The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 1, 1924, Page 2

itt Page Two CAPITAL HEARS ABOUT THE REDS FROM THEIR STANDARD » BEARER, WILLIAM Z. FOSTER WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 31.—The capital of the might- lest bourgeois government on the face of the earth has had the challenge of a Soviet republic of workers and farmers thrown down before it by the message bearer of proletarian revolution in this election, William Z. Foster, Communist candidate for president, speaking here Monday night. The meeting was opened by O’Hara Macintosh, acting as chairman, whose interesting in- troduction was, in part, as follows: “You have seen the oft-repeated statement in the newspapers to the effect that William Z. Foster is a bol- shevik and that the Workers Party is connected with Russia. I am now go- ing to tell you a little secret. We Communists are affiliated with the bol, sheviks—and we are extremely proud of that fact. And that is not half of it. When the capitalist editor tells you contemptuously and with a sneer, that the Communists have connections fm Moscow, he does not tell you half of it, We workers have a motto, ‘which reads: ‘Workers of the World, unite.” “Tf the capitalists would tell you the whole truth they would tell you that the Communists are not only connect- ‘ed with Moscow, but that they are in elose connection with Communists in every city of any consequence on the face ofthe globe. Not only in Mos- cow, but in Paris, in London, in Edin- burgh, in Dublin, Rome, Tokyo, Ma- fila and in Sydney. Wherever the printed word is carried we have rep- resentatives, whether it be amongst the multitudes of the metropolis) or jon the banks of the Wabash, “You know the records of the can- @idates of the other political parties; you know that both Coolidge and Dawes are lawyers; you know that Davis is a lawyer and that Bryan is an editor; that both LaFollette and ‘Wheeler are lawyers. The candidates of the Workers Party, Foster and Git- low, are union working men. They have been union men during all their working lives. You will hear tonight one of the greatest organizers of la- boring men and women that has ever lived. “You know the life histories of 90 por cent of the leaders of organized labor. You know what happens when the union man rises jn the ranks of his tellowmen; how he goes to the * gitadels of the mighty and the cor- rupt; you know the result of his as- sociation with the boss, around the mahogany table in the ..conference room. You know that the traitor’s ap- pointment as secretary to some prom- inent capitalist or his appointment as commissioner of something or other, is his reward for the betrayal of those who trusted him. “You know that these rewards are bribes. Now, my friends, there is no man in the labor movement in Amer- ica that is.more feared by the capi- talist class than William Z. Foster. But Bill Foster is not made of the stuff that is for sale. Because of his adherence to his principles William Z. Foster is the phenomenon of the la- hor movement. “You know that it is the custom at political gatherings to introduce the speaker ds a man who is known thru- out the length and the breadth of the Jand; that he is a man of national Teputation. I have to vary that de- peription a little this evening. Our fandidate is a man who is not only known thruout this country, who has Bot only a national reputation; he is man who has an international repu- In every section of the world, Shere there is a militant organiza- of working men, William Z. Fos- is known, and honored and regpect- and loved as a brother.” Comrade Foster was in fettle ave the best speech delivered y any candidate during the campaign, ven the many LaFollette men had to in the enthusiastic reception ac- HILLQUIT, SOCIALIST, FIGHTS REVOLUTION; PAYS TAX OF $2,668 NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 31.—In- come tax reports made public today disclose the fact that Morris Hiil- quit, socialist leader and supporter of LaFollette, pays an income tax of $2,666.94. Hillquit’s federal tax Payment alone, is enough to defray the expenses of an average work- ers family. On the basis of these official government figures, — Hill- quit, would-be spokesman of the American working-class, sports ah\ income of at least $20,000 a year\— an income which entitles kim admission to the first rank of highly Paid labor bureaucrats and wealthy middle-class intellectuals. \ Much of the money amassed by “Comrade” Hillquit has undoubtedly been obtained by payment of legal fees for services rendered to local trade unions. In other words the bosses exploit the workers in the shop while Hillquit exploits them when they are forced to go to court to plead for capitalist justice. Another prominent name In the second district Ilst of tax returns is that of Frank A. Vanderlip, mil- ionaire supporter of LaFollette. His income tax return Is listed at $56,- 704. In his local income Vanderlip lags slightly behind John W. Davis, Morgan’s attorney and democratic candidate for president, whose