The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 18, 1924, Page 1

st THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 180. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ‘THE DAILY WORKER. |; Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March &, 1878. Outside Chicago, In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. by mail, $6.00 per year. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1924 a ae Published I PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. y except Sunday by THE DAIL CENTS including Saturday Magazine Section. On afl other days, Three Gents per Copy. Y WORKER Price 5 Cents FEAR DAILY WORKER EXPOSURES Unemployment Biggest Issue of Campaign COMMUNISTS DECLARE RELIEF POLICE PROTECT DAILY NEWS: JAIL DAILY WORKER MEN FOR ANNOUNCING REPLY TO LIES By MANUEL GOMEZ That it is decent and legal for the Chicago Daily News to publish Jake Spolansky's lying “expose” of the Communists, but impermissible for the DAILY WORKER to expose the would- be exposers, is the apparent interpretation which has resulted in the arrest of two active members of the Workers Party, John Heinrickson and Peter Lucas, charged with disorderly conduct. They were arrested at the corner of Milwaukee and Fuller- ton avenues, where they were putting up posters announcing the present series of anti-fink articles in the DAILY WORKER, The ‘plied with horses, ~~ Labor Defense Council furnished bail for their release. The lurid posters of the Daily News are in the street cars, in the “L” trains, on the billboards, all over the city. But when + AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O7FLAHERTY. ‘ORTUNATELY for American “so- ciety”, the Prince of Wales did not break his neck while he was here. While Long Island, His Royal Highness appeared \at a racecourse \earing a slouched panama. On the following day every lounge lizard at the millionaire colony had similar headgear. At a fox hunt in Toronto, the prince fell from his horse just to show that he could do it, Practically every participant in the hunt parted company with his steed a la prince. Bonesetters should adopt the prince. Tt would pay them to keep him. sup- at oe ‘HE quiz into the campaign funds of the three capitalist parties does not seem to bring forth the promised sensations. What is all the shooting about anyhow? Everybody knows that the biggest capitalists are sup- porting the republican party this year, for tho Davis is perfectly safe he only figures in this campaign as an innocent bystander. But all the big fellows are not dumping their cash into the Coolidge treasury. What about the gentleman who gave $40,000 to “Fightin’ Bob’s” campaign fund? *ee HAT a collection of thieving hypogites the capitalist par- ties are! The LaFollette, democratic and republican parties would do any- thing short of committing murder to| reach the White House. This storm | over the size of the campaign con-| tributions is merely political mud- throwing. The big capitalists will find ways and means of putting their money behind their favorites. -_ 2. @ ENATOR Thomas Walsh, the gentleman who won a. national reputation in tracing the black satchel that carried the $100,000 to Fall, now finds himself mixed up in a méss that differs only in degree from_the one that squirted over the former secre- tary of the interior. Walsh secured a special water permit from the United States government for the Beaverhead Ranch company, in which he was a stockholder. Fall, Daugher- ty, Wheeler, Walsh, McAdoo, Jess Smith. The honors seem to be even- ly divided. se @ c" TRANCE has decided to re¢ognize Soviet Russia. It suddenly dawned on the French capitalists that the rela- tions between the Russian nation hworkingmen ” were. taken. from - and the French nation were usually of the friendliest, and even tho the czar is dead, they must do business with his heirs. It is regretable that the French capitalists did not come to this conclusion before now. Thou- sands of lives would have been saved (Continued on Page 2.) the DAILY WORKER attempts to put up a few posters, its men are arrested! This illustrates what we meant when we declared yesterday that Spo- lansky, the Daily News and the police department are all bound together in the same system. Somebody Getting Feverish. Apparently the articles in the DAILY WORKER are beginning to make somebody decidedly feverish under the collar. The DAILY WORK- ER will continue its exposures, in spite of interferences. Copies of the paper will be obtainable at all im- portant newsstands. With coy carelessness of truth, the News neglected to say anything about posters in its front-page story of the arrest. Instead, it informed its readers that “anarchistic literature and pamphlets designed to inflame men.” The item starts out with ob- vious malicious intent and innuendo, noting the apprehension of the two Communists and adding, gratuitously, “both of whom are said to have come recently from Russia.” Daily, News Wrong Again. The DAILY WORKER would like to know where the News got its inform- ation that Heinrickson and Lucas “are said” to