The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 14, 1924, Page 2

SRA Page Two THE DAILY WORKER LEWIS GANG WAR ON MILITANTS IN PITTSBURGH Frame Up Charges on Local Officials (Special to the Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 13. —An attack on the progressives in the United Mine Workers of America has begun in this dis- trict by the John L. Lewis gang making charges against Local 1724, of Canonsburg, and sum- moning the local president, and Pat Toohey, secretary, to an- Swer charges as officers per- sonally responsible for a sup- posed “illegal” local meeting, and for fostering a “dual move- ment.” Last Saturday three board members and several of the old guard “organ- igers” visited Canonsburg and went about trying to find members of the local who would say there was no legal meeting held on the date—one was held in all legal form and can- didates regularly nominated for dis- trict offices. Financial Secretary Sells Out. They bought off the financial secre- tary to say that no meeting was held that night, but many witnesses were against him to prove that sat least three officials of the local had told him of the meeting several days before it was hbld. Monday, at the district office, a hear- ing was held. The charges were pre- ferred by an organizer named Dob- bins, quoting “information received.” Toohey refused to answer questions until told the name of the informant. It was then learned this was the finan- efal secretary of the-local. When the hearing started it was clear that the “illegal meeting” charge was only a ruse. The inquisition last- ed two hours and hinged around the accused officials’ membership and dues. The mine has not worked for over a year, and according to the au- dit, the financial secretary had sent no tax to the district, but had applied for remission for the whole local, altho many members kept on paying dues. Fagan quoted Section 18, Article 40; of the district constitution, stating that members are responsible for whatever befalla the local. Toohey exhibited receipts for his dues, but the inguisitors refused to look at them and said they would decide soop. Seek tg. Take. Charter. ‘ Local 1724 has a membership which is radical and many militants of the district belong to it. Pat Toohey and, Andy Harmison are candidates for un- ion offices on the progressive slate and the officials of District 5 figure that if they can get something on the local they can get rid of trouble. However, the miners of District 5 are not going to allow the official gang to put Local 1724 or its militant mem- bers out of the U. M. W. of A. Mem- bers of the unfon are determined not to let the militants be separated, and all rebel elements are joined in the effort to avoid giving any excuse for officta] disruption. COMRADES AND BRANCHES, settle for October 12 Foster-Gitlow election campaign meeting and November 7 celebration tickets. Local needs money to cover ex- penses of these affairs. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING IF IT COULD SHOW SIMILAR GAINS WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—A federation of more than 47,000 members has been formed by the workers In naval arsenals off Japan. The ‘General Federation of Japanese Labor has increased its membership and the number of its branches thruout the country this year, and has entered Into friendly relations with the big unions, such as the General ederation of Workers In Government Undertakings, the Japanese Seamen's Union and the Japan Farmers’ Union. A total gain of 40,900 of 1924 Is reported. 4 in membership in the first five months COOLIDGE CABINET MEMBERS FAIL TO ACCEPT INVITATION TO SOVIET CELEBRATION AT WASHINGTON, D.C. (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C.—(By Mail.)—Hundreds of workers filled the Play House for the anniversary of the Russian Soviet revolution. In opening the meeting, Chairman O’Hara MacIntosh remarked: “When it was publicly announced! that the Russian revolution would be celebrated in Washington we reserved seats in this hall for the members of the Cool- idge cabinet. But the statesmen have disappointed us; apparently they are not yet aware that the Russian revo- lution was the most momentous event in the entire history of the human race. May Wake Up Some Day. “They will yet learn, if they live long enough, that the consequences of that revolution will reach Amer~ iea, for the uprising of the Russian workers marked the beginning of the end of the capitalist system of exploi- tation.” Comrade C. E. Ruthenberg, na tional executive secretary of the Workers Party, was frequently ap- Plauded as he outlined the’ age-old fight of oppressed © peoples - against their oppressors. Tracing this strug- gle from the time at which written records of human efforts