The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 4, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND | | FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT ol. II. No. 194. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. RTHUR BRISBANE makes a novel defense of Coolidge’s silence on the Ku Klux Klan, It would be il legal for the president to denounce any body of citizens, declares Arthur. That would not stop the president from denouncing the Klan if . they were radicals aiming at the overthrow of the capitalist system. In that case the president would find himself im- peached if he did not perform his duty to the capitalist system. Says Bris- bane: .“The duty of the president of the United States is to keep out of dis- engsion and denunciations and not to use his official position.for propaganda wlong the line of his own personal views, whatever they may be.” That isthe question “whatever they may | be.” * T would be unfair to our readers or to Brisbane, who is a man of in- telligence, to attempt a refutation of this balderdash, It is reported that before Arthur starts on his column he takes a little drink of prevolstead- nia refreshment, and itm y be noticed that his writtings vary from radical tc conservative. Some people attribute this fiuetuation to the origin of the inspiration. When. he praises the Seotechmen who usually run England, it-is presumed that the noted column ist has embraced the virtues of Haig and Heig. When he writes a jingo- istic paragraph. and calls for thous- ands of war airplanes, he may be 89, full of, Old Crow that he cannot helping screaming after the fashion of the American eagle, and When he at- tacks the British government his spir- itual pabalum may be Green River. Of course, this may not explain Bris-| bane’s political gyrations, but why bother? He does not. es EARST had a leaning toward La- SUBSCRIPTION RATES: H's tonne ‘4 ary THE DAILY WORKER. | Mntered as Second-class matter September 31, 1933, at the Post Office at Chicago, Llineis wader the Act ef March 3, 1879. Outside Chicago, CORONER CALLS JURY OF RICH Tries to Shift Blame Of Railroad Co. Workers of the northwest side are indignant at the action of Coroner Oscar Wolff in careful- ly handpicking a fine assort- |ment of prominent capitalists to |“investigate” the murder of ten people by the law-breaking Mil- waukee & St. Paul rairoad at the company’s North avenue crossing Sunday morning when |a switch engine shoved a freight car into a crowded street car. Coroner Wants Whitewash. The effort of the coroner to {get a whitewash for the railroad company by pretending that “prominent Chicagoans” of whom he has prepared a list of thirty from which to select a jury of six to conduct an “in- vestigation,” is pointed out as proof that,Coroner Wolff is in- tending to get a select jury of “prominent capitalists,” . who ean be relied on to lay the blame on some poor railway employe or the street car con- ductor, instead of upon the Milwaukee railroad. To Make Towerman the Goat. This opinion is corroborated by the ‘coroner giving out his “belief” in ad- {vance of any investigation to the ef- jfeet that “liquor was the cause of the. “te crash.” By this, Wolff tries to : | { | tion of the Milwaukee railroad, to a In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. FOR WHITEWASH outed that he tried to land a positior | poor employe, Joseph Brahe, the one- in the LaFollette camp, but was not;armed towerman, whom he and the satisfied with the prominence offered. | railroad company are now quite ready He wanted to be the journalistic fath-| to make the goat. er of the freak of nature, but “Bob”! was a jealous parent, so William Ran- dolph sulked in his tent, damned La- Follette with faint praise and allowed his chief editorial writer to boost Coolidge, in about the only part of his press, except the scandal section, that | is given much attention. It is also whispered that there are financial rea- sons for Hearst's favorism to Silent Cal. exec ie EOPLE with kind hearts, while they believe it serves the social- ists right to be treated with contempt by- their associates in the LaFollette united front, at the same time, almost shed tears of pity, at the cold blooded manner in which ‘their ‘candidates have been ignored this" election, by those for whom ‘They have com- pletely defaced ‘themselves, There are none in the LaFollette camp so humble, outside of a few pulpitless preachers, who are willing to be seen politically in the company of the so- cialists. In New York, Illinois and