have come recently from Rus- sia. As a mere matter of fact, both of them have been living in Chicago for the last fifteen years or more. Instead of quitting Spolansky after the DAILY WORKER exposed him as a liar and a fraud, the News is re- sotting to his methods. In chapter V. of Spolansky’s, pon- derous narrative, he begins to talk about the “red raids” of 1919 and 1920; These are the raids of which Louis F. Post, at that time Assistant Secretary of Labor, has written: “The whole ‘red’ crusade seems to have been saturated with ‘labor spy’ in- terests—the interests of private de- tective agencies which, in the secret service of masterful corporations, were engaged in generating and in- tensifying industrial suspicions and hatreds.” In other words, powerful capitalists and their hired gangs of union wreckers and frame-up men, in the government and out of it. It is not generally known how im- portant these same interests were in securing the passage of the reck- less “sedition laws” and “criminal syndicalism” laws, under which thou- sands of workers have been thrown into jail in defiance of the constitu- tion. More than 35 stat® legislatures have been induced to pass such laws, after a similar statute failed of adop- tion in the United States congress. The laws were passed because they were “good for business”—especially the detective business. Exposes Thiel Agency. Readers of the DAILY WORKER will be particularly interested in the criminal syndicalism law which is on the statute books of the state of Illi- nois. The labor defense council has reason to believe that it was due in ne inconsiderable degree to a sterling patriot by the name of Michael Flana- (Continued on page 2) FARRINGTON IN. | BIG LAND DEAL WITH OPERATORS By J. T. O'FLAHERTY (Sixth Article) The official machinery of the Illinois Miners’ Union is. today being used by Frank Farring- ton to support for re-election the most notorious capitalist grafter and all round political crook that ever sat in the gov- ernor’s chair at Springfield. dering ath cap past | politicians it is @ fair assump- tion that the price of his treach- ery in this case comes to a pretty stiff figure. While the thousands of Illinois miners are unemployed and in a serious condition for want of the necessities of life, this mas- ter faker is putting up a united front with Small, Dawes, Brun- dage and Coolidge to put over the republican ticket in Illinois and in the United States while giving lip service to LaFollette and the so-called progressives. Dunne For the Workers. The only candidate for governor of Wlinois that deserves the support of the working class is William F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORK- ER, member of the electrical workers’ union and a man whose career in the (Continued on page 3) Trotsky Warns Against Foe (Special to the DAILY WORKER) OSCOW, Oct. 17.—Leon Trotsky, Soviet Commissar for War, speaking to a cossack as- sembly at Kabardino Balkarsk today urged his hearers “to be ready to mount their horses at a moment’s notice to fight for Russia.” “Sooner or later the enemy may compel us to shoulder our arms for our country’s defense,” said Trotsky. “That is why we cannot disband the army. Our enemies, the vultures and imperialists—those who now disrupt China—don’t permit us to do so. do not want to be torn and crushed. « “States composing the Soviet Alliance can adjust their mutual differences peacefully, but we could not take such a course with London or New York. Our army is strong not alone with its own strength, but because it has with it the peasants and workers.” On a Labor Faker’s Trail We REMOVAL OF 6, E. B. IS ACTION TAKEN BY THE 1, W. W. CONVENTION Yesterday saw the removal from power of all the Industrial Wofkers of the World officials involved in the recent injunction controversy. The convention went on record as repudiating the action of the offi- cials on both sides in the controver- sy by temporarily electing a com- mittee of administration from the delegates and completely excluding any of the old officers. A committee of three was elected by the convention to act as tem- porary officers under the instruction and jurisdiction of the convention and to take charge of the Industrial Workers of the World national af- is decided upon by the convention. This means that Tom Doyle and Joe Fisher on the one side and Grif- fith, Rowan and Bowerman on the other side, have been ousted. With them also went James Morris, as- sistant secretary to Doyle. The motion also stipulates that the duly elected administration make its headquarters at 1001 W. Madison street, the regular national office and the officials be notified of their temporary suspension. Supplies, books and other belong- ings of the Industrial Unions Nos. 330, 310 and 120 are to be returned to the Industrial Unions and that Industrial Unions Nos. 440 and 520 with other property be controlled by the administration elected by the convention. This action, however, cannot be taken until the temporary injunction is lifted. Editor’s Note:—Earlier story- on Page Two. WORK OVERTIME IN NEW YORK