were first made, up to modern, ‘complex, indus- trial nations, Comrade Ruthenberg declared that the Russian people were the first to achieve success in permanently... eliminating from. their society a parasite class. Comrade Ruthenberg deseribed the efforts of 75 years in whieh Com- munists have advocated the adoption of the theories of Karl Marx, and of their faith in those’ theories... The speaker cited the’ success of. the pro- letarian Soviet government in Russia as proof of the soundness of Commun- ist principles. He showed how the establishment of the Communist In ternational has already prevented wars, thru the refusal of the work- ers in several countries to engage in war against Soviet Russia. Thru the branches of the Communist Interna- tional in 51 countries the workers of Fg world are at last actually pniting: England and in ‘Italy especially, the workers rebelled against the at- CALIFORNIA ELECTION OFFICIALS FAIL T0 COUNT THE COMMUNIST VOTES By JACK CARNEY. (Special to the DAILY WORKER.) SAN FRANSISCO, Nov. 13.—The counting of the votes in the recent elections found the write-in votes of the Communists and sympathizers completely ignored. One election in- specter informed a prominent elec- tion official that he had not counted the write-in votes, the official re- plied, “You would be a damn fool if you did’ So Communist votes were not counted. This. is another example of the boasted democracy that we enjoy here in California. IDENTITY WITH A CLASS | - Editor’s Note——Every day until publication has been completed, the DAILY WORKER will publish a new chapter from the book, “Len- in: The Great Strategist of the Class War,” by A. Losovsky, secre- tary of the Red International of Labor Unions. Tho third chapter is entitled “Identity with a Class.” ae ace ENIN joined the labor movement at its very dawn, The first spon- taneous outbreaks of the class strug- gle in the '80s reverberated thru Rus- sia with a resounding echo. The ad- vancing Marxian movement thrust it- self upon the beginnings of the indus- trial development of Russia, drawing into its ranks many elements of the radical intelligentsia. The first gener- ation of revolutionary intellectials (Plechanov, Vera Sassulitsch, and Deutsch) founded the group of “Liber. ation of Labor” which is the prede- cessor of the Russian social-democra- tic party and of the Russian Commu- nist Party. Lenin belonged to the sec- ond generation of Marxians. Together with many others he joined the labor movement, but while the others were merely passers-by, utilizing it for their Own purpose, Lenin remained and led the movement until his very end. Lenin understood from the very out- set the power of the new class. In his very first writings he discusses this matter and says: “The working class is the bearer of the revolution.” The working class stan‘a in the,fore- ground and everything which hampers its development, which demoralizes its ranks, which stands in the way of its historical development, must be de- stroyed and removed. To say at that period that the working class was the bearer of the revolution meant to de termine its historic role as against the conceptions of the old _ socialist school of the “Narodniki.” Lenin completely identified himself with the working class and became its spokesman. He knew as nobody else did how to keep away from the work- ing class and from the then-develop- ing working class party all alien éle- ments. At present it is easier, of course, to see which of those elements were really alien to the labor move- ment. But to have known this 25 or 30 years ago was much more difficult. At that time there were no material advantages to be derived by people accepting the Marxian theory.. On the contrary, they had to bring sacrifices, suffer persecutions, etc. Nevertheless, some of these Marxians were nothing more than hangers-on to the labor movement. Chief among those was Peter Struve, formerly a social-demo- crat and later on a leader of the left- wing of the liberal movement, still later a member of the constitutional democratic party, and at present a monarchist. One required a sharp theoretical mind, and an extraordinary instinct, to detect in the © Marxian phraseology of the first work of Peter Struve the real weak spots. Lenin possessed the ability to guard the working class theoretically and practically against the intrusion of alien elements, He also knew how to relieve the labor movement of those of them who/succeeded in getting into it. Lenin knew the wérking class, he had faith in it, he grasped its histor. cal importance and therefore under- stood how to maintain the integrity of the labor movement. oe Tomorrow—“Building the Russian Party~ YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE, Local Chicago MEMBERSHIP