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

eg Se eet te jee 3 ee poo 4 : Page Four LABOR PARTY IDEA DROPPED BY HILLQUIT Workers Party Critic- ism Proven Justified (Special to the Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 3.— In a statement published in the New Leader on Saturday, Oct. 25, Morris Hillquit, leader of the socialist party, makes clear that he has abandoned all pretense of working for the formation of a labor party at the January convention of the Conference for Progressive Political Action. His statement will come as a distinct shock to those workers who have been misled into the LaFollette movement in the hope that it would ultimately lead to a labor party. Hillquit makes use of the occasion to extend a few fragrant bouquets, to his fellow “progressive” Al Smith. Hillquit’s statement reads as fol- lows: “To my mind the overshadow- ing importance of this campaign is not so much the concrete contest for public office as the creation of a new political alignment which will give to American citizens something more than a choice between two evils, the democratic and republican parties. Must Organize Party. “In every advanced country in the ‘world parties correspond to definite Political principles and popular inter- ests. Progressive parties, whether kmown as such or going by the names of labor parties or socialist parties, are organized instruments of social progress. In the United States alone, the two principal parties stand for es- sentially the same thing and are there- fore quite meaningless. If the forces of political progress in American poli- tics are to assert themselves effective- ly and lastingly, they must be organ- ized into a party of their own. “The LaFoleltte Wheeler campaign is a definite breakup of the tradition- al alignment in American politics and will inevitably lead to the formation of a permanent new party. The strength and character of the new party will be very largely determined by the size of the vote cast against both old parties in the coming election and this applied in a large measure to the vote for the state and local tickets as well as that for the presidential gandidates. Only Third Party. “In the coming election a vote for the socialist candidates will mean a g@efinite expression in favor of a new Political deal. The socialist vote will count for more in this election than it ever. did before, and that is one of the Teasons why socialists and other third advocates in this state should make a special effort to bring out a ‘vote of commanding size for Norman Thomas. “While the governor (Smith) has many admirable personal qualities, Progressive voters cannot shut their @yes to the fact that a vote for the governor is a vote for the democratic party. . . A progressive party con- trolled by the producers of the state _will always faithfully represent the in. terests of the people.” Hillquit Goes Back. The statement clearly brings out four points: Firstly, Hillquit has gone back upon the position he formerly held in the importance of “good men” in politics. In “Socialism Summed Up,” in 1917, he says: “The socialiats attach but slight importance to these ‘good government’ movements. They hold that paramount facts in politics ig measures, not men—class interests, Not personal qualities.” * Secondly, Hillquit has descended to the level of the capitalist class politi- cians who measure the strength of a party in terms of the vote cast instead of in terms of its labor compositior and labor program. Another Capitalist Party. Thirdly, it shows that the charges made by the Workers Party to the ef- fect that there exists a secret under- standing between the socialist party, Smith and LaFollette, to silently but effectively sabotage the Thomas cam- paign, is true. Otherwise why would Hillquit seize wpon this situation to again ‘pay Suith a fine compliment? And lastly and most important, it brings out thost clearly that the social. iat party intends to make no fight for the formation of «a labor party, but 1,481,117 in 1923. ment and housing. wor! cow, since the housing shortage is so acute that the Moscow soviet is de- | porting all useless merchants and pet- ty-bourgeois traders. A typical Bourgeois Trick By getting on the list of “unem- | ployed” unable to find congenial work, |this element manages to stay in the |city while engaging in furtive