The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 13, 1924, Page 1

} F) “4 \ THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 175. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: COMMUNISTS Fl Outside Chicago, In Chicago, by mail, Entered a6 Second-class matter September 31, 1923, at 8.00 per year. by mail, $6.00 per year, oD 290 Poot Office at Chicago, Ulinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. MONDAY, OC a 13, 1924 AY LAF Published Daily except PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il LLETTE THE DAILY WORKER Communist Candidates For Président: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER, For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW. Price 3 Cents Foster Denounces Senator’s Leaders and ' Program as Capitalism’s Last Reserves AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. RTHUR SEARS HENNING, the most authoritative political liar on the staff of the Chicago Tribune, invaded the realms of free verse in his attempt to extol the United States, which is at this moment—according to the republican party—basking in the Teflected glory of Calvin Coolidge. Henning saw bricklayers going to work in flivvers, fields heavy with grain (he did not mention the grain grow- ers heavy with worry over what the Grain speculators and elevator owners would do to them), and a young lady returning from college—perhaps a co- ed from Northwesten University, kiss- ing a rustic male at a village way sta- tion. Everything looked good to him, including the osculation. se ee OW different all this is to the con- dition of the people in Europe, sings Henning? Well, what of it? The wealth of this country was not created by the Chicago Tribune and the parasitical capitalist class. The railroads, fiivvers, Pullmans, even the rouge on the cheeks of the girls who kissed the rustic, were produced by the workers, not by the class whose pied pipers, Henning and his co-work- ers in the field of journalistic harlot- ry, are. Who does all this wealth rightfully belong to? To the pro- ducers or to the exploiters of the pro- ducers? +e ee wealthy is no réason why the few should be allowed to grab off all the wealth while the workers exist on the crumbs that fall from the tables of the rich. It is an additional reason why they should get busy and take what rightfully belongs to them. ‘The impudence of the American cap- italists and their fuglemen merits ad- miration. To attribute this wealth to the wisdom of Calvin Coolidge and the political sagacity of the republican party is even more so. ** oe ‘OR ourselves, we will admit that this country is rich, But we ask the five or six million of unemployed how much of this wealth they have got. I should have said “unemployed workers.” There are two kinds of unemployed. Those who are out of work because the boss does not see it to employ them and those who don’t work because they are too busy trying to spend the profits from the labor of others. Henning may see anything his paymasters want him to see. Capitalist journalists like alien- ists look at things thru the spectacles provided by their masters. But the workers are also beginning to see things. There are many Tribunes to- day and only one DAILY WORKER, but the ‘Pribunes will be on the de- erease while the DAILY WORKERS will increase. And this is a good time to suggest that our readers send a brick flying back to the business office of this paper with the name of @ new subscriber on it. 6, Oe et -OOKING for arguments to use against the capitalist system is not in itself a reason for eyestrain. Nevertheless, the author of this col- umn was obliged to visit an opticiah and thereby jiangs a tale. The white collared slave who waited on me re- marked that in, his opinion Calvin Coolidge would our next president. My answer perceptibly narrowed his collar, As his bile was passing that portion of the human anatomy known to the laity as Adam's Apple, he man- SPOTLIGHT 1S THROWN ON BIE LABOR FAKER His History Marvel of Crookedness By T. J. O'FLAHERTY (Article 1) The DAILY WORKER in the performance of its duty to the revolutionary movement for the freedom of the workingclass, not only is obliged to fight the bai bay 2 system and the capi- talist class who are the direct beneficiaries of that system but also the labor lieutenants of capital or better known as labor fakers. This slimy crew of treacher- ous capitalist auxillaries are very useful allies of the capital- ist class in the latter’s incessant war on the workers. Indeed, it is-no exaggeration to say that but for the aid of these hire- lings, the capitalist class in every country would not hold power for a week. Thé labor faker is not a purely Am- in every country in the world. But he can be seen in the United States at his worst because the capitalist class of this country can afford to pay their agents better for service rendered than any other collection of capitalist robbers in the world. There are degrees of treason even among labor fakers. It is not the pur- pose of this series of articles to pick on any particular specimen of the species and hold him up to public scorn in order to satisfy a desire for vengeance against the breed, but rather to make use of the career of as odious a political leper as ever ex-, isted in the United States in order to enlighten the working class in gen- eral and the miners of Illinois in par- ticular of the nature of the situation with which they are confronted so that they may be able to meet it. The Horrible Example. The specimen we have selected for our attention is no other than Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois Miners’ Union, also known as