The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 14, 1924, Page 3

Friday, November 14, 1924 EDUCATION WEEK (Fourth propaganda trying to justify the big business. minds of the children attending using education week to spread false definitions of education so that the workers will think the lying propaganda taught in the schools by the employers is real education. . Foreigners to the Truth. The profiteers controlling the schodls have shown by the propaganda already distributed for “education week” that their definition of educa- tion has nothing. to do with teaching the truth. For example, the bureau of educa- tion has issued an article for “edu- cation week” advising the teachers how to teach history. They do not say “teach the true facts of history.” They advise a glorification of the profit system now prevailing in the United States. “Back of every project {n history should be our ultimate pur- pose,” say the article issued to the teachers by J. J. Tigert, commissioner ] of education,* “to instill into the | minds of our pupils the great prin- | ciples of democracy upon which our | republic rests. Where in the annals of | another country might be found a rec- | ord so convincing with which to teach the principles of our democracy? “Compare Puritan ascetisism to In- dian barbarism, show all the homely virtues intensified in a land of wanton practices.” Show Colonists Cheaters. Tigert’s article does not mention how the colonists of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, stole the whole county away from the Indians by means of trickery. This occurred after the death of William Penn. The Indians agreed to sell all the land that a white man could walk around in a day, in return for a few trinkets. But ,the white men broke faith with the Indians, imported the fastest marathon runners, who ran in relays for twenty- four hours, on trails that the white men blazed beforehand. This is thé authentic history of the origin of Bucks county—one of the richest airy farming counties in the country. it Tigert would prefer to keep the cheating, browbeating practices of the colonists out of our “glorious” early history. The founding of Bucks coun- ty was re-enacted many hundreds of of times by the colonists in stealing the Indians’ land from under them}. But Tigert says: “Show how much better our morals were than the In- dians. The school @hildren will learn to sing our national hymns, to recite our national odes, and to salute our flag with a reverent and contrite heart. THE TEACHERS WILL RE- ALIZE THAT THEY MUST SOW THE SEEDS OF PARTIOTISM IN THE EARLY YEARS.” Pick Their Bones Clean. The big business interests who are ’ _- pfomoting education week are trying to “cash in” on the school children. The bones of our children are to be picked clean, and every extra dollar that can be wrung from the workers thru control of the schools is regarded as fair game. The American Book company and Ginn and company, which exert a great influence over the National Education Association, are frankly using our educational system as a means of increasing profits. They have induced the National Education Association to have the histories of the, public schools revised, with the double purpose of perverting history to meet the needs of the profit sys- tem, and of selling the public schools & new set of books. i Booksellers Very Much Interested. The Publishers Weekly for Nov. 1, 1924, reveals the reason why the booksellers are interested in the edu- cational system. “This year, since education week occurs the week after children’s book week, an opportunity ig offered booksellers to co-operate,” ‘says the Publishers Weekly. “There qwill be quite an amount of publicity OME \vomrades in Chicago have beer woing from store to store, asking for things. They have been getting nut sets, socks, hams, box! ot NM iter, a getting donations dollars for the DAILY and the De or brot to Folket’s Hus, 2733 Hirsch TIME FOR BIG BUSINESS 10 URGE JUSTIFICATION ¢ FOR ITS CONTROL OF SCHOOLS By KARL: REEVE Article) The three capitalist organizations which are backing “‘ed- ucation week”—the United States government, the American Legion and the National Education Association—are spreading control of the public schools by For many years the exploiters of labor have controlled the public schools, and they are _. TORPEDO RETURNS 10 HIT DESTROYER THAT Volstead Law in Verdict for Hill BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 18.