trading, making and selling illegal liquor, |smuggled goods, and so on, and even reosives the fairly adequate unem- ployment relief while doing so. turally, when caught, they get justice from the workers’ courts | usually sends them to some jtown in the provinces or across the ‘Urals to Siberia. The Causes of Unemployment | Demobilization since the allied in- |torvention was defeated, the increas- ing proletarization of the former par- Jasite causes and the return to the cities of great numbers who went back to the country during the famine lycars, all contributes to the. real problem of unemployment. Especially as the pace of reviving industry, while very fast, cannot keep step with the tremendous increase of population as noted above. Few Real Workers Unemployed But that Soviet Russia takes care of her workers, and that few real workors are compelled to fall back upon the unemployed relief, may be seen by the figures showing the char- actor of these listed as unemployed No less than 75.6 per cent belong to therformer parasite and intellectual classes, intellectuals acounting for $6.3 percent, and unskilled bourgeois and green peasant types for 39.3 per jeent. Only 24.4 of the listed unem- |ployed are actual workers, and these jae given preference in everything. While unemployment is an evil, the |workers of Moscow are not particul- arly downcast to see their former boss- os and nobility loking for a job. In- ‘leed, many suggest that workers in capitalist countries might well ap- preciate having a “problem” of this kind. |\Contempt Judge is Out for the Blood of Michigan Editor DETROIT.— Judge Arthur J. Tut- tle of the United States district court in Detroit, the bitterest enemy in i Michigan of organized labor, is deter- mined to “get” Edwin R. Cornish, edi- tor of the Workers’ Voice, of Saginaw, it appears. In the shopmen’s strike in 1922 Cor- nish printed an editorial that was un- complimentary to Judge Tuttle, who had said from the bench that the strik- ers ought to be outlawed. He did his best to outlaw them. Tuttle was for- merly lobbyist and lawyer for the Pere Marquette railroad., In the strike he granted the road sweeping injunctions. Cornish in his editorial said also Tut- tle was related to President Alfred of the Pere Marquette. Tuttle himself found Cornish guilty | of contempt and sentenced him to im- |prisonment. Tuttle was plaintiff, pro- | secutor, witness, jury and judge. But the United States circuit court of appeals held the judge was in error 8 2% ed the decision. trict court at Bay City, Mich., Nov. 3, eastern district of Michigan. Professional Criminal Syndicalism Witness Has Case Transferred SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Nov. 3.— John H. Vail, professional criminal syndicalism witness, indicted for mur- der in connection with the shooting of Deputy Game Warden White, has had his case transferred to the federal court in San Francisco. At the same time the disqualifica- tion as district attorney has beon ask- ed of Jesse W. Carter, district attor- ney of Shasta Co., in whose jurisdic- tion the murder was committed and who refused to prosecute Vail. Carter is also accused of having influenced the grand jury to refuse to indict Vail in Shasta county. Vail killed White during an unauthorized PARASITES HAVE HARD TIME OF IT DODGING WORK IN MOSCOW | MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Nov. 3.—The rush of people to the cities may be seen by the increase of Moscow’s population from 952,255 in 1920, to It is still increasing at a rapid rate, This has brought about some peculiar problems, among them unemploy- Many of the parasitic classes register as “unemployed” rs to avoid expulsion from Mos-@- Campaign Picnic In New York City Nets $106 Profit NEW YORK, Nov 3.