The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 15, 1924, Page 2

4 Page Two THE DAILY WORKER ‘ On a Labor Faker’s Trail “FOSTER TOUR T0 PACIFIC COAST EPOCH-MAKING Communists’ Ranks Are Stronger Everywhere By JOSEPH MANLEY Campaign Manager. Workers Party. William Z. Foster, presidenti- al candidate of the Workers Party, has just concluded what, for our party, will prove to be an epoch-making touri to the Pacific coast and back. Foster opened this tour at Fargo, North Dakota, in the heart .of the farmer - labor stronghold, lately betrayed by LaFollette. From there the next point on Fos- ter's itinerary was Butte, Montana. While in Butte, he held a Workers Party conference which laid plans for complying with the necessary legal requirements to put the Workers Par- ty on the ballot in Montana. Officials With Trust. In Butte the local labor officials, many of them who in the past posed as radicals, find themselves in the same boat with the Anaconda Copper compnay; that is, supporting demo- cratic candidates. Butte, Montana, famous for its revolutinary movement, has in recent years had its militant forces sadly depleted. Nothing can stand against Montana capitalism, as represented by the brutal Anaconda Copper company, but the virile, pevo- lutionary, industrial and political program of the Workers Party. As a result,of Foster’s trip to Butte, the presidential and vice-presi- dential candidates of the Workers Party are now on the ballot in that state. Montana’s militants will have an opportunity to vote Communist. Good Meeting at Spokane. At Spokane, Washington, Foster had a fine meeting. Spokane was the scene of Foster’s imprisonment as a socialist newspaper man in the famous I. W. W. free speech fight of 1909. Several of those at Foster’s meeting recalled some interesting in- cidents in comaection with this fight. “The! meeting was composed of trade uniortsis, I. W. W.’s and several farm- ers. Some old-time wobblies express- ed themselves as being entirely in sympathy with the Workers Party. At Seattle great preparations had been made for a big meeting for Fos- ter. Seattle, among other things, is famous for its rainy season. The in- habitants pay little attention to the rain once the season is well started, but the first few days of the down- pour, after the nice, warm rainless summer, has a dampening effect upon their spirits. Unfortunately, the day of Foster’s meeting was the first day of the rainy season; a steady down- pour lasting all that day had the ef- fect of lessening the audience materi- ally. In spite of this, a big and enthusiastic meeting was held at the Shrine Auditorium. Several of those in the audience approachéd Foster following the meeting and informed him that previous to hearing his spe@@h they had been supporters of LaFollette, but that after hearing his exposure of the Wisconsin republican senator they, as workers, could not support LaFollette any longer, and would be glad to vote the Commun- ist ticket. While in Seattle, Foster attended a membership meeting of the Workers Party. He addressed this meeting, ar- ranged by district organizer Tal- Jentire. A large number of new mem- bers, several well-known militants oc- cupying foremost positions in the trade union movement, together with several well-known I. W. W.’s joined the Workers Party. As a result of these two meetings, district organizer Tallentire feels confident that the future of the Workers Party in his district is assured and that the out- come of the present election struggle will be the laying of a firm foundation for the Workers Party thruout the northwest. At Tacoma, Wash., the Foster meet- ing was very successful. Many local trade unionists were present and ex- hibited intense interest in Foster's criticism of LaFolette. While in Ta-|. come, Foster accompanied by district organizer Tallentire, spoke before the Tacoma Marxian Club, as did Com- rade Talleptire. As sult, most of the members of this organization joined the Workers Party. This is a distinct gain for the Party in that lo- cality, as there is excellent revolu- tionary material in this club. Finns Organize Meeting. At Astoria, Oregon, Foster spoke to a large audience. The meeting was well-organized by the Finnish com- rades. A large number of American and trade union elements were pres- ent. Altogether, it was considered the most successful mecting yet held in Astoria. ‘ Foster's meeting at Portland, Ore gon, was one of the best on the west- ern trip. It was a very well organ- AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. AKE is writing a series of articles on our old friend the “Red Tér- ror” for the Chicago Daily News, the most old-fashioned paper in Chicago, if