—After 20 hours’ deliberation, the jury in the case of Congressman John Philip Hill, on trial in United States district court here on charges of violating the Volstead law, brot in a verdict of not guilty on all six counts of the in- dictment. Haggard and drawn after 20 hours’ deliberation, the. jurymen who were charged by Judge Morris BH. Soper to determine whether or not wine and cider, admittedly manufactured by Congressman John Philip Hill was “intoxicating in fact,” filed out at 10 o'clock today and exonerated the anti- Volsteadist on all six counts of the in- dictment charging him with violating the dry law. The announcement which was received by a crowd that extended to the corridors was greeted with an outburst of enthus- SEND IT ON ITS WAY SAN DIEGO, Cal., Nov. 13—Struck by one of her own torpedoes when the gyroscope developed some trouble, the torpedo destroyer, Paul Hamilton, received a damaged pro- pellor during target, practice off this point late yesterday, it was learned today from Commander Harry Bogusch, secretary to Ad- miral Frank Schofield, comanded of the destroyer squadron of the bat- tle fleet. According to Commander Bogusch, the torpedo from the Paul Hamilton made what is called a “curved run,” that is, after being fiired it circled in the water and came back toward the ship. given to the week this year which the booksellers will do well to further, DURING THIS WEEK THE BOOK- SELLERS WILL HAVE EVERY OP- PORTUNITY TO TIE UP HIS BUSI- NESS WITH THE SUBJECT OF EDUCATION.” The children of our public schools are to goxthru the rigamarole of flag worship, are to be taught that edu- cation is a matter of adjusting them- selves contentedly to the profit sys- tem, and the truth about our indus- trial system is to be suppressed. All this 80 that those who control our| educational system can gather in larger profits. Liberation of Class War Prisoners First Rail Strike Demand (By Defense News Service.) NATRON CUTOFF, Ore.—Libera- tion of all class-war prisoners, includ- ing the Centralia defendants and thosé convicted under criminal syndicalism laws in Washington and California, is first among the demands of hundreds of workers who have struck on the big construction project of the Southern Pacific railway here. Three thousand men have been em- ployed on this job, which is spread out fer miles high up in the moun- tains. One by one the camps are be ing closed in response to a general strike call. The workers are going on the picket line in sleet and rain, and amid snow four feet deep. Working and living conditions here have been intolerable. Demands of the strikers include clean beds; beds free; both ways to job on company time; bath houses and wash houses, no California products to be used; eight hour day unless human lives are endangered; all men injured to be taken to hospital at once; minimum wages $4.50 for eight hours; mini- mum for underground work $5.00, Young Workers League Plans Concert and Ball On Saturday, Nov. 22 The Young Workers League orches- tra, which has made sucha hit at the November 7 celebration, is practicing every day on its new scores for the grand concert and ball which is be- ing arranged by the Young Workers League, Local Chicago, to raise funds to carry on its campaign in the mail order houses. This concert and ball will be held at the Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd., on Saturday, November 22. Everybody is invited and should at- tend to make this concert and ball a huge success for the league, the DAILY WORKER and Labor De tense Council, , . The committee arranging it wants to know if there are a few hundred others sane enuf to know that a few hours spent going from store to store, and among neighbors and shop mates, and selling tickets, will mean many hundreds of Chicago comrades of the Party and @ are called upon to show what can do to load the booths with and get crowds to the bazaar. donations should be sent to 307, 166 W. Washington street, YOUNGEST SOVIET REPUBLIC ROUSES CAPITALIST FEAR Moldavia Under Work- ers Menaces Roumania By M. A. SKROMNY. The youngest Socialist Soviet Re public is that of Moldavia. It is com- posed of that part of Bessarabia which Roumania has not been able to grab, altho it tried hard. At the last congress of the all- Ukrainian Soviets, in accord with the general policy of the Soviet govern- ment, national autonomy was granted to Moldavia, and a Moldavian So- clalist Soviet Republic was pro- claimed. ‘ The new republic has a population of about 450,000. One-half of the population is composed of Moldav- jans, the rest being divided into na- tional minorities, such as Ukrainians, Russians, Jews and Bulgarians. I is bordered on the West by Roupmania and on the East by Ukrainia. Brings Fear to Robbers. The formation of the new republic brot fear into the hearts of the Rou- manian robbers, and hope to the hearts of the unwilling subjects of the Roumanian king in Bessarabia. The capitalist press in Roumania, and its friends abroad are fretting with foam at their mouths. The Adeverul, the most influential capitalist paper in Roumania, views with great alarm the formation of the ew republic, “It is a threat to Rou- mania,” cries the capitalist mouth- piece. “It is an attempt to annex Bessarabia to this new republic, but just