The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 18, 1924, Page 1

4. i the charge of radicalism .preferred by | | a column of editorial space defend- THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT (Vol. Il. No. 206. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ISN sauna MRT RN HE DAILY WORKER. , Butered as Becond-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ulinois under the Aci of March 2, 1278, In Chicago, by. mail, $8.00 per year, Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1924 ae 290 Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKIR PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill, ET US ANSWER COOL- IDGE’S ANTI-RED WEEK BY ADDING 2,000 NEW MEMBERS TO THE WORK- ERS PARTY. Price 3 Cents MINERS FIGHT SLASH IN WAGES Sun Yat Sen in Threat AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. OHN L, LEWIS has a competitor for the post of secretary of labor in the Coolidge cabinet. John Don- lin, until a few days ago head of the Building Trades Department of the|* American Federation of Labor has his hat in the ring. It remains to be seen whether the Coolidge wise men will prefer a member of the Gompers machine, which supported LaFollette to a man. who lent his prestige as head of the largest union in the Fed. eration to the G. O. P. cause. Ac cording to Donlin’s press agents, he had a good war record, this being testified to by Barney Baruch. The claim is also made for Donlin, that he prevented hundreds of strikes, thus saving millions for the capital- ists. John L. Lewis will have to get up early to get ahead of Sammy’s strikebreakers. 88 VERY strict censorship prevails in Italy. All signs point to Mus- solini’s early fall. Last Friday only a short dispatch was permitted to go out, tho radical journalists are able to send reliable information from frontier points. What will happen in Italy this week should prove of tremendous interest to the workers of the world. se @ “HE Chinese situation has left the { headlines. Dean O’Bannion shoved it off the front page in Chicago and covery. other large city boasts of a crop of murders that makes a good sized civil war look puny. Yet, very interesting- developments are taking place in China. Indications are that England and the United States are developing an anti-Japanese policy, while Japan is flirting with Italy, and France and is trying to consolidate | itself’ in China, According to all re- power trusted in China is Soviet Rus-| sta. ee 8 EACTIONARY _ labor papers that’ supported LaFollette are kept busy defending themselves against tio wily republican politicians who Knew fust exactily what the labor fakers would do when accused of be- ing evolutionists. The Federation News, of Chicago, uses up more than ing the socialist party against the terrible charge of “revolutionary.” The socialists simply submerged themselves says the News, which is very, very true. In fact they did not even keep their heads above water. “* * ‘HE NEW LEADER, official organ of the socialist party of New York, is, good enough. to give the Workers Party credit for polling 25,- 000 votes in the recent election, but claims 5,000,000 for the socialist par- ty. A most conservative estimate: of the number of votes polled by Foster is 100,000, not considering the hun- dreds of thousands of disfranchised | - workers who were reached by the Communist propaganda during the|- eampaign. If the Workers Party had joined the LaFollette cirens, it also, could claim five million votes and the socialist party could have. claimed fourteen millions if it had endorsed Coolidge instead of LaFollette. Catch- ing votes is no difficult task provided it is an end in itself as was always the case with the Honiguse party. of the Workers Party campaign ididates. tion th SCRANTON COAL DIGGERS STRIKE AGAINST CUT Bosses Pay No Heed to Jacksonville Pact (Special to The Daily Worker) SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 17.— Reduction of wages by new “regulations” imposed by the Hudson coal company, has sent 22,000 anthracite miners out on strike in the town of Parsons. The “cossacks” .or the coal and iron police are already ac- tive, having received orders to break the strike if it is not speedily settled. Cal’s Conciliator Arrives. From Harrisburg, Frank Hall, act- ing secretary of the state department of mines, disclaims any jurisdiction in the conflict. “We are planning no action,” Hall said. “Such matters are really out of our jurisdiction unless we are specifically ordered to make an investigation.” He amended this by saying that “developments might necessitate action later. Thomas R. Dayis, a “commissioner of conciliation” has arrived here un- der orders from Secretary of Labor Thomas R. Davis, to endeavor to set- tle the differences by mediation. Czar Lewis Orders Strikers Back. With nine collieries in Luzerne county, one in Lackawanna county and eleven of the 20 between Fores? City and Naticoke tied up by this so- called ‘outlaw strike” called by the general grievance committee, Presi- John L, Lewis, of the U.\M. W. of A., vention at Hl Paso to the district of- ficials to put pressure upon the men to force them back to work. It is understood that of the 22,000] first reported as. striking, 8,000, were influenced by the union officials and remained at work. MUSSOLINI'S POLICE FORCED 10 ARREST FASCISTI. GUNMAN ROME, Nov. 17.—The police were forced to arrest a Fascist gunman and apologize to the Soviet embassy, here today, when the Fascist mem- ber insulted M. Youreneff, the Silage amb; The Fascist tore the red flag a the automobile of Youreneff, in front of the foreign office where the Soviet ambassador was keeping an appoint- ment with Premier Mussolini. Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge Room, Ashland Auditorium. || the contributor who will no doubt Are You Ready? Juniors! to Oust International Capitalists from China (Special to The SHANGHAI, Nov. 17.