The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 16, 1924, Page 3

Thursday, October 16, 1924 SOVIET DEAL WITH CHANG ROILS PARIS Hughes’ Advice Not So Bad for Soviet (8pecial to The DAILY WORKER.) MUKDEN, Oct. 15.—The French government may have a prior right to the language of diplomacy but it has no monop- oly of that art. The “amateur” diplomats in the Kremlin can play the game much more clev- erly than ever did the Sazanoffs and Wittes of the Czars; and for a better purpose, of course. The latest stroke of Bolshevik diplomacy, which has caused serious flutters in the diplomatic dove cots of the capitalist gov- ernments, is the agreement be tween Russia and Chang Tso- Lin over the Chinese Eastern railway. Hughes Costly Adviser. While the French government was taking its orders from the whiskered prodigy Charles Evan’ Hughes, con- cerning the matter of recognizing the Soviet government, the diplomats of the Workers’ Republic were busy in the Orient. The result is that the Soviet government is firmly estab- lished in China, has complete control of the Chinese Eastern railway and is on the verge of signing a treaty with’ Japan. Red Power Growing. France is deeply interested finan- elally in the Chinese Hastern railway, besides having an eye peeled for what- ever loot it can get out of China. The growing power of Soviet Russia is Just as distatsteful to France as it is to England or the United States so Paris has protested to Peking about the deal. Peking, politically speaking is living from hand to mouth and may have to move at a moment's notice, So France, being practical, intends to protest to Peking, Mukden, Moscow and Tokio. French the Losers. If the French government, instead of financing counter - revolutions against the Soviet government had recognized the Workers’ Republic, it is safe to say that the French investors who loaned the money to build the * Chinese’ Dastern railway to the czar would be cash in pocket. Now, Herriot must finally negotiate with Moscow and the Chinese Eastern railway will be a very strong card in the hands of the expert diplomatic poker player, Comrade Tchitcherin, The nofse over the incident is sweet music to revolutionary ears. No Bad Feeling. SHANGHAI, Oct, 15.—Making no attempt to disarm them, arriving Kiangsu troops today were manifest- ing an air of complete indifference toward the 30,000 defeated Chekiang troops who, fully armed, are now en- camped between Huang Tu and Shanghai. A contingent of 3,000 Chekiang sol- diers with field guns and ample sup- plies and munitions is quartered in the North Shanghai railway station and more are constantly arriving but 80 far there has been no disorder de- spite the flight of all their officers, ‘The Chekiang forces have food sup- plies for seven days and are now tak- ing advantage of the armistice to ob- tain a long needed rest. PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Expert Dental Service for 20 Years, 6 ST., Near 7th Ave. AVE., Cor, Arthur St. facing the working class. fighter for the middle class. T be added to that. possible to place tories. Sell them everywhere. LaFollette, by Jay Lovestone. Alexander Bittelman. LITERATURE 1118 Washington) Bivd, BRITISH FASCISTI IN FIRST CLASH. OF BRITISH ELECTIONS; ATTACK COMMUNIST MASS MEETING) BOVIPE ARREST (Special to The LONDON, Oct. 15.—The British black shirts had their first open brush | Dally Worker) with the working class when they attacked a Communist meeting In Trafalgar Square today. Four of the Fascisti were arrested. Lord Ernest Hamilton, declared that the Fascisti would take an active part in the elections on the side of the tories and the right wing of the liberal party. Like the Minute Men of the Constitution and the American Legion in the United States, they pretend to be on the side of the “indepen- dent voter.” MacDonald is touring Glasgow in his “bisoult limousine” while Sir Alexander Grant who gave him the car and thirty thousand pounds to keep it is aiding the tories, MILITANT COAL MINERS IN THE PITTSBURGH DISTRICT PUTTING UP REAL FIGHT IN UNION ELECTION (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Oct. 15.—Progressive miners of the Pittsburgh district have selected a slate of candidates to oppose the boss-loving, reac- tionary and corrupt gang now in power, the ticket composed of men long known to the miners of the Pittsburgh district as fighters of the working class, fearless and unafraid. Many locals have already nominated the progressive ticket in the few days the announcement of their candidacy was made. ) Candidates for office in the Miners’ Union, the progressives are running on a strictly class program and platform, make a fair bid to win this time, providing of course, they watch close- ly the pernicious activities of the ad- ministration. , The administration's “organizers and field workers” are indeed rushed these days, for this is the only func- tion they perform and the only time they really do anything is at election time and around convention ume when the Lewis-Fagan combination Stir the Shops! The very best place to carry on a worki shops and factories where the workers ga! It is there that minds are open to the measures, parties and candidates that stand for concrete solutions of the problems of bread and butter It is in the shops that the workers will see most clearly, for example, the difference between Foster, the union organizer and fighter for the workers, and LaFollette, the lawyer and (Bditorial Daily Worker.) ‘HE ABOVE “HITS THE NAIL” on the head. Nothing could It’s