The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 28, 1924, Page 2

Page Two MINERS ENJOYED FOSTER’S FIRST SCRANTON VISIT Communist Hands Roast to Traitor Cappellini (Special_to The Dally Warker) SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. 27.— Taking cognizance of the pre- sence of a large number of min- ers at the campaign meeting held here, William Z. Foster, Communist candidate for presi- dent, made a ringing denuncia- tion of Rinaldo Cappellini, pre- sident of District No. 1, United Mine Workers of America, and branded him as a traitor of the lowest ilk. “He accepted our support, took our different speakers to his home and catered to them, declared he was going to the Progressive Conference that was held in Pittsburgh, June 2- 8, 1923, to tell the progressives from all over the country, what Kind of crooks the officials of the Miners’ Union were. “He would have gone if it hadn't been. for the close proximity of the election, for which reason the radicals urged that he remain at home to help insure victory for his slate, Makes Peace With Crooks. “He had not yet assumed office, when he made peace with all those he had previously branded as crooks, thru the instrumentality of ‘Boss’ Lewis, and began to denounce the ones who were responsible for his election. “He allowed Lewis to incite a mob to beat up Joe Manley and Jack;and Ida McCarthy. He went to the Inter- national convention last January and, to square himself for his attitude, de- clared that he wished he had poison- ed the radicals instead of feeding them. “Such a man, and, unfortunately, the labor movement has many of them, is a rank traitor, and Cappel- lini, Mussolini, the names are much alike, and there’s no difference in their character,” continued oF ster, “is that kind of a man, a traitor of the lowest ilk.” The meeting was the largest of its kind ever held here, the seating cap- acity of the large hall in the Labor Temple being more than taken up and extra chairs provided. For more than two hours Foster drew word pictures of the capitalist system and Coolidge, Davis and LaFollette were all given the raspberries, much to the delight of those present. Explain Political Situation. The alignments of the different la- “bor fakers with the three political groups were also outlined to show the capitalist system in its true colors, because many of those present were attending their first meeting of this character. The program of the Workers Party was also thoroly outlined by Foster and the applause with which the Speaker was frequently interrupted, best describes the way the large au- flience received a real working class message. Much literature and campaign but- tons were disposed of and a collec tion of $93 taken. ...ow to Lewis in on a secret—‘This was Fosters first visit to Scranton and the miners en- foyed it.” THE DAILY WORKER ANNOUNCE CYCLONE FINISH FOR COMMUNIST ELECTION CAMPAIGN THRUOUT THE (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 27.—The following are the meetings arranged in New York City to Communist campaign. turn out—turn out! Tuesday, Oct. 28, Brownesville.—Furriers’ Union group and Workers Party candidates. Start from section headquarters. Hopkin- son and Pitkin or Stone and Pitkin. Bronx. — Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America group. Start from section headquarters. Main meeting, Prospect and Longwood Sts. Candidates will speak. East Side—Cloakmakers’ group with party candidates, 10th St., and 2nd Ave. Lower Down-Town—Six. speakers at 6:30 p. m., Rutgers Square. Williamsburg.—Four speakers, Gra- ham and DeBevoise. Harlem.—Series of meetings. Start section headquarters. Candidates. 110th St. and 5th Ave; 106th St. and Madison. Jewish speakers. Wednesday, Oct. 29. East Side—Furriers’ group. Open air, 110th St. and 2nd Ave. Candidates Ludwig Lore and C. Brodsky. 2nd St. and Ave. B, Speakers, Grecht, Brahdy and Jampolsky. Hall meeting, 216 BH. 2nd St., Hennington Hall. Well known speakers. Williamsburg.—Cloakmakers’. group. Several meetings, mainly at Haver- meyer and South 4th St. Candidate Sam Nesin and A. Chorover. Amal- gamated Clothing Workers group. Open air rally, Grand Street Exten- sion. Sam Nesin and others, Lower Down-Town.—Furriers’ group Start from 105 Eldridge. Main meet- ing, Rutgers Square. Candidate Ben Lifschitz. Cloakmakers’ group. Rut- gers Square and E. Broadway. Can- didates Harry Winitsky and Ben Lit- schitz. A Harlem—A series of meetings, mainly, 110th St. and 5th Ave., and 106th and Madison. Candidates Poyntz, Weinstone, Wilkes, Markoff. Also Stachel and Gayitt in Jewish. Codkind and Zack. Bronx.