The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 23, 1924, Page 6

| | | rage Six THE DAILY WORKER. ee Publishea by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Tl. (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall: $3.50,...6 months $2.00....8 months By mall (in Chicago only)? $4.50....6 months $2.51 $6.00 per year. months $8.00 per year Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 1118 W. Washington Bivd. Chicago, tlInele Tr ela ete ea wesrscersersersserersees: OGItORS WILLIAM F. DUNNE (™""" : MORITZ J. LOEB.. usiness Manager ee Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 8, 187% Sip 290 Advertising rates on application (ee International Greetings to 5 Silk Workers Cabling their greetings and ‘wishes for victory of the Paterson silk strikers, the All-Russian Tex- tile Workers’ Union and the International Propa- ganda Committee of the Textile Workers have again demonstrated what international working class solidarity means. The Russian workers, in control of their own land and rebuilding it on the basis of Communism, are never too busy to watch earnestly the struggle of workers in other lands, and to send their messages of encouragement. The moment they learned of the Paterson strike they sent their message of solidarity, If the strike con- tinues, the Russian, textile workers will probably collect strike support from the mills and factories of Soviet Russia. They are supporting with all their power the attempts to organize international action of the working class of the world for vic- torious struggle. “Socialism Made Easy” The above was the title of a little booklet writ- ten by James ,Connolly and was a popular -pre- sentation of elementary socialism which was very popular in this country. ; But the title seems appropriate to the policy of the socialist party of America today in put- ting forward a fraudulent substitute which is guaranteed to satisfy all classes from Rudolph Spreckels to the lowly paid common Jaborer in the Gary mills. The socialist united front with Spreckels, Van- derlip, Vanderbilt, Gompers and LaFollette fin- ally brought the socialist party into the kind of company its leaders hankered after for many years. But their new allies take shuff whenever the so- cialists make their appearance. They have no ob- jection to their votes but feel. as much, embar- rassed in the presence of these renegades as An- drew Mellon would if seen walking in public with the bootlegger who handles his whiskey deals. In New York state the Rev. Norman Thomas, near-socialist candidate for governor, is in an uncomfortable position. He is supporting LaFol- lette for president, while LaFollette is supporting Al Smith for governor of the Empire state, who cariously—Morgan’s , attorney, John W.. Davis. Yet it is well for Thomas that Smith is giving even lip service to Davis. If Smith decides to throw his hat into the Lafollette ring and desert Morgan’s attorney, then Thomas will not get enough votes to cover the front of his preacher- less pulpit. And Smith may do that little thing. Already politicians with influence are warning Smith to drop Davis, else Roosevelt may be elected. The trade union supporters of LaFollette have called on Thomas to step out and throw in his lot with Smith. They point out that there is no funda- mental “difference between Smith and Thomas, so The DAILY WORKER transmits this message with great joy, and to the Russian workers it ex- tends the appreciation of the silk strikers. and their friends for the expression of international solidarity of the workers. The whole body of tex- tile workers in America, and the entire conscious working class will fight with greater energy and enthusiasm, under the inspiration of that ideal of revolutionary unity that is so flamingly held be- fore them by the heroic Russian workers. Long live the Paterson silk workers! Long live the reyolutionary struggle against capitalism! Long live the Russian unions and their govern- ment, the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics! There Is Gnashing of Teeth When John L. Lewis lifted the charter from District 26 of the United Mine Workers and -sus- pended the duly elected officers of the Nova Scotia miners, the resentment among the coal diggers was very strong and justly so. Many of them thought the best way to reply to the attack of the reac- tionary Lewis would be to secede from the Interna- tional, But for the fine work of the Communists and the Trade Union Educational League, Lewis would have accomplished his purpose—to rid Dis- trict 26 of the radicals. It was during this period of trial that the cuckoos of the O. B. U. of Canada made their ap- pearance. As a labor organization the O, B. U. is a good gambling joint. It is competing with the Chinese, On Leong and Hip Sing tongs in Canada. From the profits of its gambling enterprise it was able to send emissaries into Nova Scotia, where the workers are revolutionary. But instead of helping them to fight Lewis the O. B. U. strategists adopted the Lewis tactics. Had they been on his payroll, the O. B. U.