The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 28, 1924, Page 1

+4, K other point, and that is, the THE DAILY WORKER | RAISES THE STANDARD _FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS" GOVERNMENT. } ; Vol. Il. No..188. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: RITISH “RED Hamburg Commt AS WE SEE IT ‘By T. J, O'FLAHERTY. HE Ku Klux Klan is dying even more. rapidly than its predecess- ers, the Knownothing and A. P. Ae movements. It is still a political fac tor in somo states, but it is so rotten onthe inside and devoid of principle, that every time a whiff of fresh air Gets inside it, the result is very dam- aging to the Klan. One year ago the vapitnlist politicians. feared it and therefore catered: to it. Today, they &te stepping on each other’s toes in their ‘hurry to place their objections to. it before the public. Only those who-are really hard up and find some plausible excuse for evading the issue keep silent, “Silent” Cal is one of those, * ee PHE latest politician whose, rela- tions -with the Klan promises. to get. him into dirty water is Governor Len Smiall. The papers reported over &. week ago that federal cavalry horses, assigned to the Illinois state militia, Vere Icaned to the Klan for a parade in Springfield, Il, The Klan Was also given the use of the state fair grounds. It was assumed, of course, that this was ‘done with the governor's’ knowledge, but there was no direct evidence until Grand Dragon | .Palmer of the Illinois night ghouls, ¢azenly admitted that the Klan was given the horses. and: the use of the gidte fair grounds by the Small ad- ministration and wound up by asking dofiantly: “ carts of it?” ary ALMER sian that the Klan was\with Small and it was learned that‘one of the governor’s most enthw siastic campaigners is the notorious; Glenn Young, of Williamson county fame. The Klan dragon boasted that organization holds the balance of power, in Tilinois ‘and can get what it wants: ao pea Itlooks as if Small t have. the n with | erie peareies ction fight. — *e. @ UT all is not well with Dragon Palmer. Tho the klansmen Md tho Nordic breed and the p1 Outside Chicago, BALTIMORE 10 SEE BIG FOSTER RALLY TONIGHT W. P. Literature Squad Gets Big Crowd (Special to the Daily Worker) BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 27.— There will be a LaFollette meet- ing here tonight, the night just before our own big campaign rally for William Z. Foster, can- didate for president on the Workers Party ticket comes off. Foster will speak on Tuesday, the 28th, and will show up La- Follette along with the rest of the capitalist gang, Coolidge, Davis and Co. Newsies Worry LaFollette All party and Young Workers League members have been mobilized to distribute thousands of party plat- forms and leaflets at this LaFelictte meeting and also handbills announc- ing the Foster meeting. The com- rades here have been doing splendid work along the lines of distribution of party literature at all LaFollette meet- \ings to the utter annoyance of the free speech liberals of the LaFollette following. At a LaFollette meeting held Sun- day, October: 18: a large number of | Workers: Party and ae Womens literature. - The} mediately spotted by the watchful committee in NY One of the patriotic LaFollette spir- its of 1776 came tearing out,of the hall and yelled “Look, there are some religion’ much, they love thei teeal ‘tickets’ inore. Before T'\lmer got on the job, a McGh te make room for him. This C NeGhee very excited. Now, Mi end Palmer hate each other m they hate the Catholics, Jews and 1 groes. “McGhee says: “The organiza: |. tion for which wé would die is di pearing like the mists before the-sum The sooner tt Ainappears, the seer “yALMER annie by one factio of the Klan with sending Glen Stouitig into Herrin and Small is aé- ciised of taking orders from Young} end Palmer. State’s Attorney Delos) Pty accused Small and Adj. General} Black of being klansmen during the }} latest murders in Herrin, Neither de-}#e1 riod the charge. The anti-Palmer fac }¢ tion of the Klan now charges Small with playing with both ant!