The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 30, 1924, Page 4

Page Four SPOLANSKY LIES HIS WAY THRU TO FAT SALARY His Fakes Cause Inno- cent Men Much Misery By KARL REEVE. Jake Spolansky, former sec- ret service agent of the United States government, brags about his aid to the steel trust in the 1919 strike of the steel trust workers under the leadership of William Z. Foster. Spolansky couldn’t give the steel trust much ald, but he shows himself proud of the fact, in one of his closing articles in the Daily News, that he man- aged to milk the steel barons out of a fat salary by putting innocent steel workers in jail. dictatorship of the capitalist in America. integration banks of New York district thrujneeds, are about equivalent to the which the giants of finance have been|space occupied by 40 New York steadily organizing the country into} apartments. industrial provinces under their rule. It is the largest bank of issue in the world with assets in the neighborhood jand the three other walls eight feet of $1,500,000,000 and annual business|thick and are of a type selected after figured in tens of billions. pool of economic power and during | ards. the ensuing weeks its personnel num-/ern vault construction were subjected bering |took up quarters in the new buildingjof destruction as representing the last word in material |oxy-actelyine torches, that give New York financiers contro! over our economic life. CAPITALIST DICTATORSHIP HAS MADE ELABORATE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT ITS HOARD OF GOLD By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Have you heard about the new capitol building designed expressly for the real government of the United States? No, not in Washington, where the constitutional government designed for arisocratic landowners and small business men continues like a fifth wheel on a coach. But on Nassau street in New York City. It houses the federal reserve bank of New York. The federal reserve bank of New York is the public representative of the It is really nothing more than an private ¢———————________ of the great Wall Ten Feet Thick. “The easterly wall is 10 feet thick a series of tests conducted by the Move to New Building. federal reserve board with the assis- October 1 was moving day for this|tance of the U. S. bureau of stand- At these tests all kinds of mod- approximately 2,000 quietly|to the action of such powerful agents TNT, dynamite, and jackham- protection for the gold and securities |mer or pneumatic drills.” He describes three cylindrical re- volving doors weighing with’ their THE DAILY WORKER BiG MEETING IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON Trade Union Rebels| Hear Communists | By JACK McCARTHY. (Special Correspondence.) LONDON, Oct. 12.—Under| the shadow of the Nelson monu- | ment on Trafalgar Square, | London, the national minority | movement of Britain held its first public meeting. Today the} huge crowd swarmed into the| square from all directions, marching behind bands and as-| sembled around the base of the} monument which served as the} platform for the speakers. The bands played the Interna- tional, the Red Flag and other ~ |LAFOLLETTE’S HOKUM IS PUT INTO PLAIN LANGUAGE BY SOME WISCONSIN COMMUINSTS By JOSEPH (Special to The SUPERIOR, Wis., Oct. 29.—The familiar with our great statesman Bill pret LaFollette’s platform in the following 14 points: ist. ‘I, the representative of the m capitalist parasites so barbareously o--— suck the blood of the working class without also giving a show to the smaller parasites 2nd. I’m here to avoid the spread of Communism, the outcome of cen- tralization of capital, and therefore my policy is decentralization. 8rd. I boost my liberal reforms to cause workers to forget their revolu- tionary aims. 4th. By running independently I have so far succeeded in destroying the Communist’s plans of a class farmer labor party. 5th. I oppose proletarian dictator- ship in preference to a la LaFollette dictatorship. 6th. Down with workers and peas- Thursday, October 30, 1924 NEW LENIN FILM IN: MILWAUKEE ON NOV. 7TH : By WILLIAM F. KRUSE. The- anniversary of the bolshevik revolution, Noy. 7, is to be celebrated jin Milwaukee, Wis., with an especially | fitting number on the program—a mo \tion picture story of the “Life of Nico- jlai Lenin.” The film opens with the | front page! announcement by the | DAILY WORKER of the death of the ‘greatest working class leader, and then reviews his six years of service |to the Soviet republic. | He iff.shown ‘agitating the masses |toward Kerensky’s overthrow with the slogan, “All power to the Soviets,” |then before the congress explaining |the “New Economic Policy.” We see |him “on the job” as well as “off duty,” and the tribute paid him by the work- jers of Russia and of the world at large are truly inspiring. Two other |celebrations in the country can run the picture on Nov. 7.. Send applica- tions to Internatonal Workers’ Aid, 19 |S. Lincoln St., Chicago, Ill, at once 1 R. BOOTH. Daily Worker) Communists of Wisconsin, being so ly Sunday’s stuff, can truthfully inter- iddle class cannot bear to see the big RUSSIAN STUDENTS CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHINESE INTERVENTION (By Rosta News Agency) MOSCOW, Oct. 29.