moyer-Haywood- Pettibone frameup and the conspiracy to send Tom Mooney to the gallows. As-in the former cases, manufactur- ed testimony was the basis for the prosecution of Sacco and Vanzetti. Pimps, prostitutes and professional perjurers were used by the state to accomplish the judicial murder of the two Italian workers. International Protest. A parade in front of the American embassy in Petrograd protesting against the execution of Tom Mooney first brought that case to the attention of the workers of he world, so also in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti did the strike of workers in Argentine and all thru South America and in Europe make of this plot against the lives of two labor organizers a matter of con- cern for the workers of all lands. This international demonstration of working class solidarity had its effect on the ruling class of this country and the pace of Sacco and Vanzetti to the chair was slowed up. Thirst for Blood. It is evident. that the would-be mur- derers of Sacco and Vanzetti have not given up the idea of satisfying their thirst for the blood of those two loyal champions of the working class. The need for quick action is imperative. The workers thruout the land must raise their voices and make them- selves heard in no uncertain terms. Under the slogan “Sacco and Vanzetti Must be Freed” great public demon- strations should be held in every city in the United States and the ruling class must be made aware that the workers will not see their revolution. ary leaders crucified. ' The meeting here in Chicago on next Wednesday evening should be packed to the doors. ARE YOU OBTAINING YOUR BUN. DLE OF THE DAILY WORKER and CAMPAIGN LEAFLETS to distribute when you are out getting signatures to petitions? gister today or Tuesday, Oct. 14, if ye Boi Act of March 8, 1879. * PUBLISHING CO., ly it does tute a hindrance. CAMPAIGN TO D MILLION-SRIECES NOVEMBER 2? is one of the GOOD the capitalists = lof North A P active in the 14h deportation. 4 familiar weapon in, the United States, used particularly against those of the left wing of the labor movement. In Canada it is also used, and the immigration ldws of that country.are so framedithat, the government can deport,,.men active in the labor iavement |with the greatest eag | Claim Previo The latest att government to a labor man is the deportationgg Nova Scotia, t He has beer cials of the fed partment on thes he was arrested Mass., he is guilly*of'“an"offense of moral turpitude” and is therefore, liable for deportation, according to the immigration laws, Besco Behind Move. The move agai Ben Legere was undoubtedly instigated by the British Empire Steel corporation in Nova Scotia. This great corporation has undisputed sway with the provincial government of Nova Scotia, and also has great inflyence jn the fechas ‘gov: ernment at Ottawi de “Ie ding ‘fig. ures in the Libe tae: in the directora It was this corporktion: ed in getting Alefander * ported from Can: in ‘Api hy b when he was on hf way to speak at the May Day depfbnstration of the Nova Scotia mine! Ben Legere as an organizer of the One Big Union of Winnipeg has been active since last May among the min- ers of Nova Scotia trying to get them to split away from, the United Mine Workers of America and form “units” of the O, B, U. The members of the Communist Party of Canada, and the adherents of the Trade Union Educa- tional League among the;miners of Nova Scotia, bitterly opposed. this (Continued on page: ie that since fin" Lawrence, Mee _ for Foster and Gitlow the Coutiaaiet candidates. Polls open 6 to 9 p. m. te apg aittle: job for every member of rs Party. nor enérZy;'hdr anything that might consti- Member's Job not require much time, We want every party member to go to his branch secretary and simply say: ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING OCTO- BER 12 AND TAKE PART IN THE BIG ISTRIBUTE THREE OF LITERATURE DURING=RED WEEK, OCTOBER 26 TO If your branch secretary says YES, then he branch secretaries of STEEL SLAVES HEAR GITLOW, AT GARY, IND. Big Gathering Greets Communist Candidate By KARL REEVE (Staff Writer, Daily Worker) GARY, Ind., Oct. 3—Benjamin itlow, vice-presidential candi- | date of the Workers Party, de- |nounced the system whereby {the workers of Gary sweat away their lives in the steel mills, while Gary lives in luxury up on the hill, spending