-ites would not have done his work better than they did. That they failed is no fault of theirs, but of the splendid solidarity and dogged determination of the rank and file of the Nova Scotia miners, the leadership of the Trade Union Educational League and of the miners’ leaders who were suspended by Lewis. The Maritime Labor Herald was also a tower of strength to the workers who were fight- ing two powerful enemies, John L. Lewis, and the British Empire Steel corporation, “Get out of the U. M. W. of A. if you don’t like it,” was Lewis’ invitation to the Nova Scotia miners. “Get out of the U. M. W. of A. and join the O. B. U.,” was the invitation of the Winnipeg cuckoos. Despite the presence of “actor” Legere, whose latest “Follies” had a two-year run in Lawrence, Maass., the miners of Nova Scotia did not show the white feather or quit the struggle against Lewis. They stayed in their own union and licked the In- dianapolis bully to a standstill, and in doing so struck a heavy blow at Beseo. They repudiated the secessionists and elected a set of militants as district officers as soon as Lewis was compelled to restore their autonomy. District 26 is still a “red” district. It is inside the United Mine Workers of America and in a position to join forces with District 12, Kansas and the other see- tions of the miners’ union in waging war on Lewis and his crew of strikebreaking agents of the coal barons. The victory of the Nova Scotia militants is an- other vindication of the policy of the Trade Union Educational League and a damaging defeat for the muddle-headed acrobats of the O. B. U. and their secessionist policy. There is weeping and gnashing of teeth at the headquarters of the Winnipeg “wheel of fortune” outfit. It is regrettable that they were not able to get a group of workers to give their confidence aed a proletarian flavor. far as their avowed principles are concerned. Smith is a better handshaker and favors liquor with a strong alcoholic content, while in public Thomas is a prohibitionist. How he likes his toddy in private, he does not say. In making socialism “easy” the socialist party has finally succeeded in eliminating itself as a political entity. There is nothing left but a rather vague question mark, and an unpleasant odor. A Clumsy Liar in his turn is supporting—tho very, very pre-] (IME BAILY WORKER By LILLIAN JAN BORGESON. 'HAT the public schools of this country are really the tools of the capitalist class and are recognized as. such by the goyernment, is conclus- ively proved by the proposed program of the United States Bureau of Educa: tion for American Education Week, a week to be entirély devoted to anti- radical propaganda and to be officially abserved in all the schools thruout the nation. From Nov. 17, to Nov. 23, the Bureau of Education in co-operation with the red-baiting American Legion and the labor-hating National Educa- tional Association, are to concentrate on the task of instilling in the chij- dren of the working class a blind al- legience to the capitalist system, and a deep hatred and lasting distrust of anything radical. A few quotations from the program are sufficient to let the workers know just what kind of education, the bureau means by “American Educa tion.” Tuesday's program is typical. 1, The red flag means death, des- truction, poverty, starvation, disease, anarchy, and dictatorship. 2. Help the immigrants and aliens to become American citizens. 3. Take an active interest in govern- ment affairs. with wholesale lies about the working class. Here are some of the things that the “FAIR, IMPARTIAL SCHOOLS” of our country are giving to our chil- dren. “What is this thing men call Bol- shevism? I'll tell you in a single phrase, It is the revolt of the ineffi- cient—the revolt of men who can’t do things, and want to pull down the man who can. Remember that. Keep it always in front of you. The revolt of the inefficient resenting the pros- perity of the efficient.” And again. “What is the proletariat Lenin and Trotsky whine about? He-is actually the lowest in the human, scale; the illiterate, the superstitious, the ignor- ant. A great many people mistake the word for the laboring man. Never in the world!” And further. “To give the lowest inthe human scale the seats of the mighty! A child with a box of matches alone in the house.” Or take this that is being 4, Stamp out revolutionary radical- ism. 5. To vote is the primary duty of every citizen. Slogans: America first. Visit the schools today. The red flag means danger. And there are seven days in the week, for each of which is provided similiar propaganda! And that is not all! Teachers are already urging the working class children to send ten cents apiece to the National Security League to secure material for observ- ance of the week. This National Sec- urity League is an organization of wealthy businegs and professional men dedicated to fighting: the “men- ace” of Communism in this country, and one of its specific functions is to furnish “patriotic” material to teach- ers, especially to teachers of children in the poorer and foreign districts. This material consists of stories for the children and articles addressed to the teachers which may be tran- The tales of blood and terror promised by Jake Spolansky to the readers of the Chicago Daily News have not yet