The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 16, 1924, Page 4

i | Page Four REPUBLICANS AT DULUTH REFUSE GITLOW DEBATE (Special to The Dally Worker) DULUTH, Minn., Oct. 15.— The republican here has officially declined the ‘challenge of the Communist | candidate for vice-president, Benjamin Gitlow, for a public debate in Duluth with the re- ‘publican candidate, “Hell and Maria” Dawes. Gitlow spoke to several hun- dred workers in Duluth on Oct. 6 in the Shrine Auditorium, while on the same night Dawes, with the aid of a twenty-piece band, was making a noise in the Armory. Party Issues Challenge. The challenge of the Wokers Party tor a Gitlow-Dawes debate, signed by the City Central Committee of the Workers Party of Duluth, declared: “To the Republican. Campaign Committee, “Manhattan Building, “Duluth, Minn. “As there is a report that Gen- eral Charles G. Dawes, the repub- lican candidate for vice-president of the United States will speak in Du- luth on the 6th of October, fhe same date that Benjamin Gitlow, the Communist candidate for vice-presi- dent, speaks here, the Duluth City Central Committee of the Workers Party of America, in behalf of Mr. Gitlow, hereby challenges Mr. Dawes to a public debate, either at the Shrine Auditorium, where Mr. Git- low speaks, or at the place where Mr. Dawes will speak. Mr. Dawes to choose one of two subjects, viz: “(No. 1) RESOLVED: That the Dawes plan to help Germany» will only enslave the German working class and create more unemploy- ment in other industrial‘ countires; Mr. Gitlow to take the affirmative, and Mr. Dawes the negative, or “(No. 2) RESOLVED: That the capitalist system of production for profit has outlived its usefullness, and should be abolished; Mr. Git- low to take the affirmative, and Mr. Dawes the negative. “Yours very truly, “The Duluth City Central Commit- tee, Workers Party of America. “Wm. Lehtinen, Secretary.” Find It Quite Impossible. The republican party refused to accept this challenge, replying in a letter written tothe Workers Party by William Sargent, chairman of the St. Louis County republican com- mittee, that “It is quite impossible to arrange anything of this sort at this late date.” Gitlow denounced the Dawes plan in his Duluth speech, declaring it the “plan of J. P. Morgan and company to enslave the workers of Europe.” Over 300 workers paid 25 cents a piece to hear Gitlow denounce LaFollette and the Dawes plan. Robert Minor speaks in Duluth 6n Oct. 17 and Joseph Manley on Nov. 3. E. W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Seven Places 62 W. Van Buren 42 W. Harrison 169 N. Clark | 118 S. Clark 66 W. Washington | 167 N. State 234 S. Halsted PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 Specialities: E. W. Rieck Boston Baked Beans and Brown Bread Fine Soups and Fresh Made Coffee Commicrary and Bakery: 1612 Fulton Ct. SSS SSS see eee eee A Great Labor Monthly COMBINING THE LIBERATOR, LABOR HERALD, PICTO RIAL will be issued on November First The Workers Monthly Edited by Earl R. Browder Retaining the best features of three established f magazines from the very beginning it assures its readers the best in the field of American Labor journals. Rates—$2.00 a Year, $1.25 Six Months Single copy 25 cents Official Organ of The Workers Party and Trade Union Educational League THE WORKERS MONTHLY 1113 W. Washington St. Enclose Name .... Street .... headquarters | Phone West 2549} be held Sunday, Oct. 26, at a place THE DAILY WORKER IN WITH THE DOLLARS! HE news of the last few days, in the undertaking of securing an extra large campaign fund, is that the Chicago district of the party has taken its rightful second place. The big campaign rally of last Sunday at which both Foster and Gitlow spoke, netted a collection of about $850.00 cash. This brings the total contributions direct to the Chicago district up to $2,126.44, Contribution lists and remittances for campaign fund stamps sold are showing up heavy In the daily mail of the national office. The will to finance, to amply finance the Communist campaign is growing and these last three weeks of our offensivé against the Coolidge-Davis col- | lusion and the LaFollette illusion should bring in more dollars than the six past weeks. 