Dis- trict 12 of the United Mine Workers of America. The time for making the exposure is opportune as it coincides with the election campaign that is now being waged inside the miners’ union of Il- linois, Farrington and his henchmen are seeking re-election to the offices which they have disgraced by their presence, and which they have used to serve the interests of the coal op- erators of Illinois rather than the miners who are paying their salaries. The Farrington machine having long ago lost the confidence of the Illinois miners is now in desperation resorting to the same illegal methods in getting rid of its opponents that (Continued on page 4) ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS CONTINUE TO GROW IN SAME OLD SWEATSHOPS aged to inquire how Calvin hit the WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—Sweat- bottom of my estimation. fe. 8 * on @ superfluous question al- most rendered me bereft of speech so I resorted to the dirty yr trick of asking him how Cal- on Coolidge happened to win his ap- probation. He was knocked much more speechless than I, was, if you will pardon the “bull.” In order to preak the deafening silence. I began to Imber up by Inking Calvin with ‘Wall Street, assuming that my audit: ‘or did not know the dictionary defiini- (Continued on page 3) shop conditions in the artificial flow- er industry in the United States do not seem to have disappeared, if statistics reported by the depart- ment of commerce In its census of manufacturers for 1923 are a fair index. These figures show that $4,501,- 701 was paid in wages to an aver age of 4,695 persons in the industry last year—an average yearly wage of $958. Salaried workers to the number of 654 received $1,395,659, or $2,134 each. The work done for these wages and salaries resulted in a gross rofit to 223 establishments of $4,- Of the 223 shops, 168 set ieee tes 8 PARTY ON ers Party candidates for Foster and Benjamin Gitlow, hundreds of signatures “Now the oppressed tex BIG. CLOTHING FLAYS SIGMAN Reactionary Officials In New Plot (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Oct. 12.—Thou- sands of rank and file workers in the cloak and dressmaking pe U ion hall yesterday to protest inst the czarist tactics of the officialdom of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Un- ion, which for two years, under the direction of President Mor- tis Sigman, in New York, and Vice-President Meyer Perlstein in Chicago, has depleted the union treasury, has expelled the fighting union members who have attempted to put thru pro- gressive measures, has choked off every effort at real gain for the workers, and has surren- dered the rights of the union to the arbitrary demands of bosses and government agents who were backing up the bosses. A resolution calling for a huge mass meeting in Madison Square Garden and another re- solution denouncing the latest move of the officials—the foisting of an increase of fifteen cents in dues without even a pretense at consulting the membership—were carried by ac- clamation. A sum of over six hundred dollars was collected to carry on the fight and a committee of one hundred and fifty elected to circulate the peti- tions against the action of the ma- chine. Overflow Meeting. Hours before the time for which the meeting was announced, workers were flocking direct from the shops to Cooper Union hall. A big over- flow meeting was held in the Stuy- vesant Casino, and hundreds of workers stood outside, unable to gain admittance. The workers made it clear that it is not so much the increase in dues which they mind as the fact that this increase is enforced over the heads of the membership and against their will. They have lost faith in the of- ficials and know that the funds which are to be raised will be used, not to gain the demands of the workers against the bosses, but to enforce the decisions of the bureaucracy and to build up the machine. : To Drop Dictators. j The anger of the rank and file workers in the needle trades, which has been aroused by the tactics which the Sigman machine has been ushig for the past two years, has now reached a point where they are realy to overthrow the official dictatorsbip. Ever since the beginning of its term in office, the Sigman-Peristein clalist” officials have tried to lead the union along the path of hate 1 At the national convention of the needle trades held in Boston, the ina- chine expelled the militant some of whom had prove thempoi the ‘best fighters du the ¢ (Special to The Daily Worker) ROVIDENCE, R. I., Oct. 12.—The Work- vice-president of the United States have gone — on the ballot with a bang in Rhode Island. The Communist standard-bearers, William Zs more than the — RHODE ISLAND BALLOT the capitallst exploiters who have oppressed them in the dust-filled mills," Ballam de- clares, In order to make doubly sure that no excuse can be made for throwing the Foster- Gitlow electors off the ballot, Comrade Bal- lam will file four hundred more signatures ‘Tuesday. The workers of Rhode Island, who president and- received many amount required, John J. Ballam, district — organizer, tells the DAILY WORKER. : Rhode Island and Massachusetts will have a chance to voice a concrete protest against all hours, and the tile workers of — brave the open shop wages and working occupational diseases so pre- _ Valent in the textile mills, are now given a chance to support the only candidates in the field who represent the control of the gov- ernnient by the working class. WORKERS’ MEET FIRST COMMUNIST CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT PREDICTS DAY WHEN WORKERS WILL RULE IN AMERICA “The last reserve troops of