The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 15, 1924, Page 1

eee THE, DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT jim IL. No. 204, AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. EAR Admiral Bradley A Fiske, ia running. around the country deploring the. alleged feminization of the United States. In other coun- tries, says the admiral, toddling. in- fants are collecting money for air- ships and battleships. Evidently, the admiral has not read the *Chicago papers recently, else he would not. be guilty of making such a_ serious charge against the manhood of the United States. Every capitalist sheet in this city looks like the official) or- gan of a morgue. If bloodletting is an indication of masculinity, then, the bloodhungry admiral can recruit all tne “Americans,” he wants from the \ indy city. Murder seems to be the favorite sport around here. eo 'HE trouble with us, says the ad- miral, is that. we are getting too fond of luxury. If this continues, the 4+merican people will not be able to “fight for their manifest national des- tny.” How much “Scotch” the retired sea dog had in his stomach when he fumed about his favorite subject, i e.. murder, we do not know, but to prove that he was not so drunk that he did not know what’ he was talking ebout, he delivered himself of the following truism: “that the connec- tion between religion and patriotism has ever been recognized.” Precisely, worthy admiral, religion, crime, pat- riotism, fraud, have always main- tained a very close relationship and are interdependent. se Milwaukee Leader, Victor Ber- _— ger’s mouthorgan, cannot forgive for making a success of their - rev- olution. The fact that Soviet Rus- sia has compelled the capitalist goy- ernments of the world to recognize her power means nothing to the fos- silized seribblers who pose as editors on the Leader. There would be many more Soviet Republics in the world teday but for the treachery. of the yellow socialists of _Europe whose end the Leader is holding up here as vest it can, ee ae HE DAILY WORKER had a hunch that before long some. patriotic American “society for the’ defense of capitalism would move to break down the barriers against Emma Goldman's entrance to this country. Emma lived like a queen here, until some extra tealous saphead in the immigration department shipped her out as a dangerous proposition. As a matter of tact, she is a very willing suppor- ter of the capitalist system. She did (Continued on Page 6.) Insull and Bankers Ignore City Council On Traction Matter een » The city eouncil, the: poor relation of the city government, was ignored by Samuel Insull and his bankers when they failed to appear before the transportation committee and _ discuss’ .municipally (owned trac- tion lines. Insull, Henry Blair, presi- dent of the Chicago surface lines, and Leonard Busby, president of the Chi- cago city railways company, were noti- tet y by the elty oe to appear Mon- ‘Alderman saber Albert declared that ordinances compelling, the inter- change of transfers between, motor busses and traction lines are being for presentation at the next council meeting. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: BLOODY FASCIST RULE NEARS EN Outside Chicago, HEAD OF CITY DETECTIVES WAS GUNMEN GUEST Police Lieutenants Help Honor O’Bannion Unless chief of detectives Michael Hughes runs down the murderers, of Dean O'Bannion, the latter's friends will feel that they extended their genérosity to the wrong man. The detective chief was. one of the prominent police officers who attended the banquet in honor of O’Bannion given re- cently at the Webster Hotel. It appears that one of the promi- nent guests there besides O’Bannion was the local leader of the Motion Picture Opera- tors’ Union. The business agent of the movie operators is always a valuable asset to the capitalist politicians. With the business agent properly “influenced,” the pictures of the favored politicians can be flashed on the screens, and their opponents must depend on biil- posters. Had Political Ambitions. Dean O’Bannion wanted to become a political figure. It meant moving up another step on the underworld ladder. ‘So_he got his men to the top in ‘the movie men's union. Hence the Banquets: <3). _Mayor Dever got: another spennrel moral indignation when he heard that his chief of detectives was an honored guest at the banquet. and that several police lieutenants partictpatéd in the pretty ceremony of presenting the notorious murderer, O’Bannion, with a diamond studded watch. The mayor called on Morgan Collins, and Collins called on Hughes, with the result that the latter framed a neat little alibi. Hughes declared that’ he went to the banquet because he was