The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 5, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT ‘Gf. I. No. 195. ‘of. No. 195. SUBSORIPTION RATES: utste'Chieac, by fn Outside Chicago, In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. by mail, $6.00 per year, THE DAILY WORKER. Matared as Second-class matter September 21, 1934, at the Post Milles at Chicago, Ilineis under the Act of March 3, 1879. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1924 <<” Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAIL + Ener ANNI a ate th CO., 1113 W.. Washington Blvd., JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION! SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY RUSSIAN SOVIET RULE NOVEMBER 7, 1924 Price 3 Cents Y WORKER Chicago, Ill, MACDONALD GOVERNMENT QUITS AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. “HE “great American king” is wear- ing the crown today.’ It regts shtly on him for he is full of dope id does not feel the pricking of the orns, But tomorrow and for more morrows he will drop his crown in rubbish heap, and scratch his head, ondering how he gets this way every ice in a while when the capitalists x%t him excited over an election cam- uign.. He does not have much time think as a rule. When he is unem- oyed he is in mental anguish over .@ fear that he may not get another ‘band when he does get a job, he is spt so busy that his brain takes a sation. oe ‘*OOLIDGE, maintained his silence ~ like a little hero. He said noth- KKK. SEEKING MORE TROUBLE AT NILES, OHIO Grand Titan Announces New Parade Effort (Special to the Daily Worker) NILES, O., Nov. 4.—The Ku Klux Klan, thru a. statement made public by Fred Warnock, “Grand Titan” of the district, announces that it will tr: stage another parade within two weeks. Evidently Warnock is assured of the support of the state w but big business talked out loud. is becoming clearer and clearer very day that what big business ‘ents in the “White House is not rains, but a quiet.little servant who fll-be president as little as possible: Tall Street is truo with fellows who ven have a fondness for Shakespeare. _* 8 RESIDENTS with a taste for liter- ature are liable to wander off the eservation once in a while, so Wall treet was not going to let a jewel ke Coolldge slip out of its grasp. oolidge may set a new fashion for residents. If he finds any place in istory, it will be as the man who in- iated the silence strike. Or he may @ known in history as the umb-Waiter of Wall Street.” ‘ait and see what the electoral col- ige will show. Anyhow, if we believ- 4 that the workers could only eman- ipate themselves by the ballot only, ‘e would hunt up a boosiegest, and town our matey. ivENT cALiins of Mexico «does not know when he is well ff. He was fairly secure in life and mb while the civil war raged in Mex- 30, He was not so badly off in Eu- ope even, yet he comes to Washing- om and mixes.in with such people as ‘alvin Coolidge, Secretary of State fughes and other members of the gov- tment. After this business of get- ing “shot” by the movies was over, he confiiding Mexican threw his arms round the shoulders of Secretary forrison of the A, F. of L. and jabbed William H. Johuston, of the Machin- sts’ Union playfully in the stomach. Ve owe our information to the Wash- agton correspondent of the Federated "ress. He did not say whether Calles | till bas his wateh or not. s. 8 @- National Security League has gent out literature for use on lit- le children. This is a greater atroc- ty than even what the child labor wmendment is seeking to remedy. But he stuff is funny. It says that speech ® free in America provided you don’t sy 89 and so. This sounds as funny (Continued on page 3) wit @ontain the full reports of th: | analysis of the results. “First | Let's | troops who came in to rescue the klansmen after the citizens had arisen and driven them out of town following their murder of four men. No Fear of Arrest. He is going about free and without fear of arrest in spite of the murders staged by members of the Klan un- der his jurisdiction, and in issuing his boastful statement, accused the county authorities of interfering with the par- ade last Saturday. Militia Head Embarrassed, The statement embarrassed Major General Hough, the commander of the troops, who hed evidently not been jconsulted. When shown it, he stam- |mered somewhat and mildly protested that “no organization of any kind will be permitted to hold demonstrations while we are here.” é Kistler, the Klan mayor, however, had no hesitancy about promising help to the Klan in the future, troops yf no troops.:, He said, “I ill grant} the Klan a permit to parade any time they ask for it.” Four Murders, No Kluxers Pinched. Kistler’s house was bombed last week, altho little damage was done. Secret service men from the state cap- ital.are investigating and announce that/they are going to make a ‘surpris- ing revelation” when the bombers are arrested.. No Klansmen*haye been ar- rested for the murders committed last Saturday. 30,000 Workers In Parade. . PRAGUE, Nov. 4.—At the recent jcongress in Prague, 1,600 shop coun- ‘ells of the various countries were rep- resented. During the congress 30,000 {workers demonstrated in the streets of Prague in favor of its decisions, which were: Organization ofthe struggle against high cost of living; maintenance of 8-hour day; struggle for higher wages; united proletarian front: workers’ con- trol of industry; further co-operation with trades unions. