The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 17, 1924, Page 2

\ Page Two THE DAILY WORKER Monday, November 17, 1924 FASCIST ENVOY TO WASHINGTON I$ WITHDRAWN Bitter Labor Hater Is Slated to Succeed Him (Special to the Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.— Prince Gelasio Gaetani, whom the Mussolini government sent here two years ago to conduct Fascist work in the United States, paid his respects to Cal- vin Coolidge today preparatory to “retiring” from his office. It is well understood that Gaetani is being recalled from the country by’ the Mussolini government for his failure to co-operate with the republican administration in taking violent measures against the work of Italian Communists in America. With the election of Dawes and his “minute men,” the Fascist government has felt called upon to make a reappointment in or- der to keep step with its friends in America, Was Willing Enough. That Gaetani has proved himself “tame” in his anti-labor activities has been due to no lack of desire oh his part, but rather to his cowardliness. ‘The prince’s decorations for “bravery” during the war are a standing joke in army circles. During all the years of the war, he never approached the front, but directed bombing operations from comfortable quarters several miles behind the lines. Anti-Labor Ambassador. Gaetani’s successor has not been ehosen, but the spirits of Agastino De Biasi, editor of the monthly Fascist organ of New York, are said’ to have been soaring ever since the announce- ment of a change in ambassadors was made. De Biasi has been one of the bitterest opponents of working class activity in the country. His writings have been directed, particularly, against the Italian Federation of the Workers Party, because of its signal triumphs during the past year. An article in a recent number of the Carroccio, entitled, “Fascist Hara- Kiri,” De Biasi bewailed the ability of the Italian workers here to establish a daily newspaper, Il Lavoratore, which he spoke of as a portent that the beginning of the end was drawing near for Mussolini if he did not place more “responsible” persons in office. | A. F. OF L. CONVENTION STARTS TODAY All to Stick for Old Non- Partisan Policy (Continued from Page 1.) put the recognition of Soviet Russia to roll call vote. It is conjectured that if the Ameri- ean state department has changed its mind and considers recognition, that the labor fakers who take their for @ign policy from the government have been tipped off to justify such a course, American business is deter- mined that ‘ull advantage shall not be Jost to England and France. Building Trades Quarrel. In the Building Trades department convention, held prior to the A. F. of L, convention, the motion was passed demanding that the A. F. of L. revoke the charter of the Carpenters and Joiners. Secretary W. J. Spencer, in his re- port said: “Unfortunately, the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join- ers, thru the inactivity of the A. F. of L,, is permitted to ignore constitution. al law and procedure by refusing to re affiliate with the Building Trades de- partment. “The ‘dissent of the organization strikes the only discordant note. Be cause of its lack of affiliation, jurisdic tion of sister organizations is invaded, needless and unwarranted strikes call ed, co-operation and unity stifled, and, worst of all, new life and force given to the despicable injunction process ‘This too, after the expenditure of ou) combined efforts and treasure to elim inate it as a means of subduing the activities of organized labor.” Jurisdiction and Union Scabs. The Journeymen Stone Cutters are at war with the Granite Cutters over the ruling of the national boards of Jurisdictional awards that the dress- ‘ing, altering and finishing of artificial stone, is the work of the stone cutters, except when the hardness of texture of guch artificial stone requires the use of granite cutter’s tools for proper dressing, altering and finishing. Then only is it the work of granite cutters. M. W. Mitchell of the Stone Cutters charged that President Sam Squibb of the Granite Cutters had put 32 union granite cutters to scab in New Haven, on a struck job. The Building Trades department gave its decision to the Stone Cutters and novice was given that suspension of the Granite Cutters will follow tres- pass of the decision of the board o/ awards, No mention was made of the ! | (Continued from page 1) Saturday the quarrel again broke out. China charged that if the great pow- ers wanted to reduce opium smoking in the Far Hast they could do it with- out continually insulting China. Great Britain, it