informed that. several other big politicians would be there, but when he discover- ed that he was among a small army of murderers he took to his heels. But according to reliable . information Hughes did not depart so hurriedly. No Double Standard. Anyhow, why is it a crime for Hughes to attend a banquet ‘in honor of Dean O’Bannion’s twenty-fifth mur- der, and not a crime for Mayor Dever, Robert E. Crowe, Morgan A. Collins, francis X. Busch, and several judges to-act as honorary pallbearers at the funeral of Michael Merlo, leader of the Italian gunmen, who are suspected of haying laid O’Bannon low? Perhaps our city officials may soon begin telling on each other. Merlo was head of the Uione Siciliana, and tho not.an official political figure, he was able to herd a considerable Italian vote into the democratic fold, and therefore the politicians did him honor. It was O’Bannion’s sudden de- cision to shoo this vote into the re- publican corral and particularly into the Robert E. Crowe enclosure’ that" eonsidered the most probable motive for his murder. No Surprise. In view of the relationship between the capitalist politicians, the judges, the state’s attorney” and the police, is it surprising that Chief of Detect- ives Michael Hughes should simply shrug his shoulders and declare it (Continued on Page 2.) INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID oh. DONATES $1,000 TO THE SACCO- | VANZETTI FUND, FUND, MOSCOW CABLES ‘a% ¥ MOSCOW, Nov, rts of Maspachusetts. “The world proletariat atés whom the American. ward the electric chair,” the Proclamation of the International states. Sacco is now being held at. Dedham jail; j Massachusetts, and In jail In Charlestown, Their only crime god in ai Their cases are now supreme court on a bill of exceptions which will probably not. before March, 1925. Meanwhile Sacco and Vanzetti are vee prison for wer shana neninet the exploiters of labor, strikes in Massachusetts. must talse its yoloe.In,defense of the unfortur- 1 ¢Specta! to The to The Dally Worker) 14—-The headquarters of the International Workers’ 4 has contributed $1,000 for the defense of Nicola Sacco and Bartholomeo Vanzetti, we ee ee ee he employing class—again drags to- Workers’ Aid is ing the the passed on In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. by mail, $6.00 per year. WITHHOLD DECISION IN TRIAL OF PROGRESSIVE COAL MINERS IN PITTSBURGH _ ELECTION Monday at the district office. to come anywhere near the local. business between the district officials and the local, the district officials always settled the matter over ‘the telephone. Don’t Like Progressive Candidates. This year, when Local 1724 nomi- nated a list of progressive candidates for the district offices, the officials were over anxious to get something on the candidates or on the local so that either or both could be penalized and the progressive opposition | out- lawed by decree—their decree. The mine has not been worked for over a year, and last January a trav- eling auditor examined the local’s books ‘and gave them a clean bill. On October 24 the books were audited again while the pit was still shut down. The charges against the local filed by Organizer Dobbins were dated Nov. 3. Thus the frameup arrange: ment is seen. A Snooping Committee. Several board members and organiz- ers descended upon Canonsburg sand buttonholed all the members they could get hold of, trying to get them to say that the local meeting, at which the progressive candidates were nomi- nated, was not held at all—that [nominations rere made | at. sine iP. Almost everyone, fortunately, was either at the meeting or knew it was held in regular form. But the officials evidently had been working/with one of their own kind in the local, and this fellow, the financial secretary, stated that he was not at the meet- ing and knew nothing of a meeting. an excuse pon which to base charges, recited in them to be based upon: “in- formation received.” Official Stool Pigeon a Liar. On Monday President Gresko ‘and Secretary Toohey accompanied by about half the membership of Local 1724, went to Pittsburgh for “trial” in the district office. These members came to testify that the meeting at which nominations were made had been attended by them and had been regularly called. Toohey had posted notices five days before the meeting and witnesses were on hand to prove ‘that the financial secretary had been notified, and that in addition one no- tice had been posted on the telephone pole in front of this informer’s house, There were in the “trial” room; seven board members, Fagan, Harget and Patton, president, secretary and vice-president, and several organizers and auditors.. When they saw the cloud of, witnesses, they