not in the United States and the most stupidly managed. Even the ‘Tribune take a sly dig at it once in a while. Perhaps Victor Lawson, smart- ing under the competition of the Trib- une, decided to stretch journalistic perversion to the limit. If the rest of the series is anything like the first installment, Lawson might as_ well have given the money Spolansky re- ceived for his fables to one of his editorial hash-heesh addicts and or- dered him to put his fantasies into a dictaphone. The result would be much more interesting than the stupid waddle of Spolansky. itt a POLANSKY was at one time sec- retary of a socialist party branch in Chicago. He was considered stupid in that capacity and stupidity ap- parently has stuck to him. He was in charge of the raid on the Com- munist convention at Bridgeman and was severely reprimanded by Burns for his failure to make more arrests. When the super-crook Burns was given the gate during the quiz of the department of justice, Spolansky and a great number of other rats found themselves out of work at their favor- ite calling. Whether Burns is taking care of his brood or not is not known to us now. But it is quite likely that he will find employment for such ac- complished perverts. a a oe ‘VEN the government got tired paying money for the fantastic yarns supplied by the Spolansky tribe. But a wealthy capitalist editor with the brain of a jelly fish, was taken in by the stoolpigeon, in search of easy money. Lawson is not aware that “red scares” were played out long ago. When up-to-date newspapers like the New#York Times worked them to the limit, they were sold second-hand to Samuel Gompers and to the labor fakers. When the latter got thru with them, it seemed the market was exhausted. But “fathead” Lawson has more money than brains. At least that is what one of his star reporters says about him. “ee ‘HE “reds,” as the Communists are known, are very willing that their activities should be known to the workers of America. To accomplish that purpose they organized The DAILY WORKER. But they are not satisfied. The circulation of The DAILY WORKER should be at least one hundred. thousand copies daily. Until it reaches that figure we will not feel that our propaganda is reach- ing wide masses. And when we reach 100,000, we will drive for a half a mil- lion. This shows how anxious we are to “expose” ourselves to the public. ese 8 HY should the workers go to a disreputable fink like Spolansky for misinformation about the Com- munist movement when the Commun- ists make financial sacrifices to tell all there is to be known about themselves, what they are doing and what they in- tend to do? One of the results of this latest “red” expose will be to give the present circulation drive of The DAILY WORKER big impetus. The brick-laying contest will take a new vim and our readers will hurl a “subscription brick” back at our of- fice for every lie Spolansky tells about the Communists. It looks like a hundred thousand circulation, does it not? se 8 OW, comrades let the bricks fly. A large circulation for The DAILY WORKER is the best answer to the capitalists and their lying perverts. ized meeting; an audience of one thou- sand paid admission and the enthusi- astic spirit exhibited has had an in- spiring effect on the local movement.’ As a result of this meeting, local com- rades are filled with new determin- ation to expose the LaFollette move- ment in its true light and to build up the Workers Party in the city of Port- land. At San Francisco, district organizer Dolsen and the local ‘comrades de- serve credit for having, under great difficulty and against much opposition and discrimination, organized an ex- cellent meeting for Foster. In San Francisco the LaFollette sentiment is strong; many workers look to him as a Messiah. Anarchists of forty years’ standing are boosting LaFollette, tho, at the same time, shamefacedly ad- mitting that they are turning tail on their principles in order, as they put it, “to register a protest.” Invades College Town. The meeting at Berkeley was a big success. This meeting was orginal- ly planned for Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco, but the Oakland meeting was suppressed, the authori} ties would not give the auditorium. As a result the meeting had to be held in Berkeley. The state university is situated in Berkeley; in years gone by much socialist sentiment existed there. At the Foster meeting many students were present, but of course, the audience was , composed over- whelmingly of workers, many workers having come from Oakland to hear Foster. ile in the San Francisco locality Foster visited San Quentin peniten- tlary, in order to see Mooney, Schmidt, and