4 The correspondence continues interesting. L. Nierman writes that he is 70 years old, has been in the revolutionary movement for 49 years and is a Bolshevik. Chas. Sopko and Henry Corbishky went out on pay night and collected $41.15 and the promise is made that a little more will be done on the side, Frank Butovac remits $10.00 in emphasis that he believes in the Workers’. and Farmers’ Dictatorship. Altho his shop closed its doors yover four months ago, John Wild remits $5.00. To attest that collecting money for the campaign fund is a good way to carry on organization work, a letter trom Earl Panizza enclosing $9.00, asks for the Workers © Party address so that he can join. Seventeen dollars is all Thos. Otzwirk and Albert Schweiger could collect, they write, because the miners only had a 2-day 5-hour pay day. This is better than many others have done in shops that have been run- ning steadily for years. Sternberg, of the Bronx, sends a money order for $20.00 and thanks the Workers Party for giving him an opportunity to participate in the great work the Communists of this country have undertaken, Barney Zaleskas, injured in the mines and not able to “get about, says he will collect more, if possible; surprising us with a check for $26.00 for campaign fund stamps. And the Finnish branch of Waukegan, IIl., swells the campaign fund with a $75.00 check. Large amounts and small are equally welcome. What we do insist upon is activity In collection by every party member and sympathizer. ‘That more and ever more are becoming active is proven by the long list of contributions published below: Name List No. Vincent Macha, 1563 Wm, B. Ridgway, 8017 Marion M Frank Edic! John Denoc M. M. Frank Patz, T. Harmatiuk, 68 J. Hadok Amount) Frank Gajer Lithuanian br: Douglas "Thomaides, Emil. Garis, 1137 Martin Pavlicevic J. Julicka, 1 Jos. Slivka I. Abramsen, red Bikhott, Julius _Kunkler, Gust John Dvojicka, Nick Cherain, S. Melnik, 21636 .. A. Lucrich Frank Milman, Dan Bradackov! A. Flentsch, 8 4.25 | Marvin Mark: Otto Moldovan, 45 5.001 Geo Seib George Nickerson, 16 2.00 | alfred Knut James Biley, 11199 30.00 | List 13821 Sebostian Giovanninni, 5.00) M. Majcan, | Samuel Ronken, 1.00 \Frank Kalan, 21430 |M. K. Beach, 1923 3.00' uM. MM. Candea del Nagy, 18537 16.25] Steve Sudak, 452! Joseph H. Boisvert, 4.00 Frank Bosich, Axel W. Johnson, 12676 8.50] John Uder, 14: Wasil Honta, 8920 8.50] Kallo Leive Tom Karloras, 4.25] Jos. Panek Joseph Burgen, 3.00) N. “Lilienstein, S. Engelsman, 10483 4.4013. EB. Cook, 16: T. Shuroff, 8616 2.00} Nick Prazting Alex Pennanen, 1 0 | Finnish Br. |Frank Lehti, 11660 015. Kasper, Campaign Ste Carl Chrestofferson, 0 | District 3 Elias stad, C. Loitse Mary Kine, J, Bulatker, 1140 Jos. i: Yerman, Eugene Zeller, Branch 639, W. J. F. Kraem Geo. Kenezevich Gasper Stoni: Geo, Bancevic L. Nierman, Saul Sarachik: 16' Michael Rosenberger, John Diacik, 3584 jAnthony J. Kranik, 3596 Edmund Rieckehr, 149,17 P. Frank, 6480 . F. Kimbauer, W. Petrones, 17724... Corbishky and Sdopko Frank Butorak, 4270 John Wild, 16993 E. G. Panizza, 7999 Otzwirk and_ Schwei; The Patient Jewis Sternberg, 15688 R. S. S., 2261 §S. Adamson, 474 Alfred Hastey, T. Jugo-Slav. ection, Detroit Concord, N. H. A. Crnich Finnish Local, Waukegan, II Barney Zaleskas Nick Turcik, 19936. 8. S. Branch, Orient, Il. Finnish Branch, B Abraham Bidlar. 