MEETING Friday November 14 722 Blue Island Avenue OLIVER CARLSON, speaker. A review of our mail order house campaign will be made’ and our program of immediate action will be discussed. tempt of their imperialist rulers to drive those countries into open war- fare against Russia. Even in Amer- ica the workers in Philadelphia re- fused to load powder into vessels to be shipped abroad to be used against the Workers’ Republic. Altho an admission charge of 25 cents had already been collected Com- rade Ruthenberg successfully appeal- ed to the audience for funds with which to continue publication of the DAILY WORKER, and this effort net- ted $35.85. Asks for Party Members. Continuing, the speaker requested the sympathizers in the audience to affiliate themselves with the local branch of the Workers Party. Sev- eral of those present responded to this suggestion by asking for applica- tion cards. The musical program was heartily appreciated by the audience. Miss Silvia Altman, and her brother Ju: lius, rendered piano and violin selec: tions most cleverely and were vigor- ously applauded. They responded by playing additional numbers. Have Free Transfer Cards for Capmakers _ And United Hatters (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 13—Free transfer working cards have been arranged for between the United Hatters of North America and the Cloth Hat and Car Makers’ Union by a jurisdictiona’ agreement. This free transfer sys- tem marks a great step towards har- mony between these two'unions. The agreement specifies that the hatters are to have jurisdiction over men’s fur, felt, wool, straw or Panama hats —trimmers and operators of the same —and over all the factories making entirely and exclusively women’s and children’s fur, felt, wool, hand-blocked velvet, Panama and body hats. The Cloth and Cap Makers are to have jurisdiction over men’s, women’s and children’s cloth hats and caps and ladies’ headgear made of cloth fabrics, straw combinations, varieties and novelties. But the agreement recognizes that the work of the two unions is so close- ly related that hatters who wish to work in the millinery trades during the busy season may do so legitimate- ly and the cloth hat and cap makers may work in hatters’ shops, under cer- tain conditions. The free transfer cards will end irritating jurisdictional troubles. Capitalism Blinds Workers. NEW YORK, Nov. 13—Seventy-five | per cent of the workers in the gar- ment trades of New York havé de- fective eyesight, tho the average for the workers in all industries is only 60 per cent, Dr. James W. Smith of the New York Post Graduate Hosp!- tal revealed to the convention of the Illuminating Engineering Society. The excessive weakness of the garment workers’ eyes is explained by the poorly lighted work rooms which gen- erally prevailed until the trades were organized, leaders of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers and the International Ladies’ Garment Work- ers declare. Berlin Carpet Workers Strike. BESLIN, Nov. 13.—The 200 workers in a carpet factory in Berlin are on strike; Their hours were increased from 45 to 54 a week without addition- al pay. Men and women in this fac- tory have been working 45 hours weekly for a weekly wage of 5, 10 and 15 marks (1 mark, 25c), Clevelanders Dance Thanksgiving CLEVELAND, Ohio, Noy. 13.—All members and friends of the Workers Party “must reserve Thanksgiving Bve., ‘Nov. 26, for the big dance given by Local Cleveland Workers Party, at Talmud Torah Hall, 2491 East 65th St. A proficient union orchestra wif furnish the music, and there will be 4 BANKERS’ TOOL | IN NICARAGUA APPEALS TOU. S. Chamorro Lost Election Wants Hughes’ Aid By LAURENCE TODD (Federated Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.— Emiliano Chamorro, former dic- tator and recently defeated re- actionary candidate for the presidency of Nicaragua, has appealed to the ' Washington government and the conserva- tive press of thé United States to prevent the inauguration in January of the administration of President-elect Salorzano. Chamorro claims that Presi- dent, Martinez, who favored the progressive candidate, terror- ized the conservative voters and arrested 33 of them on the eve of the election. He further charges that Martinez’. refusal to have Americans watch the polls was due to unwillingness to permit a fair decision. Hughes Is Discreet. Secretary Hughes refuses to com- ment on Chamorro’s complaint, which is made public as a “cablegram which eluded the censorship” of Martinez. But Hughes declines to say that the formal pledge’ made by him in Octo- ber, 1923, of removal of the American marines from Nicaragua by January, 1925, will be carried out. That pledge, contained in a letter from the Ameri- can minister to the Nicaraguan