the opposite may happen,” threat- ens this sheet. The Chicago Daily Tribune in a cable from Vienna reports that “the Roumanian military authorities have the situation well in hand and are watching closely for any signs of ac- tivity across the Dniester which might indicate Soviet attacks.” After seven big Bessarabian villages such as Tatarbunary, Nikolaievka, etc., have been destroyed by artillery fire, and hundreds of peasants have been massacred by the Roumanian military authorities, they may at least temporarily be able to “watch the other side.” Workers Watching. But the workers and peasants of Bessarabia are also “watching the other side,” where there is no king, no pomieschik (rich land owner), and where one may use his own lan- guage even in government institu- tions. After the numerous insurrections in Bessarabia the Roumanian authori ties prohibited the use of the Russian language even in the streets. As i was already reported in the DAILY WORKER out of the ten newspapers printed in Bessarabia in the Russian language nine have been closed by the government. Russian schools have also ben closed. At the same time leaders of the labor unions are being arrested and deported. Like Revolutionary Torchlight. Under such conditions it is a ques: tion how long the military authori- ties will have the situation well in hand. As a revolutionary torchlight stands the new Moldavian Socialist Soviet Republic on the other side of the Dniester showing the way to libera- tion to the many different nationali- ties who are suffering under the ter. rible oppression of the kings’ Rou- manian government. The Usual Investigation. BRAZIL, Ind., Nov. 13—Investiga- tion of the fatal crash of an auto- mobile and a westbound limited Terr¢ Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern trac- tion car here Wednesday when four men in the automobile were killed was started today by the coroner. Increase Broadcasting Power. WASHINGTON, Noy. 13.—In ac- cordance with recommendations of the recent national radio conference, the department of commerce today auth- orized the Willard Storage Battery company to increase the power of its broadcasting station at Cleveland, Ohio to 1500 watts, VOTE PROBLEM OF THE FUTURE Question of Third Party Comes Upat El Paso The future attitude of organized labor on the formation of a third party and the question of whether or not to continue the policy of being “non-partisan” are expected to be among the principal subjects discussed at the convention of the American Federation of Labor to convene in El Paso, Novy. 17. Gompers Vs. Lewis. Samuel Gompers, whose machine was not unanimous in joining the La- Follette movement during the presi- dential election, is expected to come to grips with John L. Lewis, who is said to be slated for next secretary of labor in the Coolidge cabinet be- cause he supported the republicans. Gompers will also try to chastise a majority ef the executive board of the New York Trades and Labor Council who refused to throw their support from John W. Davis. to LaFollette at Gompers’ request. Gompers said while in Chicago this week that LaFollette’s four million votes were satisfactory to him. Gomp- ers pointed to the LaFollette move- ment's power by claiming it had de- feated Davis for president. Whether Gompers flops back into the demo: cratic camp, on the side of Strike- breaker Berry of the Pressmen’s Un- ion, or whether he joins with William M. Johnston, president of the Machin- ists’ Union and remains in the “pro- gressive” ranks will be seen at the El Paso convention. Strong Coolidge Crowd. There will also be a strong Cool- idge delegation at the convention headed by John L. Lewis and Will- iam L. Hutcheson, president of the Carpenters’ Union. In addition to Hutcheson, the other delegates from the carpenters and joiners are George W. Walker of Chicago, president of Local Union 58, Alexander Kelfo of New York, Frank Duffy of Indianapo. lis, and Harry Swartzer of Cleveland Delegates from the International Association of Machinists, in addition to William Johnston, include James Murray of Schenectady, William Lar- kin of Bridgeport, George Marshall of Atlanta, Ga., and C. M. Good of Al- toona, Pa. * Gompers, who is expected to be re- elected by his reactionary machine wants the convention to end*by Nov. 27, as he has agreed to go to Mexico City to attend the inauguration of President-elect Calles on Nov. 30. Roger Baldwin Here Friday. Roger Baldwin, director of the Am- erican Civil Liberties Union of New York, will be in Chicago Friday. He will speak at a dinner arranged for him by the New Liberal Club at 617 Rush street on Friday evening, Nov. 14 and his subject will be “The Elec tions and Civil Liberty.” Dinner is one dollar and begins at 6:15. Speak- ing. begins at 7:45. New Coal Company. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Nov. 13—The Ernest Coal Mining company of Mar- fon was incorporated here today for $200,000 to open and operate mines for coal mining by C. L. Haydon, Will- iam H. Warder, R. R. Mitchell. More Than They Expected. Diamonds and jewelry valued at $20,000 were obtained, probably un wittingly, here today by thieves who stole a sedan owned by Pred A. Pis torius, jewelry salesman. Pistorius had left the jewel case in the car while he went in to see a customer. THE DAILY WORKER CANNON GLASS STARTS STUDY OF PARTY HISTORY Other Classes Going in Full Swing With the opening of the class in the “History of the Communist Move- ment in America,” conducted by James P. Cannon, head of the National |Hducational Department of the Work- ers Party, the fall program of Work- ers Party classes gets into full swing. Comrade Cannon’s class meets for its second session on Tuesday evening, November 18, at 8 o'¢lock, in the Technical School, 1902 W. Division street. Workers Party members or sym- pathizers who attended Comrade Cannon’s lectures last year, know their value. The class this year is doubly important because of the fact that the material which Comrade Can- Garrick non will make use of is not available to. the average worker in any other ‘orm. Tuition fee for the entire course of 12 lectures is $1.50. The other classes now in progress under Workers Party auspices are: “Elementary Marxian Economics,” Warl R. Browder, instructor; “Ad- vanced Marxism,” Max Bedacht, in- structor; “Imperialism,” Manuel Gomez, instructor; English for for- eign-born workers Andrew Shelley, instructor, For New Members! All members of the Workers Party who have joined during the past three months are expected to attend the second of Comrade Harrison George's lectures on the “Blements of Com- munism and the Program of the Work- ers Party,” which will be held next Tuesday evening, 8 o'clock, at 722 Blue Island Ave. The first of the series of three lectures was held last Tuesday, New members cannot play their proper part in the party work unless they have at least an elemen- tary grounding in the fundamentals of our policy, . Membership Meeting Nov. 20. A membership meeting of Local Chicago, Workers Party, has been called for Thursday, November 20, 1924, 8 p. m., at Imperial Hall, 2409 N. Halsted street. At this meeting there will be a review of the election campaign of the Workers Party in Chicago and future tasks of the party will be outlined. Further, the matter of organizing the Workers (Com- munist) Party at the place of work, on the basis of shop nuclei, will be put forward. $ Every member of the party and league is vitally concerned with the work and tasks before our party and must understand them properly if he is to carry out his duty well as a Communist. All efforts should be made to be present. All other meetings for that evening are called off. The order of business at the mem- bership meetigg November 20 will be: 1. Review of the election campaign in Chicago and future tasks of the party. ¢ 2. Shop nuclei. Meeting starts promptly at 8 p.m. Be on time! Workers Party, Local Chicago, Martin Abern, Secretary. Smugglers Make Rich Hawi NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—That New York was used as a base by smugglers who operated on a gigantic scale and flooded the country with high priced jewelry on which not a cent of duty ever was paid, was learned today when custom service agents announced that they had seized identified gems worth $250,000 in a half a dozen parts of the country. Building Bolsheviks—the D. W.B.U. , MONEY COLLECTED IN U. S. FOR GREEK REFUGEES IS USED TO BOLSTER UP CAUSE OF ROYALISTS (Special to The Baily Wor WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—The Hellenic info ") mation bureau here is try- ing to flim-flam the workers into contributing money for the Greek refugees who were expelled from Turkey, which money is spent for royalist propa- ganda after it arrives in Greece. The Atlantis, Greek royalist paper published in’ New York, and the Nationale Herald, social-democratic petty bourgeois Greek paper published in New York, collected over $200,000 from the Greek workers in America. This money was misdirected ahd wase——————————— spent in Greece for royalist and so- cial-democratic propaganda against the Communists. ‘The Communist Party of Greece has raised the slogan, “Give the factories to the workers and the land to the peasants.” Many refugees are aiding the fight of the Greek Communists for all power to the workers, and the relief agencies are not aiding the re- fugees. The royalists and social-de- mocrats are fighting the working cla of Greece and are trying to keep cap- italism in power there. The social- democrats have declared they prefer the rule of the royalists to the rule of the working class. ‘ Henry Morgenthau borrowed six million pounds from the league of na- tions for the refugees, but this money is also being spent to fight the work- ing class of Greece, Many Roads in Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind,, Nov. 18—With 911.5 miles of road just added to the state highway system, Director John H. Williams announced today the to- tal length of the state system is now 5,039.5 miles, reaching every county and important city and town in the state, Vote in Rock Island County MOLINE, Ill.