Foster To make Award 'HE weekend in New York will see the final spurt in a cam- paign of the D. W. B. U. (DAILY WORKER Briekl ‘8’ Union). Over 900 hustling super-builde: have been In overalls for weeks, with special folders of five subs each for the DAILY WORKER in a drive to establish “The National Labor Daily” in New York City. Over 500 subscriptions have been piled up to this week and an effort Is now being le to double the figure with one last three day effort ending in the Foster meeting at Arcadia Hall, 918 Halsey St., Brook- lyn’on October 19. Here the Com- munist presidential candidate, Wm. Z. Foster will award a beautiful silk banner (hand work of the Lithuan- ian comrades) to the winning branch having scored most bs in the con: Those comrades having subs on hand must turn them in here previous to the meeting to be coun- ted fh the banner award. No past effort made in New York for the DAILY WORKER can com- last three days of the Banner Award Contest every Communist, friend and sympathizer—and especially those holding sub card folders are asked to put a final “kick” into the contest. Here is real constructive work to build the American Labor movement—get in the D. W. B. U.! It has been due entirely to the efforts of these hard working build- ers that it has been possible to place the DAILY WORKER on the news stands of New York. Beginning Monday, October 20, every news stand In that city will carry the makings of future Communists. The DAILY WORKER can be main- tained, become better established, when every New York “Red” will see that subscriptions are asked for from every worker, everywhere— and especially in the last days of special effort to carry the Commun- ist message—thru the DAILY WORKER by getting subs. Wind up with a bang—make the last three days of Banner Contest—RED INDIANA COURTS FAIL 10 BAN WORKERS PARTY By ARNE SWABECK Connivance of the old party politicians, the lackeys of capi- talism and the self-styled pro- gressives following the usual “democratic” pattern to rule the Workers (Communist) Par- ty candidates off the ballot failed | once more. On Oct. 14 the Workers Party with..the governor of the state of: Indiana petitions for nomination of presidential electors containing 1,000 signa- tures obtained from all parts of the state but principally from the steel workers who have never for one moment lost faith in- William Z. Foster as a true work- ing class representative and in the Communist Party as the leader in the struggles of the workers. The tools of the steel trust immediately got busy jto take measures to prevent the Work- |ers Party going before the working class voters in this election. A Lame Excuse. An injunction was obtained restrain- ing the board of election commission- ers from placing seven of the so-called minor parties on the ballot giving the excuse that many of the signatures to their petitions had been obtained by fraudulent methods and that a total of twelve parties had filed nomina- tions which would prevent the use of | voting machines and thus disfranch- ize large numbers of Indiana citizens. Just how this would mean a disfranch- izement was not stated, nor was any| particular proof submitted to substan-| tiate the contention of fraudulent methods. The board bowed to the) commands of the injunction and ruled that only five of the so-called major| parties, including the LaFollette “pro- gressives” could be placed on the bal- lot. The Plot Failed. The Indiana election law provides for the acceptance of independent can- | didates when nominated thru petitions | by 500 voters of the state, During a period of two weeks 1,000 workers signified their willingness to support the Communist candidates and the Communist program and signed their names to: petitions being circulated. But what is law to the lackeys of cap- italism? When it serves their purpose they will enforce it to the letter, when that is not the’case it will be as utter- FOR WORKERS IS EVADED WITHOUT JOBS BY LAFOLLETTE The Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party hae issued a statement calling upon the workers to demand action for relief of the unemployed. This statement declares that there are now more than two million workers unemployed in the United ‘States and that. the army of men without jobs is increasing dally. a Neither the republican candidate, the’ democratic candidate, nor LaFollette has dared to take up this most pressing issue for the workers of this country, is the unemployed to whom they cannot give work and thru government taxa- the charge of the Workers Par- ty. Shows Up LaFollette. The statement is particularly di- rected against the LaFollette-Wheeler Progressive organization which is making an appeal for labor support but which is silent on the biggest is- sue in the lives of the workers of | this country at the present time. The statement declares that it is the capitalist system of industry | which is responsible for periodic} hard times with the consequent mis-| ery and suffering for the workers which unemployment brings. It de- mands immediate relief thru com- pelling the