The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 14, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Y= IL. No. ie SUBSCRIPTION RATES: THE DAILY WORKE! Batared as Second-class matter September 31, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ilincis under the Act of March 3, 1979. bcs eh NOVEMBER 14, 1924 In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by, mail, $6.00 per. year. <<” Published Daily except Stnday by T Bes OR let ISHING CO., HE Washington Blvd., 1113 W. DAILY WORKUR [er ET US ANSWER COOL- | IDGE’S ANTI-RED WEEK BY ADDING 2,000 NEW MEMBERS TO THE WORK- ERS PARTY. Price 3 Cents Chicago, Il. BALDWIN RECOGNIZES SOVIETS AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. PORTS from London state that Ramsay MacDonald is to be shipped to the South Sea islands for a holiday. As he does not speak Span- ish the temptation to make foolish speeches will not be so keen as in England and as he is not good eating, it'is possible that he may escape the gastronomic attentions of the canni- bals if there are any left in that part of the world. Ramsay may need a rest but not more so than the British labor party. It has suffered a good deal from the muddling of its right wing leaders and from: none more than MacDonald. ee 8 ACDONALD’S proposed exile is really a punishment for his bun- gling of the “Zinoviev letter.” The premfer’s desire to out-Herod Herod in) serving the British- ruling class, Crove him to accept the tory plot as a .enuine act of the Communist Inter- uational, Had he-denounced the forg- «vy, Tight off the reel as a genuine labor premier would do, on general principles, the forgery would prove a boomerang’and would injure the tories who hatched it. ** * 'HE DAILY WORKER pointed out when the plot was sprung that Donald played into the hands of or’s enemies and that as a result of his clumsy handling of the matter, his leadership would be challenged. ‘This has happened. In a recent issue of the London Daily Herald, the pre- mier is taken to task for allowing the tories to frighten the electorate witli such a crude concoction. “* * OMMENTING on the many scares worked up by the reactionaries to frighten the voters it says: “Of these the masterpiece was the forged Communist letter. That would have done little harm if-it had been de- be at once as a piney. Had d-shave been ‘The Daily Herald. fs under the aitec: tion of the Trade Union Congress and voices the sentiments of that body's controlling faction. The decision to give MacDonald a vacation may mean that one of the trade union faction will take his place. This cannot be considered an improvement, as those mentioned for the position are even more to the right than the former premier. It means simply that the {rade union faction of the labor party will take the reins. = *_. * “HE DAILY HERALD is peeved be- cause the British Communists insist on existing and giving the re- spectable labor leaders a bad name. We must reason with the Commun- iste, argues the Herald, and persuade them to “drop their notion that a few ehscure people could somehow bull- doze this country and hold it down by force. If there had been no Commun- ist Party here ‘the red plot imbecility would never have been invented .. .” ‘This is interesting but not convincing. ‘Perhaps the Daily Herald is not aware that a few people are now holding the country. down by force, and they are not Communists. * * RE is no doubt but the British Communist Party “pedantic” and “unrealistic” thd it may. look in the eyes of certain “diplomatic” revolu- Uonisis, is a thorn in the side of the British ruling class and a cause for worry to the right wing labor leaders. But even if the Communist Party de- fded to betray the working class Srenigut and liquidate, would that mean the end of tory and liberal at- ‘tacks on the working class movement in Britain? Of course not, The capi- talist class can always dig up bogeys (Continued on page 6) ba CROWE SILENT ON DEATH OF POLITICAL PAL O’Bannion and Crowe Got Rich Together If the slayers of Dean O'Ban- nion have. not confessed, the police have. And it is a confes- sion of importance. The newspapers that told of high police officials. attending the banquet given by the under- world to O’Bannion in the Webster Hotel, are singing very low these days. It appears they are not willing to lift the lid of the cesspool. Crowe Is Silent. State’s Attorney Crowe, who usually vocal, when an opportunity to get his name in the papers presents: itself is as silent as a clam over the shooting of his political ally, O’Ban- nion. Perhaps Crowe’s connection with O’Bannion, politically may have something to do with the silence of the newspapers. Crowe is one of the most powerful political - fighters in Cook