—The Workers Party appeal for campaign funds, which has been broadcast thruout the working class organizations of the city of New York, has found a varied response. Here and there organiza- tions have responded in a hostile vein. The number of organizations which have sent in financial help on a mere appeal for funds is surprisingly large. Many units replied expressing their sympathy, but they were unable to help out financially. One of these was the Yonkers branch, No, 172, of the American-Lithuanian Workers’ Liter- ary Association. They reported that their treasury was empty, but indi- vidual members contributed to a col- lection, which netted $66.95. Figuring that this was not sufficient, the mem- bers organized a picnic, utilizing part of the money. They raised the total to $106, which was contributed to the campaign. The following individuals contrib- uted to the original $66 fund: Mr. and Mrs. iurbi: Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. J. Vaitalis Mr. and Mrs. J. Jodeikis Mr. and Mrs. J. Mrs. Misevicuis Mrs. Slavickas . A, Ziurinskas ... Mrs. A. Valatkiene J. Deikis ... A. Raibuais P. Rainis ... CLAIRE SHERIDAN SHOWS WHERE ANTI-SOVIET LIES COME FROM (By Rosta News Agency.) » MOSCOW, Novy. 3.—An interesting disclosure was recently made by Mrs. Claire Sheridan, the well-known ing information from so-called “Russian sources” constantly appearing in certain English papers. Mrs. Sheridan, who is the cousin ing in Kiev recently, having come to Soviet Russia for the second time since the Communist Revolution of October- November, 1917, her first visit having been made in 1920, when Mrs. Sher- idan stayed for quite a long time in Moscow. Writing in the Proletarskaya Prav- da (Proletarian Truth), a Kiev lead- ing organ, Mrs. Sheridan states authoritatively that at least two in- fluential English papers employ cer- tain Russian white emigrants who supply every week several columns of news from alleged “special corres- pondents in Riga.” This flagrant piece of deception thus is entirely the work of a few ex-czarist diplomats in the pay of English papers. Russian Branch of Y. W. L. Shows Value of Real Discipline NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 3.—Branch in trying the case himself and revers-|12 (Russian) of the Y. W. L. has a membership of 40. It is claimed that Now Delos G. Smith, U. 8. district] this branch applies strict Communist attorney, has prepared Tuttle’s con-| discipline, and when it is decided that tempt case against Cornish who has|a job must be done, each member been cited to appear in the U. 8. dis-| must do his share. The branch decided upon full part- to show cause why he should not be |icipation for the campaign tag day, punished. But this time Cornish will | and practically the entire membership appear before Judge Charles C. Si-|/turned out for the work. Thirty-five mons, Simons was recently appointed | boxes were taken out by the mem- Tuttle’s sidekick on the bench in the| pers of this branch, and these were returned with a total of $183.87, The branch quota was $120. This result speaks for itself in proving the claim that the branch is well disciplined, and organized. Union on the Job The largest total turned in on any one subscription list in this campaign was delivered by Comrade Henry F. Mins, @ real old timer, who doesn’t hesitate to do the work of the move- ment. Comrade Mins does not use the reason of long service as an excuse for®@taking things easy. When the subscription lists were issued he took two. One list was used for large sums and the other for small amounts. The result was $19 on the small list and $42 on the five and ten dollar list. The sum of $42 is the record- breaking total for one list in this campaign. In addition, Comrade Mins liquor raid,| brought in a tag day box with $3.76, that {t will imetead urge the formatior | while the anti-labor witness was on| making a grand total of $64.76 for the of a third, capitalist, progressive party | furlough from his other job as dry|eampaign from this ad timer, * wihteh will fight the workers. NEEDED! agent. Comrades to distribute special November 7th Edition of the DAILY WORKER at shops and factories. Call at the local office and register when you will do your share. Distribution to take place on Nov. 5, 6 and 7, Big Damage of Blockade. MOSCOW, Noy. 3.—The edonomic bureau of the office of the foreign trade commissioner for Ukraine has computed at least 151 million gold rubles the losses incurred by Ukrain- jan foreign trade thru blockade of the Soviet Republics and foreign inter- vention. This sum includes 78 million rubles losses for the export, 28 mil- lion rubles for the import operations, and 46 million rubles lost by the vari- ous Ukrainian customs houses. Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge Room, Ashland Auditerium. ee hnemaninn THE DAILY WORKER MINOR SHOWS UP LAFOLLETTE’S LABOR LEANINGS Speech Makes Great Hit with Seattle Audience SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 3.