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THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. II. No. 184, Woh Hl. No. 184. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ousiae chicas COOLIDGE BLOW THE Outside Chicago, In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. DAILY Entered as Second-<class matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, [linois under the Act of March 8, 1979. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1924 , by mail, $6.00 per year. ORRER. Published Daily except Sunday by PUBLISHING CO., 1113 -W. EEE ?90 Washington Blvd., THE DAILY WORKER Communist Candidates For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN CITLOW. Price 3 Cents SNS Dow Re we eeennetan: Rivas | CERRY: Il. T RUSSIA FAILS Soviet Workers Greet Paterson Silk Strikers - AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. 'ARREN S. STONE, one of Ri bert M. LaFollette’s chief bac! ers, has not yet replied to the charge! made against him by John L. Lewi Yegarding the Coal River Colleries ©ase. Again we warn our readers that. between Lewis and Stone, there is only a choice between two evils. Both are outstanding labor fakers, but this case, and thru no fault of his own, Lewis is in a more favorable po- Bition while Stone is in the same €ategory as the non-union coal = tors. * UR readers are acquainted with the story, but “for the benefit f those who are here for the first time” as the chairman of an open fe used to say with montonous cgularity every Sunday, the case is s follows: The manager of the Coal River Colleries, which is a company ed by members of the Brotherhood 0: Locomotive Engineers and of which Btone is president, refused to sign a eontract with the United Mine Work- * brs of America, preferring to run an ren or scab shop. Rather than gn the agreement, the “union” scab teal company shut down the mine. . * * J { OHN L. LEWIS being a member of J the republican national advisory tommittee, and Stone holding a some- hat similar position with the La- Follette outfit, it was decided by the f. O. P. strategists that their servant ewis should place a tack on Stone’s phair by publishing the correspond- ence that passed between the two Iori eee “goods” on Stone. At least ther latter bas not yet replied to the charges tho. he has said “you too” to Lewis in the current issue of his official organ, the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineer's Journal. . Tt Stone. should treat such an -important issue with «the scant eourtesy of one short paragraph is e@=tdence of the cynicism with which our labor fakers regard the opinion of the workingclass of the United States. Bione sarcastically refers to the Lewis publicity, suggests that the expenses wero paid by the G. O. P., which is a! nost believable, and intimate that Joon L. Lewis was offered a cabinet position with Coolidge in case the tent man is re-elected. All ‘these positions are very likely well founded. UT the workers of this country are not so much interested in the vee of Lewis’s service to the repub- Boab party, any more than they are fr what Stone was promised politic- kily, for his efforts in behalf of that !! and seasoned republican, Robert . LaFollette as they are in what Bone has to say in justification or e-planation of the charge of scabbery. Instead of doing so he winds up a brief paragraph of comment on the matter by boasting that thé Brother- hood of Locomotive Tngineers would e'st long after “some of those other ce Called labor organizations are for- gotten.” A labor organizition that has pe at least one dozen banks is not ered respectable by the Wall éet financier, Warren §, Stone. * #8 ae Dukes, Sirs, manufacturers, ” « bankers and professional do-noth- (Continued on Page 5.) Must Fight the Moors. MADRID.—The directory has decid- i to house its embassy at Buenos / ‘res in a new building, |pREETINGS 70 STRIKERS FROM RUSSIA Soviet Textile Workers to Paterson Comrades Five hundred thousand mem- bers of the great textile union of Soviet Russia yesterday sent a telegram of greeting to the striking silk workers of Pater- son, New Jersey. Across thousands of miles of land and ocean the revolution- ary workers of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics heard the call of their fellow workers in the slave mills of the United States, and hastened to send them words of encouragement and good cheer. . Real Revolutionists. The international solidarity is not a mere phrase on their lips has been proven time and again by the men and women who have established