even in Wisconsin, it is the same story. ee {PF HIS: is awful” said an old but now ex-member of the socialist party to me a few days ago. “In this state the socialists have been re- training from making socialist speech- es, in order to obey the ruling of Charles MacGowan of the ©. P. P. A, hoping that he would) endorse at least one of their candidates. Now, he turns around and endorses the Demo- erat Sprague. John H. Walker, en- dorses, Deneen,. while Fitzpatrick and the rest of them who were supported y the socialists in their attacks on the Communists scurried around until (Continued on Page 2.) h | 1 “Life Job” In Prison—Maybe. } This poor devil is Mkely to pay | heavily for his acceptance of the of- fer as the DAILY WORKER mention- ed yesterday, was the custom of rail- way companies, of a “life job” in place of heavy damages for injury in previ- | ous accidents. In Brahe’s~ease, he got the miserable wage of $60 a month to guard theelives of thousands at the crossing since he lost his arm work- ing for the company. The coroner is now trying to turn the whole blame on this crippled work- er because he bought a couple of drinks to cash his pay check several hours before the smash. Other outfits interested in keeping the railway com- pany out of trouble, such as the Illi- nois Commerce Commission are also “investigating.” Workers’ organiza- tions are not invited. Meanwhile it develops that: the DAILY WORKER'S story of the work- ers whose lives have been continually endangered by these open crossings, having vainly protested at the com- pany’s failure to elevate its tracks in working class districts as well as in the wealthy residential section, fas evoked aldermanic interest. Alderman Arthur Albert, in whose district the disaster occurred, declares that the city passed an ordinance a long time ago, ordering all railroads to elevate their tracks inside the city limits. The ridiculous excuse of the Milwaukee railroad, for continued and open defiance of this lew, is that it “did not have money enough.” Lives Cheaper Than Elevation. This clear and flagrant violation of law has not been even whispered about by the grafters in the city coun- cil, and if the workers of the north- west district do not put some pressure on the supposed representatives, | MORGAN’S AXE SWINGS ON THREE PERSIANS FOR DEATH OF DICK by mail, $6.00 per year. oT CA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1924 NEW YORK WORKERS TO CELEBRATE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (Special to The NOV. 7 Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 3.—On Friday evening, Nov. 7, the workers of Greater New York will celebrate the seventh anniversary of the Russian Revolution with two great mass meeting—at Central Opera House, 67th street and Third avenue, New York, Place, Brooklyn. Every workér who rejoices at the and at Amalgamated Temple, Arion growing power of the Soviets, every worker who thrills to the slogan “All Power to the Worker®,” will attend one of these meetings to express his solidarity with the workers of Russia on this anniversary of the hour of their success. JAKE SPOLANSHY NOT CITIZEN OF UNITED STATES Ex-Federal Sleuth Is Trying to Get Papers By KARL REEVE. (Article Two.) Jacob Spolansky, who has made a fat living for several years boasting of his one hun- dred per cent Americanism and deporting foreigners as an agent of the United States govern- ment, is not a citizen of the United States, the DAILY WORKER has disclosed. Spol- ansky, who was born in Odessa, Russia, has made application to director of naturalization, Fred- eric Schlotfeldt, room 776 Fed- eral Building, for his second citi- zenship papers, the DAILY WORKER is informed. sy (Continued on Page 2.) CIRCLE KNIGHTS WALLOP KLAN IN BIG BATTLE Governor Alleged.to Be Member of Klan NILES, Ohio, Nov. 3-—The Ku Klux Mayor Harvey C. Kistler, finally | showéd up Monday morning after hid- ing out since rioting began over his refusal to permit anti-Klan forces to parade while giving a permit to the kluxers. It is thought that he was heavily guarded in hiding by klans- men. Klan Mayor Welcomes Whitewash. In cheerful indifference to the fact that four men were killed, dozens wounded and the city and country- side turned into a battleground, Kist- ler said that he had performed his “entire duty.” The fact that Kistler invites an “in- vestigation” by Governor Donahey, and even agrees in advance to abide by Donahey’s decision, indicates that. the governor also is a member of the Ku Klux Klan. This is borne out by the reluctance