—Numerous demonstrations were held here to- day by students against foreign in- tervention in China. Besides a message of welcome to the Chinese students and the leaders of the na- tlonal liberative movement, a resolu- tion was passed to send a message to the students of England, France, America and other interventionist powers, calling,upon them to do all in the students’ power to prevent in- revolutionary airs. The march- jas only two more showings are avail- it’s Haymaking Time. The symbol of this dictatorship is a/frames 230 tons apiece and three em-| erg carried banners with inscrip- mien soviets. Hail to commercial! tervention in China. able. The fall of 1919, when the» steel|norde of gold unequaled in the world.|ergency doors 8 feet thick and weigh- tions, “Down with the Dawes pe Perey: eenenens 0 ean anata ae “Russia-Germany” Picture strike was called, was haymaking timejm,4 continuance of this dictatorship|ing 185 tons each. Such weights have : ete S Veen TERNS Fengn Makes a Hit. for even the stupid denizens of the underworld, who were then acting as stool pigeons in the ranks of labor. Altho Europe had long since re- leased its war time political prisoners, in America, working class newspapers were being raided, meetings were be- ing broken up by chamber of com- merce mobs and’ thugs in the secret service or in public office. The right of the workers to organ- ize was being systematically curtail- ed, and workers were no longer per- mitted to have their own legislative representatives. Lusk committees were being formed and Palmer was about to begin his shameful deporta- tion raids. Even the most stupid and lowly “dick” could get a job organizing phony “anarchist” organizations like ‘he strike, whenever and wherever the “Knights of the Red Star,” so|they could find municipal and court Spolansky was given a job. officials willing to do their bidding. the steel barons abolished the rights oe eet Flee Pere jot free speech and free assemblage, ‘While Spolansky was getting pald|so precious to the strikers, to do his dirty work for the steel trust, William Z. Foster was writing the most glorious page in the history of the American labor movement. Foster’s genius for organization had fully roused the deadened steel trust slaves for the first time. They rebel- led at the long hours and small pay, compared to the millions of dollars in profits reaped by Elbert H. Gary, and answered the strike call of the A. F. of L, Speakizig of this activity of the vari- ous agents of the steel trust who at- tempted to break the srike, William Z. Foster, secretary-treasurer of the National Committee to organize the steel industry, of the American Federation of Labor and leader of the strike, tells the true reason for such activity. “Realizing full well the re actionary spirit of the times, the steel companies proceeded safely to ex- tremes,to crush the strike, dubbed by them an attempt at violent revolu-|were tardy in indorsing the strike. of the country. The new capitol building centers in the extraordinary vault designed to protect these symbols, ownership & which is supposed to confer on New York bankers the right to rule. Will Nassau in The Wall Street Journal Oct. 18 describes this vawlt: “The vault is probably the largest and strongest in the world. It is be- low tidewater, an additional factor of safety, and the lower floor rests upon piers imbedded in a foundation of solid rock. It ¢ontains three levels which, while no more than the bank Gunmen to Intimidate Strikers. “To carry on the terror so well be- gun by the suppression of free speech and assembly, the steel trust turned loose upon the devoted strikers the great masses of armed thugs it had been recruiting since long before the strike.” And the federal agents in- cluding Spolansky, freely enlisted in this terrorizing of labor. Spolansky charges that Foster sought the co-op- eration of I. W. W. “agitators,” that the “Federation of Labor not only re- fused to place its aproval on the strike, but even denounced it as un- authorized and threw all its co-opera- tion to the government.” Spolansky’s Chief Stock in Trade— Lying. This is another bare-faced lie of Spolansky. True that some of the American Federation of Labor officials rests upon the belief of the people in/never before been attempted in bank the divine right of the gold and secur-|construction. ity owners to rule the economic life}leries with instruments to detect any There are listening gal- attempt to tunnel in the neighborhood. There is special provision for locking in the armored cars which bring ac- cessions of wealth and for their un- loading under the control of an over- head gallery of bullet proof steel. From this unloading platform the gold and securities will be transferred to the vault on hand trucks operating thru a corridor controlled by a bullet proof screen pierced to command the whole length of the corridor. The financial oligarchy intends to protect its title to exploitation against all comers. CEE Gompers down. We learn from Fos- ter that: “President Gompers pledged the support of the A. F. of L. to the strike two day after it started and labor gen- erally has shown its determination to stick by the steel workers. Even the officers of the International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers in- dorsed the strike.” Spolansky repeats an old charge that Foster was instrumental in creat- ing the railroad strike which followed the steel strike. Foster said in an- swer to that charge: “Probably there never was a strike in this country more spontaneous and unplanned than the one in question. But that does not worry our depart- ment of justice. It announced to a credulous world that the whole affair is a highly organized plot to over- throw the government.” At that time Foster declared. “I do not Imow a solitary one of the men advertised as strike leaders, nor has there been any communication what- soever between us. I have not attend- ed a strike meeting nor have I even seen a man whom I knew to be a striker. But, of course, such details tion,” Foster stated shortly after the|But the great mass of the workers strike.