county. In fact, it is no ex aggeration to say that he is the most powerful. All the capitalist newspapers are friendly to Crowe. If they were not they would jump at the opening fered when it was discovered thi O’Bannion was one of Crowe’s most efficient workers on election day. Was the connection - between O’Bannign and Crowe and Crowe and the under- world confined to politics? Well Paying Business. It is well-known that O’Bannion be- came a millionaire within a few. yeom, ting a that was is ; cloak of ferro is very obvious. The state’s attorney; chief law enforcement officer 'in Cook county was O’Bannion’s dear friend. Why should the criminal. worry? ‘We have not the figures on O’Ban- nion’s income tax payment. But we know what Crowe paid. He paid a tax on an $82,000 income. His salary is tax exempt. Four years ago Crowe was so poor that he could not pay his party assessments. How did he man- age to dig up an income of $82,000 in tour years? Crowe’s brother-in-law, Larry Cun- neo, a fruit dealer, paid a tax of $5,000 on an income of $45,000. Why does a noted gunman by the nam of Anerieno frequent Cunneo’s fruit store? The gunman is known to be a pal of Cunneo. Bunch of Crooks. Prominent city politicians laugh cy- nically when asked about the steps taken to run down the slayers of O’Bannion. “Nothing will be done,” they say. Of course, they do not want to be quoted. If Diogenes went look- ing for an honest man around the city and county headquarters of the local government, he would lose his lamp inside of one-quarter of an nour. Some capitalist officials would steal : aheti A well-known lawyer told how Crowe had his investigators out col- lecting witnesses for the defense of Dean O'Bannion when he shot Hirshie Miller in front of the LaSalle street theater. “Crowe is elected for four years,” declared the attorney. “What does he care? If a private lawyer sold out his clients the way Crowe does the public, he would be chased out of the county,” he added. The connection between the gun- men, the underworld and the state county and city officialdom is well- known. They work hand in et DEMAND GOMPERS TAKE ACTION FOR _ St) RELEASE OF RANGEL AND CLINE (Special to The Daily Worker) BL PASO, Texas, Noy, 13.—The opening of the American Federation of Labor convention here gives rise to hope that Gompers will take some action “> tack up his formal request to the state of Texas for the release of Jesus Rangel, Charles Cline and thvee other Mexican revolutionists who by the intrigues of the overthrown Diaz government have been imprisoned at a decade. Mextcan Libertarians. most infamous tyranny. It er! Mexican resources to foreign capital- ists and land-holders. Captain Rangel was ® revolutionary exile, trying from north of the Rio Grande to ald the fight against the oppressor of Mext- cap workers and peasants. He rallied many around him and sent expeditions ‘Hunstville penitentiary for more than ¢————__. The regime of Diaz was known as hed all opposition and sold the Charles Cline, a sympathetic union man, became interested and aided Rangel in an expedition which was intercepted near the border by a sher- iff's posse among whom was a deputy named Oritz, a spy of Diaz. Oritz was killed, and Rangel, Cline and their companions sentenced to 99 years in prison. Will Sam See “Ma” Ferguson? It is expected that the new “gov- ise Mexican Labor Head Shot BUTLER, TEXTILE CZAR, GETS SEAT IN U. 5. SENATE Coolidge Manager to Take Lodge’s Place (Spebial to the Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.— William Morgan Butler, chair- man of the national republican committee and multi-millionaire textile magnate, has been ap- pointed by Governor William Channing Cox to take the place of the late Senator Lodge in the United States senate. Mr. Butler was the manager of the republican campaign and raised the huge slush fund run- ning into millions of dollars which were employed to put over the Coolidge-Dawes vic- tory. He Speaks For “Silent Cal.” Mr. Butler will undoubtedly be the chief spokesman of the Coolidge ad- ministration in the sixty-eighth and sixty-ninth congresses. He will take his place in the senate on December 1, and upon the retirement of the de- feated democratic senator, David I. Walsh, Butler will become the senior senator from Massachusetts and enjoy all the Washington rights and privi- Jeges accordingly. This appointment was made as a result of a deal be- pyeen the White House and the Bay pie himself with potiticat boot- leggers. When Coolidge was made president by the death of Harding, he picked Office Broker Slemp as his personal secretary. This was taken by all political observers as a notice to the country and the repub- lican party that Coolidge was plan- ning to leave