—138th St. and St. Anns Ave. Padgug, Oblan and Siskind. lLong- wood and Prospect. 168rd and South Bivd., Candidates Grecht and Padgug. Also Codkind and Zack. BroWnsville.—Hopkinson, corner Pitkin Ave., Brahdy, Benjamin, ‘Chor- over and Mins. To begin at 6:30 Pp. m. Also meeting at location to be decided by section headquarters. Speakers, Trachtenberg, Primoff, War- shefsky and Salant in Jewish. Thursday, Oct. 30. Cloakmakers’ group—Open air rally, Rutgers Square, many trucks with many speakers, including Winitsky, Lipschitz and Saltzmani’ <<” Brownsville. — Hopkinson Mansion, 426 Hopkinson Ave., well known speak- ers. Friday, Oct. 31. Harlem.—Open air, Furriers’ group, start from section headquarters, Main meetings, 110th and 5th Ave. and 106th and Madison. Speakers, Felshin, Brahdy, Marshall, Benjamin and Ob- lan. Hall meeting. New Star Casino, 107th St. and Park Ave., many fam- ous speakers. Overflow meetings tak- en care of. Bronx.—Series. Start from section headquarters, main meeting, Long- wood and Prospect. Speakers, Grecht, Padgug, Pollack, Sparer, Mitchell, J. Lifschitz, Raskin and Mins. Browneville-—Series. Main meet- ing, Stone and Pitkin. Speakers, Trachtenberg, Warshefsky, Primoff, Tanhenslag, Lena Chernenko, Mary wind up in cyclone style, the New York comrades should make note of these dates and places and? PORE GauteN RE Poets <n) Lifshitz, Raskin and Mins. East Side—Series. Main meeting, 10th St. and 2nd Ave. Speakers, Can- didates Lore, Brodsky. Also Codkind, Jampolsky and Fishbein. Lower Down-Town.—Series, Main meeting, Rutgers Square. Speakers, Lifshitz, Winitsky and Saltzman. Also Zack, Salant and Gavitt in Jewish, Wiliamsburg.—Havermeyer and 8. 4th St. Speakers, Sam Nesin, also M. Gordon in Jewish, Saturday, Nov. 1. Bakery workers’ group.—Labor.Tem- ple, 243 BE. 84th St., Cannon, Poyntz and speakers of the union. Brownsville-—The Furriers group will have its final open air rally with Workers Party Candidates Warshef- sky,' Trachtenberg and Primoff, also Lena. Chernenko and Stiglitz. The fain corner, Hopkinson and Pitkin, and Stone and Pitkin. NEW YORK DISTRICT Lower Down-Town,.— Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America will hold its final open air yally. Main corner, Rutgers Square, with Work- ers Party Candidates B. Lifshitz, H. Winitsky, R. Saltzman, also Milgrom and Raskin. Bronx.—McKinley Square. Speak- ers, Brahdy, Felshin, L.. Hartman, Mary Hartman, Raiss, Benjamin and Royce, to begin at 6:30 p. m. Williamsburg.—A series of meetings, with Sam Nesin, Workers Party can- ‘didate. Main meeting, Grand Street Extension. Also J. Marshall, Chas. Mitchell, A. Chorover, Fishbein. so Gordon and Salant in Jewish. Harlem.—Main meetings at 110th St. and 5th Ave., and 106th St. and Madison Ave., with Workers Party Candidates Poyntz, Weinstone, Wilkes. Al |Alsé ‘Codkind, Jampolsky, Gertner, Mrs. Nevins, A. Chorover, Seigel, Mins, Zack and Gross. East Side—10th St. and 2nd Ave. Workers Party Candidates Ludwig Lore, Carl Brodsky. Also Sparer and H. Zam. Boro Park—Jack Stachel, Powers {and McDonald. 72nd and ist Ave. Kreisinger and Dr. Markoff, Workers Party candidates, also George Siskind. Bronx. — Hall ‘meeting, Workers Party Hall, 1347 Boston Road, fam- ous speakers. Sunday, Nov. 2. Down-Town.—Webster Hall, 11th St. and 8rd Ave., nationally known speak- ers. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. MEETING WED. MATTERS WHEELER STILL LOYAL TO WALSH AGAINST F.- P. Reactionary Bought Him with Expose Aid Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana; candidate for vice- president as. LaFollette’s run- ning mate, in an interview with the DAILY WORKER, admitted he is supporting Walsh for sen- ator of Montana in place of his former farmer-labor party friends. But Wheeler said he “did not know what the situa- tion is in Montana,” altho he has just returned from a tour of that state. “I have issued a statement and I am supporting Senator Walsh for sen- ator of Montana,” Wheeler told the DAILY WORKER, “I feel obligated to Senator Walsh because he helped me in those inyéstigations I conduct- ed in Washington.” Turns Back on Anderson. “J. W. Anderson, who is running for senator on the farmer-labor party tick- et is a very clase personal friend of mine and I am sure would make a very good senator if elected.’ But Walsh is doing good work in fighting the trusts in Montana and I felt I ought to support him.” When Senator Wheeler passed thru Chicago on the way to Montana, he declared to the DAILY WORKER he was not supporting the farmer-labor party because he understood there were a “bunch of stool pigeons and reds getting control.” He declared he would know more about the situation when he had been in Montana. Wheel- er, after spending three days in his own state, admitted to the DAILY conditions there. Backed By Copper Money. Wheeler did not comment on the fact that altho he is supporting Walsh, that worthy gentleman is charged by the farmer-labor party with spending huge sums of copper company money in his effort to. defeat the farmer-la- bor candidate Anderson. And altho the farmer-labor.party of Montana in- dorsed Wheeler and LaFollette, never- theless he “felt obligated to support Walsh.” Ex-Premler of Italy Dies. ROME, Oct. 27.— General Pelloux, former premier of Italy, died today. CHICAGO TRADE UNION MILITANTS’ OCT. 29; VITAL WILL BE DISCUSSED The regular monthly meeting of the Chicago Trade Union Educational League will be held at North West Hall, corner of North and Western Aves., on Wednesday, Oct. 29, starting at 8 p. m. prompt. At this meeting the following matters of interest to all militants in the local trade unions will be taken up: 1. Report of the Carpenters’ Convention by Jack Johnstone, assistant secretary of the Trade Union Educational League. 2. The left wing and the Machinists’ Convention by Andrew Overgaard. 3. The left wing program for the A. F. of L. convention by Earl R. Browder, editor of the Workers Month! ly. 4. The Amalgamated and the LaFollette movement by Phillip Aronberg. All militant members of trade unions are urged to be present at this meeting. The only way that the reactionary bureaucrats now ruling the unions with an iron hand can be fought effectively is by understanding their moves and how to combat them. British “Red Plot” Brazen Fake (Continued from page 1) to Ramsay MacDonald, secretary of State for foreign affairs. It reads: “Sir: I have received a foreign of- fice note, of Oct. 24, signed J. D. Gregory, to which I have the honor to make the following reply: “1, As recently as last year, aftera settlement of the diplomatic conflict which took place in May, it was agréed between representatives of the government of the Soviet Union in London, and the foreign office, that in the interests of the strengthening of friendly relations between the two countries both parties would endeavor to settle by direct conversations any incidents which might arise, resorting ~ to the dispatch of notes only in the ease of this friendly procedure fail- ing to bring about a favorable result. After my arrival in London the for- eign office personally confirmed, that in the future we would adhere to this Peasonable practice, which would re- move avoidable misunderstandings and prevent conflicts. By maintaining this Tule we were able to liquidate in a friendly way a number of incidents affecting both countries. As an in- stance, I will mention the fact that my government did not resort to pub- Ue protest and to creating a conflict in connection with an extremely im- portant incident bearing upon the most Vital interests of the Union, which Qrose as a result of a declaration made by a representative of the Brit- ish government, Professor Gifbert Murray, at the conference of the League of Nations, a declaration which ag was in contradiction with our agree- ments of last year and with the pro- vision of the new treaties of Aug, 8 concerning non-interference in our internal affairs, and which flagrantly violated the note of the British gov- ernment on the recognition of the Soviet Union, “2. To my great regret, the note which I received last night, in which absolutely unfounded accusations are made by the foreign office against the Soviet government at a moment when British opinion is concentrated upon the Anglo-Soviet treaties and fu- ture relations between Great Britain and the Soviet Union, constitutes an unexpected violation of the procedure which we mutually agreed upon. “3 As regards the subject matter of Mr. Gregory's note, I declare in the most categorical terms that the mani- festo annexed to it is.a gross forgery and an audacious attempt to prevent the development of friendly relations between the two countries, ‘If, in- stead of departing from established Practice, the foreign office had in the first place approached me for an explanation, it would not have been dificult to convince them that they had been the victims of deception on the part of enemies of the Soviet Union. Not only the contents, but the heading and signature of the document definitely prove that it is the work of malicious individuals, who are inade- quately familiar with the constitution cealed—it is never decribed as the Third