tax is $84,425.20. Vanderlip and Hillquit are both leaders of the LaFollette forces and typical examples of the middle class capitalist, non-working class charac- —$—$<$<$<$—$—$—$ “Those who own the industries will always own the government,” said Foster. “To protect their privileges, the owners of the industries will own the press, the schools, the churches and all the other machinery for con- the minds of the workers. When the workers do become sufil- ciently aroused to vote against cap- italist class rule, and vote for social ownership of the industries, then the old ruling class will fight. They will fight as. the southern slave-holders fought—until their power is utterly broken. They will fight as the capital- ists of Italy are fighting, thru fascism, when the voice of the people express- er thru the ballot is adverse. In all history, no ruling class has surren- dered to a rising class from below without a struggle to the very death. Do not imagine that the strongest, most alert, most fully organized cap- italist class in the world, that in the United States, will hesitate to resist the majority. That is why we say the workers must not pin their hopes on a mere decision at the polls.” Foster described the republicans as “the party of the steel trust, the sugar trust, the packing trust, the bankers’ trust, with a strikerbreaker as its presidential candidate and a fascist as its vice-presidential nominee.” The democratic party he described as twin sister to the republican. No working man could support either, without seabbing on his class. Discussing the LaFoleltte Movement. He: analyzed the anti-war, public ownership and other measures in the progressive program. and showed how each of these would be rendered use GHASTLY ANTI-WAR BOOK SHOWS HORRORS OF CAPITALIST WARS AMSTERDAM, Oct. 80. — The most terribly eloquent anti-war book ever published, horribly filled with war photographs too nauseat- ing to look at but for thelr anti- milltarist lesson, Is making its grue- some way among labor circles In Europe. The War In Pictures, by Ernst Friedrich, is an International weap on against international slaughter, Each picture has captions and ex- planations In English, French, Ger man, and Dutch. The conscript or- volunteer Is shown having his pie ture taken for the folke before teav- ing for the front. Then a huge mass grave, sides splattered with blood and mud, is reproduced with the soldier corpses thrown {nto It. Fearfully wounded men, who have survived the war, are shown in hos- pitals. They have no faces, and have to be artificially fed. Photographs are reproduced of soldiers standing beside army gallows where the vic- tim is still swinging, decorated with a hat placed on him by the soldier who stands below. There are pages of photographs of men hanged on army gallows scaffolds, of which ywere erected. INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID ADDS NEW DUTY Political Prisoners to leaders had already knelt down and Be Given Assistance ai Arbeiter Hilfs Komitee. Organizations to Co-operate. Militant trade unions, revolutionary political organizations, sick and death benefit societies, workmen circles, are invited to join in this new undertak- ing of the International Workers’ Aid. The Workers Party of America is the first workers’ organization to ex- tend its co-operation in this work. A letter to all Workers Party local cen- tral congmittees advising them to join in this work has already brought several results, Youngstown, Ohio; Portland, Ore.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; New Haven, Conn., are among the first to reply. As in the past, the International Workers’ Aid expects that the reac- tionaries of the Abe Cahan calibre will again attack it for “using relief funds for Communist propaganda”— because the Communists are the first to énter our activities and help us raise funds for needy workers, their Instead of joining forces with us in this under- taking, these do-nothing critics ‘will no doubt hold off, and just as soon as. things begin to hum and we are actually accomplishing ‘something, they will come out with their attacks. families and children. Xmas Drive Begins. According to Red Aid statistics up to May 1923, there are 383,200 wor! ers imprisoned in European countri They are the easualties resulting from for higher shorter hours and decent working wages, class battles PICKET ‘OUT OF DATE, SAYS HILLMAN Amalgamated Head for Peace with Bosses No more picket lines for the members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America if Sidney Hillman, president of the organization can help it. The way to better their conditions, according to Hitiman, is to vote for LaFollette, join a nice liberal party, deposit their savings—if they have any—in a “labor bank” and build up the co- operative movement. All in all a nice little scheme of class-collaboration, entirely worthy of the salvation army apostle of that cult, William H. Johnston, but strange to the tongue of Sidney Hillman, who, publicly at least, was known to favor the