nothing undone to have himself returned to the White House. Slemp is notorious as.a political pawn- broker and has been exposed in’ many crooked deals, in which post ofiices were sold. Pupil of Murray Crane. Mr. Butler was a class mate’ of ‘oolidge in Murray Crane’s school of New England politics. This school or politics is notorious for its corrup- tion and gutter practices. Mr. But- ler is the president and director of a half-dozen textile mills running about ten thousand looms and nearly five hundred thousand spindles. In ad- dition to that Mr. Butler is also heavily interested in other manufac- turing and banking corporations. Indicted in Wreck Admitted to Bail; Barber Is Missing Mathew Gaskett and William In- graham, employes of the Chicago, Mil- waukee and St. Paul railroad, who were bound over to the grand jury for manslaughter, were admitted to bail yesterday. The coroner’s jury sitting .c ,on the trolley-train wreck which killed ten people on the corner of Kingsbury St. and North Ave., recommended that these men be taken into custody. William Barber has not been arrested yet, as it is understood he is away on a hunting trip and cannot be found. Stone Has Heard of Big Bread Merger But . A Is Taking No Action WASHINGTON, Nov. 13—Attorney General Stone has refused to take definite action on the recent merger of all the large baking interests of the country into a gigantic monopoly. Stone says he is aware of the merger but he will do nothing. When told of the anti-trust laws, Stone sald they will be “protected.” Wife Murderer to Hang. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Nov, 13— Harry Diamond, 33, Gary, Indiana, |I wite murderer, sat in the death cell of the Indiana state prison here today counting the minutes until eternity. He will die some, time between mid- night tonight and ‘daybreak tomorrow. No one except prison officials will witness the execution, | 2S 4 PROGRESSIVE COAL MINERS IN BIG ELECTION DRIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA By GEORGE PAPCUN. (Special to The CHARLEROI, Pa., Nov. 18.—The Dally Worker) progressive miners’ committee an- nounces that beginning next Sunday and continuing until election a wide- spread agitation-on behalf of the progressive slate will be carried out. Mass meetings are being arranged all over the district at which candi- dates will speak, and present the progressive platform to the membership. A mass meeting is announced for next Sunday, Nov. 16 at Italian Hall, Charleroi, 3 p. m. Speakers are William A. Guiler, candidate for district president; Ralph Bernabe, candidate for hoard member of sub-district No. 3; and Pat H. ‘Toohey, candidate for auditor. All miners should attend this meet- ing, for Guiler°and Toohey are able speakers and ‘will certainly make plain to the membership the evils ex- isting in the Miners’ Union today. Evidently seared by the showing of the militant left wingers the machine is trying by hook or crook to keep the militants off the ballot. Their latest trick it. their attempt to expel Pat H. Toohey and John Gresko, militant younf officers of Local 1724. The hearing before the district board took place Monday ang rat this writing the board is still “ bliberating” if they shall expel Tool and Gresko or not. “ Indications frobaithe second sub-dis- trict are that James Douglas, the pro- gressive candidate, will sweep the sub- district, Douglassa well known young official. of Local 2125 has been en- dorsed by practically every local in the sub-district. - _ penned: » | paign by | Expected ‘to Drive for ~ Rassian Recognition (Special to the Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.— It is believed that Senator Bo- rah, who will replace the late Senator Lodge as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, is pressing for re- cognition of Soviet Russia by the American government. This belief springs from a conference Borah had yester- day at the White House where it is known he advised an early call for a special session of the congress. . “E Pluribus Unum.” Senator Borah insists that a special session be called before the next regular session in 1925, as agricultural problems, the Coolidge proposal of a world court and\“any number of other questions” were in need of immedi- ate consideration. The short session of congress which is now approaching, he said, would have little time for anything but rou- tine business of government appropri- ations. Negro Sentenced to Hang Makes Complaint Against White Justice A complaint that he was sentenced yesterday to~hang by Chief Justice Jacob H. Hopkins “because of his color while Loeb and Leopold, also killers, were spared, perhaps because of their money” was made today by Lawrence Washington from his cell in the