for- eign minister, was in these words: “Therefore my government instructs me to inform your excellency that upon the installation in January 1925, of the government coming into office as the result of the elctions to be held in October, 1924, it will feel that there is no further reason to maintain a legation guard at Managua and the American marines will ac- cordingly be withdrawn at that time.” Beat Bankers’ Party. Since October, 1923, the progres- sives have found a way to defeat Chamorro’s party, which stands for North American banker control of the revenues, bank and other functions of sovereignty in the republic. Hughes does not say that he will keep his promise. He indicates that there is “confusion” in discussion of the mat- ter. « Canuto Vargas, secretary of the Pan-American - Federation of Labor, just returned from Nicaragua, found upon his arrival there that the local press contained accounts of a drunken joyride, two night earlier, by a truck- load of American marines. They drove around Managua, shouting “Viva Chamorro!” The 33 Chamorrists who were ar- rested, The Fede Press is in- formed, were aris' ts who had de- fied the law by carrying arms while attending political meetings. The mobilization of 3,000 guards, five to each polling place, was ordered by President Martinez to prevent vio- lence by the Chamorristas, who were in full control of. the election ma- chinery. Some 200 “campaign work- ers” for Chamorro assembled at one time during the canvass, to demand of their employer the payment of 25 cents per day which he had promised them. This was supposed to be the nucleus of the military force he was to raise in an attempted revolt when the election went against him. Mar- tinez stopped this movement after the election by notifying the ex-dictator that he should consider himself a prisoner in Managua. Company Takes Bread From Employes to me ee : Give ‘to Visitors By A. W. HARRIET. (Special to the Daily Worker) TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 13—Thousands of loaves of bread were given away to the people of this city at the opening of the Holland Bread company which is @ camouflage name for the notori- ous open shop Ward Baking company. The new plant is located at Summit and Elm streets. This modern equipped plant which covers nearly a city block will em- ploy very few skilled bakers, Women and young workers, boys and girls, will be used in the up-to-date method of speed-up work, As soon as the new building was completed the company laid off more than half the bakers, These men will either leave town to seek now employ- ment or join the army of unemployed here as there is no need for bakers in Toledo, , may Oppose Tax Publicity. WASHINGTON, Noy. 13—The first attempt here to prevent the publica- tion of income tax returns by the gov- ernment was made today by Gorham Hubbard, of Boston, in the district su- preme court here, Hubbard asked the court to enjoin Secretary of the Treas- ury Mellon and other officials from opening his return to.the public on tho ground that publication would be \ ‘ Be Held in the Pacific Ocean. * * war! Nothing to do! iS PERT T RIAN Friday, November 14, 1924 Next Big Naval Display of U.S. Imperialism to | CONGRESS ENDS the Pacific By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ODAY, plans are afoot for another air feat for the U. S. Naval forces. The dirigible, Shenandoah, is to make the flight from California to Honolulu, two thousand miles across * * Only yesterday the kept press was informing the nation that the military clique at Washington didi’t know what to do with the Shenandoah and the'Z-R 3, They were just two white elephants on the nation’s hands. Helpless jingoes! No It is difficult to tell exactly what object this propaganda had in view. But the nation has not been kept in suspense very long. Those in command of the American killing machine, for the triumph .of American imperialism, have found good use for the Shenandoah The Z-R 3 will also be kept busy. 4 * The flight of the Shenandoah to- Hawaii will be but a small part of the impressive naval maneuvers planned for the Pacific next year Those who must be impressed by the power of the American fleet are the Japs, and no doubt also the Chinese. They must be shown naval arm of Wall Street. The effort to impress the the power of the far-reaching world with the globe-girdling stunt of the American fliers was considered a great success. Then came the flight of the ZR-3 across the Atlantic that so jolted the British and the French, especially the latter, that a loud demand was raised to prevent the building of additional German airships; not even for sale to the United States. Now the Shenandoah must do its stunt; to show the Orient how closely the mainland of the United States