materialized tho it is apparent that he has already fired his heaviest mud guns. This audacious liar and particularly stupid fink, has spun a yarn that for sheer disregard for truth, establishes a record even among stoolpigeons. Jake is paid to establish the headquarters of his imaginary “Red Terror” in Chicago. He does that. Satchels full of bombs are seen at a distance but the clever department of justice spies never get even as near to them as the Senate committee in- vestigating the oil frauds got to the famous satchel in which Doheny, jr., carried the $100,000 to former secretary of the interior, Albert B. Fall. In fact all Spolansky’s plots fall to the ground— even as’near to them as the Senate committee in- It appears that this verminous brood formed a sort of closed corporation and engaged in a general business of plot-making and exposing. All busi- ness was done on the premises and orders were treated confidentially. The family made the plots at the supper table and solved them over the coffee and doughnuts in the morning. They made a liy- ing at it which shows that this is still 2 land of opportunity—at least for sewer rats of the Spo- lansky type. One particular part of the Spolansky yarn how- ever is enuf to create a feeling of nausea in the reader over the coldblooded manner in which this human skunk describes the murder of Andrea Sal- sedo by the department of justice in New York. This young Italian lad fell from a window high up in a building in a New York skyseraper. The ac- cepted view of the story is that he was hurled from that height by govérnment agents. There was no evidence against Salsedo or against any of the alleged anarchists who were ar- rested over the framed bomb plots which were hatched by the stoolpigeons in order to create pub- lic hysteria and bring in business. scribed by them into the language of the boys and girls. All of the mater- ial is concerned with one subject: combating radicalism. The ruling class realizes keenly the importance of getting control of the children of the ‘workers and. drilling them in loyalty to thé present sys- tem, and filling their plastic minds WAITING By ANISE (Federated Press Staff Writer) In the marble halls of the bathing palace, They waited for a turn At the mineral baths of the Cucasus, ong lines of grumbling folks ‘he “Private Persons,” Waiting for a chance to pay Three or four dollars And have some HOT MUD plastered on them, In the gorgeous pavilion once reserved For the aristocracy of Russia. A worker standing beside me Laughed as he told of the day When they put him off the special branch train That runs to the health resorts, Because his CLOTHES marked him a WORKER, But now he was sent by his UNION To a place in the best Sanitarium. ie And we watched =, The PRIVATE PERSONS, The well-dressed men and women, _ The new-rich folks of Russia, Who had not been sent by any Union, But came on their own to bathe here,— How they stood or sat and waited For some vacancy to happen. But every 40 minutes When they nearly reached the desk Came a flood from the sanitariums, Of all the foul broods that-roost on the capitalist | WORKERS from mine and factory, system the stool -pigeons are the filthiest. Tag Day In their sanitarium bath-coats, All with their free reservations, And swept to the head of the table, To take from the man who sat there The bath-checks kept in waiting. The New York section of the Workers Party is|And after the workers were served displaying energy and ingenuity in using the elec- tion period for the purpose of spreading Commun- ist propaganda, and crystallizing the sentiment There might be a place or two empty To go to that grumbling line of Private Persons, oe, 2 against capitalism among the New York workers ‘Then one of the waiting crowd, behind the candidacy of Foster, Gitlow and the|A well-dressed woman, Communist candidates in the Empire state. Campaigns cost funds and there are no Spreckels, Vanderlips Who was used all her life To being served by others, Grew angry at the host nor millionaire Hillquits at the beck|of workers sweeping past her. and call of the Workers Party. The sinews of war| We have been waiting must be raised from the masses in small sums. A|THREE HOURS, she said, Tag Day was decided on. Tag Days are not new innovations, but this is}, And you have all the places. But an old, bent woman turned, factory worker, the first time, we believe, that a Tag Day is pro-|sent by the Social Insurance posed in order to collect funds for a political party. |For rheumatism gained in the damp- The party branches in New York have taken ness of work, hold of the idea with enthusiasm. A certain al-|7° be cured in the mountains. lotment was made te each branch but most of them She tossed her long bath-coat to the other shoulder, raiced the fignre and some of them almost doubled | And waved her hand with bef check it. The Young Werkers League, for instance, ac-|The Social Insurance gave ee;yted an allotment of $3.00 per member which is} 494 said to the abting onl fifty por cent higher than the quotas assigned to the AV orkery Party branches, Core eat ~ will he held on October 25 and 26, ‘white you took Whose money bought no favors: But WE have been