McNamara. Foster reports that Mooney is still the same old dogged fighter, relentless in his opposition, in spite of his long tucarceration, to the capitalist system. Schmidt is the same laughing enthusiastic militant who for years kept up the spirits of many of the pessimists in the move- ment, and caused him to be referred to affectionately by hundreds of lead- ing revolutionists thruout the country as “Smitty.” McNamara was as calm and determined as in the first days of his confinement. The day Foster visited the penitentiary was the four- teenth anniversary of the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times. Foster was enthusiastic in his description of this splendid trio of fighters, whom the panic stricken minions of California have confined within the stone and steel of San Quentin. Talks in Movie Land, At Los Angeles, the home of the moving picture trust, Foster had the banner meeting of his entire trip. The meeting in Los Angeles was organized under great difficulties. Therefore, the local comrades deserve all the more credit for their splendfa efforts put forth in arranging and handling an extremely successful meeting. They had been denied a large and centrally located hall and were forced to take one much smaller and badly situated. In spite of this, they packed into the hall 1200 who all paid admission. Hun- dreds were turned away because of the smallness of the hall. The audi- ence simply roared their approval of Foster's speech. The Ios Angeles Times had editorial hysterics because the red flag of revolution and. Com- avunist dictatorship had been 80 open: 3,000 ly raised within its stronghold. At Salt Lake City, the home of the mormons, the Foster meeting was not so successful. The labor movement is very much demoralized there because of the betrayal by the local labor offi- cials of the farmer-labor party. At Denver a surprisingly good meet- ing was held. Almost a couple of thousand people packed themselves into the small section of the auditori- um. Workers of all trades, and trade unionists were present in large num- bers. Congratulates Denver Comrades. For the very reason that our party is small in Denver, it is to be con- gratulated on this highly successful meeting. The tremendous efforts put forth by the comrades to make this a memorable meeting were well repaid. In this bloody Rockefeller domain, thousands of exploited workers are being. reached with the slogan of Communism. , In all these meetings large collec- tions were taken; many new sub- scribers were added to ‘the growing list of the DAILY WORKER. Hun- dreds of new members joined the party. A large amount of campaign literature was sold. All told, the west- ern trip of Foster can be considered @ great success for our party. NUTMEG STATE SENATOR ENDS LIFE WITH GAS ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—Senator Frank B. Brandegee of Connecticut, who for nearly a quarter of a century has been a prominent and powerful figure in republican politics, wi faund dead in his home here today- @ suicide. Senator Brandegee was one of the veteran republicans of the senate, sometimes referred to as the “elder statesman” of the party. His death at this time deprives the republicans of a little more of their “nominal control” of the senate. It is of particualr interest at his time because of the possibility of the forth- coming qlection being thrown dnto congress for decision. Secret Markings Before Board. Secret markings will be the big question for consideration today at a joint meeting of the committee on ad- ministration and the committee on rules of the board of education at their headquarters at 650 S. Clark Street. Miss Haley, business agent of the Chicago Teachers’ Federation, will at- tend the meeting and take issue with superintendent McAndrew on _ his statement to the board some time ago, that an anonymous teacher has told him that the teachers are not against secret markings. Mr. J. Mullenbach, a member of the board of education, will call upon Mr. McAndrew to ex- Plain how he received this informa tion. THE CAMPAIGN FUND CAMPAIGNI lara from you meane leafiete worl FARRINGTON IS WIZARD WITH LEAD PENCIL Padded Expense Bills His Specialty By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Article Three.) Frank Farrington has the reputation of being handy with the pencil. Give him some pointed lead and writing paper and he will make the earnings of Henry Ford look like the weekly savings of a prison-stone crusher, Frank’s noble heart almost bursts with pity for the suffer- ings of the poor coal diggers of Illinois who have neither work nor the prospect of work and who are living from hand to mouth, hoping against hope