abolition of the cap- italist system but as painlessly as possible, it is proper to state. On Tenth Anniversary. This new policy was sprung on the Chicago Joint Board a week ago on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Amalgamated. It is not the policy that made of the Amalgamated a fighting organization feared by the capitalists and looked on with admiration by the rank and file of other organizations whose worshipped the golden calf. Hillman had the reputation of being a revolu- tionist, tho not, of course, to the left The International Workers’ wingers in the Amalgamated, led by Aid, formerly the Friends of Soviet Russia, in keeping with its aim as published more than a year-ago, has decided to en- large its scope of activity to in- clude aid to political prisoners, their wives and children. Funds raised for this par- ticular purpose will be remitted to and distributed by the Red Aid International, while funds raised for relief of German workers, will be remitted and distributed thru the Internation- the Trade Union Educational League, who knew the difference between his words and his deeds. In the next ten years, he de- clared, the members of the Amal- gamated will not be on the picket line to fight for better conditions, but only in-case of need to defend the union. In the coming ten years the main ac- tivity will be on the political and co- operative fields. United Front With Bosses. This means in the language of Hill- man, on the bandwagon of an Amer- ican bourgeois li party and in the banking © ess. Sydney is traveling Well he has drop- ped the mask and taken his place publicly with the rest of the labor lieutenants of capitalism. He explained the endorsement of LaFollette by the General Executive Board with the flimsy excuse that had the G. E. B. expected the election of LaFollette the action might have been different, The Amalgamated, he added, had to go along with LaFollette or be isolated from the official labor move- ment, obviously meaning that the en- dorsement of LaFollette would be looked. up on favorably by Gompers & Co, Out of the LaFollette move- ment, he declared, would come a party was being pushed out of second place by LaFollette. ¥ Hillman declared for tolerance in poKtics within the union, while at the LaFollette in spite of the decision of the last convention. Rank and File Fer Foster. parative failure. here Local 269 and repudiated the action of the G. B. to the convention decision. Hillman was scheduled to speak in R Saturday, November 1, 1924 Tammany Hall Again STANDARD OL Shows Labor Need of | J0B KILLS TWO, Communist Leadership || SIX GO INSANE By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL.* Workers Suffer from ceaei liberal party not a third party, but-a second party since the democratic: same time binding the members to The right wing of the Amalgamat- ed has failed to swing the member- ship to LaFollette: Outside of Chica- go their efforts have met with con- has declared for William Z. Foster B. in endorsing LaFollette contrary TODAY. on the eve of Tuesday's elections, the last minute deals are being made; the fixers are busy working over- time. If there is a trick that can be pulled to win a workers’ vote for reaction, it will be put over. * ° Look at what happened in New York City. Senator LaFollette, who has not missed an opportunity during his campaign to double-cross the Farmer-Labor movement, has himself been made the victim of a double- cross such as only Tammany Hall can be guilty of. The Tammany Hall-controlled executive council of the Central Trades and Labor Council of: New York City and vicinity has repudiated its endorsement of LaFollette, early in the campaign, and is now giving its support to the candi- dacy of John “Wallstreet” Davis, on the democratic ticket. * * * * All the Tammany Hallites in the New York labor move- ment, from John Sullivan, president, and John P. Coughlin, secretary, down the list, now discover in Morgan's lawyer all the qualities of a ‘friend of labor,” using this expression as it has become infamous under the tutelage of Sam Gom- pers. ‘In fact, LaFollette can oy behold Gompers him- * self in the nightmare that this double-dealing will bring to him. oe The Tammany Hall laborites do not hope to put Davis over with their trick. They hope, no doubt, to bring victory to the standards of Al Smith, the Tammany Hall candidate for governor of New York, and to put a goodly gang of Tam- many Hallites in the state legislature, maintaining control of that citadel of graft and privilege. “Just across the river is New Jersey, also a seat of democratic power. * If Tammany Hall cannot capture the nation for a demo- cratic candidate, it will resort to every possible deal to main- tain its prestige in the great center of population at the mouth of the Hudson River. LaFollette has been made the victim of his own hal- lucinations, that political victory, even for the small bour- geoisie, can be built on a straddle of the two Wall Street parties, ? e e e e But the thrust goes even deeper. The Tammany Hall