10405 J. Komer, 20574 Chas. Beyer, 9003 Hungarian Branc! V. Piatnizk; Peter Lenberg, 6769 .. Fred, Frickas, Alois Patirhan, 12450 Frank Torreano, 5378 P. Pekoraitis, 13690 .. M. Shapovalov, 11627 Paul Tabso, 8957 . J. H. Jensen, 16826 .. PEOPLE’S COLLEGE OF WAUKEGAN, ILL., PLANS POLITICAL DEBATE, OCT. 26 Workers of Waukegan, Ill., interested in workers’ education have been trying to organize a school for that purpose. among the organized workers this school has not yet been able to function properly. However, the People’s College, as this organization is called, has decided to have open forums during this winter at least once a month on which ques- tions of political and economical in-+ terest to the workers will be dis- cussed by competent speakers from different viewpoints. The first meeting of this kind will this meeting representatives from the different political parties will appear and speak from the same platform, outlining what they propose to offer to the working class if elected to office. The Workers (Communist) Party will be represented by J. Louis Eng- dahl, candidate for U. S. senator from Illinois. Engdahl is editor of the ~ |committee is in direct violation of the |committee in favoring a wage reduc- ) |ley, have wired President Lewis pro- 0 agreement by the operators. 5|rank and file miners has been called For lack of sufficient interest | St. and time to be announced later. In | g¢. OPPOSE UNION OFFICIALS WHO TOOK WAGE CUT Alberta, Canada, Coal Miners Up in Arms (Special to jaily Worker) DRUMHELLER, Alberta, Oct. | 15.—The action of the policy committee of District 18, West-| jern Canada, of the United Mine |Workers of America in accept- ing the proposition of the coal operators that wages be cut} $1.17 a day, means the defeat) of the reactionary officialdom in| the coming December elections, many miners here believe. The rank and file of District 18 are stirred up over the re- commendation of the reaction- ary policy commmittee, that they accept a wage reduction of $1.17 per day for contract men and twelve and one-half per cent for all day wage men Would Give Up Gains Made. This . recommendation, * preventing an agreement based upon the Jack sonville agreement, signed between the United Mine Workers of America and the operators in the central com petitive coal fields of the United States, stipulating that the wage rate of 1921 prevail for three years, would reduce wages to their 1918 rate, and relinquish the gains made by the min- ers in 1919. The recommendation of the policy wage policy of the Lewis administra- tion, which was indorsed by the last convention. William Sherman, renegade radical has backed the reactionary policy tion, and it is believed his desertion of the miners in their fight for their wages, coupled with his active sup- port of the reactionary Lewis admin- istration even going the length of cancelling local tnion charters to en- force the reactionary Lewis policies, will mean his -cértain defeat ‘in the coming elections, and the elec- tion of the entire progressive slate thruout District 18. Launch Vigorous Protest. Sub-district five officials, having jurisdiction over the Drumheller Val- testing vigorously against this wage cut and demanding that Lewis take definite action to uphold the strike for the signing of the Jacksonville A monster mass meeting of the for today to protest against the ac- oo Party Activities Of Local Chicago Thursday, October 16. Meeting of Party and Y. W. L. mem- bers in the A. C. W. A. at 3322 Douglas Bivd., 8 P. M. Matter of ORGANIZA- TION OF SHOP NUCLEL shops will be taken up M. P. Aronberg speaking. South Slavie Br. ‘No. 1, 1806 S. Racine Finnish Branch, Imperial Hall, 2409 N. Halsted St. South Side English, Community Cen- ter, 3201 S. Wabash Ave. ae Karl Marx, 2733 Hirsch Russian No. 1, 1902 W. Division St. 1ith Ward Italian, 2439 8. Oakley Blvd. 3ilst Ward Italian, 511 N. Sangamon in. clothing Abern and ys ag ame Society, Rehearsal 3420 W. Roos erage! oatande 17. Ukrainian No. 2, Ukrainian Education- al Society, 10701 Stephenson Ave. Polish North Side; 1902 W, Division St. Lithuanian No. 5, 3142 S, Halsted St. Greek Branch, 722 Blue Island Ave. Saturday, October 18. Labor Defense-DAILY WORKER Bazaar Committee, 3 p. m,, at 722 Blue Isiand Ave. Every branch of