most of his time traveling in Europe. day night. Seven hundred work- ers jammed the hall, filling all deep at the back of the hall. Several officials of the United States Steel coropration were observ- cluding a sergeant. Many subscriptions to the DAILY WORKER were taken in and the sup- ply of DAILY WORKERS was com- pletely sold out. A collection of near- ly $100.00 was taken up. Recalls Big Strike. Gitlow declared the Workers Party (Continued on Page 2.) States. a new and more devastating war. In Fletcher's view, one thing likely to interfere with the war-like trend of American imperialism and race bigotry will be the extension to the United States, within the next few years, of the financial strain caused by the con- sumption of goods in the world con- flict of 1914-1918. | | | Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, UL TA BALLOT CENTS Including Saturday Magazine Section. On all other days, Three Cents per Copy. d Price 5 Cents (COMMUNISTS IN | BIG DRIVE IN GOPHER STATE Workers and Farmers Rally to 1 Ticket By JOSEPH MANLEY Campaign Manager, Workers Party, Minnesota workers and poor |farmers will have an oppor- tunity to vote for William Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow, the Communist presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the Workers Party in the com- ing election, Petitions, far in excess of the required number, were filled with the Secretary of state. Minnesota is a key state in the present election struggle. Discontent with the old parties is widespread. Previous to the present election this discontent }found its strongest expression {in the Minnesota farmer-labor | party. The “reds” were the life of this party. Now in the election struggle itself, |LaFollette and his movement are su- perceding the farmer-labor party. La- Follette first proceeded, as part of his election strategy, to denounce the reds in the farmer-labor party. During his denunciation the “progressives” stood |idly by with their fingers crossed with the result that LaFollette and his Minnesota bankers and lawyer politi- | clans headed off the the independence of the farmer-labor party. Today, the erstwhile. progressives in the trade union movement and out of it are knocking one another down to accept LaFollette’s dictatorship, and climb on his bandwagon. The Workers Party of Minnesota re- {fused to be stampeded by the repub- lican lawyer, LaFollette. The Work- ers Party and its candidates, Foster and Gitlow, stand like a rock against the betrayal by LaFollette and his Minnesota banker, lawyer politician friends, and the specious political ex- pediency of the weak-kneed “progres- si The Workers Party and its |the seats and standing many | ed in the hall, as well as numerous! | Plainclothes men, a motorcycle police- _|madn, and three uniformed police, in- Gitlow spoke at a mass meet-| ing in Turner Hall here Thurs-| candidates, Foster and Gitlow, now on the ballot, raises the standard of Com- munism. The isue in Minnesota is Communism versus capitalism. TEN STATES NOW HAVE COMMUNIST ELECTORS ON NOVEMBER BALLOT The states that h: already put the Communist presidential electors on the ballot are the following: North Dakota, Massachusetts, Penn- sylvania, lowa, New Jersey, Michi- gan, Colorado, IIlinols, Wisconsin and Minnesota. It is expected that states that will report they have filed during the next few dys are: New York, Washington, Missouri, Montana, Maryland and Indiana among others. QUAKER SAYS NON-PAYMENT OF WAR DEBTS WILL BRING U. S. CRASH .| +» WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—John Fletcher, world field worker for peace on | behalf of the English Quakers, has visited Washington on the eve of his re- turn home from a year of study of the anti-war sentiment in the United He finds the jingo spirit stronger in America than in any nation which suffered long in the world war, and sees in the racial prejudice exemplified by the anti-Japanese legislation the greatest single force likely to be em- ployed by our imperialists in creating¢————-—_-_-__-__— He anticipates non-payment of war reparations and debts, followed by a financial crash which will involve wholesale disemployment. For this emergency he does not believe Amer- ican business finance is prepared. He believes that the labor movement will gain great strength thru the after effects of such a depression.