evidently’ de- cided not to ask much about the al- leged “illegal” meeting, but questioned Toohey for two ‘hours about his mem- bership, when he paid his dues, when he last, worked, etc. Financial Seo’y. Laid Frarne-Up. Toohey showed receipts that during the four months he worked in the summer, he paid his dues. Fagan looked at the report. of the auditor, which stated that the local financial secretary had paid no tax to the dis- trict during the year, yet had applied for exoneration for the whole loca] while there were quite a féw members paying dues which he did not enter} in the records of the local. These members all have receipts for their dues paid fo the financial secre- tary. But Fagan hauled out the con- stitution and began like a lawyer to argue that the members of locals are responsible for anything which may befall their local, as though the mem- bers were to blame for the frameup the reactionaries’ man, the financial secretary, had put over on the miners, Like Duncan MacDonald Case. drive on to repress every sign of position by the progressive againgt the Lewis machine and actionary district officials, | It is clear that this keep two mined on of the | op miners the re- (Special to The PITTSBURGH, Pa Nov. 14.—The Douce 4 of America officials, who have been trying to frame up on Local No. 1724 in order to get rid of the progressive miners’ candidates by lifting the charter, has not yet rendered its “decision,” altho the “trial” in which Presi- dent Gresko and Secretary Pat H. Toohey were summoned took place last This character furnished the officials, D pot the United Mine Workers Local No. 1724 is a radical local, and for years thé officials have refused For example, if there was a case requiring U. S-JAPANESE AIR ARMAMENT RACESPEEDS UP Big iggle for the Control of China (Special to the Dally Worker) TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 14.—In- teresting. ments here and in foreign countries mirror the fact that se and Ameri- can imperialisms are jockeylig ainst each other for control of China, which has been the vic- tim of both im the recent civil war but incwhich Japan now holds the iting position. The action of the Japanose deleg- Chia,” is combhaer as one of the most astute moves. of Japan in the game of imperialist rivelry 80 a this year. The Hypocrits paces. The sanctimonious assembly which wished to make some speeches on the opium traffic to impress the chris- tians, was thrown into furor by the Japanese delegate, Sugimura, offer- ing the opinion that China was a great nation which would suppress the opium trade without outside “as- sitance’—such assistance being of- fered by the Englishman, Campbell, who “represented” India in the as- sembly.’ England, it must be remem- bered, forced the opium business upon China. Sugimura followed this by the mo- tion that there should be “no inter- vention in Ching.” ‘This was with- drawn, however, after some turmoil, and the assembly was compelled to adopt no resolutions at all on the mat- ter of opium in China. ; Japan Sitting Pretty. The fact that since the Peking gov- ernment was seized from Wu Pei Fu by the “christian g " Feng and Chang Tso-lin, both backed by Japan- ese capital and arms, Ji has been in a dominant position—all this makes the action, at Geneva an amusing but grave indication of the forces align- ing themselves for a great war in the Pacific. 4 The protest made by the American and British at the ousting from his palace of the Manchu boy emperor is scoffed at in Japan and the effort of Britain to manufacture a “popular up- rising” in defense of this relic of feudalism has only amused Japanese diplomats. Japan to Build Planes. The finance department yesterday approved a military aviation program $6,000,000 expenditure. But this leaves the fingoes here dis- satisfied as they point out that the h of Admiral Fiske of the United Bthtds, made recently in America, is an open threat of war against Japan and a deliberate attempt to incite American opinion against Japan by false statements. Fiske said that Japan has a great supply of battle planes, when the fact is she is much poorer than either America or Eng- land. r disquieting’ feature is. the it made ‘by upon “by the ann ina- tion of holding ee rers in the Ocean next year between and the Philippines, This’ an- it has furnished the Japan- with strongest ar- Entered as Sopond-class matter September 21, 1923, ‘at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under.the Act of March 8, 1879. i Wu's var, SATURDAY, NOVE NOVEMBER 15, 1924 cGiaBee 290 CAUTIOUS CAL BACKS TIGERT AND THE LEGION Proclamation Issued for Education Week (Special to the Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.