the party must send delegates to this meeting. Only a month till the bazaar and tremendous amount of work yet to be done. Every DAILY WORKER and an able speak- er who will keep you interected. Workers, you have been getting your information about the Commun- ist movement of this country and the world from the yellow capitalist press, now you have a chance to hear what the Workers (Communist) Par- ty in reality proposes to you, from a Communist who knows what he is talking about. Therefore don't miss this meeting. It will be interesting for all who toil. “Mother” Bloor Speaks Oct. 22. Ella Reeve Bloor will speak on the issues concerning the worker's in this political campaign, in Waukegan, IIl., at Worker’s Hall, 517 Helmholz Ave., 8 p. m., Wednesday, Oct. 22. “Mother” Bloor is a veteran of the working class movement of the United States, an able speaker who will show the workers why they should vote in this presidential election for the Workers Party candidates, SOVIET RUSSIA Chicago, Illinois years’ subscription. to keep Might Sod, Cioor andl Weaken Wi Free “ Care” fg Book Morine Co., Dept. 8.,9B. Ohio t, Chicago branch pitch in, Saturday, Oct. 18. John Reed memorial meeting, Douglas Park Auditorium, Kedzie and Ogden Aves. Speakers: Max Shachtman, A. Bittelman, J. Louls Engdahl. Freiheit Singing Society. Auspices of John Reed Branch Y. W. L. Saturday, Oct. 18—Ruyssian performance, and DANCE, given by the Society for 2 ae ‘Aid to Soviet Ri 4 at 1902 + Division St., beginning at 8 p.m, Open Air Meetings in Chicago. Thursday, Oct. 16, 47th and Ashlan 2 ent of Polish branch. Soeakeres Earley and Polish comrade. Ba he and Marshfield—Auspices of W. L. “branch. Good speakers. NEW YORK CITY PARTY ACTIVITIES OPEN AIR MEETINGS Friday, Oct, 17, 110th St. and Fifth Caf wy 8. Poyntz, Oblans and Jewish speake Pitkin and Stone "Aves.| Brownsville —Janny Warshofsky, Tracie enberg. Saturday, Oct, 18, 10th St, and Fifth Avenue—Dr. A, Markoff, N. Wilkes and Jewish speaker. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. ED. GARBER QUALITY SHOES | FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN 2427 beh rds AVENUE . ore ieee QVER THE TOP, NEW. YORK | HE hour has come for the final charge in the DAILY WORKER New York subscription campaign. Only three days more until the climax is reached at Arcadia Hall, 918 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, when Comrade Foster will present the Red Silk Bolshevik Banner to the Branch that makes the best record. No one can tell at present which Branch will win. The race is close. None are so far ahead that they could not be easily surpassed by an ener- getic effort on the part of any one of a dozen others. Of course, not every Branch can win the Banner. CAN do SOMETHING, ; b Not every member can devote his time to hustling subs. But EVERY member CAN TRY to.GET ONE between now and Sunday evening when the contest closes and all special rates and offers stop. Over 900 of New York’s most energetic and devoted comrades have special DAILY WORKER subscription folders in their possession at this moment. Each one of these 900 select members will of course endeavor not merely to get one more subscription, but to sell the entire set of five | subeards, before the zero hour strikes next Sunday evening. * * * ¢ All these Comrades mugt remember that they are to settle for these special subscription folders with the DAILY WORKER agents of their branches or with the New York DAILY WORKER agent BEFORE 8 o'clock Sunday evening October 19, at Arcadia Hall, 918 ‘Halsey Street, Brooklyn, unless they have made their settlement earlier. * * * * New York has done well in the past month. Over 500 new subscriptions have been secured by New York Comrades since Sept. 1. But we can double and treble that THIS week with one great united effort. Let us all push together this last ‘three days and see what we can do. Those that never secured a sub before, GET ONE. Those that already have