of the governor in sending in troops, and in the action of| the troops releasing kluxers who were armed and who had fired at crowds. Workers Ready to Battle. These events are stirring up the anger of residents, particularly the great number of foreign-born steel workers who have been the object of Klan persecution. Hungarian and Italian workers especially are done with trying to save themselves from insult, abuse, and intimidation by Klan bullies, by being humble and turning the other cheek to have it tarred and feathered. They stopped the Klan parade and are’ talking among themselves that the governor sent troops in to save the kluxers from deserved retribution. CALL FOR SPLIT INL WAM, SENT — “ 299 : ° Dennie” Sallivan. in Injunction Tangle —- The Rowan- rman fac- tion of the I. W. W. have thrown away their under cover methods and come out openly in a state- ment to all branches of the |. W. W. for a sp ti the organ- ization. The tement, signed by Rowan, Bowerman, Buch- wee Mspse’ Daly, Raddock, yan and Grady, sets up a dual 1, W. We, establishes a seperate general executive board, split away from the |. W. W. and join them in their rump organization. a Harry Trotter is announced as the new recor@ing secretary MC KEESPORT, PA, BROKEN SUNDAY Hall Closed; Meeting Is Held in Barber Shop McKEESPORT, Pa., Nov. 3. — The record of the mayor of this city of the steel trust, that he has prevented all Communist meetings for three years, was broken yesterday when the Work- ers Party overcame all obstacles put in the way, including the last minute closing of the Central Labor Union Hall, and held a successful campaign meeting for Foster and Gitlow. Earl Browder, of Chicago, John Otis of Braddock, and O. Yeager of Pitts- burgh, had been advertised to speak. The mayor boasted yesterday that he would “use all the power of his of- fice” to prevent the meeting from being held. The Central Labor Union Hall had been rented for the meeting, with the full knowledge of the officials of that body supporters of LaFollette, that it was for a Workers Party meet- ing. But the threats of the mayor and chief of police succeeded in intimidae ing the LaFollette supporters, so that they locked the hall and refused to let the meeting proceed. The large crowd that had assembled to hear the Communist message was very angry at the inexcusable conduct of the union officials. But determined that the three-years gag law in Me- Keesport should finally be broken, the local committee quickly made arrange- ments to use the barber shop of Com- rade Mikades nearby to hold the meet- ing. be crowd enthusiastically fol- lowed the lead, went to the barber shop, and crowfing into the small room and standing up for one. hour and a half, listened to the Communist election campaign message. The workers of McKeesport greeted the and! calls on all 1. W. W, membets to | EB 290 TANIMANY HALL WRECKS THE THIRD PARTY Mirage Used to Lure Workers Fades Out J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. (Special to the Daily Worker) BUFFALO, N. Y.—NOV. 3.— The last minute swing of the Gompers crowd in the New York labor movement to the demo- cratic candidacy of John Wall- street, Davis has torpedoed the LaFollette promise of a third party, “after the election,” that was to be brought into being at the January meeting of the con- ference for progressive political action. This is the only after-the-elec- tion meaning that can be at- tached to the action of the Building Trades Council, the Central Trades and Labor Coun- | cil, and lastly the New York City and State Allied Printing Trades | Councils in repudiating the La- Follette candidacy, and cham- pioning the cause of Morgan’s personal attorney. It Was “Radical Proof.” The New York central labor body is Gompers’ personal pet. He reor- | Banized it, in the days following the | war, to make it “radical proof.” 