—Sun Yat Sen, war lord of Canton and dictator of South China, landed in Shangha’ coming from foreign quarters that national settlement here, Sun made ties of the foreign powers in China. “If foreigners should dare to oppose my presence in Shanghai lam determined to take drastic steps to ment reads. China will be abolished. unhappy incident will result.” Dr. Sun’s destination is Tien T: Hsiang, the christian general of China, who now is in control of the Peking government. The date of unknown, Thank You! A-few days ago we printed a let- ter from prison as a sample of many coming to our office, showing what sacrifices the men behind the bars make to get a subscription to the DAILY WORKER. This re- quest entitled, “Will yqu send the DAILY WORKER to jail?” has brought a response of $5.00 from George Linday of Evanston, Ill. The money and a slight allowance on our part will enable the prisoner whose letter we published to re- ceive the DAILY WORKER, the Communist International and the Workers’ Monthly for six months as he desired, We wish to thank r from the prisoner directly “Phere are others in prison anx- lous to read the DAILY WORKER and out’ other’ publications. -We ‘will “gladly accept donations for this purpose. Witness Links Fahy, Postal Ace, With Rondout Robbery William. J. Fahy, former postal ace, was directly linked with the $2,000,- 000 Rondout mail robbery for the first time in testimony today when Jesse Newton, one of the confessed robbers, took the witness stand in the federal court and told of various holdups planned before the Rondout job. Newton said he and several others were trying to hold up a mail truck which went by too rapidly when he saw two men watching him. “They're all right,” his companion told him, he testified, “They are Fahy and Murray and are in on this.” By L. R. BORGESON, Juniors and all other workingclass children all over the country! Today, the second day of “National Education Week,” is for you to read! This the week against the workers and their chlidren, is a very important day for us. For today in the bosses’ schools (and all schools in this country are in control of the rich bosses who order the lies told during this week) the teachers are going to tell us even more lies about the workers and oO deliik alta it judge the value | their “flag of freedom” than they did yosterday. We in the Junior section of the Young Workers League and we children have not become citizens. These vote-| there are hundveds of children in even less workers aye the backbone of the|the same school where each of you heavy industries and tho their|go, children who sit next to you in strength does not manifest itself at| your room and study with you, who the ballot box, its political power can|have never learned the truth about be manltot between, elections in|the working class. ther mass efforts. see ae palairiten and o} agdinst EE of the so-called farmerabor |about the workers. on They are going to believe every one of the lies that the teacher tells. And when they, } party leaders in Minnesota sup-| grow up it will be these same children blican party candidates |who will have to shoulder guns and "the Communists, nominated | shoot down striking workers, or .be e farmer-labor ticket. The very|sent across the seas to take away same action was taken against the|the freedom from the workers in Hommnitaiats in England by the high|Soviet Russia that they worked so Yet de-{hard to get. Juniors! Working class children! Are you ready to do your part for the bitsy pa class movement of the whole orld? Then do this: Read over the earth | Junior program: for today very, very Com- and then be brave! Get up ota rei the number of votes cast for its| who read the DAILY WORKER and who ought to be in the Junior section, The ruling classes of this}konw that when the teacher in school¢—————_______--- try have so fixed things that a|tells us that the workers who strike, number of the workers ar al-|and want better conditions are mur- ‘disfranchised, even those who|derers, and that all people that are ens, not taking into considera-|not rich are wicked and lazy, why, foreign born wage slaves who|we know that she is really lying. But thing about the workers or the Red flag that you know is not true, and tell the workers’ side of the story. In that way the children who know nothing of the working class fight for freedom and joy and happiness, will hear about it, and the bosses will not be successful in putting over the lies of national miseducation week. It you are not a Junior, do the same thing, but do another thing too, a thing that you will always be glad your whole life thru that you've done -— JOIN THE JUNIOR GROUP! It you do not know of the one in your city] or town, write to the national office of the Juniors of the Young. Workers League, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, and we will get you in touch with the livest, most active bunch of children of the working class in your own town. And Juniors! Prove that you really are like the Young Leninists of Soviet Russia—ALWAYS RHADY to take the part of the working class. # ee Program on page three, » -“The time must come when ali foreign settlements in Every patriotic citizen of China realizes fully that China’s rights have been infringed upon long enough. Should the revocation of foreign concessions be delayed any longer | fear some Dally Worker) i today. Incensed at the protests he is allowed to enter the inter- a statement denouncing the activi- deal with them,” Dr. Sun’s state- sin where he is to meet Feng Yu Sun’s departure for Tien Tsin is POPULAR STORM BREAKS OVER BENTO'S HEAD His Followers Are Now Deserting Him (Special to The & ly Worker) CHIASSO, Italo-Swiss Fron- tier, Nov. 17.