some scalps to their credit, GET MORE. Thus we shall lay the bricks for the foundation of an effective Com- munist movement in New York that will withstand all hostile storms, But EVERY Branch CONDUCTED - BY TH YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE MEMBERS OF CHICAGO! TAKE NOTICE! All area branches will meet this Friday, Oct> 17. Following are the meeting places of the different branches. Attend the branch that is in. the area that you work in. Branch No. 1 starts at Lake Michigan and Lake street, running west to Jefferson street, south to Harrison St., Take street, All'members working in| | SHOW THE BOLSHEVIK FILM ON THE COPPER RANGE IN MICHIGAN this area will attend their first meet- ing at 180 W. Washington street, Fri- Our members at Hancock, Mich., clearly understand the importance day, Oct. 17, 8 p. m. of the motion picture in furthering Branch No. 2 starts at Madison and Jefferson streets, running west to working class organization. The secretary writes: Wood street, south to’ 22nd street, east ‘to Lake Michigan, north to Har- rison street, west to Jefferson street and north to Madison street. All members working in his area will at- tend their branch meeting at 722 Blue UOur tnovement here te wele_ana Island avenue, Friday, Oct. 17, 8 P.M! Wwe are tryltig to ‘bulld It up-—eo we Branch No. 3 is bounded on the! jo9x to the films to wake up the north by ~22nd street, the west by| workers. All’ the proceeds will go Wood street, the south by 79th street/ ¢. the relief fund. We will show and the east by Lake Michigan. All} two days, Oct. 30 and 31.” members in this area will attend their The wisdom of a two-day show in branch meeting Friday, at 3142 S.| any except the largest theaters was proven in New York where the crush on the first day was so great that five doors were pushed in by the great crowds that were afraid they would not get to see the film. Ap- Halsted street. plications for dates are coming in Branch No. 4 is bounded on the north by Madison street, the west by fact and should be addressed to the Movie Dept., 19 S. Lincoln St., Chi- Austin avenue, the south by 79th street and the east by Wood street. All members will attend their branch meeting this Friday at 3322 Douglas boulevard.- _ Branch No. 5 starts at Madison and] ¢ago, Ill. Jefferson streets, running west to May Pending Film Shows. street, north to North avenue, east to “The Fifth Year” Lake Michigan, south to Lake street, “Russia and Germany.” west to Jefferson street and south to Oakland, Cal., Oct. 18. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 24-25. “Beauty and Bolshevik” and “Rus- sia in Overalls.” Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 25. Hancock, Mich., Oct. 30. Madison street. All members work- ing in this area will attend their branch meeting at The Chicago Com- mons, 947 W. Grand avenue. Branch No. 6 takes in all territory north of Madison street except that of Branch No. 5. Their meeting will be held at 2613 Hirsch boulevard. All members will take notice that their branches will meet this Friday, Oct. 17, 8 p. m. sharp. Join the Workers Party! Young Workers of Pullman Hold Fine Organization Meet!} 2 Youth pay in Russi 3. Communism versus LaFollette With pluggers announcing the meet- 4. Herlock Shoimes Catches Re ing spread broadcast thru the town a 5. large gathering of young workers was 6. held in Stancik Hall—of Pullman car|| 7 strike fame. One-hundred young prance rey hase penta coren VERSE -PICTURES » ILLUSTRATIONS wi great interest to Pauw ine’s talk on what the Young Workers ORDER NOW! League means to the working youth of America and why they should join it. Most of the young workers were total strangers to the idea of the class struggle, but they paid close atten- tion to the militant message of the speaker. The idea of organizing the class conscious and rebellious members of ashop into a committee to carry on the fight for better working conditions, more pay, and