capitalism,” was William Z. Foster's characterization of the LaFollette leaders and program in the presidential campaign, in the first big meeting in Chicago of the Communist presidential candidate. Mercilessly flaying the shallow reforms advanced by the “third party” a8 @ sure cure for the ills of the working class, Foster pointed out that LaFollette in America is performing the same historical role as that of the social-democrats in Germany, the left bloc in France and the MacDonald government in Great Britain. ; e four movements,” said Foster, “has but one save the capitalist system from being overthrown by a revolu- CONSTABULARY tionary mass movement of the pp STARS FLASH IN Calls It “Hopeless Mulligan.” “The differing characteristics of the German social-democracy, the labor party of Great Britain. the left bloc in France, and the LaFollette move- Glenn Young Exposed as Cossack Officer By KARL REEVE. That the Illinois department of constabulary, with offices at “The first is a party of workers built on individual membership with a long history, the second is a federa- tion build mainly on workers’ econ- omic organizations with a more brief historical background, the third is a parliamentary combination of labor and petty bourgeois parties and *'B0-| ci groups, and the last, the LaFollette movement, is a hopeless mulligan of all class elements without any definite form. “But above all these differences, their common element and their com- mon social function stand eut with startling clearness. All are the blinders put upon the masses, the embodiment of the ‘democratic illu- sions,’ by means of which capitalism perpetuates its rule. “I have the great honor of being the first Communist candidate for president,” said Foster, in opening his speech, “I will tell you a secret—that I do not expect to be elected.” The laughter of the crowd quickly changed to enthusiastic cheers as Foster went on to say: “But some day a Commun- ist will head the government that rules over America, only when that time comes the position will not be called president—it will be chairman of the All-American Soviet.” Must Organize Advance Guard. Mobilization of the advance guard of the workers was stressed by Foster as a fundamental aim of the Workers Party in its election campaign. The strengthening and building of the Work- ers Party, thru the enlistment of all workers who realize that the only road for their class leads to the over- throw of the capitalist system was emphasized by Foster. He appealed to all such workers in the hall to put in their application for membership in the Workers Party, “The DAILY WORKER is the greatest single we: of the Amer- jean workers in their struggle against che shy apa declared Foster, and he ed for united and energetic efforts to extend its circulation to the mil- lions of workers who have not yet seen it. “Our biggest task today,” said Foster, “is to combat and destroy the LaFollette illusion, which is the mee anne on page 3 | 104 West Monroe Street, is com- posed almost entirely of Ku Klux Klan members, with a sprinkling of Chicago politicians, and that it was organized as a basis for a legal state constabulary in case the employers succeed in putting a state constabulary ——"+ GITLOW AND DUNNE ALSO SET ~ FORTH WORKERS’ POSITION IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN The biggest CoMmunist rally ever staged in Chicago was niente. iekid uate daly nerve. .t6 Foster is accustomed to hard cam- . » paigning. emphasize their common historical Foster sailed into LaFollette with function. jenthusiasm, “Our biggest task to- held yesterday in the Ashland Auditorium, when an audience that packed the great labor amphitheater to the limit heard | William Z. Foster, noted strike leader and Communist candidate for president of the United States on the Workers Party ticket, | state the Commumist program and exposed the pretensions of the capitalist pseudo-reformer, Robert M. LaFollette, to repre- Dunne, Communist candidate for United States. sent the masses of workers and exploited farmers. Tremendous enthusiasm was aroused when William F. governor of Illinois, introduced the first Communist candidate for president in the history of the “T have the great honor of being the first Communist candi- date for president,” said Foster, and then with a merry twinkle in his eyes he continued, “but+ I will tell you a secret—I do not expect to be elected.” This sally brought gales of laughter from the audience but Foster had them cheering im- mediately after when he said: “But some day a Communist will head the government that} rules over America, only when| that time comes the position} will not be called president, it will be. chairman of the All- American Soviet.” Foster Full of Vigor. Foster was in excellent form and full of vigor after his arduous cross- country campaign. ‘Ine fact that he did not travel in special trains, accom- paned by honorary guards of police | and delegations from tue American Legion, as is the ease with his op- ponent LaFollette and the two other capitalist lackeys, did not seem to have detrimental effect on his health. day is to combat and destroy the La- Follette illusion, which is the greatest obstacle to the development of the working class and its struggles.” He called the LaFollette movement “the last reserve of capitalism” and ¥ points out that it was performing the same historical function in the Uni STATE CONSTABULARY IS PRIVATE VENTURE OF BOSSES AND KLAN When the ordinary worker hears of the activities of the “State Con- stabulary of IIlinois” he jumps to the conclusion that this organization is a part of the state machinery such as the state