—Robert Minor ‘spoke here at the Painters’ Hall at a well attended meeting. He brought out clearly the Communist position in the coming presidential elections, showing-that we are out for a class party made up of industrial workers and dirt farmers. He de- fined the LaFollette movement as a middle class business men’s compact “to win certain opportunities to com- pete with the large Wall Street busi- ness interests.” 4 “The LaFollette ‘progressive’ move- ment, with the senile theory of ‘bust the trusts,’” he said, “is essentially akin -to the Roosevelt ‘progressive’ movement of 1912 (which, by the way, was led at first by LaFollette), tt is also essentially like the Woodrow Wilson movement of 1916, when Wil- son led the sentimental but unthink- ing masses into ‘new democracy’ of a kind of which we got a plenty. When we see the democratic party now evaporating, and its venal politicians flooding into the LaFollette organiza- tion, we can, indeed, see an extreme likelihood that the LaFollette move- ment will simply replace the dying democratic party and will be the sec- ond capitalist party in the future. “But it is a desertion and betrayal of the dirt farmers and wage work- ers—and these must build their own party, freed from the capitalist in- terests.” He spoke for one hour and a half after which he answered many ques- tions. The audience seemed pleased and stayed long after the meeting, discussing Minor’s speech. A number of them took out cards in the Workers Party. English writer and journalist, regard- SSE a DSSS a dt An ean St AO Ri wren sie of Winston Churchill, has been stay- Y. W. L. Soccer Football Team Plays . At Douglas Park By FRANK BUCKLEY. Over 600 people turned out to watch the soccer football game between the Y. W. L. soccer football team and the Danish A. A., at the Douglas Park football: grounds. The game which gave some good fighting from start to finish resulted in a tie score, 1 to 1. The first goal was made for the Y. W. L. team by Charles Sauser, I. L. The Players were: j > Y. W.L. Team. G., Zeber; R. B., Worozek; C. H. B., W. Cechovsky; L. B., Frank Cechov- sky; I. L., Charles Sauser; R. H. B., Samfal; L. H. B., Muller; O. R., Sil- verman; I. R., Weisman; O. L., Wag- ner; C., Reig; Lineman, D. Sauser. Danish A. A. G., Olson; R. B., C. Peterson; L. B., Dawe; R. H: B., Meller; C. H. B., Jolson; L. H. B., Hentzman; O. R., F. Larson; I. R. Mekhelson; C., Die- helson; I. L., Ramunsen; O. L., C. Jen- sen; Lineman, Peterson. The Y. W. L. socer football team which was formerly the athletic sec tion of the Karl Liebknecht branch, Y. W. L, is now affiliated to the Workers’ Sport and Athletic Alliance of Chicago, all members of the team being members of this working class sport organization, The purpose of the Workers’ Sport and Athletic Alliance is to unite the now existing wor! class sport and athletic organizat in the city into one central body and to recruit new members among the workers in order to develop a working class physical culture in harmony with the needs of the workers and in opposition to the many existing bourgeois sport organ- izations which turn the attention of the workers away from the class struggle. Buffalo Workmen’s ° Circle Joins W. P. . ° In Aid to Strikers BUFFALO, N, Y., Nov. 8.—The call for Paterson strike relief issued by the Workers Party, has borne results in three branches of the Workmen's Circle in Buffalo, Despite the fact that the general office has kept a strict the question, the branches here have come to the aid of the hard- pressed stlk workers. Branch No. 878, has sent $29.65, while Branch No. 102, sent $31.00. Both these donations were sent thru the “Fretheit.” Branch No. 90, Inde- pendent Workmen's Circle, collected $30.00 and sent it to the strikers. The Workmen's Circle branch at Al- bany, after a long ‘interesting dis- cussion voted to ins' all members to vote for William Z. Foster, as the only working class candidate, I ie an sean n tna naan set ememitingaemtetatlltbeds THE POWER COLUMN Twice every week—this column uncovers to your view the motive power behind the DAILY WORKER. Here for the interest and inspiration of every reader—and especially the DAILY WORKER agents and committees—are tried and proven sugges- tions and accomplishments to drive the DAILY WORKER to further conquests. Here is POWER—the power of