Communist International, for the simple reason that there has never been a First or Second Communist International. The signature is simi- larly a clumsy forgery, for Zinoviev is made to sign himself as the presi- dency of the presidium of the Execu- tive Committee of the Communist In- ternational, whereas actually he is, and always signs himself officially as President of the Executive Committee. The whole of the contents of the docu- ment are, moreover, from the Com- munist point of view a tissue of ab- surdities, intended simply to arouse British public opinion against the So- viet Union and to frustrate efforts being made by both countries to es- tablish durable and friendly relations. Wood Turners Organization Meeting! Matison Men, Variety and back-knife operators, Machine hands, Cabinet makers, Finishers and Gilders who are working on lamps. All above mentioned workers attend- ing this mass meeting be ad- mitted to our yoo free of initiation ees. THURSDAY, OCT. 30 3420 W. Hecateait aaah 8rd floor. of the Communist, International, . In, By joining the Wood Workers’ Union the circulars of the Communist Inter- national—which may be seen in the press, for its gotivities are met con- of Chicago you are bettering your conditions, “4. The evident falsity of this docu- ment relieves me of the necessity of replying to the conclusion drawn in the foreign office note as to ‘the responsibility of the Soviet govern- ment for the activities of the Com- munist International, since they are based on the assumption that the document is authentic, “5. I protest categorically against this ysing of false documents against the Soviet Union, and also against the violation of thé: procedure mutually established for the consideration of all incidents which may arise between the two countries, At the same time I express my conviction that the British government will take the nec- essary steps to investigate the author- ship of this malici attempt to create @ conflict m the two governments. will ensure the possibility of ting in the future a recurrence of incidents. “0. RAKOVSKY.” British Communists in Denial, Considerable space is given in the press to a statement issued by the executive committee of the British Communist Party denying the authen- ticity of the document. The left wing section of the labor party is now urging MacDonald to completely dis- avow the act of Gregory and thus make the hens of the forged letter a e to the tories. Tho it is not doubted that Mac- Donald knew of the intention to pub. lish the fake, his only chance now ir to throw the responsibility on the tories who bave complete control iot WORKER his complete ignorance : Coolidge Has His Price; So Has Wheeler, Shown in Closing Days of Campaign By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. TODA the national political struggle enters upon its’ closing week.__Another seven days and the American voters will be marking their ballots. i For the first time the workers in this country have an Opportunity to vote Communist. They have the chance to mark their ballots for the ending of the capitalist system. * * * * The names of the Communist candidates of the Work- ers Party—William Z. Foster, for president, and Benjamin Gitlow, for vice-president,—will not appear on the ballots in all of the states. The election laws of “the great American democracy” are framied to gag as much as possible a full and free expression of the masses. At this writing there is a total of 14 states where the Communist standard bearers will go before the voters. These are districts representative of the growing class strug- gle between labor and capital thruout the United States. * It is interesting to study the list inciuding’ Massa- chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, lowa, Colorado and Washington, There is the New England textile and industrial group, the stamping ground of the multi-millionaire “open shop” Butler, campaign mahager for Coolidge—Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Here we find the victims of the employers’ frame-ups, Sacco and Vanzetti, in Lawrence, and Merrick, in the shoe town of Haverhill, Mass. * Then comes an even greater industrial group—New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania—states that decide the national election. The Communist appeal here goes to the millions in the factories, the mills and the mines. Then the Chicago industrial district, with Illinois, In- diana and Wisconsin. These are states of coal mines, steel mills and industries of many kinds, with wide expanses of farming land, burdened more with mortgages and