+ “To accomplish his, their end,| were heart and soul with it. Even they stopped at nothing. Thruout|the officials indorsed the strike from jn Fourth Congressional District MASS MEETING THURSDAY, OCT. 30th, 8 P. M. MILDA HALL, 3142 South Halsted Street Speakers: VICTOR ZOKAITIS JOSEPH PODKULSKI Candidate for Congress in 4th District and JOHN EDWARDS Recently returned from Soviet Russia COME AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS STIMU MILL LT SSS sess: GORDON W. OWENS Workers (Communist) Party candidate for Congressman from the First Congressional District, and J. W. JOHNSTONE Workers (Communist) Party candidate for Congressman from the Ninth Congressional District. WILL SPEAK THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, AT 8 P. M. Community Center, 3201 S. Wabash Ave. SUBJECT: THE NEGRO WORKER AND COMMUNISM Workers (Communist) Party, Local Chicago Admission Free Come Over! At any time during the day or evening if you have an hour to spare—come over and volunteer your help to enable us to get out a heap of mailing, inserting and other odd jobs on the campaign to increase the circu- lation of the DAILY WORKER and the WORKERS MONTHLY. We are very busy and have loads of work —help us out—come over! are irrelevant to the department of justice and the newspapers. Bosses Hide Behind Flag. “The steel strike was a drive straight at the heart of industrial au- tocracy in America. It could expect to meet with the most unscrupulous resistance,” Foster stated. It was to be expected that some means would have been found to thoroly discredit the strike. This conviction was inten- sified by the unexampled fury with which each important move of labor during recent years has been opposed, not only by the employers, but by the government officials as well. Box Makers Get Increase, NEW YORK, Oct. 29. — Wage in- creases of $1 and $2 a week have been granted paper box workers employed by the Paper Box Manufacturers” As- sociation by the board of arbitration which acted between the union and employers after the recent strike, Working hours remain the same, For two years all differences on these points must be submitted to the board of abitration. Post Cards in Colors Something New and Different. Use them for your regular cor- respondence. Have a set for your album. No, 1—Lenin, directing the revolution No. 2—Lenin, when 16 years old No. 3—The Red Flag of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics No. 4—The Russian state seal emblem No, 5—Trotsky, commander of the Soviet Red Army ONE CARD 5 CENTS In lots of 10 or more, 2c per card. 1% in lots of 100 or more. Send money order, check or post- to DB and Literature Department WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill, report,” “A wage increase of a pound a week for all workers,” “44-hour week and no more.” Then came the Young Com- munist League placards reading, | “Communist Youth Will Win,” “Up Young Rebels,” etc. There were scores of unions march- ing, each with its respective banner, but perhaps most significant of all was a large group from the National Un- ion of Railwaymen,.of which ©. T. Cramp is secretary. Cramp is as hos- | tile to the minority movement in Brit- ain as Sam Gompers is to the T. U. E. | L. He (Mr. Cramp) was instrumental | in getting thru the resolution at the | labor party congress calling for the! exclusion of the C. P. members from | the labor party, Tom Mann Cheered. | ‘When the meeting was opened by.! Sam Elsbury, of the garment workers, | who was chairman, the crowd\was_so large that it became necessary for the | opening of a second meeting on the other side of the monument. The ap-| pearance of the veteran labor leader, Tom Mann on the platform, was the! signal for a roaring demonstration | from the assembled workers which | could have been heard in Buckingham palace. Tom Mann spoke in no un- certain terms about the Dawes’ report | and what it meant to the workers of the world. .He severely criticized the labor government for its acceptance. He outlined the program of the min- ority movement and explained what it meant to the trade union movement of Britain. In replying to the actions of the re- actionaries who were responsble for the resolution carried at the labor party congress in reference to the ex- clusion of the Communists, he: said: “I have been in the labor movement all my life and I want to tell the offi- cials who are responsible for these resolutions that I am in it to stay for the rest of my life.” This brought shouts of “hear, hear,” and prolonged applause from the twelve to fifteeen thousand assembled workers. “The Communists,” he continued, “ are in the trade unions, not as we have been accused by the reactionaries, ‘to stroy the trade unions,’ but to co-or- dinate and amalgamate them into one powerful, industrial organization for each industry, to make of them effect- ive weapons thru which we can en- force our immediate demands; to de- velop them further as instruments of the class struggle, not to patch capital- ism, but to destroy it.” Workers Against War. The next speaker was J. R. Camp- bell, editor of the Workers’ Weekly, and who is responsible for the present |general election. The prosecution of against the late war, altho sceptics meanly place it to pro-Germanism. 