waiting he Jou took Mapu bios ‘i dy ei Us See Steel Workers! Join Communists in Fight to ‘Realize Labor’s Goal given to the children: “Liberty, says Democracy. License, says Bolshevism. “Equality, says. Demperacy.. b--tl those Who" are uty yo. ‘Bays Bol-| shevism:” 5 ¥ “What.can\all ‘this be ‘aking to,” you ask,» Well, more than you probab- ly think, For not only have the cap- italists the desire to create an army of loyal youth, loyal, of course, to the capitalist class and reddy in a few years.to rally to their call, whether it be to-go again across the, sea for an- other imperialist war, or whether it be to shoulder a gun at home and shoot’ down’ strikers;:\their aim is even. more definite ‘and sinister. “Let me quote again from. the publication of the National Security, league. “The Allies have won the first war, and they will win the second. Until they do, the fight:to make the world safe for democracy is only half fin- ished. Our relation to this second struggle is exactly what our relation to the first* was. Though primarily misery las become your lot. More than once the steel workers have shown that they know how to fight militantly for their class interests and understand’ the need of class solidarity. Your conditions in the mills, however, have continually become worse. richest corporation in the‘ world, nothing but Working for the While the United States Steel corporation last, year made a total net profit of $179,650,910, your wages. average 44e- per hour, in other words from $21.00 to $25.00 pet week. The eight- hour day boasted of by Gary has only been partially established. Haunted by an ever-present fear of unemployment and, by spies, who are paid to divide your ranks, you are driven td a. terrific speed-up system of work. Steel production has been greatly reduced,. which means that many steel workers have been compelled to walk the street without any means of support for themselves and their families, many working only half time. The profits.of the steel, teat, how- ever, continue to pile up. The country is facing a great industrial naiiobalon: with mass unemployment. It will particularly hit:the steel. industry and you must prepare to meet and demand the right to live. that crisis,:.You must aaganine Judge Gary, Morgan, and the heads of the: United States Steel corporation are the modern capitalist autocrate*who rule and control the lives of millions of workers. ‘Phe power and in- fluence of these men express the system of capitalist’ exploitation under which we live, it dominates completely and decides the policy of the government. Garyism is the eurse:of the steel ‘work- ers. In the last analysis Garyism and capitalism is synonomous. The steel industry must be compelled to maintain its em- ployes during times of enforced idleness. This can only be done thru a tax on profits placed in a fund under spmplete control of | competent steel workers. The eight-hour day must be established. The standard of living of the steel “workers must be raised. The lives and limbs of the workers must be protected. These elementary’ demands of the everyday. struggle can only be won by strong organization, political. and industrial, of the steel workers together with organizations must be guided: by leaders wit that the everyday struggle is a part of the that the interest of the employers and the ‘workers, are diametric- : ally opposed and that it is only thru struggle that ‘the workers are able to advance their class interest. The demands of the steel worker# have always been very moderate, yet each time they. haye met With ferocious assaults from every department of the government. The courts, th cog- sacks, soldiers, hired gunmen, have been used to crush every at- tempt of the steel workers to better their conditions. This should prove to the steel workers the class nature of the stru; le; and the need for class action both industrially and politically by by the workers. The giant corporataion which dominates the. steel industry is a principal part of the capitalists’ control of the United States government. Elbert H. Gary is an ardent supporter of Calvin Coolidge and the republican party. When Wilson and the demo- cratic party held office in the government, ‘the, great steel ‘strike was ruthlessly suppressed. It makes no workers of America whether republican’ or' democrats’ liold of- fice in the government. Robert M. LaFollette, the independent capitalist candidate for president, represents the same system of capitalism which has developed the United States Steel cor- poration. He is jast as ardent a supporter of ¢ ‘idge or Davis, and his talk of “busting the yess more effect-than Roosevelt's trust-busting slogan of 1908, Coolidge, Davis and LaFollette Propose nothing that will re- “lieve the situation in the steel industry, ‘The only permanent solution of the problem is the abolition of the present system of explotation and the establishment of a workers’ government. - - Only the Workers Party proposes to organize the workers \ for a militant struggle to better their own conditions. We’ the steel workers organize themselves into industrial unions; Fiat they organize in the shops to protect their interests there that they