-Klan and Klan“factions in Herrin. He succeed: ed in antagonizing both sides. view of the latest revelations there is no longer any doubt but Small is lined up with the Klan quietly for political purposes, and as in the case of other Jeaders of secret and fraternal organ- igations who support the capitalist system, it appears that Grand Dragon Palmer has tried to deliver the Klan vote to Small in return for either cash or @ promise of a state job. He is competing with Frank Farrington of the niiners’ union. i eS positive proof that the Tour is lined up the Klan in this election raises. of the labor leaders, particularly the \elleged anti-Klan, Catholic leaders ‘lanswered: et more of those revolutionists.” A small wd gathered around us. We “Yes,-we are always on the job.” The result of this little con- versation was a‘more rapid distribu- tion of our leaflets. Begs Police to Arrest Communists. disappeared and another LaFollette gladiator took his place. This one had mtirely new tactics. He walked up the nearest policeman and whis- red to him. We heard the patrol- n shout a reply “Say you can’t tell what to do. I take my orders from sergeant.” The gladia/or entered hall and presumably did some ore whispering, this time to the ant for the policeman soon came and ordered us away. By that e, however, we had distributed all literature. a result of this literature distrib- campaign, the Foster meeting see a tremendous audience of not ly party members but many work- who will ‘be interested to learn ‘6 about William Z. Foster and the munist movement he represents. Fire in Stockyards Firetrap Takes New Toll of Human Life Two men are believed to have been Killed today in a disastrous fire at ‘Armour & Company plant at the yards which started with a ter- explosion of a big feed pipe con- ‘necting two buildings. ‘The blast smashed in the walls of a four-story brick building and sent ac: ° COMMUNISTS DENIED HALL HOLD | : ROUSING MEETING IN STEEL TOWN (Special to The Daily Worker) ¥ : BETHLEHEM, Pa., Oct. 27.—In spite of the eleventh hour cancellation ) of the permit for the school auditorium for the speech of Benjamin Gitlow, | treasurer of the le: ‘ommunist vice-presidential candidate on the Workers Party ticket, another | committee. }vall was secured by the Workers Party members and a rousing meeting held. \ The workers of the steel towns are getting a taste of the capitalist dic- ta and applauded Gitlow vociferously when he Pointed out to them | that \the remedy for capitalist auto- NO Oe ne cracy {8 @ parprament of saan and| Gitlow showed how the Pa. — benefit from society it work, pL and how the workers could end it only , Workers Party candidate for|by proletarian revolution. Harry-Winitsky was another speak- er on the program.with Comrade Bak- :|er as chairman, A collection of $104.- In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. After many threats and abuses he |, by mail, $6.00 per year. Where They Speak | Communist campaign meetings planned before election day are as follows: | Foster in East | PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Carnegie Music Hall, corner Ohio and Federal Sts., N.S., Wednesday, Oct. 29, 8 p. m. DILLONVALE, Ohio. — Thursday, Oct. 30. CINCINNATI, Ohio. — Friday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m. 4 | Gitlow in Pennsylvania WILKES BARRE, Pa. — Tuesday, Oct. 28, 8 p. m. ROCHESTER, N. Y.—Labor Lyce- um, 680 St. Paul St., Wednesday, 29, 8 p. m. | Dunne Goes West | BUTTE, Mont. — Wednesday, Oct. 29, 8 p. m. ST. PAUL, Minn.—Saturday, Noy, 1,8 p.m. MINNEAPOLIS, Minne — Sunday, Nov. 2, DULUTH, Minn.—Monday, Nov. 3. Engdahl Goes East DETROIT, Mich—Friday, Oct. 31, 8p. m. BUFFALO, N. Y.—Saturday, Nov. 1, 8 p. m. BOSTON, Mass..— Paine Memorial Hall, 9 Appleton St., Sunday, Noy. 2, Hall, 2105 21st St., sou Monday, Nov. 3, 8 La nm. Browder in Missouri KANSAS CITY, Mo. — magia’ Hall, Monday, Oct, 27,.8 p. m. ST. LOUIS, Mo, — Labor are N. Garrison, Tuesday, “28, 8 ° DITTSBURGH, ar umn: Yd 2 SOUTH BEND, 820 W. Indiana Ave, PORTLAND, Ore.—Workers Party Hall, 227 Yamhill St,, 3rd floor, Wed- nesday, Oct. 29, 8 p. m. BERKELEY, Cal.— Berkeley High School Auditorium, Allston Way and Grove St., Friday, Oct, 31,°8 p, m. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—226 Valen- cia St., Sumday, Noy. 2. LOS ANGELES, Cal.