— President Coolidge today issued his formal proclamation, desig- nating the period from Nov. 17 to Nov. 26 as “American Educa- tion Week.” President Coolidge has thus officially endorsed the “‘red-bait- ing,” militaristic tactics of J. J. Tigert, “his commissioner of education. Coolidge, by his proclamation, for- mally turns the schools of America over to the American Legion, allow- ing them to let loose their militaristic and labor-hating venom on the de- fenseless school children. American Legion Scheme. American education week is being handled by the American Legion, the National Security League, the Na tional Education Association, and the United States bureau of education. The DAILY WORKER will continue to expose “education week” in the next issue of-the DAILY WORKER, and will present the official program of the Workers’ Party amd the Young Workers’ League toward the manufac- in charge of the U: 8. bureau. of ‘edu: cation by the late President Harding because Harding liked Tigert’s snappy stories, told in the little green house on K street, has long been a rabid upholder of ‘anti-unionism. Tigert said in one of his speeches, “The in- creasing tendencies of the public schools to delve into economics and socialogy comes periously close to be- ing radicalism. There is altogether too ‘much preaching of these damn- able doctrines of Bolshevism, anarchy Communism, and socialism in this country today. Urges “Ship or Shoot!” “If I had it In my power I would not only imprison but would expartri- ate all advocates of these dangerous un-American doctrines. I would even execute every one of them and do it joyfully.” Tigert, who is in control of the public schools under the Coolidge ad. ministration, thus describes the teach- ing the science of political economy. THIRD PARTY ISSUE FACES THE ALF.OFL Prepare Report for El Paso Convention (Special to the Daily Worker) EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 14.—A report setting forth the Ameri- can Federation of Labor's polit- ical policy, which it is expected will deal specifically with the egy third ear ee y Senator Robert LaFol- lette, was being drawn up here this afternoon at the first meet- ing ‘of the federation’s executive council. The report will be sub- mitted Monday at the first ses- sion of the federation’s conven- tion. , Open announcement that endorse- ment of the third party will be con- tested has been made by James O'Connell, president of the’ Metal ‘Trades department, who in his annual address declared he was ‘not con- vinced it would be wise for the Fed- eration to offer support to the move- | ment. The metal trades group, holding its meétings prior to the general conven- tion, elected these officers: President, George F. Herrick, Lafayette, Ind.; (Continued on Page 2.) Published Daily except’ Sunday by PUBLISHING CO., THE 1113 W. Washington Bivd., ‘YOUNG WORKER’ IS AN AID TO ORGANIZATION DRIVE AT SEARS’ PLANT Several hundred copies of the Young Worker were sold yesterday at the gates of the Sears Roebuck plant by Young Workers’ League members who are conducting a cam- paign to expose working conditions in the mail order houses. Many of the young workers in the Sears Roebuck plant have given their names to the Young Workers’ League newsies conducting the campaign, and have urged the for- mation of a union in the plant. A pamphlet: describing conditions in the mail order houses of the country is now being prepared by the League, and will be sold at the gates for five cents. The pamphiet to be sold to workers in the Na- tional Biscult company, called “Who Makes, Who Owns Nabisco,” is now off the press and will soon be sold to the Young Workers in the Na- tional Biscuit factory. Volunteers are wanted to help sell the DAILY WORKER Monday to employes of the mail order houses. All who can possibly aid the Young Workers’ League in this work are asked to come to the corner of Ked- zie (3200 West) and Arthington (900 South) on Monday at 4:30 p. m. A special story will apear in Monday's paper describing mail or- der conditons in Chicago. LABOR EDITOR ARRESTED FOR WRITING POEM Verses Urged Workers toOverthrowCapitalism (Speciat to the Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 14.