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” 9 | Will be put. If All Else Fails Fata Is Still, There to Do the Jo (Special to The Dally Worker) MANILA, Nov. 4, — Religion may soon come to the aid of General Wood and his military staff in dealing with the uprisings of workers in the Philip- pine Islands. By a vote of 31 to 26 the house of representatives has fore- ed thru a bill permitting the teaching of religion in the public schools. The bill will now go to the senate. The strong opposition vote on this measure is an indication that. the members of the house, most of whom are in favor of. Philippine independ- ence from the United States, appre- ciate the use to which the teaching The Philippine schools are under the direct control of.@ sec- retary of education, appointed by the President of the United States. The tule of the American government over the school is iron. A large number of the inhabitants, especially in Manila, have come under the thumb of the Catholic church. CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION TO FIGHT EDUCATION WEEK Protest Meeting, Friday, Nov. 7 (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 4.—John J. Tigert, commissioner of education and member of the army educational corps, is turning the schools over to the American Legion. That is the explanation for the vicious anti-radi- cal propaganda that is thrust upon our Waele” & the shape of “Hauce- tional: given by win, director of the oe bertles Union. Denounced by Y. W. C. A. Baldwin says he received a letter from the general . secretary of the Young Women’s Christian Assoctation, Mabel Cratty, stating that that organ- ization has declined to participate in the Educational Week movement. Miss Cratty wrote him the decision was made “because of certain elements in the announced program inconsistent with the position of the organization’s national board in regard to world peace and international co-operation.” Schools Robot Factories, Baldwin explains that “certain ele- ments” are the topics for speakers in the program which ‘aims to instill in the children a hatred and distrust of anything radical and blind unquestion- ing adherence to things as they find them. In other words to train them to become perfect robots. The American Civil Liberties will hold a mass meeting on Friday eve- ning, Nov. 7, (we compliment them on choice of day) at the Community church to protest against “American Legion interference with education.” GOMPERS BUSY IN SUBMARINE WAR ON FOES Fights for Di Dictatorship in the A. F. of L. By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. peciat to the Dally Worker CLEVELAND, O., ~Nov. 4 Additional indicati showing that the 3’ of- ficialdom in the American Fed- eration of Labor ~ working energetically to su rine La- Follette’s so-called third party MEXICAN STRIKERS PROTEST THE MURDER OF COMRADES BY TROOPS MEXICO: CITY, Noy. 4.—Over 800 workers of Tampico are protesting the death of three of their comrades and the’ wounding of 11 by federal troops sent to protect’ the properties of the Mexican Gulf Oil company, against whose injustice the workers are out on strike. Once more the government is forced te protect foreign capital its own workers, The strikers of the Mexicon Gulf Co. are asking recognition of their union and the 8-@ — hour day instead of 12 to 14 hours. | That the workers’ requests are not A group of 30 went to the refinery to|wnreasonable is proved by the fact prévent the work of strikebreakers|that the majority of oil companies in | and’ thugs, they were unarmed, they|Tampico have long granted what | were fired upon by federal troops. are now asking. | INFLUENCE OF U. S.|GZARIST SCIONS — AND BRITISH 1S) ALARMED AT NEW HARD HIT IN CHINA) RUSSIAN TREATY against for the | Defeated Wu Pei Fu Is Fear of Work Makes | M’DONALD LAYS HIS MANDATE AT KING'S TOES 'Baldwin ‘Expected to Form Government (Special to the Daily Worker) LONDON, Nov. 4.—England’s first labor-socialist government passed out of existence this evening. Premier MacDonald went to Buckingham palace and ten- dered the resignations of him- self and his colleagues. to King George and they were im- |mediately accepted. movement. Sam Gompers, himéelf, in Washington, issued a half- hearted statement on the eve of Wieconsin euator aati only |, TENTSIN citan, Nor.” 4-—Wit the defeated Wu Pei Fu reported in available straw in this year’s) ight toan unknown destination on political whirlpool. one of his transports, while troops of But Gompers’ Crowd Switches. the de facto government set up by But Gompers’ loyal ifeutenant in|the “Christian General” Fen Yu-hsiang New York, James P. Holland, presi-}and Chang Téo-lin are driving Wu's dent of the New York Federation of|troops into the country and disarm-) Reported in Flight (Special to the Daily Worker) It is confidently expected that King |George'will summon Stanley Baldwin, {the tory leader, within 48 hours and jcharge him with the task of forming Them Stage Protest (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Nov. 4.