1 Gompers personally placed the Tammany Hall crowd in power that |now tries to swing labor, in the city jand. state, in line for the democratic party, that wouldn’t even ‘entertain -}s@riofs. consideration of. the piffling GAG RULE OF labor program that Samuel Gompers himself. brought to the Madison Square Garden convention, in New York City, last summer. It was a 60-50 proposition as to whether Gompers himself did or did not inspire the change of front of his New York labor officialdom. Whether he did, or did not, it certainly indi- cates that no move for the promised “third party,” that led large numbers to desert the fight for the national |} farmer-labor party, will be made at the El Paso, Texas, convention of. the American Federation of Labor, now only a few days off. Action Not Surprising. The action of the iabor wing of Tammany Hall is not surprising. It could easily be predicted. It is in keeping with the whole record of the Tammany Hall machine gangsters within the New York organized labor movement. The Communists in New York have bitterly fought this crowd. But the socialists and the LaFollette elements lined up with them to fight the Com- munists; just as the socialist betray- al and the LaFollette wave swept large elements, in all sections of the nation, in the organized labor and farmer movements, into the most re- actionary deals with the place-hunt- ing politicians of the two old parties. From, the beginning of the cam- paign the LaFollette crowd has been supporting, the Tammany Hall gov- ernor, Al Smith, candidate for re- election. In Illinois, the LaFollette campaign has thrown its suport to Len Small, republican, candidate for re-election as governor, with the support of the Ku Klux Klan. Then for United States senator, it deserted its own candidate, and thru LaFollette’s Illi- nois manager, Charles J. McGowan, is now supporting the democratic can- didate, the American Legionnaire, Col. A. A. Sprague, for the senate. In Minnesota the farmer-labor movement is being crucified thru the many deals being made with the pol- iticians of the parties of the land- lords, the bankers and the grain gam- Published Daily except Sunday by BHE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. PAIGN SUCCESS a” Communist Candidates For President: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. For Vice-President: BENJAMIN GITLOW, Price 3 Cents AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR CAMPAIGN FOR LAFOLLETTE WAS FIZZLE, DECLARES WM. Z. FOSTER By HARRISON GEORGE. : William Z. Foster, candidate for president of thé United States on a program calling for the establishment of a soviet republic, gave out his “last word” in an interview last night, after returning from a campaign in which he has travelled about 18,000 miles, spoken to unreckoned tens of thousands of work, ers at 52 meetings during: the last two months. “3 “The Workers Party can be proud of its accomplishments ht this election,” said Foster, ‘not because of any results in totak votes shown on the returns, however. We are too well acquainted with the habits of ‘democracy’ in counting out the votes of Com-| munists to expect our ballots to be counted—altho every Com} ; munist and class-conscious worker will cast his or her vote and help our party to watch the counting as closely as possible. i “But the result the Workers Party has accomplished in spite! of all opposition is that we have laid a definite basis for our party;/ in an educational and organiza- ¢——_______4 ee eee HOW TO VOTE | an active factor in the struggles of the American working class to overthrow capitalism. Whah joules the polie‘ca Sunekae “That our votes may not be count- ed, just as in Germany today, the coun- ter-revolutionary social democrats are even imprisoning Communist candi- dates, former and present members of the reichstag, is to be expected. That our success in the face of these diffi- culties exists in the building up of our party and its position of greater influence among workers, is parallel to the certain victory of our German comrades where millions of Commu- nist votes will be cast. “The outstanding feature of organ- (Continued on Page 2.) ‘BASCOM SLEMP’S COUSIN HOLDS THE 6. 0.P, BAG IN VA. Elephantites Have Very Elastic Morals | (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. State Chairman Crupper of the “lily white” republican organization in Virginia, admitted on the stand before the sen- ate committee investigating campaign funds, that he had sent $5,000 into Wise county, one of the 13 counties making up the 9th congressional dis- trict of the Old Dominion. A cousin of Bascom Slemp, secretary to Cool- idge, has charge of spending the money. Treasurer Hodges of the re- publican national committee had sent $10,000 to Crupper for use in the state. How easy are the moral problems of republican management in Virginia was indicated by Crupper when he testified that he had drawn a check for $300, signed it, and then went out to find the name of an influential Ne- gro to whom he should make it pay- able. “He sent for the chairman of the “lily black” organization, which has been regularly thrown out of national conventions for the past 20 years, and asked him whose name should