constabulary of Penn- Sylvania, The DAILY. WORKER discloses that such is not the case. The state constabulary of Illinois is a private organization backed by Chicago politicians, the Ku Klux Klan, and those employers of labor who allow it to shake down the workers because it shouts Ameri- canism and builds up the skeleton for a state militarism. S. Glenn Young, the notorious Southern Iilinols gunman, uses the state constabulary as his sole au- thority for his lawbreaking activi- ties. Politicians use the organiza- tion to push militaristic propaganda and to aid them into office. The workers pay the expenses and all they get in return is a tin star and and organization which will shoot them down in times of strikes and wars. This issue contains the first of a series of articles exposing the mill- ed States that the MacDonald gov ment performed in England, the Her. riots in France and the social demo- crats in Germany. ‘The illusion that LaFollette upheld working class interests or could save the workers from the coming Im- He declared that the republican perialist war, was particularly attack-| and democratic parties are servants ed by the speaker, who asserted that|of Wall Street and that LaFollette only when the workers established a|represents the small exploiters of la- proletarian dictatership can imper:at-|por. “LaFollette will be used to taristic, Ku Klux Klan activities of the state constabulary. it is based on the economic demoral- ization of Europe.” RS WR Whi over on the people of Illinois, is disclosed in an investigation of the organization by the DAILY WORKER. Members of this private cor- list wars be ended. Communists Enter National Struggle. William F. Dunne, who recently re- turned from Russia where he attend- ed the Fifth Congress of the Com- poration disclose to the DAILY | munist International as a delegate WORKER that over two hun-|from the Workers Party, declared dred klansmen in Herrin are/|that the placing of the Communist members of the state constabu- | ticket, on the ballot for the first time lary, and that S. Glenn Young, |!" American history was an event of the southern Illinois klan raider We cia eons, Polke aaa and law breaker, is an officer | vists into the national struggle as a of the state constabulary. potential force with which American The state constabulary is a private} capitalism will have to reckon,” he organization composed of gangsters] aocjared, and thugs, with a number of honest) He pictures the United States as workers who are roped in to believ-/the headquarters for the world-wide ing that the slogan of the organiza| conspiracy of the capitalists against tion to “reduce crime,” is the real rea-| the rising tide of working class re- son for its existence. volt. Recent Herrin Killers Are Members.| . “The Dawes’ plan makes America the center of world counter-revolution Most of the klansmen who took/and it holds over the heads of the part in the recent klan riots at Her-| world’s workers the constant threat rin, when six men were killed as a} of imperialist war.” result of klan lawlessness, are promi- Big Welcome for Gitlow. eant” in the state constabulary. Carl- Benjamin Gitlow, candidate for lary. Harry Herrin, klansman who vice-president on the Communist tick- drove up in an automobile and shot] 4 wos given a rousing welcome. He at sheriff Galligan during the recent) declared that capitalism in the Unit- klan outbreak in Herrin, ts “a “sarg| oq states was going thru a crisis and (Continued on page 6) this winter would see factory after A REESE XE PR factory shut down and’ workers in Electricity Increases Crops. every line of industry would have Application of electrical current to | their wages reduced. plants so as to stimulate growth is en- “Every attempt on the part of the tirely feasible, experiments have indi-| workers to resist the excc+ons of cated, according to Prof. V. H. Blagk-|the capitalists will be brutally sup- man of the Imperial college, univ pressed by the bosses,” declared Git- sity of London, who is hero on invita-|low. “The crisis in agriculture will tion to address students and faculty | not be ended owing to the slight in-| other gatherings, bought the DAILY of the university of Chicago, crease in the price of wheat, because 4 j ~ samme hapimeree «stn teleles seston hay stave off the workers’ revolt, to turn it into reformist channels and to so save the capitalist dictatorship.” Hail the DAILY WORKER, The great labor auditorium, flying banners hailing the DAILY WORK- ER, the only real working class news- paper in the Wnglish language, was packed to its capacity and then some. It was a great gathering of men and women from the rank and file of labor who had come to greet their spokesmen. The union groups were out in full force. Many packing house workers, who remembered Foster's organiza- tion work among them, came to hear him. There was a large representa- tion from the membership of the Amalgamated Food Workers’ Union carrying their banner. Many Unions Represented, Other union groups were conspicu- ous for the beautiful colorful bright red kerchiefs around their necks and every few minutes loud and long * cheers were given for Foster and Gitlow. An outstanding feature of the meet- ing is the large representation of Ne- groes. No other political meeting in the city of Chicago was so largely at- tended by Negro workers. With them is seen Joseph Bibbs, editor of the Whip, a Negro weekly, Everybody Reads “THE DAILY.” Nearly everyone in the audience carried a copy of the Special Chicago edition of the DAILY WORKER, Out- side the hall, in front of the Auditori- um building, passers by on their way to (Continued on page 4)