—In the midst of the universal rejoicing among the French workers that France has at last rec- ognized the workers’ and farmers’ gov- ernment of Russia, a small group of jtlewomen, former scions of the Rus-| lian ezerist nobility, now living in| a new government. It will be tory in complexion, not coalition. There has been gossip that’ Vis countess Astor or the Duchess of Athol! might be invited to accept a govern \decaying Russian gentlemen and gen-! ment post, but this is believed mee {ally to be improbable. The cabinet commission, including Labor, came out boldly if upholding | ing them everywhere, the political in-|France, have‘ raised their voices in| |Premier Ramsay MacDonald, whieh the Gompers’ elements im the New| fluence of Japanese imperialism is York Central Trades and Labor |immensely enhanced, Council, the Printing Trades Council, In a like measure is the influence the Building Trades Council, and the{of America and Britain crippled. Hudson County Labor. Council, over | Their imperialistic interests are bound | in New Jersey, in switching from La-| io suffer and much, even war, depends | Follette to the candidacy of Morgan's | upon what compromise can be reached | pet lawyer, John Wallstreet Davis,jbetween them and the victorious on the democratic ticket. Japanese. Evidently the <mievement in New American Intergate: Worried. hae bees crvied pretreat The ‘watchdoy of the Yankees, in he had lined up ‘mapresbata ive-‘labor has notified the, capitalis officials” in Buffalo, Albany, Rochester }to honor the fallen war “heroes” aristocratic disdain of the Soviet rule.) Go in Body to Embassy. Under pretense of a demonstration of France, these Russians—most of them members of a small colony, which dis- |sruntled czarist aristocrats establish- ed in France when the Russian prole- tariat decided to dispense with the nobility—will go in a body to the Rus- sian embassy to hoist the Russian tri- color—the emblem of czardom. Meanwhile, the details necessary to goy- |the installment of the Suvfet ambass- ernment at Washington that “per-'ador in Paris go qui¢tly on. and Utica. Gornpers Destroyer From Within. In fact the whole affair ‘smells strongly of. Gompers’ customary. tac- tics of entering, controlling and then destroying movements that he could not. crush openly. We can go back: as far as the Montreal convention of the American Federation of Labor, when theérail- road elements put thru their Plumb Plan endorsement. over the head of President Gompers. But Gompers did not allow the defeats that he suffered at the Montreal A. F. of L. convention to disturb his power in the least. In- stead, by careful maneuvering, he gradually sunk the Plumb Plan into oblivion, until it is now ancient history. But then came the organization | military moves has control of the conference for progressive po-| Chinese nation and has Ntical- action, supported by this same | British-American imperialism behind block of railroad union officials, and|the bayonets of Chang and Feng, is political policy| causing much -concern as to what of “reward your friends and punish ; Japan will do with its power. challenged Gompers’ your enemies.” sistent rumors” say that Tuan Chi-, «Russia 1s: greatly rejoiced over the jui, head of the Anfu party connected |recoguition by France. altho the Com- thru Chang with Japan, and Dr. Sun|™tnist leaders: in» Russia have been Yat Sen, ‘the ‘nationalist-socialist at|careful to point out, especially thru the head of the Canton government |the Moscow newspapers, that only the in South China, have been invited to | desire for trade relations has caused Peking to také part ‘in the reorganiza-|Herrlot to take such action. tion of the central government. Only Japan and U.S. Left. Battleships. Guard Standard Oil. Premier Rykoff ‘states that all the The American gunboat Ashville is|steat powersjot Europe have now rec- “maintaining order” at Tientsin, ognized the Soviet government of Rus- while the destroyers Steward and/sia, and that there remain now only Pillsbury (“Eventually, why not Japan and the United States. Of the now!”) are protecting Standard Oti {Possibilities of American recognition, company property at Hsinho, where |he says: the defeated troops of Wu Pei Fu are| “Even if the American elections trying to escape by boarding seagoing | bring no changes, it is scarcely pos- ships. sible that the United States will be able to maintain -its attitude toward Jap Business Interests Rule. the. Soviet....The seven years’ exist- The fact that Japan by its clever! ence of the Soviet regime, its un- of the | ceasing growth, its trade and econom- shut out /ic expansion must be sufficient argu- ment even for the irreconcilable Unit- ed States.” Herriot Voted Confidence. Altho Tuan and Ch m . Fe eee ue, ote (ARIE, NOV Racine Ghadaber of Election Reports Tomorrow! Investigating Themselves. ROME Nov, 4.