up to you reader, to do everything physically THESE PAMPHLETS in the hands of the workers you work together with in shops and fac: Now is the time, The LaFollette Ilusion— As revealed in an Analysis of the Political Role of Senator Parties and Issues in the Election Campai: Questions and answers, how the dif. | By ferent parties vie ditions affecti ‘It's 8 gem, Decweibor seseld #9 to the po first reading this pamphl Unem it O and ccurs: pam: deals with Ot srsrvvssosonnypsoesnesoosvnsossesenoessovannssnecsessssccgeenes ) x to Fight It, by Harl R. Browdor, This most important issue before the work. Workers Party of America find them indespensible packing the conventions and robbing the ballot boxes. ‘Tamper With Returns. Some readers will think I am wrong in this so here is a copy of an affida- vit which was taken some time ago. The progressive committee is in pos- session of score’ of such affidavits ex- posing the rotteness and corruption of the official family. Thomas Myers- cough succeeded in getting the goods on the pie cards so it is not strange in the least that we find him expelled and outside the union today. June 15, 1921. Commonwealth of Penna., County of Washington, ss. Personally appeared before me, William H. Holmes, a justice of the peace in and for said county, Fred C. Parasky, president, and John J. Parasky, R. 8, of Local Union No. 1352, Manifold, being duly sworn according to law, disposes and say that the true and correct vote of Local Union No. 1352 for interna- tional president, was John L. Lewis, 51 votes; Harlin, 18 votes, For vice-.. president, Philip Murray, 44 votes; Howat, 25 votes, and for district secretary treasurer, Hargest, 54 yotes, Myerscough 17 votes. For in- ternational board member, O'Leary, 49 votes; Guiler, 17 votes. And that the votes recorded in the national and district tellers’ report are both false and were tampered with and changed by persons unknown after the correct vote had been attested to by the afflants, (Signed) Fred C, Parasky, John J. Parasky. Page 22, of the national tellers’ re- port on the 1921 election tells a dif- ferent story than this document. Ac- cording to the report there are nearly 200 votes added. Booze, boodle, and bribery also play their share in “winning” elections for the administration. Martin Bashel, at that time member of local union 1812, Willock, Pa,, later removed to Nokomis, Ill,, later to Pana, Ill., made affidavit to the following effect: Appeared at hall about 6 p. m. election day, in order to vote, and fourid the two secretaries and the rest of the board of tellers in a state of intoxication. Was informed by some of the tellers that two quarts of whis- key had been brought to them by or- ganizer John Luterancik, who gave out the confidential information that class camp: is in the er to earn living. Single copy. ve the working class. this year without DEPARTMENT Chicago, iil, HAVE YOU A LITTLE GILDED TOILET IN YOUR LITTLE HOME? (By The Federated Press) Cincinnati, Oct. 15.—The Railway Clerk, official jour Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Sta- tion Employes publishes the foilow- ing editorial sermonet in the Octo» ber issue: 3 Just Deserts. Gleaned from a day's news. Without trimmings or adornments we copy two headlines from the la- bor press. Their tale is eloquent: GOLD-PLATED TOILETS FOR THE IDLE RICH BLOODHOUNDS FOR EVICTED Miners. We shall let the readers preach the sermon, whiskey had been supplied by presi- dent Robert Gibbons, of district 5. Luterancik remained at Willock most of the day loitering around the hall, and telling miners who to vote for, The Daisy From Daisytown, Local 2399 is located at Daisytown. Affidavit was made by Paul Francis, Harry Wordsworth, and. Paul Budzis to the effect that report of district and international tellers of vote cast by local union 2399, of which they were members, was not correct, Lewis’ vote raised from 75 to 853, Har- lin vote of 212 cut to 13, Murray rats- ed from 67 to 849, Howat 218, not 14 as credited by international tellers’ report. It is by such methods as this that “the greatest labor leader” gets away with stuff, The progressives are on the lookout for a repetition of such tactics in the present election. This election finds the miners up in arms against the district gang. They are firmly determined to do away with the grafters in the miners’ union, and elect men who will fight for the bet- terment and happiness of the mem- bership. With fully two-thirds of the mines shut down some for over a.year now, the miners and their families are suffering untold hardships, yet the official gang in power can afford to put a detective on the payroll, pay him hundreds of dollars, squander thousands of dollars from the common treasury of the miners’ organization. No Racial Barriers, ‘The - progressive miners have se- lected men of all groups and elements all honest and sincere. Walter Jones, a Negro brother, is candidate for ex- ecutive board member of the fourth sub-district, something never heard of before, a Negro running for office, but the progressives recognize no racial barrier. Miners of the Pittsburgh district, support the progressive ticket. Rid the union of the grafters, leeches and parasites; elect men who will protect your class interests. Talk on Literature. Literature will be analyzed from the working class viewpoint by Lil- lian Heller Udell, who will speak to the North Side branch of the Workers Party, 2409 N, Halsted St., Monday, Oct, 20, at 8:15 p.m. Miss Udell will speak on “The Economic Background of