was claimed, had made no move to suppress the opium trade in any of her colonies, India is encouraged to grow and export as well as use opium. In Hongkong the English government actually makes opium itself and sells it, In Sand- akan, Malaysia, the opium parlors are numerous and apparently encouraged to make the Malays contented with their lot. In Egypt the peddlers of cocaine hawk it on the streets and at it used openly and. without hindrance from English authority. Japan Defends China’s Stand English corporations. are making millions in the traffic. The English government gets part of its funds from the taxes laid upon it. Japan took up the defense of China and in- sisted that countries which export opium should recognize the import certificates issued by other nations. Sir Malcolm Delevingne, speaking for England, revealed that there had been some secert negotiations con- cerning the export and trans-shipment of opium going on between Japan and England, and he said he is astonished that Japan should raise the question here, implying that the conference was merely talking to hoodwink the peoples of the world, while the real agreement was expected to go on secretly. The Japanese delegate replied that CANNON HAS CLASS ON COMMUNIST HISTORY ON TUESDAY EVENINGS Do you know where the pressent Workers Party came from? The long struggle of a handful of militants in the labor movement to estab- lish a political party in America? The development of this party thru a dozen different periods during the } years before and after the war? Do you know the reasons for the decline of the socialist party? How the Communists met, worked, talk- ed, Spread their propaganda while they were driven “underground”? How they finally came out into the open? These are the things discussed by party members every Tuesday night in the class conducted by es P. Cannon, member of the Central Exe- cutive Committed of effe party. Altho the last session was an important and very informative one, there is still time to join. Come to 1902 W. Division street this Tuesday, promptly at 8 o'clock. union scabbery in the decision. Some Fine Mess. The conflict between the depart- ment and the state building trades de- . |partment of California is crippling the fight in that state against the open shop. The state department is issuing charters to city Trades Councils, con trary to and in competition with the national Building Trades department, A sum of $7,300 was asked ‘to help defray legal expenses in the open shop fight going on in California. Bowen of the bricklayers spoke up and said that “We should first find out if the state department is with us. If we help them now we might be giving them ammunition to fight us with.” Lewis Goes to El Paso. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Nov. 16.— That John L. Lewis is going to the American Federation of Labor to swing the big stick over Gompers is freely prophesied here despite the de nials given at the U. M. W. of A. head- quarters. A Delegate Goes Forth to War. At the miners’ union offices the dis- claimer is made that Lewis is going to El Paso as a contender for the pres- idency of the A. F. of L. against Sam- uel Gompers. “Lewis is going strictly as.a delegate and not as a candidate for president of the organization,” say the men ‘in headquarters. It is not so certain, however, that Lewis is going to stop his opposition to Gompers. In fact, reports are cur- rent that Lewis, even tho he does not now want the presidency of the A. F. of L. himself—in expectation that he will soon be appointed secretary of la- bor by Coolidge, whom he supported in the campaign—he will, none the less, fight Gompers and try to install) 4 man of his own group in the chair of Gompers, perhaps William Green now on the executive council of the A. F. of L, as its third vice-president. John L. Plays Indian. At the headquarters of the U. M. W. of A. here, it was admitted with some cautious smiles, that while they knew nothing of Lewis having any intention ot opposing the re-election of Gom- pers, there had been “some agitation among certain labor groups” to favor Lewis as Sammy's successor, But it all simmers down to the fact that Lewis, as a supporter of Cool idge, has his nife out for Gompers’ scalp, whether he will hand the tro. phy over to another or not. The only thing that may prevent-the confilet Is 4 surrender by Gompers upon a com promise to keep the appearance oj peace, " DIPLOMATIC DOVE COTE DISTURBED | Japan had broken off the negotiations, preferring to bring matters to a head openly in the league conference. So much excitement ensued that it looked as if the meeting would break up in arow. Sir Malcolm got nasty and be- gan to talk about “a certain country,” where hig officials were arrested for complicity in an opium scandal. Sugimura jumped up and declared that he knew what country was meant by the innuendo, but that the guilty officials have beep properly punished, whereas he knew of many cases and could produce evidence of crimes com- mitted by officials of other govern- ments in the opium trade, but that it was rotten politics and he wouldn't do it. Campbell, the “Indian” dele- gate, spoke up for England and said that Japan had “made a threat.” The conference broke up without any de- cision. “ee TIENTSIN, China.