—. Symphony Hall, 282 8, Hil St, Friday, 8D. m. | Cannon in New York City | Oct. 28, at Clinton Hall, 151 Clnton street. Oct. 29, at Hennington Hall, 214 Second street. Oct. 30, at Hopkinson Mansion, be- tween Pitkin Ave. and Bast New York Ave., Brooklyn, and at 1373 43rd St., Brooklyn. Oct. 31, at New Star Casino, 107th St, and Park Ave. Nov. 1, at 8 p. m., at Workers’ Hall, 1847 Boston Road, Bronx. Nov. 2, at 2 p. m., at Webster Hall, 119 East 1ith street. Haen’t Got Much, WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.yThe anti- saloon league of America enbtion by $1,052, out of a. co} ition of $2,400 to assist. dry congressmen, filed today with the c! of representatives by for tonight, Tuesday. the Foster-Gitlow Kedzie, Roosevelt and sixth and Homan, and Fourteenth If you live in the. sixth. at popes narmuraeentore cnr sarees tenner Merve © My « Od abate Boke eo P Oct.| went down to “| pal and state authorities, but the law A concerted drive on the sixth congressional district is on the Meetings will be held, under the di Roosevelt and St. Louis, Sixteenth field, Twenty-second and California, Twe Sie Kage ns 4S Stax Pees i YELLOWS LOSE SIXTEEN SEATS REDS GAIN 7 Coming Election May Kill Dawes Plan (Special to the Baily Worker) HAMBURG, Oct. 27.—The success of the Communist Par- ty ree polls fyesterday ex- ceeded all expectations. They gained s@yen seats while the socialists @nd all other defenders" of the Dawes Plan bse 3. at; the social- losing sixteén seats. All parties who opposed the Dawes’ plan gained at the @xpense of its sup- porters. If the Cémmunist vote in Hamburg is a barometer of the revolu- tionary sentiment thtuout the country, the Communist in the general election should be Materially increas- ed since the last el@ction when they Polled over 4,000,008 votes, The Communists*made their elec- tion fight on opposition to the Dawes’ plan. They branded the sociaiists as agents of the Am in financiers and called on the Germali workers to seize power and establish a Workers’ Re- public under the dietatorship of the proletariat. The masses frequel socialists down | and murderers of tion. ; a | 4 intly howled the them traitors, German revolu- SIN MEXICO IS F. ATAL TO MANY MEXICO CITY, Oct. 27—The American owners of the Mexican silver mines in Pachuca believe strongly in castor oil as part of their special Taylor efficiency system. When. the quantity of silver mined is below expectations the workers , | are suspected of stealing and given strong purgatives several days in succes- sion, until. the official in charge con- yvinces himself that the worker is not ‘guilty, has not swallowed any metal. And for such “small offenses” against |the Mexican worker the foreign owner jfs not prosecuted. A worker rarely lasts more than six [years in these silver mines. . The American owners pay a starvation wage. The heavy mine cables often break, killing many. The miners who break stone are made to work with- out protection for the eyes. Many go blind each year. Too Busy to Enforce Law. DAYTON, Ohio—With law enforce- mont the major issue of nearly every public office seeker, Dayton labor men have turned up a glaring example of law defiance which none of the candi- dates has seen fit to attack. Men are being @mployed ten and sometime twelve hours a day on street work de- spite a very specific state law limiting the hours to eight. Appeals have been made to munict- “enforcers” are too busy campaigning on the issue of law enforcement. ‘The next meeting of the Northwest English branch will be held Tuesday, October 27, at Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. CHRISTIANS MAY KILL IN JUST WARS, EDICT OF LUTHERAN CHURCH Christians may Fr a, soldiers. The Lutheran church of America, In its 64th biennial convention here took this stand today In a resdlu- tion defending “just” wars was adopted after a stormy in which the pacifist element of the church was decisively defeated, | LOT’ B Entered as Seoond-class matter September 1, 1923, at the Post OMce at Chicago, [linots under the Act of March 3, 1879. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1924 ote 290 Published Daily except Sund: PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd,, DAILY WORKER Communist Candidates For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW. Price 3 Cents Chicago, IL COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SOCIAL PROBLEM CLUB WILL HEAR GANNON (Special to the Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 27.