is con- nected with its outpost in the * * Pacific. * * But there are also to be flying boats, capable of carry- ing at least five persons from California to Honolulu. Speci- fications for this new device Morgan’s navy department are already in the hands of in Washington. This flying boat will have a speed of more than one hundred miles an hour; to carry death to the enemy. M : ‘ a": Thus eve Ocean into “ effort is being made to turn the Pacific organ’s Lake.” Its name will have to be changed since it will no longer be “the peaceful sea,” but the scene of the next great world war. * American imperialism is preparing for this war. Japan- ese imperialism is doing the same. The workers of both nations will be called upon to fight and murder each other for the: stock exchanges of New York and Tokyo. * * . The war will be fought if the workers of these two countries do not unite in the struggle to overthrow the im- perialisms of both cow Only the Soviet intries. United States stretching its hand of comradeship across the Pacific to a Soviet Japan can stop the next imperialist war that threatens to redden the waters of the Pacific with workers’ blood. In this crisis it is only the Communists who struggle to bring peace and comradeship to the workers of Japan and the United States, in place of agony and death under con- tinued capitalist rule. Glenn Youn Gloats Over Victories of The Ku Klux Klan CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. Nov. 13—S. Glenn Young, Ku Klux gangster, gloated over the recent klan victories in Herrin and Williamson counties in an interview here today. Young is here visiting his brother. His wife will enter the Mayo Brothers’ hospi- tal at Rochester, Minn., where she will undergo an operation for the res- toration of the sight of her eye, blinded when her husband engaged in a shooting escapade near Belvidere, Illinois, some weeks ago. M. Olgin to Speak at Young Workers League Bazaar in New York ‘Special to the Dail, ey NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—The Young Workers League of District No. 2, New York, has arranged a bazaar, en- tertainment and ball to take place at the Harlem Casino, Sunday, Nov. 16. Comrade Olgin, recently returned from Soviet Russia, will speak, bring- ing a message from the Communist youth of Russia to the Communist youth of America. Education week, which the president and the Ameri- can Legion have proclamed for Nov. 17 to 24, will be attacked. The program, which will run from 2 p.m. until 2 a. m., will commence with Olgin’s lecture, followed by a bazaar, In the evening the New York Communists and their friends will en- joy a costume ball. PY Organize Needie Trades, NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—One hundred fitty thousand leaflets were distributed at the dors of New York shops by several hundred volunteers from ‘the International Ladies’ Garment Work- ers’ in an afternoon drive which in- augurates a campaign to organize the miscellaneous needle trades crafts, German Capitalist Here. NEW YORK, Noy. 13.—One of the rulers of Germany is visiting the United States. His name is Hans Thyssen of the Thyssen Iron & Stee! Works, Mulheim, with 50,000 workers He is not getting so much publicity as Ludendorf would get but he is a vastly more powerful person in the} Subscribe for free favors, Admission 35 cents, illegal and detrimental to him, _ German capitalist system, MINISTERS QUIT FREE SPEECH FIGHT WHEN JUDGE ATTACKS UNION By MAUD McCREERY (Federated Press Staff Correspondent.) LOS ANGELES—Judge Ben- jamin F, Bledsoe, superpatriot, has launched a bfaodside against the American Civil Liberties Union which has resulted in the resigna- tion of two ministers of the gospel from the union on the one hand and a strengthening of the forces on the other. The southern Cali- fornia branch of the union has for the past year and a half fought for free speech. It has held regular Sunday night meetings. The public denunciation of the free speech body came from the judge right after he had cancelled an announced engagement to ad- dress one of its regular meetings. Many are wondering if he had those learned of the practice of those attending the lectures to take ad- vantage of the forum privileges and make it lively for any speaker opposing civil liberties. Revere, Mass. to Celebrate. REVERE, Mass., Nov. 13—John J. Ballam will be the principal speaker at our celebration of the seventh an- niversary of the Russian revolution which will be held on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 8 p. m. at Eagle's Hall, Revere, The Russian chorus will participate and there will be other musical num- bers. Every comrade in Revere be there and bring your friends to hear of the progress made by the govern- ment that belongs to the workers. Percy Ward to Debate on Sunday. A debate which promises to be en- tertaining will be the one to take place at the Garrick Theater on Sun- day afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, Nov. 16, on the subject, “Are the Advanced Races of Mankind Going Backward?” between Percy Ward, lecturer of the Rationalist University Society, in the affirmative and Prof. Frederick Starr in the negative. Tickets can be se- cured in advance from the McGee Book Shop at 185 W. Washington St. “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. COOPERATIVE “TTS SESSIONS All Speakers Optimistic About Future (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 13.