the first workers’ state in history. This is true, from Zinoveiy the chairman of the Communist International to the worker in the factory and from Kal- inin the president of the Soviet Re- public to the revolutionary peasant, guarding the far-flung front against the forces of counter-revolution, 5 Q ' ington Blvd., Chicago. It reads: “Associated Silk Workers, Paterson, New Jersey. “Comrades: Having learned of the heroic struggle of the Paterson silk workers, the All-Russian Textile Un- ion, in behalf of five hundred thou- sand members and the Textile Work- ers’ International Prouaganda Commit- tee. send hearty greetings and wish you victory. “Long live the Paterson silk strik- ers! “Long live International Labor Sol- idarity!! “Kutzov, Secretary, All-Russian Textile Workers’ Union. “Lebeden, Secretary, International Textile Workers’ Propaganda Commit- tee.” RUTHENBERG SPEAKS IN CLEVELAND THIS FRIDAY AND SUNDAY CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 22 Charles E. Ruthenberg, national ex- ecutive secretary of the Workers Party id candidate for congress from the 20th district of Ohio (which includes’ part of Cleveland), speaks in Cleveland on Friday, Oct. 24, on the west side at Carpentina Hall, 1303 W. 58th St., at 7:30 p. m. All arrangements are under way to have a big crowd greet Comrade Ruthenberg on Friday night. Comrade Ruthenberg also speaks in Akron on Saturday, Oct. 25, and then returns to Cleveland to address a large meeting on the east side on Sunday. Oct. 26, at 6006 St. Clair St., at the J. D. Hall, at 7:30 p. m. Claim Conservatives Won. CHRISTIANA, Norway.—Partial re- turns from the general election today indicated a conservative victory. WORKERS THREATENING GENERAL . 5 jal to The \ > MEXICO CITY, oct, jal employes in the state of Vera re Saturday, In sympathy with BRONX—1347 Boston WILLIAMEBURG--4¢ Graham Avenue. 319 Gri Avenue STRIKE IN VERA CRUZ, MEXICO ily, lous labor Mat arg threatened If all in- Cruz carry out their threat to walk the striking electrical workers of the Road. | EAST SIDE— By WILLIAM SIMONS (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 22.—The comrades of District 15 have accomplished a task that seemed hopeless. Two years ago Very few sig- natures were gathered. To get the state ticket on the ballot required 3,250. certified signatures in the hands of the state secretary by Oct. 14, _after submitting them to the town clerks before October 7, 3,490 were certified by the town clerks. Two hundred more would have gotten the presidential electors on also. But the task accomplished is Mavertheless Party on Ballot in Connecticut total of 600 signatures, and J. Gombos with 400. Among others worthy of special mention were Crasnitiski of Waterburk; Gurevich, Kiuchen and Wolfson, of Hartford; Bruening, Spector and Kling of New Haven; Abe Epstein of Stamford. The state ticket is composed of the following candidates: Governor: William Mackenzie, Stamford carpenter. Lieut. Governor: P. S. Kling, New Haven laundry driver. Comptroller: John Gombos, Bridgeport office worker, Secretary of State: Mary Dworkin, Bridgeport clerical worker. . the other in Brooklyn. * a meritorious one. cured about 1,000 names, of which volunteer work was done by Jennie Comrade Bloomfield, who was called in for a few went work, se- about 600 were certified. The it Feldman of Bridgeport with a gross FOSTER INVADES THE ANTHRACITE PA. COAL FIELDS New York City (Special to the Daily Worker) SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. 22.— William Z. Foster, cafididate for president on the Workers Party ticket, invaded the anthracite coal fields today, addressing an enthusiastic mass meeting to- night at the Labor Temple. Incidentally he told of the Two Great Audiences. Both the New York meetings were held on one day at the New Star Casino, where a tremendous audience of 4,000 jammed the hall to overflow- ing in the afternoon and another 2,500 listened to him in the evening. In addition to Foster, Benjamin Gitlow, his running mate for vice-presi- dent, also addressed these tremendous gatherings. Both were in excellent condition and delivered powerful speeches. New York comrades boast- fully asseft that these meetings were the most enthusiastic and inspiring meetings the New Star Casino has ever witnessed. Phe Hungarian Singing Socity, the eiheit Singing Society and the Lithu- anian Mandolin Orchestra kept up a continuous flow of revolutionary songs in which the audience and the joined heartily, These ngs were interrupted several times by. tremendous applause