county jail. Washington pleaded guilty to the fatal shooting of Nuzio Mascolino, an Evanston candy store owner, in an attempted holdup September 14, “I didn’t get a square deal,” ‘the condemned man said today. “If 1 had taken a jury trial I'd have prob- ably gone free, But I pleaded guilty and saved the state lots of time and poe and expected mercy, Instead got to hang. “I think. it is a cage of race preju- dice. When two white boys, Loeb and Leopold, pleaded guilty to mur: der they get life. The worst I figured I would get was the same. them. I hayen’t any money.” GOMPERS’ PAL ADMITS DRIVE FOR WAGE CUTS O'Connell, Pensioner of Machinists, Confesses (Special to the Daily Worker) EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 13.— James O’Connell, president of the metal trades department of the American Federation of Labor and pensioned ex-presi- dent of the International As- sociation of Machinists, prophe- sied a drive on wages yesterday to the metal trades delegates here to attend the convention of the A. F. of L. which opens on Nov. 17. Has No Remedy. O'Connell said that this winter employers against the wage standards of the workers. He suggested no remedy and made not the slightest reference to the amalga- mation of all metal trades unions into @ powerful industrial union, which is advocated by T. U. B. L. groups in the industry. At the Machinist’s convention during September at Detroit O'Connell made a speech saying that he, being an old pensioner, had. nothing to do but. to go around and make the speeches that the officials of the union told him to make. Building Trades Internal War. The Building Trades department of the A, F. of L., comprising the sixteen crafts affiliated to the A. F. of L. through the department, has demand- ed the suspension of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners from the A. F. of L. by action taken in the department's convention being held here prior to the opening of the A. F. of L. convention. The complaint against the carpen- ters is a grievance of years standing and illustrates the need for amalga- mation. of all building trades unions into a union embracing all workers in the industry as proposed by the Trade Union Educational League, Unions Fight Each Other. The judisdictional squabble over which the present action arose was a conflict between the carpenters and the sheet metal workers over which should do certain construction work. When the arbitration commission which took up the conflict decided in favor of the sheet metal workers, the carpen- ters ‘withdrew from the Building Trades department, although retaining affiliation to the A. F. of L. direct. By the action taken by the Building Trades department, the executive council of the A. F. of L, will be called upon to suspend the whole carpenters’ union of 350,000 members from affilia- tion with the A. F. of L, It is expect- ed that the officials of the carpenters’ union will resist this demand in the A. F. of L. convention: President Hut- cheson of the carpenters supported Coolidge in the election, contrary to the wish of thé Gompers’ machine. Sam Explores Political Woods. Gompers, full of reaction and vim despite his 74 years has arrived in El Paso and after ttling” all the ma- jor problems of labor on the indus trial fleld, is turning attention to the new political horizon, A series of executive meetings is beginning at which a special report is to be formulated embodying the council’s recommendations upon pos: sible relations between the A. F. of L, and any new. party movement which some see springing from the recent campaign. The report will not be made public until it is presented at the convention next Tuesday. WOUND MORONES IN GUN BATTLE DURING DEBATE General Starts Shooting in Mexican Congress (Special to the Daity Worker) MEXICO- CITY, Nov. 13.— Luis Morones, known as “the Gompers of Mexico,” was mor- tally wounded in a general re- volver battle which took place in the Chamber of Deputies Wednesday night. Charges Fraud—Shooting Begins. The fight began when Morones, a member of the chamber, was chal- lenged by General. Sanchez, tempor. erily presiding over the chamber, to prove his charges of fraud. Morones retorted that he would give his op- ponents “satisfaction,” and moved to draw his gun. Revolvers sprang from pocket to hand allover the chamber, and firing became general with deputies hiding behind seats and pillars while ex- changing pot shots at their political enemies. Rifles Enter Parliament. So fierce and extended was the bat- tle that it spread from the chamber to the corridor and thence to the streets. Only ‘the intercession of mounted po- lice with rifles ended the firing. When the smoke had cleared away, Morones was found upon