— The fourth co-operative con- gress ended its three day ses- sions with a dinner at the Co- operative Cafeteria at which the spirit of optimism ruled. Reports of the congress showed that all the leading co- operative movements were rid- ing the industrial depression well and Dr. James P. Warbasse and other speakers declared that 1925 would find the co- operative movement as a whole in a much better position. Two men from the far northwest did most of the speaking, A. H. Goss, Headmaster of the Washington State Grange and Eskel Ronn, Manager of the Co-operative Central Exchange, a wholesale organization whose annual business of more than $625,000 is done among the Finnish Co-operators of the northwest, Goss, the Grange leader, talked on “Farmers and the Co-oper- ative Movement” and asserted that the farmers were showing a genius for getting together on economia issues, Business of Millions Some idea of the importance of the co-operative movement in America ia given by the fact that the annual busi- ness of the 883 co-operative societies affiliated with the Co-operative League, which called the congress, is about $13,000,000. These 333 societies have an approximate membership of 50,000. Only 180 societies took part in the congress, however, many of the others conserving the costs of a delegate. The total number of co-operative societies in America is about 2,500, but the stronger consumers’ societies are af: filfated with the league. Decision of the congress to appoint a health committee to work hand in hand with the Workers’ Health Bureau, a co-operative organization backed by many labor unions, is of special inter- est because of the fight the Workers’ Health Bureau is putting up against “looney gas” and numerous other Poisonous materialswhich workers are unnecessarily endangered by. The Workers’Health Bureau took an activa part in the congress, reporting on constructive achievements, pao which are protective degislation and the incorporation of health clauses in trade agreements. Relations With Unions Patronage of co-operative banks waa urgently recommended. One of these banks, affiliated with the league, the Commonwealth Mutual Savings Bank ‘ Pele cs: has a membership of 100. Resolutions passed endorsed the ef- fort to reconstruct the federal farm loan act to make it more co-operative and allow stockholders to control their own property; provided for more co- operative education, with a national organizer whose duties would be to assist district leagues in co-operative educational movements, Closer relation with the trade unions will be stressed during the coming year. Eighteen labor organizations had fraternal delegates at the congress, Civil Liberties Union Plans Attack On Goose-Step Colleges NEW YOHK, Nov. 13.—The Ameri: can Civil Liberties Union is setting forth to, restore free speech in the colleges and universities of America, Twelve prominent educators have been organized into a committee on academic freedom to resist interfer. ence by college authorities with the right of students to hear radical speakers, ; “There have been many such cases of interference in the last few years," says the committee's initial state. ment, “but each has been handled locally, without the backing of a ne tional organization.” War on laws forbidding the teach. ing of evolution, pacifism, and on school rules interfering with freedom of opinion of teachers and pupils out. side the class room will be declared by the committee, f a eens Clarence R. ’ College, Mass., heads come, mittee. Others are Paul Professor Frankfurter, Harvard; David Starr Jordan, Stanford University; Rey, John Hayes Holmes; tein Thors' Veblen; 8. B. Breckenridge, Univer. sity of Chicago; Dr. Henry R. Line ville, president of the Teachers’ Union, New York City? A. J, wm Brookwood College, Katoneh; D, Scudder, Wellesley College, Norman Thomas, New York George P. West, Sausalito, California, * -_-o i Bazaar Conference to Meet, Delegates wanted from all and League branches at meeting Sat. urday, Nov. 16, 8:30 p. m, 722 Blue Island Ave. | READ THE DAILY WORKER, —— a a es | | } |