—Fascist leaders When Gompers saw he could not|Sun Yat Sen have all previously pro- destroy the conference for progressive |claimed the need for a strongly cen- political action, when he beheld it|tralized government which would gaining strength, Gompers changed | unite all China, the material interests deputies today gave Premier Herriot a vote of confidence, 410 to 170, when, upon. the--reconvening of the parlia- 1® issue of the DAILY WORKER went to press too early to in- slude the returns from Tuesday's elections. Tomorrow's editions ¢ election with our comment and are investigating the murder of a workman who was stabbed to death after a gang of young black shirted men picked a quarrel with him during the Fascist! otens var slain’ Hel The Daily Worker and Labor Defense 7 ime |: Worttora Party, Leos! Ohles- 99 fe to run a big bazaar and sa cioiemest, Nev. 2630, at Fel- | wets (Mus, 2788 Hirsch Bivd. Branches, comrades and all sympa | thetio unite are called upon to work hard to get donations of all sorts nell tickets, ete. Only three weeke . William Z. Foster SPEAKERS: Jay Lovestone Oliver Carlson remain before the bazaar begins. Preparations are well along for the greatest dieplay of goods, and best entertainment ever put on. ‘The bazaar Is for the benefit of the DAILY WORKER and Labor De fense. Those willing co-operation of in charge say that with the party unite Martin Abern | XESS and members, ever $1,000 can be raised for each. The bazaar workers’ conference, composed of delegates from all branches of the Workers Party and’ ing Workers League will meet iturday, Nov. 8, 3:30 p. m., at 722 Blue Island Ave. Also at the same time and place on Nov. 16. his tactics of fighting it from with- out, and begain to bore from within. At the Washington gathering of the LaFollette elements, in. November, 1922, immediately after the congres- sional elections, I talked to Gompers, after he had. made a speech at that meeting, and asked him if he were (Continued on Page 2.) Brazilian Navy in Revolt. BUENOS AIRS, Nov. 4.—Reporis reaching here from Brazil today as- serted that revolutionary trouble had broken out in the Brazilian navy. The battleship Sao Paulo was said to have rebelled and’ with another ship fro: Rio Janeiro harbor, left for an un- known destination. 1 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 8P. M. ASHLAND AUDITORIUM South Ashland Blod. dal West ‘an Buren Street, Chicago of Japan dictate a policy of keeping |™e™* treme foreign exploitation possible chief of which was criticism of the without exciting general resistance by |£°V¢"ament for renewing the Morgar national Mberation forces, Especially |!08" to ald France in stabilizing ex. is such resistance expected from Sun |°hnge- Yat Sen’s party. This wneasineses over the forces Many Die in London Wreck. behind Sun, among which are the} LONDON, Nov. 4. — Many persons Communist Party of China leading |werg killed and injured in derailment the nationalist workers’ and peasantjof the LiverpookBlackpool Kuomintang party, is strengthened by |near Lytham today. The Exchange the recent telegram sent by Sun Yat|Telegraph originally estimated the Sen to the president of the fifth ab-|dead and the injured 40, but this sembly Of the League of Nations, sit-|evening these figures were revised to ting Geneva. 18 dead and 36 injured. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. Next Sunday Night and Every Sun- day Might, base Open Forum. Music by Young Workers Proceeds to THE he demanded the indefinite; China divided’ enough to make ex-|P98tponement Of interpellations, the | express | Freiheit Singing Society Admission 25c Auspices: Workers Party, Local Chicago has been investigating the authenticity of the so-called Zinovievy letter, hat examined a number of witnesses with out obtaining evidence of much value The Latest Count. The latest count shows the conserv atives have 410 seats, the labor party 52, and the liberals 40. But there is no such disparity between the tota! vote cast for each party, This shows the conservatives with 8,000,000, labor 6,500,000 and liberals 3,000,001 bigs z J. H, Thomas is expected his» position ag head of sete 1 a Union of Raliwaymen and son’ the other labor leaders who occup.% “osts in the labor cabinet will be taken care of by the unions. The. representation in patliament gives the conservatives one seat for every 20,000 votes, while the labor party has only one for'every 36,000. Had the proportional representation system been in operation,.the labor party would Squeeze up close to the tories. Churchill on Warpath. Winston Churchill is already on the warpath for the building of the Singa pore base. It is reported he may be taken into the Baldwin cabinet, per- haps as home secretary. If rumors are well founded the labor movement May expect increased activity on the part of Scotland Yard and the fascisti The MacDonald cabinet decided not to publish the result of the investiga tion of the so-called Zinoviey letter. eee LONDON, Nov. 4.—Stanley Baldwin was summoned to the palace at 6:30, when King George offered him the Premiership. The MacDonald govern- ment which Baldwin replaces has been in office since January 22. 600 Accidents In One Month. : FRANKFORT, Germany, Nov. 4.— In August there were 600 accidents in the hard coal mines in the Rhine- Westphalian district, or 20 accidents |daily. These were largely due to the speedup system. The great masses of unemployed miners in this section form a reserve army with which the mine owners constantly threaten the workers who are still employed. The oppressed and enslaved miners sub- mit to job conditions which result in the loss of hundreds of lives and in thousands of injuries. More Weavers Strike. WESTERLY, R. I., Nov, 4.—Seventy- five weavers, winders and twisters at the New England Silk Co. plant are on strike against a wage reduction. | League Orchestra and the | | DAILY WORKER