organize politically to eatabiiah:. the reine fy power—the workers’ government. This can only be done by the coat revolutionary will of the workers; by the building of a mass Communist Party. Steel workers! Join the Communists imc the struggle for the realization of this m. A vote for Coolidge, Davis or LaFollette ‘1 a vote for the system which enslaves you, A dates is a vote for the workers’ government... . a the entire working class. These a consciousness struggle, and mee to the steel capitalism ” will Cool- ve no rote for the Commis alah Dasguiaty % 6 <0 Sonera manent A ater coc gic: fhursday, October 23, 1924 “Education Week” to i aba Children involved, we cannot, remain an in- nocent by-stander. Many are disposed to be genially tolerant of the Bolshi viki. They will have to wake up’ y again, Autocracy ‘and Bolshevism 4 are both bitter enemies of Demo cracy, ..... Bolshevism is as much the enemy of Democrats as Kaiserism. It too, must be decisively settled.” Or listen to this from “The Spirit of America” by 8. 8. Menken, “I wonder: what. effect this view (against more defense appropriations) would have on Lenin’s Council, if they had, the “airships ready which they will soon ‘possess, and the wicked whim to extend their area of rapine and annihilation to our shores. That these deyils, committers of every || crime against God and Man, might do so, is possible at any moment and yet we are totally unprepared for de- fense against them or any other na- tion with whose purpose .we might come in conflict.” Or lastly, read this from, “Women and’ Bolshevism.” ; “Bolshevism and Americanism ‘cai- not exist in the same land. Our fight is not yet over. One war has been won. We are facing another war that we must fight with all our strength of will and purpose. It is the fight of Americanism against Bolshevism. Can women whose men helped in the World War, hesitate to say on which side they stand.” = * That is the reason for American Education Week, from Noy.. 17 : to Nov. 23. Already the capitalists are organizing their forces, spreading their propaganda to prepare the work- ing class youth for the conflict to come. And how are we to combat this? The Workers’ Party has an organization whose one purpose is education of the working class chil- dren to their role in the class strug: gle. The Junior Section of the Young Workers League. Junior Groups under the ‘direction of local branches of the ‘Young. Workers League and some- times of the party, are in existence in all parts of the Unites States. It is the only organization in the United States ‘which is systematically com- bating the vicious propaganda of the capitalists. It is the duty of every party branch, of every local of the Young Workers League, to get behind the children’s movement whole- heartedly and help them in their great task of bearing the message to other working class children in spite of this organized propaganda against them, Remember! The Future belongs to the Youth! © , AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. ‘|sent perfection. (Continued from page 1) ©. ings are welcome into the ranks of the British labor party but the Com: munists are not. At least so Ramsay MacDonald has decreed.. Perhaps he fears that a Communist left wing in- side the labor party would puncture the tires of the MeVittie “endowed” automobile. The family of Stanley Baldwin hag gone over bag and bag: gage to the labor party and wealthy women with chokers of pearls aré canvassing for votes at the mill gates for titled gentlemen on the labor ticket. The King has not yet joined the labor party but it is known that as long as the labor ministers consent to kiss his anatomy humbly and polite. ly, he sees no reason why he shou bore from within. See Riper LaFollette bosters are wee of their millionaire allies. Millfon- aires in the United States are wel- come in the LaFollette party. The workers are invited to do the voting. The published statement of every supporter of the LaFollette candidacy sent out over the LaFollette. per declare allegiance to the capitalist sys- tem. What they want is clean gov- ernment. The British labor party re fuses the Communist Party admit- tance on the same terms as the other groups that compose the British Ras bor party. There is a reason. Communists fight the capitalist ae tem. They are not concerned with playing the role of scavangers in the sewers of cepttalia rovernment. * cattaat ‘aie cannot even be cleaned of its filth. All the efforts of even well intentioned re formers are of no avail. It must go “* filth and all. The capitalist system \S has served its purpose in bringing the machinery of production to its pre- Perhaps the follow- ing a oe mueente the point: — N. Hah ket nos etiad another clergyman to dine with him. The ‘bishop had a leg of mutton which was’ _ [older than was good for it. te ‘of purchasing fresh mutton, he the pld leg cooked and served me dinner. His guest's smellers were in good condition, so when requested by the bishop to say. grace before meals, , |the clergyman broke into poetry to relieve his burdened soul. The ta ty panne oes See Ti a “i “Once tt was sweet and good to “But now, good Lord, it’s rotten.” . . ite RAP oe 4 © 1 J