—American ‘and British interests are doing all in their power to stimulate a break be- tween the captor of Peking, Feng Yu- hsiang, and Chang Tso-lin, now ar- fiving here for the conference which is supposed to settle the future line- up of China. Strong indications that Sun Yat Sen will be agreed upon by both Feng and Chang as the president of China, disturb the British-American interests and diplomats. These are trying to persuade Feng to oppose Chang and Sun and re-join the defeated Wu Pei Fu who under American and British guidance and aid, is trying to raise his forces in Central China to attack the holders of Peking. : Chicago Labor Protests Plot ey: : of Militarists (Continued from Page 1.) the restaurant will be held today in Judge Foell’s court. When a delegate tried to adjourn the meeting without allowing action to be taken against Education Week, Lill- jan Herstein arose and said she is chairman of the school committee and had not been notified about the action of the last Federation meeting. Miss Herstein pointed out that un- less action was taken at once it would be too late. “I was away stumping for LaFollette and did not know that the letter asking us to co-operate with Education Week was referred to the schools committee.” Miss Her- stein agreed with Halushka that Hdu- cation Week is a cheap American Le- gion propaganda. * The action of the convention is a! repudiation of Samuel Gomper’s policy: toward the Legion and the public schools. Gompers has been writing articles in the American Federationist boosting Education Week. Chicago Juniors Will Teli the Truth About A mass meeting of the junior sec- tions of the Young Workers League of Chicago was held yesterday after- noon at Imperial Hall to definitely or- ganize the activities of the junior groups in the schools during Educa- tion Week. The meeting was attended by over 350 school children between the ages of 9 and 14, and a splendid spirit was displayed by the enthusiastic young: sters in preparing to spread the truth about the “Reds.” The activities decided upon were the holding of mass meetings for school children ouside the junior groups all during this week. They will distribute posters for display thruout the city and they will dis- tribute leaflets to the children. Street meetings in front of the schools will be held at recess time and be address- Jed by the children themselves. Bach of the junior grups will meet every night to formulate the activities for the next day. These will be re- ported every day in the DAILY WORKER. Industrial Class by John Williamson Concludes Session The concluding session of the In- dustrial Class, which has keen con- cluded by the Young Workers’ League under the supervision of Comrade John Williamson, will be held this evening at 2613 Hirsch Blvd. This class has lasted over a period of two months and took up all the vari- ous phases of shop nuclei work. It has dealt with the old territorial form of organization at the beginning but has dealt in great detail with the func- tioning of a nucleus and the work, both internal and external that it must conduct, Tonight will be a review on the en- tire course and all members are urg- ed to attend the class tonight at 8:15 p.m. ‘New York Photographers’ Meeting. NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—The Trade Union Educational League of New York City has called a mass meeting Monday night for all workers engag- ed In the photographic trade. It is to be held at Bryant Hall, 728 Sixth avenue, between 41st and 42nd streets at 8p. m, All photographers of all branches are invited. tt AP OM [ENGLISH FRENCH (CLASH WITH U. S. ABOUT GERMANY Reveals Analysis of the Communists As Correct (Continued from page 1) will take over the administration of all moneys involved in the British, French, Belgian and other “recovery acts.” In effect this letter of the “agent general” dictator is an opening shot in the attack by Morgan upon the principle of Hngland and France following