that a turn will come for the better some way or other. Farirngton thunders against the progressive elements in the union who are carrying on a ceaseless propa- ganda against his reactionary ma- chine and who offer a platform that if followed would put the miners in the way of solving their problems. The notorious capitalist henchman, who has grown wealthy at the ex- pense of the rank and file thunders against the progressives for spending their own money on educational work that should be done by the district office instead of using the money to pay for junketing trips. Talks Like Fink. He uses the jargon of the govern- ment stool pigeons and the finks of John L. Lewis in charging the radi- cals in the union with getting money from Moscow. But his expense ac- counts have become so notorious that even the fakers in the international office at Indianapolis look on them with envy. During the year 1913 while he was a member of the International Exe- cutive Board his expense account reached the enormous total of $4,018.25, ex ‘ing the expenses of the Interna’ President and Vice, Brea\dent i k : ‘ The official figures are: Expenses of F. Farrington ....$4,018.25 ” John P. White $2,268.43 " Frank J. Hayes 1,667.20 Total for— White and Hayes,...............$3,953.63 Spent by Farington more than White and Hayes Expels Honest Men. It is not surprising that the noble labor leader should like to browse in the fertile pastures of the United Mine Workers of America. It is not surprising that he should have men of the type of Duncan McDonald suspended from membership in the union, just as John L. Lewis drives out men like Alexander Howat and Tom Myerscough; men that cannot be bought with the boss’s gold or the emoluments of office, in return for loyalty to the machine, Further evidence of the squander- ing of funds by Farrington will be given later on in this series. The above I believe is proof sufficient that Frank has a lively imagination when it comes to figuring out his railroad and hotel bills. * Long Distance Commuter. It might be added, however, in ex- tenuation, that during the year in which Farrington drew the above sum for expenses that he spent part of the time in Seattle, where he had his headquarters while “handling” a strike in Vancouver. He commuted between Seattle and Springfield, Illi- nois, and the hotel Ilinois, to be exact. This took the hedvy load off his im- agination, while performing the mira- cle on his expense account. In Role of Strikebreaker. If any of our readers ever enter- tained the thot that Farington had the interests of the workers at heart, the story of his handling of the Vancouver strike should be sufficient to dispose of the illusion. No thug of the coal operators ever dealt more merci- lessly with his master’s slaves than Farrington dealt with the striking miners in Vancouver. From his luxurious headquarters in Seattle he rained denunciations on the heads of the men who braved the guns of the armed forces of the capitalist government. He jibed at them for getting arrested, He mocked them for their sufferings in jail. He threatened other workers who we ready to declare a sympathetic strike to help out their embattled comrades of the mines, Shocked Hearers, In a speech that startled and shocked seasoned trade unionists Far. ringnton told the Nanimo, B. C. Trades and Labor Council, that they should keep their. off the strike, The following of Farrington’s speech before the Trades and Labor Council on the last Thursday of Au- $64.63 ust, 1913, taken from the Nanaimo,|them as fools who had not enough of Wednesday, Ovtster 15, 1924 Morgan Floats Loan But It Will Not Put Bread in the Mouths of the Hungry By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. TopAY, the full power of the House of Morgan is back of the sale of the $200,000,000 worth of the seven per cent gold bonds of the “German External Loan, 1924.” The sale began on the stock exchange in New York City, a few minutes after the buying started in London. Every clever scheme known to world bankers, in Wall Street, New York, and Lombard Street, London, was brought to bear to put,the loan over. For world capitalism is in a crisis. It faces new death struggles with continuously growing dis- content everywhere. : ° ° ° ° There is no doubt that the loan will be fully subscribed. Morgan has seen to that. When the stock exchange opened, Morgan announced that his books were closed, that his allot- ment had been oversold. Other brokerage houses had ‘been prompted to make the same announcement. . The result was that the sale of the bonds opened at 94 3-8 cents on the dollar, instead of 2 3-8 points lower as Morgan had carefully announced. * * * e ' Efforts to, put the loan over were no less carefully made than the plan to rope in as many small subscribers as pos- sible. The loan must be distributed among many small pur- chasers. That will make it possible to work up sentiment in favor of the collection of the loan whenever it is threatened. The German bonds were offered first to small subscribers, to Wall Street “orphans and widows,” seeking amounts of $1,000 and $2,000. Subscribers for larger sums had their allotments scaled down. * ° * * In France years ago the sale of the bonds of the Russian czarist regime was scattered among well-to-do peasants in large numbers. The French imperialists have tried to use this fact in the demand made on the Soviet Republic for the pay- ment of the czar’s debts, before there can be French recogni- tion of Soviet Russia. Similarly, Morgan wants as many pockets té be hit as possible in order to bolster up sentiment for any possible war that might have to be waged to protect the Morgan-Dawes loan to Germany, and other loans of the House of Morgan in Europe. i oe ae, It costs Germany just $14,300,000 to have its loan floated in the United States. Of this the bankers took $5,500,000. as their commission, estimating that the loan underwritten at 87 cents on the dollar, was to be sold at 92 cents. But Morgan started the loan off at 94 3-8 cents, meaning that the bankers are taking an increased rake-off. The difference between what the bankers get and the dollar is supposed to be one, of the inducements for the public to buy. But the bonds are not supposed to be paid in full for 25 years. The bankers take their money now and let the public that bites on the loan worry about what is going to take place during the next quarter of a century. : The bankers are careful to see to it that if the cep not paid—if it is repudiated by a German Soviet Republ the investors will be the first and worst sufferers. ° * * Reports from Germany indicate that the Morgan-Dawes plan, under which the loan is being floated, it not starting Germany on the road to industrial recovery. Business is as stagnant as ever, unemployment and short time work are increasing. In contrast with the news coming from all sec- tions of Soviet Russia, that the annual fairs everywhere were great successes, the news from Germany is that recent fairs at Leipzig, Cologne and Frankfort were tremendous disap- pointments. It is announced that Germany is about to be- come the highest priced country in Europe, which means that the workers will be plunged into more desperate circum- stances than ever. The workers are the first to be hit by high prices. In Germany labor is now caught between the scissors of high prices on the one hand, and low wages or no work on the other. It is a scissors that is closing upon the whole German working class, more and more. Germany sees no signs of relief from the Dawes plan, no indications of industrial recovery, that might temporarily relieve the situation. Now, more than ever, it is apparent that the only road open to the German workers is the struggle for the con- quest of all power thru Soviet Rule. The German workers will strike again for victory. In the hour of their heroic efforts to hurl not only their own capitalists, but foreign capitalists as well, from their backs, America's workers and poor farmers must stand with them, in every possible way. > World capitalism must meet its next defeat in Germany. America’s workers must hail the coming victory of Ger- many’s workers as the herald of their own triumph in this country. Soviet Rule in Russia repudiated the czar’s debts. Soviet Rule in Germany will repudiate the debts to Mor- gan and the World Bankers. i Soviet Rule in the United States will unseat Morgan's power at home and assure the victory of world labor. B, C. Free Press, puts the x-ray on Farrington’s conscience: “The delegates to the Trades and Labor Council were completely dum- founded, in fact could scarcely credit themselves at all when they listened at their meeting last night to a big, square-shouldered = emphatic-looking man who outlined to them the min- ers’ strike situation at Nanaimo and earnestly cautioned against any ac- tion by the local unions in the mine strike, The speaker was organizer Frank Farrington the representative of the United Mine Workers of Am- erica, the man who called strike on Vancouver Island and the one to whom the great army of strikers are looking to pilot them to a successful conclusion of the fight now being waged against the mine owners of Vancouver Island. Mocked Those Arrested. “I do not regard the men who are now under arrest for rioting at Nan- aimo as martyrs at all, thundered Mr. Farrington in reply to