be written into the check. This rival chairman being a Negro, Crupper re- fused to permit him to come to Crup- per’s office in the federal building for a talk, “because I was going to talk money and I didn’t want to do that inside the federal building.” They met on the street outside. The check was made payable to the treasurer of the Negro organization, after Crupper had asked that they hold a series of meet- ings in behalf of Coolidge. The color- ed treasurer brought the check before the senate committee. Nov. 4, 1924, to vote for the WORK- ERS PARTY candidates on the presi- dential, state and congressional tick- ets, remember to plase a cross at the side of each Workers Party candi- date. Otherwise, your opinion will not be registered. Acording to the capitalist laws of Illinois, voters cast- ing their preferences for candidates jof an independent ticket, for those candidates who are on the ballot by petition, a cross must be placed by the side of each presidential elector jand other candidates. This is not the case with the parties that are so-called }lawful parties, in which case a cross |placed at the top of the ballot for the |particular party you vote for regis ters for the entire ticket. But to re cord yourself for the-Werkers (Gom- |munist) Party candidates, Foster and | Gitlow, you must vote for each of the |29 Workers Party electors, and then for the other Workers Party candi- dates also. Remember this so that your Communist vote will count. HUGHES’ EDICT BANISHES WIFE FROM HUSBAND WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—Anna Ler- ner, the Philadelphia girl, born in Russia and hence an alien altho mar- ried to an American war veteran and native-born citizen, remains an exile in Russia altho the state department says that it sent a letter on August 30 to the American consul at Riga, authorizing her return to this country. A cable from Moscow to the Ameri- can Civil Liberties Union announces that the Riga consulate was on Oc- tober 14 still waiting to receive this instruction from Washington. J. Preston Doughton, chief of the | visa office in the department, says he is going to discuss with Under-secre- tary Grew the loss of the message. No promise is made that any haste will be made in assisting the exile | to return. Anna Lerner came to America when only six years old. When she was } 19, in 1922, she went to Russia as a | stenographer for the Kusbas colony in Siberia., She married Noah Lerner, an American, who returned to the United States expecting her to fol- low soon afterward. But she was. re- fused a visa by American consuls, de- spite intervention by Sen. LaFollette and Sen. Norris, because Doughton and Secretary Hughes held that she was a dangerous radical. STANDARD OIL CO. OF INDIANA DECLARES HEAVY DIVIDEND . The directors of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, today declared a a } | | | | (Special to The Dally Worker) , LONDON, Nov. 3.—The remaining two of the three men convicted of the murder of Major Robert Imbrie, United States vice-consul to Persia, have been executed, according to a dispatch from Teheran. The first was executed foon after sentence was passed. : ' _ William. Z. Foster will talk TONIGHT, 9:30 O'CLOCK \ ¥ \ { TOMORROW we start the campaign of 1925. TONIGHT we celebrate the successful campaign of 1924. The troops are still in possession of the city, and will be withdrawn, it is believed, very gradually, to allow the Klan to get out from under their re- sponsibility for the murders and their resulting rout. speeches with enthusiasm, especially the pledge that the Workers Party would find ways and means to contin- ue to bring Communism to their town, and ended the meeting by contribut- ing liberally to the campaign fund. ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY! Banquet and General Jollification of the Active Party Members : IMPERIAL HALL, 2409 NO. HALSTED STREET Admission by membership card. Election returns. Poll watchers, bring returns to banquet! blers. The notable instance is the dorsement of the republican candi- date for congress, Oscar Keller, in the St. Paul district, against the Com- munist, J. F. Emme, regularly nom- (Continued on Page 2.) ’ dividend of 62!/2 cents on each share of capital stock, the dividend to be paid December 15, as of November 15, record of stock, according to an an- nouncement made at the offices of the Standard Oil company here. The books of the company will be closed for transfers of stock, from November 16 to December 15, it was stated, TONIGHT, 9:30 O’CLOCK