their own policies without submitting themselves to the leader- ship of Wall Street imperialism. Morgan’s Man Starts Offensive. Therefore, Gilbert’s letter questions the legality of Britain, France and other nations passing laws in their own countries placing their own taxes on German exports as well as ith- ports, and collecting their own repara- tions in that or in similar ways. This is the first battle between Morgan’s agent and the old guard politicians of Europe and it is meeting a hot counter-offensive at Paris and Lon- don. The negotiations between France and Germany over trade agreements were recently broken off by Herriot’s agent insisting that the French have a perfect right to collect reparations themselves thru this 26 per cent tax, the German agent holding out that it should be turned over to the Dawes’ plan dictator. The French hold that this 26 per cent tax is their own af- fair, having nothing to do with the Dawes’ plan, and a protest against Gilbert’s interpretation in his letter to the German finance minister, is being drawn up in Paris for dispatch to Gilbert. Gets Allles All Balled Up. At the same time the English for- eign office announced that it. “dis- credited*reports” from Berlin that Gil- bert had ruled against recovery acts. England maintains that the Dawes’ plan provides for the British-recovery act. With France insisting that the two are separate and have nothing to do with each other, and the British affirming that their particular act is “provided for” in the Dawes’ plan, the diplomacy of J. P. Morgan has the leading nations of Europe contradict- ing each other and in a turmoil. MAYOR PRAISES MC ANDREW'S SCHOOL POLICIES Next President of School Board Must Support Him The Chicago Teachers’ Federation was given a slap in the face yester- day by. Mayor Dever, who deliberately issued a statement praising Superin- tendent McAndrew’s work on the school board immediately after the blow McAndrew hit at the federation by abolishing teachers’ councils. President Must Support McAndrew Mayor Dever, whose duty it is to appoint a new president on the school board when Moderwell leaves Feb. 1, said he will take particular pains to secure someone whose work will be in line with the policies of Supt. Me- Andrew. He then proceeded to inform us that it was Moderwell whom he had to thank for securing McAndrew on the school board and it was due to Moderwell’s uence that the board backed up McAndrew’s recommenda- tions. Dever and McAndrew in Same Caucus The teachers’ councils, which the federation has won only after a bitter struggle, was wiped out with one stroke of McAndrew’s pen which was backed by big business and their lackeys. Perhaps this will teach the Chicago Teachers’ Federation that it is a tremendous waste of their valuable time to bother with Mayor Dever or for that matter, anyone whose in- terests are on the other side of the fight. Mayor Dever admits he belongs to McAndrew’s caucus. Keep Councils in Their Hearts. At the last meeting of the Teachers’ Federation, Margaret Haley told the teachers that even if they lost the councils they could still keep them in their hearts. When the next attack on the teachers comes and salaries are reduced, perhaps they can console themselves then too by keeping their salaries in their hearts. One of the teachers told the DAILY WORKER the McAndrew regularly makes his rounds in the class rooms to drop little notes on the desk: of the teachers who have been marked for dismissal for ig too mich spunk. These _ inform the teacher that it would be advisable for her to take a permanent leave of ab- sence, " The Teachers’ Federation will hold a mass meeting of protest soon. The date has not yet been set. A com- mittee was appointed to invite Mayor Dever to attend this meeting, Next Sunday Night and Every Sun- day Night, the Open Forum, By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ODAY, another annual convention of the American Fed- eration of Labor opens its sessions; this time at El Paso, Texas. The closing days of last week saw the gatherings of the various A. F. of L. departments, with the usual jurisdic- tional disputes occupying the center of attention. Open war was sought against the United Brotherhood. of Carpenters and Joiners In what is an age-old dispute. * * a It is very evident, on the eve of the convention's opén- ing, that the only flicker of life in the gathering will manifest itself in the discussion of the recent elections. But it is also quite evident that the overwhelming decision will be against the organization of a so-called “third party.” There is little doubt that this will be Gompers’ method