the enrollment of the rest of the young workers into unions and into the league seemed to appeal particularly, and many of the young workers expressed their intention of coming to the next meeting which was called for the following Friday in the same hall, At this meeting it is planned to take in new members, to make a drive for subscriptions to the Young Worker and to put the Pullman branch on a firm working basis. Building Bolsheviks—the D. 1113 W. Washington Blvd, What Wil the -Michigan Supreme Court hears argument in eal of Ruthenberg TODA TOMORROW. Decision a be given out ° 166 W. Washington Street feleereleleererere READ THE NEXT ISSUE OF The DAILY WORKER Magazine Section SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 Prospects of War and Revolution. What Does Your Boss Look Like?..... Marx to Engels on the First International. Ibanez Starts a Bourgeois Revolution.. And Other Interesting Articles THE DAILY WORKER _ BUY DEFENSE STAMPS—Extra Ones! Send Contributions to LABOR DEFENSE COUNCIL Thursday, October 16, 1924 RAIL HEADS TRY TONATIONALIZE B&O. SYSTEM Bosses’ Love for Scheme Begins to Spread (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 15. —A committee of railway mag- nates from the Association of Railway Executives, headed by Samuel Ream, of the Pennsyl- vania, and including Loree, of the Lackawanna, and Krut- schnitt, of the Southern Pacific, has asked the Interstate Com+ merce Commission to draft a model of the “Baltimore & Ohio plan,” which aims at class cole laboration of bosses and eme ployes and the stifling of all at- tempts at militant action by the workers. The Bosses Fear No More. The co-operation between the rail- way owners and the I. C. C. is brot to light in an article in the current issue of “Labor,” organ of the railroad labor unions. Feeling of the railroad bosses was opposed to the “B. and 0.” plan, when it was formulated by William H. Johnston, president of the Inter- national Association of Machinists and chairman of the Conference for Progressive Political Action, which be- trayed various groups of workers into the hands of LaFollette. The railroad owners at that time imagined that giving the organized shopmen a chance to manage the petty details of shop routine, as the “B. and O.” plan proposes, might cur- tail theif powers. The bosses have now come to see ;|that the B. and O. plan, far from at- tempting to curtail the power of the employers offers them the best pos- sible aid in squeezing all they can out of the workers, by offering small rewards for efforts at speeding up production. “Stability” of employment condi- tions in the shops is said by the bosses to be the aim of the “B. and 0.” plan. Introduction of the plan does stabilize conditions—it prevénts any attempts on the’ part of the work- ers to better their conditions by means of drastic action. The visit of the committee of the executives’ association points to an effort to bring the entire railroad in- dustry of the United States under “the Baltimoré and Ohio plan.” Pycckaa Beyepunka Russian Vecherinka, performance and dance will be given by the So- ciety for Technical Aid to Soviet Rus- sia, Saturday, Oct. 18, at 8 p. m., at the Soviet School, 1902 W. Division St. A good time is promised to all Are you coming? Resume Tar Trial. FREDERICK, Md., Oct. 15.—Trials of those indicted for participating in the tarring and feathering of Dorothy Grandon several weeks ago were re-' sumed here today. The trial of Arthur Rice was the first on the calendar. Considerable difficulty was encounter. ed in getting a jury, as nearly all those called for jury duty admitted that they had formed an opinion on the case. By L. Trotsky By Anna Porter -By Alexander Bittelman By Donan Coyle ly T. J. O'Flaherty By Harrison George Chicago, Illinois Decision Be? | Labor Defense Council must be prepared for an errant of the case to the jiupreme Court, and for the retrial or trials, of Foster.and the others, Chicago, Illinois