— James P. Cannon, candidate for gov- ernor on the Workers Party ticket In New York City has been invited to be the main speaker before the Social Problems Club, at Columbia University Thursday, Oct. 30, at 4 Pp. m. Comrade Cannon has been booked to address two and three meetings a day until the end of the campaign, and will speak at ail the indoor rallies arranged by the cam- paign committee of New York. Cannon Speaks at New Star Casino on Friday, Oct. 31. Friday evening, Oct. 31, Cannon will address a large mass meeting at New S Casino, 107th street and Park Ave. In addition to our candidate for governor, the follow- ing will also address the meeting: Juliet Stuart Poyntz, candidate in, the 20th congressional distrigt; William Welnstone, candidate in the 17th assembly; Abraham Markoff, candidate in the 18th assembly dis- trict; Ludwig Lore, Harry M. Win- itsky, Nathan Wilkes and others. Fire Destroys Much Cotton. LOCKHART, Texas, Oct. 27.—Fire of undetermined origin that has al- ready destroyed cotton valued at al- most $1,000,000 was still raging with- in the farmers’ union warehouse af- ter 24 hours here today. Next Sunday Night and Every Sun- day Night, the Open Forum. ERI cchsbratipe pt CONTROVERSY IN COURT HOLDS UP LW. W. MEETING By KARL REEVE. Investigation of the contro- versy between the two factions of the Industrial Workers of the World came to a deadlock fore noon adjournment of the 1. W. W. convention in Emmet Memorial Hall yesterday, the officials involved either refusing or unable to be present. Two of the men who have placed charges against the I. W. W. officials, Frank Burns of Industrial Union No. 210 and John Kenny, refused to testify because they were not satisfied with the way the convention was proceeding. Altho the eontroversy was made the order of business yesterday, the com- bination of injunction proceedings now going on in Fred Bernstein's court room and the refusal of all Row- an-Bowerman officials to participate has so far effectively blocked progress toward settling the controversy. Del- egate Joe Jordan charged that “cer- tain delegates are jockeying for oy tion.” \ Demand Officials be Present. John Kenny refused to elaborate | his charges against I. W. W. officials on the grounds “that they are not || present, and I refuse to testify until the officials charged are here.” Frank Burns, an adolescent youth wearing '|a wide felt hat that hides most of his face, said he would not testify until \|the convention told him whether they [were going to do the expelling of Forty-ninth Court. A nal district, whatever your r guilty officials or whether the matter ‘would be put to a referendum. Chair- man Welinder told Burns to sit down if he did not want to testify and Burns complied, This refusal to talk, together with forced absence of Thomas Doyle and Joe Fisher, who were defending them: (Continued on page 2) RAZEN FAKE inists Defeat Socialists (MOSCOW DEMANDS APOLOGY FROM LONDON ON CHARGE OF VIOLATING ANGLO-RUSSIAN T REATY CLAUSE (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Oct. 27.—There is no longer any doubt that the alleged Zinoviev note, which burst With the force of a bombshell on the British public on the eve of the election, is a forgery. It is also becoming quite clear that the forgery is the work of the permanent officials of the foreign office. Ramsay MacDonald, labor premier, placed in a very, un- comfortable position and has not yet stated definitely whether he believes the document is a fake or not. Most of the other Labor Party speakers cast suspicion on it and the workers generally agree with M. Rakovsky, the Soviet representative in Eng§nd,jhat Speaking today in Cardiff, the letter is a forgery. the premier said: “The alleged red plot letter did not reach the foreign office until October 10 and I challenge my enemies to?— produce evidence that the gov- ernment had any previous knowledge of a serious plot.” MacDonald Miscalculates. It is now safe to state that J. Ram- say MacDonald made a political mis- calculation in assuming that his Curzon-like attitude toward Russia would be popular among the work- ers. The foreign office is entirely in charge of the old tory functionaries and Gregory who signed the offensive not to Russia, is a notorious stool- pigeon of the tories and has an un- dying hatred for the Soviet govern- ment. Opposition Parties at Odds. Lioyd George is trying to make po- withholding information of the “red” plot. But Lioyd George is completely discredited and people no longer take him seriously. As election day