brain and effort of men and women of the working class who not only believe—but ACT! THE MONTANA MYSTERY! The Secret of the Travelling Bricklayer. ) AST Friday, to be exact, we received an envelope without a word in it. The post-mark was Falcon, Idaho. A plain simple envelope with a simple handwriting and nothing on the outside gave us an inkling of its contents. After all, despite its size, we have heard of Falcon, Idaho. Inside—and here’s the mystery—we found four clipped “bricks” ad- vertised in the DAILY WORKER and a check signed by Walter Edwards. A nice check it was, paying for 3 bricks for Clinton, Montana, and 1 for Rockport, Washington—in a letter mailed in Falcon, Idaho—with a check on the Amalgamated Bank of Chicago! And not a word to explain the mystery of Walter Edwards, the mysterious travelling Bricklayer who had to buy the DAILY WORKER every day to get his bricks because we did not send him any! Some day we are going to find out more about this Bricklayer Ed- wards—we are writing him to explain his mysterious procedtre—while we “tell the world” of his splendid efforts and those of other ‘members of the D. W. B. U. who have so falthfully and so often with real sacrifice made efforts to “Build the DAILY WORKER.” Every day’s mail is a bundle of surprises. And some days more so. During the present campaign the surprises have been of a most pleasant nature. Everyday has brought evidence of the splendid efforts to build up OUR paper. At the bottom of this column read what the D. W. B. U has accomplished. Read it—and get on the job by sending a sub to “Build the DAILY WORKER” 2 8 @ 8 This week’s accomplishments of the happy union sending In NEW subs Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week: The D. W. B. U. Grand Total October 4-Nov. 1 LOCAL NEW YORK—Bus. Agt. L. E. Katterfeld (17)... 662 Frank Miller (2); H. Milner; Rosenfeld (2) makes 5 for this member of Jewish Bronx No. 1; C. A. Krampetz (2) (Yonkers). LOCAL CHICAGO—Bus. Agt. John Heinrichson... Greek Federation; Sam Green; M. F. Holm (2) Schroeter. LOCAL HANNA—Bus. Agt. Fred Williams (2).. LOCAL WORCESTER, MASS.—Bus. Agt. Michel Zle; J. Ginsburg. LOCAL DETROIT, MICH.—Bus. Agt Edgar Owen LOCAL CLEVELAND—Bus. Agt. J. Hamilton... Henry Reyonen; C. Weissberg. LOCAL MINNEAPOLIS—Bus. Agent. Walter Franl LOCAL PHILADELPHIA—Bus. Agt. John Lyman. W. Kainu (2) (Finnish Agt.); |. Torchinsky. LOCAL SUPERIOR—Bus. Agt. Helen Heinonen... Tyomies Society LOCAL BALTIMORE—Bus. Agt. S. Cohn...... LOCAL FINDLAY, MASS.—Bus. Agt. EBlsie Pultur. LOCAL SAN FRANCISCO—Bus Agt. P. B. Cowdery... Jas. H. Dolsen (2). LOCAL SPRINGFIELD, ILL.—Bus. Agt. V. Vidor.... A. Gudansky. LOCAL TOLEDO—Bus Agt. A. W. Harvitt. LOCAL GARY—Bus. Agt. John Rusa LOCAL MILWAUKEE—Bus. Agt. J. C. 101 LOCAL LOS ANGELES—Bus Agt. Anna Cornblatherssssssssee LOCAL SAN PEDRO—Bus. Agt. Jean Stevenson.. me LOCAL WEST CONCORD, N. H.—Bus. Agt. M. J. LOCAL ST LOUIS—Bus. Agt. H. Stoltz (1) LOCAL SEATTLE, WASH.—Bus. Agt. Jas. Lawrie (4). * * * * And here are those who have been the great factor in the success of the campaign to “Build the DAILY WORKER”: THE MEMBERS-AT-LARCGE. VANCOUVER, B. C., CANADA—“The Daily People.” BRIDGEPORT, CONN.—Sam Smulevitz. STRATFORD, CONN.—Frank Peterson. ROYALTON, ILL.—Frank Edick (The second Brick). .GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.—A. Dauksa. CLINTON, MONT.—W. H. Edwards (4) A BRICKLAYER! OMAHA, NEB.—4J. E. Snyder. CLIFTON, N. J.—Herman Hesse (German Branch). HARRISON, N.. J.—Harry Porgerne. NEWARK, N. J.—John Faraclas. PASSAIC, N. J.—S. Raskin. SCHENECTADY, N. Y.—Anthony Verhagen. BELLAIRE, O.—Jos. Mahoric. CANTON, 0.—Sylvester Carcium. COLUMBUS, O.—S. Renny. ASTORIA, Ore.—Pacific Development Society. BETHLEHEM, PA.—Wn. E. Beier. NEW CASTLE, PA.—Hanna Pulkka. PITTSBURGH, PA.—L. Rosenthal. PROVIDENCE, R. I.—J. P. Reid. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—M. Brown. NORFOLK, VA.—Ernest S. Merril. PROCTOR, VT.