Literature.” The eget playing upon modern ‘literature and the causes for the spreading of poigon to fill the work- 's' minds will be discussed|. The members will discuss the subject after hearing the speaker. No charge is made for admission, “Dead” Woman Returns. HAMMOND, Ind., Oct. 15,—Posi- tively identified by friends as the woman found murdered in a railway box car here February 27, Mrs, Ida MoClutcheon returned here today af- ter eight months absence to send an astonished police department once more {n pursuit of the {dentity of the woman whose body was dragged thru the snow and sealed in the car, ( r, a ‘ $ THE DAILY WORKER LAGUARDIA HAS € “RED” SPEAKER Communist Campaign Gets on Fakers’ Nerves | (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Oct. 15,—Juliet Stuart Poyntz, congressional candidate for. the twentieth con- gressional district, was arrested tonight at 111th Street and Lex- ington Avenue by the police, who were incited to arrest the Communist: speaker by Con- gressman LaGuardia. : LaGuardia said.to six police- men who were at the meeting: “Arrest that woman.” He did not appear to press the charge. During the early part of the meeting, the LaGuardia gang tried to mob Poyntz. Reactionaries Lose, The arrest of Comrade Poyntz fol | lowed closely on the heels of the} great Red Night in Harlem, and indi- cated the success of the Workers Party in exposing the fraud that the socialists and the fake progressives are perpetrating on the workers. Their hostility to the Communists has increased as the latter have succeeded in opening the minds of the masses to the futility of relying on men like La- Guardia and his socialist allies. The climax of the Workers Party campaign in New York City was reached with the celebration of Red Night in the 20th District in Harlem. The while district was ablaze from end to end during the entire evening with the message of Communism. From two dozen platforms the best speakers of the Workers Party ex- plained to the working class voters of Harlem why they could not vote for the capitalist parties and should not vote for the so-called progressives and socialists. The masses of Harlem lis- tened to the Communist message with rapt attention, thousands and thous- ands of them. Great Crowds. Every important street corner in the district was covered by a dense| throng of interested workers. The ef- forts of the+socialists to break up these splendid demonstrations failed utterly. All the bombast and noise of their henchmen in the socialist and trade union bureaucracy failed to draw the crowds. The working class of Harlem is finally coming to a real- ization of the critical issue in the dis- trict between the Workers Party and all other organizations claiming to represent the workers. The decision of the socialist party to support Major LaGuardia in this district for congress has brot about their downfall in the district. Major} LaGuardia, ardent supporter of th world war, veteran of bombing expe-| ditions on the Italian front, member of the American Legion, former candi- date on the Fusion (republican-demo-| cratic) ticket against the socialists, is now parading as a progressive with whole-hearted socialist support. Sup-| ported by a gang composed of union business agents and socialist hangers: | on he is trying to win working class votes in Harlem but without success. Trucks Decorated. The Red Night of the Workers Party in Harlem was a magnificent success. The numerous demonstra- tions in the various parts of the dis- trict wound up ‘at ten o'clock in a great central mass demonstration at the plaza at 110th Street and Fifth Avenue. Here was a sight that would gladden the-eyes. A great throng of thousands of workers gathered from all parts of the district listening with upturned faces and eager attention to the words of the numerous Commun- ist speakers who spoke from trucks gaily decorated with red bunting and immense signs bearing the slogans of the Workers Party. Among the speakers were Juliet Stuart Poyntz the candidate for con- gress in the Harlem District; Dr. Abraham Markoff, the candidate for assembly; Harry Winitzky, Rebecca Grecht, Charles Krumbein, Carl Brod- sky, 8. Sparrer, Jack Jampolsky and others. bi The Young Workers’ League and the Juniors were at their po: boring within the huge crowd. The DAILY WORKER was going like hot cakes, hundreds at a time, Communists leaf- lets fell in showers on the dense throng and were eagerly snatched up, The Workers Party is now a politi- cal fact of the first magnitude in Har- lem. The comrades of Harlem led by their energetic section organizer, Morris Nemser, have waged a magni- ficent campaign for Communism in one of the most important working class districts of New York, and one which was formerly the stronghold of the socialist party, the baliwick of Morris Hillquit himself who ran here for congress. The Communist move ment has gained a foothold in Harlem in this election which means much for the party in both the industrial and political flelés, Building Bolshevike—the D. THE DATE . Has Been Set For November 7 SHE PE00 a year HMIAG -§ S00 2 year F450 6 montis § 250, 3 months THE NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO BUILD IKE other newspapers— a working class news- paper must receive sup- port if it is to exist. But it will not receive it in the ad- vertising of employers of labor whose wealth is gained from the toil of others. The employers’ interests are not defended in a working class newspaper. 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