ap- proaches the entente between the tories and the liberals is cracking and the scramble for office is reviving the old bitterness between the two sets of old party hacks. Arthur Ponsonby, under-secretary for foreign affairs, interviewed at Shef- field, declared that in his opinion the Zinoviev letter was. a forgery. Neither J. H. Thomas nor Philip Snowden dared to assert that the let- ter was anything but forgery. J. R. Clynes was equally evasive. C. P. Treveylan, minister of education, de- clared: “The letter looks like a fake and the usual white lie from Riga.” He also declared that Zineviev was not a member of the Soviet govern- ment and always acted independently. Even granting that the letter was genuine, and that Zineviev instructed the British Communists to spread an- ti-capitalist propaganda inside the army and navy, the fact that the Brit- ish Fascisti are fully armed and of- ficered under the nose of the British government leaves the anti-Communist ranters without a feg to stand on. Lloyd George Gives His Views. David Lioyd George declared the document was issued without Mac- Donald's knowledge. It was signed by Gregory “in the absence of the prime minister.” A resolution was passed at a big Communist meeting in Trafalgar Square in which the document was branded as a forgery, emanating from the white czarist enemies of Soviet Russia, and called on MacDonald end all other members of the government to withdraw at once the British note, apologize to Russia, disclaim all re- sponsibility for the incident and se- cure the dismissal of the functionary responsible, It is worthy of note that the most reactionary leaders of the British la- bor party have retreated from their belligerant attitude of yesterday. This resulted from the feeling among the workers and from the general public suspicion of “red” plots discovered by the foreign office which are of the type made infamous by the American fink, William J. Burns. Rakovsky Sends Stiff Note. Christian Rakoysky, Soviet charge affairs in London, sent a stiff note to the British foreign office, addressed (Continued on Page 2.) Utical capital out of ithe affair and is RUSSO- ANGLO FLURRY LEAVES FRENCH COLD | Going Ahead with the Recognition Plan (Special to the Daily Worker) PARIS, Oct. 27.—The “red” plot. exposure in England is taken:-for what-it- is worth in the French—metropolis and is not interfering in any way with the work of making final pre- parations for the recognition of Soviet Russia by France. Nobody here has the slight+ est doubt but a straining of re- lations between England and» Russia would be looked on with equanimity by France which would then seek to make com- mercial arrangements with the Soviet Republic at the expense of its rival across the channel, Charlie Hughes Busy. It is reported that severe pressure has been exerted against the Herriet government by American capitalist agents and representatives of Charles Evans Hughes in an eleventh hour at- tempt to hold off Soviet recognition until after the American elections on Nov. 4. It is believed that French recogn!- tion of Russia would be a black eye to the foreign policy of Secretary of State Hughes, and that it would re- act on the Coolidge fortunes at the polls, Unusual Seorecy. Unusual secrecy surrounds the de- Mberations of the French committee which is putting the finishing touches to the memorandum on the recogni- tion of Russia. The insistence of the Soviet Republic on recognition with: out reservations is responsible for the delay in formal action by Herriot. There are no unsurmountable ob- stacles however. Herriot has made up his mind to accord Russia nnconditional recogni- tion, leaving France free to take up other matters at issue between the two countries afterwards. Age DAILY WORKER Now On New York | News Stands Tell your English-reading fellow workers to buy the | DAILY WORKER at some news stand ‘every day. Sremee Hecke | Seeks Loan Of $100,000,000 to Stabilize the Frane PARIS, Oct. 27:—Tentative arrange- ments were made here today for France to obtain a loan of from $100, 000,000 to $150,000,000 in the United States. J.P. Morgan held a conference with finance minister Clementel »when they agreed in principle that #rance should obtain the loan in New York.. The de- tails are not yet settled. France wants the money to stabilize the Franc and to take up maturing bonds.