for the Com- munist candidates. Host of Other Speakers. Comrades Ludwig Lore, Stachel, Julius Stuart Poyntz and Abraham Markoff, who have been very active in this campaign and have made New York City famous by their Red Night meetings, addressed the afternoon meeting and in the evening Comrade Memeroff spoke in Lithuanian, War- shafsky in Yiddish and Alexander Trachtenberg in Englsh. The collections taken up amounted to $449 in the afternoon and $315 in the evening. The sale of buttons at both meetings amounted to $197. BUT DAY OF MIRACLES HAS PASSED EVEN IN SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SAN FRANSISCQ. — “Sacred Heart May Eni line greeting readers of a San Fran- cisco newspaper recently. To those not acquainted with the wact that tehre exists a Roman Catholic col- lege known by that name, it might have seemed that a miracle was about to occur, or that the divine organ had become overstrained from contemplation of the antics of Bryan and his fundamentalists, Treasurer: Chas. Crasnitiskl, That the ticket is on is due to the work of the local campaign man- agers in the various cities as follows: ford, A. Wofsie; Bridgeport, Mary Dworkin; Waterbury, Chas. Crasnitiski. Waterbury brass worker. Hartford, John Kluchen; Stam- . (Spe to The WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 today. PROMISE WAR VETS SPEED ON DISALLOWED CLAIMS TO 500,000; BUT THAT'S ALL THEY WILL GET Daily Worker) .—A review of all disallowed claims in the vet- erans’ bureau, amounting to more than 500,000 will be carried out on an extensive plan as speedily as possible, Director Frank L. Hines announced Several weeks ago the disabled American veterans, thru National Com- LEGION HEAD WOUNDED IN . Some Lead into Emery GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 22.—Col. John G. Emery, past national commander of the American Legion, world war hero and former candidate for U.S. senator, was shot in the | left arm today by Seyden Simp- son, husband of one of Emery’s stenographers. Emery was taken to the hos- pital and will recover. On his way to jail, Simpson, who is 40 years old, declared: “wish I-had killed him.” The chief of police turned the lock on Simpson and went out to lunch without further questioning his pris- oner. Legion Head Smitten. Mrs. Simpson is said to be very beautiful. The shooting occurred in Emery's real estate office following an alter- cation with Simpson. Mrs. Simpson had begun action to obtain a divorce and thé argument between her hus- band and Emery arose from this. According to office employes, Simp- son entered the real estate office, ask- ed whether his wife was employed there and when answered in the affirm- ative, opened fire on Emery. Simpson's first shot went wild, but the second lodged in Emery’s shoul- der. “You broke up my home,” shouted Simpson, as he opened fire, it was said. Mrs. Simpson has worked in Em- ery’s office about three weeks. Death List Climbs To 13 As New Victim Of Warship Blast Dies NORFOLF, Va., Oct. 22.—One more victim of the powder explosion aboard the U. S. cruiser Trenton died this af. ternoon, bringing the total death list to 13. The latest victim was, John Uzzolino of Newark, N. J. He died of. burns. Still other deaths are fear- ed among those severely burned. Spanish Author Dies. MADRID—The Spanish author, Gon- tales Blanco died here today. Direct boat Meetingsi 1M | mander Frank J. Irwin, brought the matter up to Director Hines as the most ea a pri ‘urgent proposition before the bureau and an investigation developed. There are 533,106 of these disallowed claims. Irwin believes that many of the dis- abled men have not received benefits either because they became discour- aged by delays or else are unfamiliar with the Reed-Johnson bill which has many liberalizing clauses that would include many men who were barred under previous\lawa, AT GREAT WALL Wu ee beta in Very “Unhappy Position” WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Shanghai- kwan, thru whose gates Chang Tso- Lin’s Manchurian forces must march if they are to beseige Peking, China’s capital, is-now™the scene of the bit- terest and most bloody fighting in the internecine war ravaging the country according to dispatches’ reaching Washington today. To the ~ victor of the battte will probably go the ultimate victory in the civil war. Half of Shanghaikwan is in the hands of Chang's men, ad- vices stated, and half is still held by General Wu Pei-Fu, commander of the Chihli (Peking government) forc- es. Wu Pei-Fu has thrown every pos- sible man into