—John Tuomi. oe ee 28 Days Some of the Accomplishments of the Building Bricklayers. In the last 28 days we have received 2,074 NEW subscribers. This makes the record for the D. W. B. U. of 74 NEW aubscriptions per day. The record does not include renewals which have been splendid during this period. And we have lost at the same time only 147 subserigers. This is proof of what can be done to build up a working class news- paper. These are facts and figures that speak louder than volumes of what can be done for the cause of Labor with only little effort. If this pace is maintained for the next few monthd the DAILY WORKER will bétome a POWER for the workers in this country—greater than any ever seen. THAT DAY DEPENDS ON YOU! The group of workers banded in the D. W. B. U. for the welfare of the DAILY WORKER will not be lost sight of after this Intensified drive. The Labor movement certainly canot afford to be minus the valuable aid of its builders. In the meantime if you have not played a part In the building the DAILY WORKER—get a subscriber—GET IN NOW! : PPAAAFAN N OHO THE NEW THE NAME STREET. CITY. SUBSCRIPTION TO BUILD DAILY WORKER Tuesday, November 4, 1924 FORTY CITIES 10 - SEE ‘BEAUTY AND THE BOLSHEVIK”. Red .Army Comedy, Toured Thruout East “The Beauty and the Bolshevik," the Red Army comedy which has been already shown with tremendous success in New York and Philadel- phia, will be seen in New Jersey,.Con- necticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Massachusetts in the coming weeks. William Weinstone, secretary of the eastern district of the International Workers’ Aid, announces that ar- vrangements had already been made for a touring of over 40 cities in these states up to January 1. The Freiheit and Novy. Mir will continue the large scale of advertise- ment arid publicity that they have given this picture in the New. York showing in order to attract as wide a number of workers as possible to see this Soviet. film. In addition to “The Beauty and the Bolshevik,” the three-reel film of con- ditions in Russia’s industrial develop- ment, “Russia in Overalls,” will be shown as an additional feature mak- ing a highly entertaining performance of two hours. The cities that arranged for the picture are Boston, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington, D. C., many towns in New Jersey, such as Tren- ton, Elizabeth, Camden, and Wilming- ton and Chester, in Delaware, ete. Comrades and organizations inter ested in having this picture shown in their cities should communicate with William W. Weinstone, 208 E. 12th St., New York City, for any cities east of Pittsburgh, or with the national of fice, International Workers’ Aid, 19 So. Lincoln St., Chicago, Ill, for cities west of Pittsburgh. Area Branch No. 1 of Young Workers Has Good Meeting The first business meeting of area branch No. 1 taking in the downtown district showed the possibilities of in- tensive work among the young prole- tarians in this district. The routine business of the branch was disposed of in about three-quarters of an hour (the branch executive was on the job). A meeting of all comrades work- ing in Davis Dry Goods company was called for Monday in an endeavor to form a nuclei there. Davis employs 4,800 workers of whom 3,000 are young workers receiving from $10.00 to $16.00 per week. Young workers there complain about their paltry pay, speed- up system under xiise“S="~ => if the fact that they are not allowed to sit down during working hours. There is a strong Legion Post in Davis’. Distribute Literature. A bundle order of 150 Young Work. ers was ordered to be sold at union meetings and on the “market” where thousands of young needle workers pass on their way home, besides 93 copies of every issue of Young Worker were pledged to be taken by members and every one of our fifty members pledged to raise at least $3.00 for the Young Worker Campaign fund. This was done in response to the campaign conducted by the -national office to increase our circulation to 10,000 and raise a campaign fund of $2,000 pre- paratory to making our semi-monthly Young Worker into a weekly youth newspaper, Hear Shop Talks. After the business meeting com. rades of the branch gave short talks on their shops. Reports were heard from the department stores, clothing shops, mail order houses and every- where it seemed our comrades were carrying on agitation among the young and adult workers. All discussions during this pre-election period lead to the present election campaign and our members found good opportunity to bring forward our party’s candi- dates and our platform. At the next meeting Barney Mass will speak on The Voteless Young Worker. We are old enough to work —why not vote? PITTSBURGH, PA. ’ DR. 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