labor gangsters, entrenched by victory on election day, will be in a more formidable position than ever to wage war on the Farmer-Labor Party. : These are the Tammany Hall gangsters, Sullivan, Coughlin, Costello and the rest, with whom Hillquit, the socialist, has been hobnobbing, in the New York Conference for Progressive: Political Action. This was the crowd that Hillquit and the socialists joined with to fight the efforts of the Communists, in New York state, to build the Farmer- Labor Party, of the workers and poor farmers. Hillquit’s fight on the Communists weakened the/class fight of the workers and farmers. It strengthened the Tammany Hail gangsters in the labor movement and made it possible for them to launch their open appeal for votes and support of the Wall Street lawyer, John WwW. Davis. * The workers of New York City and state must learn the lesson—that they have been eae not only: by Tammany Hall, not only by the LaFollette Conference for Progressive Political Action controlled by Tammany Hall, but also by the socialists, Hillquit and Abe Cahan, of the Jewish Daily Forward, and by the LaFollette-loving labor leaders, Sidney Hillman, of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers; Morris Sig- man, of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, Morris Kaufmann, of the Furriers’ Union, and others, Only the Communist leadership of the Workers Party points the way to building of the class power of labor. The effort of Tammany Hall’s men, boring within the organized labor movement, on behalf of Wall Street, should again teach this lesson to the workers of New York. CLEVELAND HOLDS TRIUMPHANT CELEBRATION IN DRIVE FOR HOME FOR OUR JEWISH COMMUNIST DAILY (Special to The Dally Worker) CLEVELAND, Oct. 31—At the banquet room of the carpenters’ hall about 300 Communists and sympathizers assembled to celebrate three years of incessant active struggle of the Jewish Branch, Workers Party, towards the abolition of the present system of production and all its evils, A number of organizations sympathetic to the workers’ struggles greeted the branch thru their delegates and pledged full-hearted support to the Lead Poisoning By ESTHER LOWELL Federated Press Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, Oct. 31—Two workers are dead and six others lie insane in Reconstruction ospital as a result of tetra- ethyl lead poisoning at the Bay- way, N. J., plant of the Stand- ard Oil company. Nearly 20 more workers are under observation for poisoning symptoms. All were employed in the manufacture of tetra- ethyl lead gas, specially treated gasoline supposed to eliminate “knocks”. in auto engines and make possible much more ef- ficient engines than at present used, Market Dangerous Product. The Ethyl Gas corporation, half of whose stock belongs to Standard Oil of New Jersey and half to General Motors corporation, is marketing the dangerous product in the middle west, Maryland and northern New Jersey. Thomas Midgeley jr. formerly of General Motors Chemical company and now vice-president of Ethyl Gas, is reported to have worked out the process of tethraethyl lead treatment of gasoline, “Two years ago I warned repres- entatives of General Motors that this substance is not fit for introduction for use by the general public; that lead poinsoning is sure to result, not only in garage workers, but in all persons using automobiles,” Dr. Yan- dell Henderson, professor of applied physiology at Yale, asserts in refer- ence to the new cases. “It produces the most dangerous form of lead poisoning. By being volatilized, the lead is introduced quickly into the blood thru the lungs and makes its attack on the brain and nerves.” He adds that those poisoned would never fully recover. Discover Lead Poisoning. Prosecutor A. J. David, of Union county, New Jersey, has found that the workers were employed in manu- facture of ethyl gas and not in Jahora-. tory experithents as the Standard Oil company first indicated. Dr. Charles Norris, medical examiner, is pertorm- ing autopsies on the two dead work- ers in an effort to discover lead in their systems. Standard Oil company officials say that the workers were warned of the dangers and that fre- quent physical examinations of the men were made. Bernard Rodgers of Wlisabeth, N. J., quit work at Bayway there weeks ago because of illness from the poison- ing and has been in bed since. He suffers from delusions of persecution and has shown no improvement. Dr. Henderson, who is one of the great authorities on the effect of gases on the human body, says that all these workers show clearly symptoms of tetraethyl lead poisoning and that a similar case oecurred recently in New York, altho he was not free to dis- cuss it, Health Department Acts. The board of health of New York will adopt resolutions preventing the sale or use of gasoline compounds presumably containing poisonous in- gredients, Dr. Frank J. Monaghan, health com- missioner, announced the impending action of the board shortly before tetraethy lead gas claimed its fifth life here within a