8th. I am entitled to all labor sup- port, after getting the endorsement of labor leaders like Gompers & Co. who render great service to labor by drawing the swellest salaries. 9th. Eyen the “practical” socialist party has renounced Marxism as bunk and is with me. 10th. It is also not to be under: estimated that thru my power the soc- jalists forever declared their firm bankrupt. 11th. I am a specialist in com- bating the Bolsheviks. While the reac- tionaries do it in a clumsy way, I, in a remarkably liberal fashion grant their constitutional right to free ex- Pression, but not to association, be- cause they get orders from such ter- rible men like Zinoviev, Trotsky, Bu- charin, Radek, and Kalenin, who surely cannot be compared with the gentlemen, LaFollette, Gompers, Hill- quit, Berger, and Cahan. 12th. Don’t fear my radicalism as Jong as I am solid for capitalism. 18th. Fellow citizens, this time while I and Wheeler are running please stay away from the corrupt republicans and democrats, who make no such promises as ours. 14th. In the name of Spreckles and Co. send us to the White House be- cause you know we can deliver pros- 2 TNncetctccceneecn A r OUT THIS WEEK! WM. Z. FOSTER MAX BEDACHT MORITZ J, LOEB J. W. JOHNSTONE Campbell by the’ labor government was withdrawn because of the pro- tests of the trade unions, the tory and liberal members in the house of commons passed a vote of censure or the labor government for dropping the Campbell case, hence the genera! election at this time. When Camp- hell stepped on the platform this war & signal for another demonstration from the workers. “They shouted their approval of what he had said in the Workers’ Weekly. ~ The other speakers were Jack Tan ner, George Hardy, Harry Pollitt, Wal Hannington, T. Winter, J. Springhal! and Alex Gossip, each of them repre- senting a different union. Fascisti Got Theirs. Just as the meeting was about to close, a few tories could be seen in the crowd and when the chairman called for the singing of the Red Flag, the tories were compelled to While the workers were singing the Red Flag and the International, 4 small group of fascisti tried to sing God Save the King, but they were soon scattered. One member of the Y. C. L. got 21 days in jail for putting one of the fascisti singers out of order, : The huge crowd dispersed. March. ing behind their bands, with their red flags and banners they returned to their respective localities, confident that they had demonstrated their strength to the enemies of the work- ing class, A A a mitten. HGHUGHGQAteiiaines:. UUUUENUTUOVGUEENOOONGQQOUUUGOOGGQOUUGEOGUOUONOOOGUOUUOOOGQOOUHOSOG000HU00000008000008881 remove themselves or their tall hats.|§ Editorials Subscription: $2.00 a Year / it each month— Enclosed §..... Subscription. Breet scceveornnsees Clty eeecenscrses International Events To subscribe and be sure you get Use this blank. i THE WORKERS MONTHLY “4113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il. OT sessed Onths’ sssnewennvennennnanenessssnsensnnnapenstneeness, perity to everybody—workers, farm- ers, businessmen, bankers, etc. These are LaFollette’s 14 points. They will meet the same fate as Wil- son's. ‘We have only one point to offer. The workers’ and farmers’ only sal- vation is the* revolutionary Workers Party, with its true fighting standard bearers William Z. Foster and Ben- jamin Gitlow. ¥ Organize Box Workers. NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—With a brass band whooping up the music, several big busses full of striking paper box workers rode thru the streets of New York past their shops and spread the word of their fight for organization and for decent conditions. The issue of the fight is organiza- tion of small shops. The union has an | agreement signed for two years with { the box makers’ association but many | small shops are not organized. The union asks a $5 flat increase in wages and the 44-hour week. YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE ACTIVITIES, LOCAL CHICAGO, Thursday, Oct. 30—Class in Ele- mentary Economics, 2618 Hirsch Blvd. Earl R. Browder, instructor. A very successful showing of the workers’ film, Russia and Germany, produced by William F. Kruse for the International Workers’ Aid, was held in Oakland, Cal., and netted a profit of $300 for the relief funds. The picture will be shown on Sun- day, Nov. 2, in the High School Audi- torium at Berkeley, permission having been granted by the board of educa- tion. It is expected that a showing will soon be arranged in Sarcemento. California and other’ Pacific coast cities can arrange for showings by getting in touch with F. Siegman, 226 Valencia St., San Francisco, Cal. Duluth to See Beauty Film. Duluth is not to be outdone by ita sister city across the state line, even tho the other ‘may be called Superior. Both will see the new Russian feature film, “The Beauty and the Bolshevik,” Superior on Noy. 5 and Duluth on Nov. 13. The film is in Hancock, Mich., Oct. 30-31, and in Rock, Mich., on Nov. 2. Kettle River, twenty miles south of Duluth, will see The Fifth year, on Nov .2. Loses all Civil Rights. RIO JANERIO.—M. J. 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