the floor with @ bullet under his heart, while of recovery. Political Effect. the administration of President-elect. Calles is bound to be important whichever way it may affect affairs for good or ill. Morones exercised great power over Calles by reason of {his control over the C. R. O. M. (the ;Mexican Federation of Labor) and it is_possible that Calles may suffer by loss of this support, or that, the fed- eration may give its support to Calles without Morones’ intermediation. It is known ‘that Morones, a vain and unscrupulous man who arose to his ‘present high station as general secretary-treasurer of the C. R. O. M. and political leader by the help of highly for his support. Calles may feel relieved of a boss in this respect, but he may suffer if he faces reaction- ary opposition without the aid of the designing but capable Morones. Morgan-Dawes Plan Creates Chaos in the Trade of Europe PARIS, Nov. 13.—The Dawes plan has held up the trade treaties between France and Germany, and between France and Belgium, it is reported here. The French and German govern- ménts had been negotiating a com- mercial treaty, but they have found it impossible to reconcile the stipula- tions of the treaty whith the provi- sions of the Dawes plan. The Belgians modified their tariff in such a way that the French ob- jected, and the Franco-Belgium treaty is also held up. Some Chili! ALEXANDRIA, Ind.—Eleven fatal- ities and 36 other victims is the toll of chili soup at the home of Alonzo Hughes here. The casualties included 41 chickens, 11 or which died after having eaten the soup which the fam- ily threw out when it made them ‘ill. Six members of the family are recoy- ering from ptomaine poisoning caused by the soup. si adi The effect of Morones’ death upon, Carranza, has been charging Calles|. BRITISH TORY RULE AGAINST POLICY CHANGE Another Blow Dealt to U. S. Reactionists (Special to the Daily Worker) j LONDON, Nov. 13.—Officiaff announcement was made yes-: terday by the new cabinet of, \the conservative Premier Bald win, that, the British govern+ ment is not considering the re vocation of the recognition o the Russian Soviet government effected by the labor cabinet o' Ramsay MacDonald. A Challenge to America. This is a blow to the bitter-ender in England such as Lord Curzon and@ Churehill, and is a challenge to thal American government to suppress th fanatic Hughes and race with Britain for Russian trade, Growing uneme ployment in both countries makes this a matter for serious considera- tion. Britain understands this. A Soviet Triumph. The forged “Zinoviev. letter” is now frankly admitted to be not only a forgery, but to have been used as @ political trick by ‘the tories in lead- ing Ramsay MacDonald into a trap. By his anxiety to prove himself an enemy of Bolshevism, he seized upon the forgery and gave the conserva- tives the opening they had planned to wreck his regime, The announcement of the Baldwin government that recognition is not to be revoked constitutes an over- whelming victory for Soviet diplomacy just as it is a blow to all the enemies of the Russian workers who hoped -thejr, isolation qnd Perhaps for war upon them. MC KEESPORT MAYOR TRIES T0 STOP MEETINGS Even Dances Held by Workers Under Ban (Special to the Daily Worker) McKEESPORT, Pa., Nov. 13. —The mayor and city author- ities of this town have been closing all workers’ meetii and entertainments here in a high handed manner. Even dances, when given by workers’ organizations, are broken up. Recently a dance was arranged by workers in the interests of securing the re- lease of Sacco and Vanzetti. The mayor, however, would not al- low the affair to take place. Last week Earl Browder was scheduled as a speaker for the Work- ers’ Party, the hall was hired, and all arrangements were made, At the last minute the hall was closed to them. Last year the Friends of Soviet Rus- sia tried to give a moving picture show and had deposited $50.00 on a theater. At the last moment the hall was closed and the $50.00 has not yet been refunded. The Workers’ Party members here are arranging to hold a meeting which will be a test case, and will be taken into court if necessary. Pole Gets Nobel Prize. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 13—The Nobel prize for the outstanding contribution to literature in the last year has been awarded to the Polish author, Viadi- stad Reymonts for a peasant epic. ILLINOIS MINERS, ATTENTION! In the next three issues of our Polish Communist Weekly, articles de- tailing the treachery of Frank Farrington, president of the United Mine Workers’ Union of District 12, will appear. The articles will be based on the series written by Comrade Thomas J. 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