week. —_—_—_. Notice to Cleveland Readers. ded Foster's remarks in which he Went after the fake progressive hot Rnd heavy. In spite of the disadvantage of a heavy and continued rain all evening, More than 350 were present, includ- ing many political reporters. less to the working class by the fact of the middle class philosophy of the LaFollette movement. If capitalism is to be saved and strengthened big business will be the strongest ele- ment in the “reformed” capitalism, the workers will be cheated again. Workers Party. Comrade Lunin, national organizer of the Jewish Federation, greeted the branch in the name of the federation and spoke of tlie development and achievement of our party. When hee—————____________. announced that the Freiheit in spite)to peep up the fight for a new s: of its black and yellow enemies is} o¢ society, nearing its third birthday and is in| ‘The Fretheit Gezangs Ferein as well the midst of a campaign for buying|as their Mandolin Orchestra add @ home and press of its Own, storm Of/eq to the ‘success of the affair by applause breke out. A few fifties,| thoir singing and playing songs of the quite a number of twenty-fives, | olags struggle. large number of tens and still more of fives, demonstrated that the com rades are ready to build the party at all sacrifices. A sum of $762,.00 was thus gathered, Comrade A, Bittelman a member of the C. B, ©. then greeted the Cleve- land branch in the name of the C. B. C. He spoke of the tasks and difficul- New York te the members on the LaFollette question, but he decided to come to Chicago, where he was sure of less opposition. The Cleveland joint board of the Amalgamated has endorsed Foster and Gitlow and the locals of the or- ganization in New York have organ- ized themselves to make shop collec- tions for the Communist campaign. The Communists and progressives in the Amalgamated are grateful to Hillman for throwing off his radical mask and coming out in the open as an.exponent of class collaboration and peace with the bosses. The fight in the Amalgamated will no longer be 80 complicated. Hillman has taken his stand openly with the right wing. Subscribe for “Yeur Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. paehdi. > ie Vote Communist This Time! EVICT STRIKING WORKERS IN CAL'S: The DAILY WORKER is on sale dally at Sghroeders, East Superi- or Ave., opposite the post office; and at Bernstein's, 6905 St. Clair. standards of living. Their wives even can get no work, their children are at the mercy of “ch®ritable” people. The International Workers’ Aid feels it its duty to come to the as- stance of these workers. Towards is end a Xmas drive is being -ini- tiated with the hope of raising one hundred thousand dollars. It is ex- pected that other working class or- ganizations besides the Workers Party will join in this effort, instead of standing off, doing nothing id then helping the critics. Campaign Meeting In CLEVELAND, .Oct. 31, ph Lisch will speak on Sunday afternoon, Noy. 2, at 3 p. m. at 5607 St. Clair Ave, on the coming elections. Subject: “LaFollette or Foster?” A large at- tendance of union men is expected, Comrades and sympathizers are urged to attend this meeting. Order for Your Nov. 7 Meetings dust Off the Press! LENIN THE GREAT STRATEGIST OF THE CLASS WAR. By. A. Losovsky, General Secretary of the Red International of Labor Unions.. Translation and introduction by Alexander Bittelman. An attractive booklet of 48 pages—heavy paper cover with a drawing of Lenin—the whole work a tribute to our great leader, and an instrument toward mastering Leninism, Workers Party Sport Activities. Sunday afternoon beginning at one| o’clock sharp, a big game between the | Workers’ Sport Soccer Footbal! Team and the Swedish-American Third Soccer Football Team comes up at Portage Park. This game is one Communists, urging the com-|of a series being held in Chicago, Be rades to strengthen their ranks and) there to root for your side! Cr er ARAL Seen MMT TONIGHT! Z you use of medicine or an ope |_onoen Now STATE FROM COMPANY-OWNED SHACKS|| Sinema’ pe) A Ra C fa 10 to 26 copies 12c per copy. 25 or more 10c per copy. tensstulsc he Ba SOCIETY Send remittance to The Trade Union Educational League Wm. Z. Foster, Seoy. 1113 W. Washington Blvd. FRAMINGHAM, Mass,, Oct. 31.—Eviction of workers from company tenements has begun in the Roxbury Carpet company strike, conducted by the United Textile Workers’ Union, Deputy Sheriff William H, Walsh moved furniture and household effects of Charles Armatrong from a company tene- ment, Other tenement dwellers moved out on the company’s order to give up their homes er return to work. 4 Phone Rockwell 5050 f MORDECAI SHULMAN ° ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 701 Association Building 19 S, La Salie Street . CHICAGO Deurbors 8667 - Qentral 4046-4047 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 8 P.M. In new headquarters, 3837 W. ROOSEVELT ROAD Splendid Music by the Freiheit Mandolin Orchestra. A good time with plenty of music and lively companionship. Chicago, Illinois