— Failing to get action against the Countess Karolyi, Mr. S. Stan- wood Menken, head of the Na- tional Security League, pro- cured the arrest of John Lassen, editor of “Uj Elore,” Hungarian Communist daily newspaper in New York on a charge of send- ing unmailable literature thru the mail. Menken had originally assert- ed, without foundation, that there was a conection between “Uj Hlore,” and the countess and in the red expert’s probing of the paper a poem was found in the issue of Oct. 5 last, writ- ten by Lassen and entitled “To Arms, to Arms.” , It has a swing similiar to the Mar- seilles and callsion the workers to cap- ture and destroy capitalism, citing Coolidge, Horthy, the Hungarian ty- rant and other rulers as objectives of the proletarian attack. Released On Bail Two post office inspectors made the arrest. Three other warrants were issued for.other employes of the paper but two were quashed. George Trittler, business manager surrendered himself and was freed on $1,000 bail, by Feder- al Commissioner Hitchcock. His case will be dropped, it is expected. Lassen is out on $3,500 bail. He assumes full responsibility, having, written, and proof read the poem himself. Attorney Joseph Brodsky is defend- ing Lassen. The language used in the poem is that of poetic symbolism, the defense declares, the name of Coolidge having been used to typify the system for which he. stands. A five year sentence and 5,000 fine is the maximum under the postal law. Next Sunday Night and Every Sun- day Night, the Open Forum, DAILY WORKER Toke Mee orccces t a we CEN T'S Including Saturday Magazine Section. On all other days, Three Cents per Copy. Price 5 Cents Chicago, Il. | Coolidge Gives Support to Red-Baiting Week MUSSOLINI NOW SEES WORKERS’ POWER GROWING Expect Dictatorship’s End Within Few Days’ (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Nov. 14.—The bloody rule of the Fascisti is drawing near its close. The workers are) springing to arms, Fascist sup-' porters are leaving the ranks of the Mussolini government by} the hundreds. There is only one question vt be settled: Will power pass from the hands of the Fascist government, the open enemy of the workers, into the hands of the socialists or the liberals, the’ secret allies of the oppressors, or will the workers and peasants themselves overthrow the entire system and establish a govern- ment of their. own? Whatever the outcome, one thing is certain—the end of the Mussolini government is now a matter of days. In a last desperate effort to stem the tide of revolt, Fascist police are mak- ing wholesale arrests of Communists, and of the left-wing labor leaders, That these efforts are unavailing is proved by the huge mass meetings and demonstrations of workers tak- ing place in every city. A small band of: Communists ready~to.. pc fag roan want destroy them see geance for their raids on Fascist headquarters. Deputies Giolitti, Salandra and Or- lando, up to now three of the staunch- est supporters of the Fascist regime, have joined the opposition. Over half of the deputies have boycotted the parliament. Newspapers known as Fascist or near-Fascist organs are facing about and printing furious de- nunciations of the government. An- other Fascist deputy, Cozenza, has met his death. Premier Mussolini is at last silent. After all his boasting that the oppo- sition could do nothing to prevent his continued rule, that he would “crush any attempt at revolt as he would crush a handful of dead leaves,” he finds himself speechless ‘before the storm of fury that the past few weeks have witnessed. . . > . May Grant Reforms. ROME, Italy—In an effort to fore stall the rising discontent with his reactionary dictatorship, Mussolini is preparing to make gestures by come ing insignificant reforms, which is a provision for pried tive votes for women which he fs go- ing to submit to the reconvened par- Mament which is being boycotted by many of his former bourgeois and military supporters. He previously opposed all suffrage most bitterly. The above cable showing the popu- lar feeling against Mussolini is cor- roborated by the following story re- ceived from the DAILY WORKER correspondent at Milan, Italy, dated October 28, and sent by mail: Today is being celebrated by the organized and armed White Guards of Italy, the Fascisti, in Sant of the march on Rome and the ure of power by the renegade social- ist, Mussolini. Knowing there would be some ex- citement of some kind, I went to the Duomo, the center of town, and found it fairly full of le who were wait- ing for a parade. Shortly before twelve it started, headed by the Fas- cist militia, armed to the teeth and packing quantities of medals and rib- bons, these latter being reserved more for the officers than the men. Fat Fascist Officers About half the men wore ribbons, which designated service in the late (Continued on next page.) 2,000 WORKING CLASS FAMILIES - MADE HOMELESS IN JERSEY CITY (Special to The JERSEY CITY, Nov. 14.—Fire, ly Worker) Md which raged thru five city blocks, destroying factories and tenements, injuring fifty and making 2,000 families homeless, was brought under control this afternoon after firemen had fought desperately for almost six hours to save the entire downtown industrtat vu