bankrupt- cies, than with the produce of the soil. Then the great agricultural states, Minnesota, North Dakota and lowa, scene of the greatest unrest among the farmers, where the workers in the cities and on the land are breaking away from the old parties with their Farmer-Labor organizations. * * * * One state is in the Rocky Mountain district, Colorado, where the class struggle in these domains of John D. Rocke- feller have been most bitter. Another state on the Pacific Coast, Washington, where the pioneer spirit still lives and labor, farm and city, is militant to the core. * These are the states where the Red Flag of Communism is actually raised in the voting-booths of the polling places, beckoning to the exploited and the downtrodden to enlist in the growing struggle for their own preepee. he ILY WORKER makes no prediction as to the size of the Communist vote. It gives its best energies to the electoral struggle and accepts the results, with the whole of the American Communist movement, as merely the begin- ning of new and greater efforts. * * * = In the great tidal waves of piffle that will engulf the nation during the closing days of the campaign, the Work- ers Party sounds the clear revolutionary note of “All Power to the Workers!” From the camp of the democrats comes the last minute charge against Coolidge that he accepted a fee of $250, while vice-president, for making a speech at the unveiling of a war memorial at Bridgeport, Conn., May 27, 1923. Coolidge objected to a bonus for the returned soldiers but he didn't mind making a little graft for himself out of the agony of war's victims. But the bankruptcy of the democrats is shown by the fact that they must direct attention to a measly $250 when the income tax returns show how the great multi-million- aires, republican and democrat alike, lift billions annually out of the pockets of the workers, ‘ There is the good 100 per cent democrat, Burton K. Wheeler, U. S. senator from Montana, pores as vice-presi- dential candidate on the LaFollette ticket. The workers and farmers of Montana sent him to Washington, but he is not supporting their party, the Farmer-Labor Party of Montana. He reiterates that he has sold out to the reactionary, anti- labor democratic senator, Walsh, because this corporation tool aided him in his exposures of Daugherty’s department of justice. How Walsh really aided Wheeler is shown by the fact that the Wheeler investigation didn’t touch the class issues involved in the government's attacks on the workers and their organizations. . Coolidge e his $250. But Wheeler sold his support to the democrat, Walsh, for the latter’s advice on how to betray had elected him, but of the entire nation. * o * * , told the convention, This is the opposition to campaign. and poor farmers shou complish that solidari political struggle will of this unity for future and greater and victorious struggles, the foreign office and of the army and navy under the labor government. This bears out the Communist claim that the MacDonald government is but the creature of the British cap- italiste. ‘ The British Communist Party up- holds the points made by Rakovsky in branding the letter a forgery and quotes jur McMaius, who is now in this country, and is supposed to be one of the signers of the document that the letter is a pure fabrication, The Communists point out that the British and French foreign offices had been forced to admit on other occa- sions that they had been the victims of forgeries, The admission of the Datly Mail, noted reactionary sheet, owned by, the Bolshevik baiter Lord Rothermere, that it furnished the government with the proof of the “red” plot does not tend to allay sus- ‘picion. There is considerable ourlosity over the manner TR RT eM , It is an coord against which the workers id rally as a unit. They may not ac- the workers and farmers, not only those of Montana who in this campaign. But the lessons Communism in the present help them achieve that class letter got into the hands of the foreign office, but the latter refuses to make the source of its information public. This is considered only an excuse to prevent a showdown. What effect the frame-up will have on the voting next Wednesday is problematical. The right wing leaders of the labor party now announce that there is no truth in the report that they sent out orders to kill the Anglo- Russian treaty. The conservatives were delighted at first with the situa- tion, as they thought a good “red coction has been received by the pub- Mc {8 not very encouraging to tory hopes. ye The Mberals are between the devil and deep