of retreat, in order to gag the opposition that might come from John L. Lewis, the president of the United Mine Workers of America, who was so enthusiastic in his support of the “Strikebreaker" Coolidge, and may get a job as Secretary of Labor as a result, and “Major” George L. Berry, the presi- dent of the International Printing Pressmen’s Union, who was equally energetic on behalf of the presidential candi- dacy of Morgan’s lawyer, John Wallstreet Davis, on the democratic ticket. Gompers has already claimed that the LaFollette showing was a great victory. Not as big as he had hoped, but he was “not disappointed by the result.” The most detailed statement issued by Gompers on the results of the last election was given out in Chicago on his way to El Paso. He-did not denounce the democratic party; nor did he urge a “third party.” To be sure he criticized the Madison Square Garden con- vention of the democratic party, charging that the platform adopted was “threadbare, impotent, and failed to grasp the industrial, political and wages omy situation with any material difference from the republican platform.” But he did not attack the donkey party. * * * * Gompers evidently has in mind that there will be other national conventions of the democratic party. The Gom- pers’ eye to the future was at work in the New York switch from LaFollette to Tammany Hall's candidates, Davis and “Al” Smith. The best evidence that Gompers had his finger in the New York jump from LaFollette to Davis, is found in the claim of Tammany Hall’s labor clique that they were advised by Washington (headquarters of the A. F. of L.) to proceed as the local situation warrants, e ° ° ° Gompers will hail the LaFollette vote as a victory for his policy of working thru the old parties, He will cry against _ the organization of any “third party” because of the grow- reaction. He will no doubt cite the ousting of British labor rule as a warning to go slow. In the face of a crisis the first word, in this as in all other A. F. of L. conventions, is “caution.” This word is worshipped to such an extent that it results in complete inaction, When Gompers raises the “Go Slow!” sign at El Paso, it will mean a “Stop!” to all efforts so far as the A. F. of L. officialdom is concerned in the efforts to organize any third party movement. * * * * There are no indications that LaFollette will have any message for the A. F. of L. convention. No mention has been made of any invitation to LaFollette to come to El Paso and address the delegates of the organization that en- dorsed him, thru its executive council, for president. In fact, the tendency seems to be to keep LaFollette completely out ~ of the picture, aFollette is spending the time on his farm in Wisconsin. LaFoll i ding the ti his fi in Wi i No word, or indication of any kind, comes from the Wiscon- sin senator, that he is pushing any plans for a “third party.” LaFollette says nothing in reply to the managers of the Coolidge “steam roller” that,they are going to run LaFol- lette and all his followers out of the republican party. base claim the beginning is to be made by de riving these self- d “progressives” of all the “party favors” they have bs by remaining within the republican fold. it is urged that if the LaFollette elements have any inten- tions of building a “third party,” their first move would be to reject all the favored places they have enjoyed under the oa ilcan regime, first of Harding and now of Coolidge. hru the many years he Has been in the U. S. senate, LaFollette has risen to powerful committee positions. He is\chairman of the committee on manufactures, and ranks high on the finance and interstate commerce committees. But this is only as a republican; as a member of the party of “Strikebreaker” Coo! ry And up to the present time LaFollette has shown no indication that he intends relin- quishing any of these positions, by severing his connections with the republican party in favor of the building an opposi- tion middle class party. The same holds true for all his followers in congress, members of both the senate and the ' house of representatives, . ° ° ° Thus the isolated position of the four millions who voted for LaFollette reveals itself more and more, from day to day. Gompers, in the organized labor movement, makes no move ‘ainst these millions dropping back into the two old par- ties. In fact he favors it. ollette issues no call to hold these millions together, even in a middle class “third party.” The alliance of the labor bureaucracy with the scm spokesmen of little business has resulted in another betrayal of workers and ,poor farmers, deluded by the slogan, “ something now.’ With the opening of the A. F. of L. convention, it is well for the workers and poor farmers to watch Gompers, at El Paso, and LaFollette, in Wisconsin. They will learn that no forward move can come from either of these. They will “ae no effective fight against the capitalists. @ workers and poor farmers must realize that on every political as well as industrial issue the call for the class fight against capitalism comes from the Communists; that there is no short cut to the social revolution; that the victory of the oppressed will only come thru the complete abolition of capitalism. The developments at El Paso must enhance the prestige of the Workers (Communist) Party in the eyes of the workers and farmers, since it will further dispel the illusion that blinded them in the recent national elections; that caused them to follow—to the number of four millions— in the wake of Gompers and LaFollette. oly the Com- munist area points the way to successful struggle against cap in the pres on ee y all crises under cap- i A. F. of L. Convention at JUNIORS HAVE El Paso to Aid Drift Into! OWN STAND FOR Communist Ranks in U.S.| ANTLRED WEEK PresentCommunist Pro- gram in Schools Today the junior group lead. ers of the Young Workers ague will teach their classes the following program of the Workers Party for “Education Week.” The children will present these programs to the teachers + when called on to discuss “ed- ucation” in the schools this week. The junior group section will pre- sent the Communist program in the public schodls and will demand that this program take the place of the Coolidge anti-red program prepared by the American Legion. CONSTITUTION DAY. Monday, November 17—The U, S. Con. stitution; The Bulwark of Capi- talist Rule and Working Class Misery. (The constitution is a document written by the rising capitalist class who wished to enslave the American workers so as to increase their own wealth, instead of that of the king of England.) ‘ 1. Life, liberty, justice, security, and opportunity, are for children of the capitalists. a. Thousands of children labor in the factories of this country. The Re- search Children’s Bureau pamphlet, is- sued by U. S. Department of Labor states that over 1000 children, from 5 to 10 years old work in Michigan beet fields from nine to fourteen, and more, hours per day. Over 3,000 children, 10 to 14, work in Pennsylvania mines. b. Liberty of workers consists of keeping their mouths shut or going to jail. 3,500 Communists were jailed in 1920 for having ideals about working class freedom. c. Justice consists of sending inno- cent workers to the gallows on framed up charges for crimes which they nev- er committed. (Effort to hang Tom Mooney, Sacco-Vansgetti.) d. There is no security so far as jobs for workers are concerned. (Pres- ent unemployment, 2% million work- ers out of work.) e. Opportunity to search streets for work. Opportunity of giving lives in a War so'tiat the ‘capitalist may make still more profits than they made be- fore. 2. Constitution guarantees these rights, but the capitalists do away with them in practice. a. Freedom of speech is continually being violated. Communists are being arrested for speaking about their ideals. b. Freedom of the press is allowed only for papers owned by the capi-' talists. (During the war papers giv- ing the viewpoint of the workers were suppressed.) c. Freedom of assemblage is also ig- Jnored by the bosses. In the Paterson silk strike, at present going on, peace- ful meetings of the strikers and their sympathizers are not permitted with- in city limits. 8. Revolutionists—Communists aim to overthrow the rule of the bosses, in order to establish a government con- trolled by the workers ane poor farm- ers. a. Workers and farmers produce all the wealth. b. Workers and farmers should con- trol distribution, etc., of such wealth. 4. A workers’ and farmers’ govern- ment, one international union of the workers of all nations, one flag for. the workers of all nations. Slogans: NO BULLETS AGAINST STRIKING WORKMEN! NO BULLETS AGAINST OPPRESS- ED PEOPLES OF AMERICA’S COL- ONIES! (Cuba, Haiti, Philippines.) Will Be Shown in Toledo on Nov. 18 tf TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 16.—The / ture, “From Death to Life” will its first appearance in Toledo, at Orient Theater, Bancroft and lin, November 18, from 7 to from 9 to 11 P. M.. This picture been shown in different cities of United States and has been a success. The picture is given by Jewish Workers’ Relief Committee Toledo. H, Katlen, General 2306 Vermont Ave. os Next Sunday Night and Every Su day 7 very i aELE