—Rock Island county vote counted for the Workers Party was as follow: For Foster, 65; for Engdahl, 62; for Dunne, 53; for John Watt, lieutenant governor, 59; for secretary of state, Moritz J. Loeb, 54; for attorney gener- al, David J. Bentall, 55; for the two representatives at large, Robert Minor, 58, and H, B, Hewlett, 56. Page Three Theatre CHICAGO This Sunday Afternoon NOVEMBER I6th TWO-THIRTY O'CLOCK Doors Open at 2:00 | THE EVENT OF THE SEASON! GREAT PUBLIC DEBATE BETWEEN PROFESSOR Frederick Starr Formerly of the University of Chicago, and Mt, - Percy Ward The Eminent Rationalist Orator . On the Question: “Are the Advanced Races of Mankind Going Backward?” Mr. Ward: “Yes” WHYISA The great Chicago bazaar to be held the Jast week of November Is for the benefit of THE DAILY WORKER and the LABOR DEFENSE COUNCIL, both of which greatly need thousands of dollars in order to function at DAILY WORKER-LABOR DEFENSE AZAAR at FOLKETS iUS, - NOV. 26-30 Prof. Starr: “No” AZAARP full strength. 2733 Hirsch Blod. Auspices, Workers Patty, Local Chicago (Special to The revolutionary labor organizations. at Barcelona, five men suspected of Palmer Raids With Spanish Sauce. Republican forces are suspected of shipping in five cases of hand gran- ades which were held up at Rheims. Two Spaniards were arrested. In Madrid three men were arrested upon evidence alleged to have been dis- covered in documents seized by the police. Plots Thicken. Police claim to have frustrated a plot by anarchists to attack Figureras Prison to release Pedro Mattou, the man who killed President Dato at Barcelona. However, nobody is re- ported to have been arrested in this case. Internal War in Egan Gang Develops in Trial for Robbery QUINCY, Ill, Nov. 13.—-Thomas Saatkamp, former milk wagon driver, like Ray Renard, former Egan gang- ster, today turned against those he aided in the $54,130 mail robbery at Staunton, Illinois, on May 26, 1923, and testified against William P. (Dinty) Colbeck, leader of the Egan gang and eight others on trial in fed- eral court here charged with com- plicity in the robbery. After Saat- kamp had testified, the government rested its case. Still the “Silent Cal" WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—President Coolidge does not plan to make any speeches on his visit to Chicago on December 4, it was learned at the White House. An effort will be made to have the visit informal and devoid of ceremony, —o Make Donations---Get Donations of all sorts of articles, or money Report all or send all donations to Room 307—166 W. Washington Street, Chicago, Ill: an MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IN SPAIN WARS ON REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS Dally Worker) of PARIS, Nov. 18.—The military dictatorship of General Primo de Rivera over the Spanish nation is using the opportunity given it by the bourgeois republican plots agains his regime, to carry even fufther his attack upon Upon the “discovery” of four obviously planted bombs in a public park radical labor activities were arrested. Mass Meeting at Cincinnati, O., for Russian Recognition (Special to The Daily Worker.) CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 13—A res olution demanding that “imediate steps be taken by the government of the United States towards the recog- nition of the workers’ and peasants’ government of Soviet Russia,” was unanimously passed by a mass meet ing in the Labor Temple here on Nov, 11. The resolution declares: “Whereas: The present government of Russia has endured for seven years and is today considered the most sta ble government in Europe; and “Whereas: It has been recognized by all the leading nations of the world including England and just recently France; and “Whereas: Recognition by the Unit- ed States sooner or later is a fore gono conclusion: “Therefore Be It Resolved: That this meeting, composed of citizens of the city of Cincinnati, is of the opinion that no further time should be wasted, and that immediate steps be taken by the government of the United States, thru its secretary of state, towards the recognition of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Republic of Russia, and Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be sent to the president of the United States, to the secretary of state and to Senator Wm, B. Borah; also to each of the Cin- cinnati papers and to the DAILY WORKER of Chicago. 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