sea, They are compelled to criticise both sides. The gen belief is that they will suffer a crush- ing defeat next Wednesday. Tuesday, October 28, 1924 CONTROVERSY IN Delegates Are Helpless When Matter Comes Up (Continued from Page 1.) selves against the Rowan injunction in the master in chancery’s court, so demoralized the convention that George Speed made a motion that “We adjourn and go home, as this bunch doesn’t seem able to get to gether to do anything.” A recommendation was read the convention from Edward Delaney, un- til the present convention secretary of the California defense conimittee, that the Rowan-Bowerman board members be expelled from the I. W. W. for call- ing the I. W. 'W. members “gunmen and hi-jackers.” “We have proved ta the capitalist courts in the last five years that we are not gunmen and hi-jackers,” said Delaney. “And now so-called general executive board mem- bers place the lives of I. W. W. pris- oners in jeopardy and damn the mas in prison. They also took I. W. W. affairs into these capitalist courts and I demand complete retraction of their statements or that they ‘be expelled from the I. W. W.” No action has yet been taken on Delaney’s charges. Says Convention Lacks Courage. Delegate A. Hanson sounded a note of warning to the delegates that the membership is not only disgusted witk the Rowan-Bowerman officials for bringing the I. W. W. into the capital- ist courts but the membership is also getting disgusted with the convention itself for lacking the courage to de. cisively dispose of the charges against suspended officials. “Before long, economic determinism is going to you,” said Hanson. “We are running out of money and will have to adjourn before: we have accomplished our pur- pose if we do not hurry matters,” After the two witnesses had refused to talk and a motion had been made tc refer the controversy back to the in- ¥estigating committee, Rumbaugh made a motion to hear the report of the auditing committee appointed to go over the books before the conven- tion, Delegate Joe Oates declared: “We are sidestepping the controversy again. We started it and ought to go thru with it.” Speed then made his motion to adjourn, which was, not seconded. “An emergency seems to be existing among the delegates,” Oates added, “and we ought to do something.” Chairman Accused of Partlality. Delegate Nelson then made a motion to rescind the former action of the convention taking up investigation of the controversy, and the convention tabled the motion. “We let the dis- ruptionists hold up this convention day after day,” Delegate Rumbaugh n. “There are par- ties to the controversy here and ready to testify and the chairman refused to hear them.” Rumbaugh referred to Peo Monoldi, secretary of Industrial Union No. 330 and G. E. B. members. A motion by Joe Jordan that all sus- pended officials who refused to appear before the convention for investiga. tion of charges against them be ex: pelled was being discussed when noon adjournment came, At the hearing yesterday before Master-in-Chancery Bernstein, the I. W. W. injunction case brought out the following facts: Cunnea, lawyer for the temporary administration, asked Rowan’s group to settle out of court. Bigelow, Rowan’s lawyer, refused, saying he did not recognize the con- vention. Griffith apologized for ‘ask- ing for the injunction, Rowan’s group refused to submit the whole case to a referendum. Harry Trotter of the Rowan group threatened violence against Doyle and Fisher after com- Plaining to court of gunmen. _ Dirt Movers Show Spunk. From the northwestern ict of Industrial Union No. 310 came a tele: gram to the convention demanding that if William Buchwald and P. D. Ryan, officers of No. 310, refuse to re- gram was received with applause, _ Unable to Audit Books, That the financial affairs of the I. W. W. have been put into hopeless was clearly shown by the report the auditing committee. Because member of the Rowan-Bowerman tion has insisted on keeping his own individual accounts, and has - ently refused to turn over the c to a central committee, it has impossible for J. A. Griffith of this. Bee finances, ——___ : New York Women Meet, hor al tye CITY, Oct. 27.—A meeting ¢ o} women’s committee, Workers Party, District 2, will be held Monday, Nov. 10, at 208 Mast 12th 8t., at 8 p. m. This meeting is of great eral | importance as the new policy on the fomen’s work will be taken up, All COURT HOLDS UP: I. W. W. MEETING fices of Buchwald and Ryan. ‘The tele fone anake an intelligible report on delegates be present. Branches who _ settle the fate of this convention for’ | | I | |