employers to pay wages to tion of industry for the purpose of maintaining the unemployed. Publish Statement in Leaflet. It calls upon all workers whe want to make a fight against the scourge of unemployment to join in the forma tion of unemployment councils to bring pressure upon the government and the bosses for immediate relief and to support the Workers Party candidates as a demonstration of their demand for the abolition of the capitalist system which causes unem- ployment. The statement in full, of which hundreds of thousands of copies will be distributed in leaflet form, . fol- lows: WORK OR WAGES FOR UNEMPLOYED! Make Bosses Pay Unemployed Workers If They Can’t Give Them Jobs! AVE we the right to “Life, Liberty According to the Declaration of and the Pursuit of Happiness?” Independence every human being, has certain inalienable rights “and among these are the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Do the workers of thls country enjoy these Inallenable rights? In order to enjoy the right to life they must have the opportunity to earn a living. The workers who work in the shops, mines, mills, factories and on the railroads of this country + are dependent upon the work they do and the wages they receive for their living. If they are unable to secure work they are unable to live. The right to “life, liberty and the} pursuit of happiness” to them means} an opportunity to work and earn these| things. The Workers Without Jobs, Today there are already two million| workers in the United States without | jobs. They are denied the opportunity to earn a living. Hundreds of thousands of miners) have been unemployed from periods) running from three to six months, some even longer. The steel industry has been running at less than 50 per cent of capacity for many months, which means more hundreds of thousands of workers who are denied the right to work. The textile industry has thrown a large part of its workers on the street. The clothing industry has its tens of thousands without work. The auto- mobile industry has laid off a hundred thousand or more men. All over the country the number of men and women without jobs is grow- ing. The bosses’ system of industry is breaking down again. In 1921 this} breakdown of the capitalist industrial system threw FIVE OR SIX MILLION WORKERS OUT OF JOBS. These workers didn’t have any “in- alienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The bosses couldn’t make big profits because their system of industry wasn’t work- ing, so they sent these workers out on the streets to starve. Thrown on the Junk Pile. ly disregarded’ as the scrap of paper it is written on. And in this instance, despite the one thousand signatures, the tried and true method of injune- tion was made use of to attempt to (Continued on page 2) Is it the inalienable right of the cap- italist bosses to throw the workers on the streets to starve? Must we go without wages to buy food, clothing and pay the rent, whenever the cap- Of all the occasions upon which workers gather in meeting halls none find more whole-hearted support, enthusiastic wel- come, greater response in the masses than the yearly celebration of the victory of the Russian Proletariat. demonstrations Communists hold, celebration of the birth of Soviet Russia should outstrip them all. Arranging details for huge mass meetings upon the SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, NOVEMBER 7th is now in order. Your immediate attention to this task. Begin this work TODAY! italist bosses can’t make big profits’ _ out of our work? Are the workers mere machines to be used when the bosses need them? Why shoiild Gary of the steel trust, Ford, the automobile king, Wood, the textile industry boss, the coal barons, the railroad owners and the other cap- italist bosses have the power in their hands TO PUT FIVE OR SIX MIL- LION WORKERS ON THE STREETS TO STARVE WHENEVER THBY CAN’T MAKE PROFITS? During the war the capitalist bosses and their government told the workers they must “WORK OR FIGHT.” When the capitalist bosses needed the labor of the workers they compelied them to work. WHY SHOULDN'T THE WORKERS COMPEL THE CAPITALISTS TO PAY THEM WAGES WITHOUT WORK IF THEY CAN’T GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK “AND EARN A LIVING? Make the Bosses and Their Govern- ment Pay. Workers! Demand that the govern- ment and the capitalist bosses pay the unemployed. The capitalist bosses make big prof- its out of the labor of the workers. The BILLION DOLLAR fortunes of Rockefeller, Morgan and Ford were produced by the labor of the workers. The wealth owned by the tens of thou- sands of millionaires and multi-million aires were produced by the labor of the workers. If the capitalist bosses take big prof- its when times are good, make them pay the unemployed wages when they can’t give them jobs. Make the government levy spécial taxes on the capitalist bosses and cre- ate an unemployment fund to be ad- ministered by the labor unions out of which to pay the workers without jobs. Let the workers still in the fac- (Continued on page “~~ Of the many