the breach at Shanghai- kwan, even to the extent of being short of reserves at Chingawantao, the Chihli base, and should he be unable to stem the tide they will have to re- treat to Changwantao, five miles clos- er to Peking, before he can make a new stand. CONVENTION 10 INTERPRET THE LW.W. PREAMBLE Two Ideas Fighting to Control Organization The preamble of the Indus- trial Workers of the World will be interpreted by an official document to be passed on by the convention now meeting in Emmet Memorial Hall, accord- ing to action taken yesterday. It was admitted by the dele- ‘that there are two ideas fighting for leadership within the I. W. W.; one which believes the I. W. W. to be an organiza- tion for the propagation of revo- lutionary ideas and the other which believes in emphasizing job. control. Communists Show Contradictions. Chairman P. Welinedr told. how in debate with a Communist on the Paci- fic the: Communist was able to show many contradictions within the organ- ization from the I. W. W. literature. Fred Morris, who was supposed to report as assistant secretary-treasurer, reported as secretary of the general defense, declaring he had never func- tioned as assistant secretary. Reorganize Defense. Morris, whose report was accepted by the convention, recommended the entire reorganization of the defense of the I. W. W. His suggestions were given to the resolutions committee. The convention instructed Morris to submit a written report as assistant secretary-treasurer. He declared the injunction had greatly hampered the defense of the prisoners. New "Centralia Evidence. A report from John Nicholas Beffel ‘was read by Morris stating that many new affidavits have been dug up ex- honerating the I. W. W. for the Cen- tralia disturbances and placing the blame squarely on the tools of capital there. (O'CONNOR FALLS TO MAKE GOOD ONSILLY CHARGE Repeats Lie on Soviet Aid to LaF ollette (Special to the Daily Werker) WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.— Chairman T. V. O’Connor, of the United States shipping board, “Cal” Coolidge’s favorite “labor lieutenant,” expressed the belief today before the Borah investigating committee that money from Soviet Russia was being received in the United States to aid the presidential candidacy of Senator Robert M. LaFollette. That the charge was utterly baseless was shown when O’Connor refused to make any direct charge or allegation to this effect and, under question- ing of Senator Borah, he said he had no actual evidence of the sending of money from Russia to this country. Denies Previous Statements. “I believe it, tho,” he declared, “al tho I cannot prove it.” O’Connor had discussed this situa- tion in a recent speech in Buffalo, N. Y., but denied he made the charges in-the Buffalo speech that LaFollette had received funds from Moscow. Helped With Cal’s Party. In connection with the visit of a hundred or more “labor leaders’ to the White House on*Labor Day with him at their head, O’Connor admitted that he had advanced “about $385” to Joseph Ryan, president of the Interna- tional Longshoremen’s Union, to pay railroad fares and hotel bills for these men, but said that the money had been repaid to him. O’Connor was formerly the head of the Longshoremen’s Union, holding this position until he became a member of the United States shipping board. Just before O'Connor took the stand. Chairman Borah announced that sub- poenas had been issued for William B. Knox, president of the American Bank- ers’ Association, George W. Simmons, vice-president of the Mechanics and Metals National Bank, New York, and Charles D. Hilles, vice-chairman of the republican national committee, of New York. In addition, Frank P. Walsh and Samuel Untermeyer told Borah they wanted William M. Butler, chairman of the republican national committee, and Hodges recalled for further ques tioning. Ask About Ambassadors. It has been suggested «that Alanson B. Houghton, ambassador to Germany, and Theodore Brentano, ambassador to Hungary, be subpoenaed for ap- pearance before the Borah committee. (Continued on Page 4.) HAVE this to say on the present campaign to “Bulld the DAILY WORKER”: If you have a real interest in the welfare of the labor movement—this Is your opportunity to accomplish in a very easy way, something of great value for the working class. By all’means into the DAILY WORKER Bricklayers’ Union. Get a subscription to build up the paper best serving American labor—it's a small deed but can accomplish great things. 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