caustic criticism of some of his actions by members of the council. ‘I regard sense to keep their mouths shut.’ much to help the cause,’ . He Kept His Mouth Shut. “Why he avoided -arrest? been arrested. ‘ é “Those who advocated ‘action to aid the miners listened with bulging eyes as the speaker drove home his remarks by rapid fire gesticulations of the ‘I mean what | say’ kind. ‘Some of these fellows think it fine to get in the limelight,’ he continued. ‘They are anxious to get their names in the papers and be cheered as he- roes, but as a matter of fact the men behind the bars are not doing very ‘Tt has been said; the speaker continued, ‘that all those who took an active part or interest in the srike have I have not been ar- rested and I think I took an active part myself. I called the strike and since it\has been in progress I have been the one who has directed every move that has been made. I was rot arrested because I kept my mouth shut and had all the others done the same no one would be in jail “‘Now,’ the speaker declared, ‘we are not anxious that you do one single || TREE, WITH LEAVES DROPPING WATER, HAS THEM ALL GUESSING EVANSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 14.—Un- der a cloudless sky water fell inter. mittently from the leaves of Evans- ville’s mystery tree today while scientists sought an answer. Dub- bed the “rain tree,” because the drops resemble a light shower, the freak maple found its most plaus- able explanation in the theory that the “rain” is caused by sap sent up of warm weather seeping thru the stem of leaves which fell in a re- cent frost. ——— thing for us. In fact we want you to leave us alone; we don’t want speak- ers to get up at public meetings, talk- ing about things they don’t know any- thing about and getting us into trouble If you people call a general strike you will probably hurt yourselves without doing us a scintilla of good. All that we ask you to do is to leave us alone. in “After this browbeating speech the labor faker suggested that the work: ers of Vancouver might be allowed to contribute clothes and food to the strikers,” Coal Operator’s Man, ‘The Farrington speech was a strike- breaking effort. It was looked on in that light by the militant unionists of Vancouver. No agent of the mine operators paid to break up the strike could do a better job than the Inter. national Organizer for the United Mine Workers of America did. Having proved himself of so much value to the bosses it is not surpris- ing that he has been their “white haired boy” ever since and that the capitalist government of Illinois under the rule of the unspeakable Small, is hand and glove with Farring- ton is rendering the Illinois Miners Union an abortive instrument for serving the interests of the coal dig- gers. The next article will trace Farring- ton’s work in getting elected prest- dent of the Illinois Miners’ Union and his violation of the union rules in endorsing Col. Frank Smith for gov- ernor of Illinois on the democratic ticket in 1916, Mid-City Branch Plans to Pep Up Its Regular Meetings The Mid-City branch, which is in the midst of a campaign to increase the attendance at its meetings, and build up a ‘larger membership, has changed its meeting night to the first and third Thursday of every month. A series of interesting educational talks have been arranged. The branch will be addressed by prominent mem- bers of the Workers Party, and all members of the branch are expected to take part in the discussion. Thursday, Oct. 23, Earl R. Brow der will address the branch, which now meets in Emmet Memorial Hall, Taylor and Ogden Sts. Comrade Browder will talk on the educational work of the party. Each business meeting will be eflivened in the fu. ture by shop talks and industrial talks of five minutes by the members of the branch. MAYOR OF MADISON, ILL., DOESN'T LIKE MESSAGE THE COMMUNISTS BRING ’ MADISON, Ill, Oct. 14. — The mayor here prohibited the meeting of Ella Reeve Bloor, to have been conducted Sunday, on the ground that “no Communist will be allowed to speak in Madison.” A protest meeting will be held in Granite City on Thursday evening in the Labor Temple, at which “Mother” Bloor will speak, - The decision of the mayor also prevents a meeting scheduled for William F, Dunne, who is to speak in Madison oh Oct. 19. Dunne will also speak in the Labor Temple at Granite City, which is practically the same town as Madison. ee ee Good Crowd in O'Fallon, O'FALLON, II., Oct. 14.—A large crowd turned out to the meeting of “Mother” Bloor here. A good-sized collection was taken up and much literature sold, How to Be Healthy Peo us to use of medicine or an operations DR. TAFT 1555. West Roosevelt Road iy