—With the open- ing of parliament this lec vi wer ene to pisak over the head of the iron-handed dictator, Mussolini. One after another, individuals and groups who have been staunch supporters of the Fas- cist regime are deserting to the ranks of the opposition. One after another, they have visited Mussolini, learned from him that his policy is to remain un- changed, and, fearing the anger tof the workers, have given up their posts in the government. Turning From Mussolini. Besides former Fascist sympathiz- ers who have turned from the Mus- solini government, the dictator will have to face the deputies of the op- ‘position parties—socialists, liberals, democrats, maximalists. The Commun- ists, altho not considering themselves members of the “legal” opposition, will of course, wage bitter warfare on the Fascist government. Opposition to Mussolini in parlia- ment will probably take the form, first, of a boycott—a refusal on the part of the deputies @f the opposition to be present or, if present, to vote, when a vote of confidence is called for. Strong Opposition. That the state of affairs in parlia- ment is only a mild reflection of the feeling toward Mussolini thruout Italy can be readily understood. ‘The last parliamentary elections witnessed a reign of terror against all those who, it was feared, might vote for other than Fascist deputies, and a Fascist “majority” in the chamber was obtain- ed literally, by the use of brute force, mainly against workers and peasants, a@ great many of whom found them- selves locked in their homes during the period of balloting. Elected Many Deputies. That the workers were able under such circumstances to send a large number of opposition delegates to par- lament, a great many of them Commu- nists, gave an indication of the state of mind in the country. And the op- Position has since then increased hun- dred-fold, due to the brutalities per- petrated by the Mussolini government within the past few months, The strictest censorship has been established thruout. the country, not only with regard to newspapers and periodicals published: here, but also with regard to dispatches which cor- respondents have attempted to get thru to other countries. — Lumber Trust Convicts I. W. W. EUREKA, Cal, Noy. 17. — John Bruns, I, W. W., convicted in Lassen county under the California eriminal syndicalism law was given the regula- tion sentence of 1 to 14 ; in San Quentin prison, Lassen is con- NORTH DAKOTA SCORE AT POLLS First Communist Elected in that State (Special to The Daily Worker) WILLISTON, N. D., Nov. 17. —Comrade A. C. Miller, secre- tary of the Workers |Party branch here was elected to the state legislature, defeating a sticker candidate put up against him by the nonpartisan league politicians of Williams County. Comrade Andrew Omholt who was candidate for sheriff of Williams County received a good vote but. not enough to elect him. Considering the fact that both can- didates openly. advertised themselves as Communists, the results are re- markable. A specially bitter fight was put up against Comrade Ombholt, the voters being warned by the yel- low press that the real issue of the campaign was law enforcement versus Communism. Build Workers Party. Comrade Miller is the first member of the party in North Dakota to .be elected to the state legislature. He *| will go to Bismarck for the purpose of showing that the political machinery of the capitalist system cannot do anything for the farmers and the workers, that it is necessary for them to build up!a ‘system of their own and that they must rally around the Workers Party, the only organization in the United States that can solve problems. “W. P. Branches Being Orgaiesu. A strong Workers Party branch is now being organized at Williston, the comrades here desiring to use it as a base for party activities in four or five counties in northwestern North Dakota. At Bonetraill in Williams county a branch of ten members has already been organized and these new recruits to the party are ready and wliling to educate themselves for Communist work in their respective neghborhoods. Comrade Andrew Omholt will look after the party activities in this ter- ritory. MEXICANS MAY DIE TO SAVE BRITAIN’S FACE (Special to the Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, Nov. 17.— Two Mexieans have béen sen- tenced to face a firing squad on the char; Rosalie Evans, a British subject. The sentenced Mexicans are Alejo Garcia and Francisco Ruiz. They were convicted Sunday after a trial lasting two days at Pueblo. The friends of the convicted are cit- ing numerous irregularities on which they base an appeal which they hope will be successful. The attorneys for the sentenced Mexicans are especially indignant over the hasty resumption of the trial after the judge had grant- ed them a forty-eight hour recess in which to study the bill of particulars. Diplomats Happy. Great satisfaction is being express- ed in diplomatte circles over the out- come of the trial. The diplomats feel sure that the sentence will stand. They say that this will facilitate nego- tiations now pending between Mexico and Great Britain for the complete re- storation of normal relations. Two British representatives are be- ing charged i tampering with the witnesses. The defence has shown that Mrs. Evans was not killed by fire from the rifles of Garcia and Ruiz. John Strath: the foreman under Mrs, Evans, is said to have fired the fatal shot in a moment of panic. Albania Recognizes Russia. TIRANA, Albania, Nov. 17.—Albania | trolled by the lumber | population ||has recognized Russia. The Russian government will send a representative to Tirana, e of having killed Mrs. | declining membership, with anti model of evasion of struggle against capitalist exploitation and of class collaboration with the employers. An 84 Page Bluff ; The report is comprised in an 84 page pamphlet—a dead loss of paper and ink. Ignoring facts and waving aside the bitter realities faced by rank and file workers all over the land who strive to .wrest a living out of the merciless corporations, the hard- faced, pot-bellied fakers of the ex- ecutive council assert with brazen nerve that “labor has never occupied so favorable a spot in the world’s proceedings.” Whatever the “world’s proceedings” may be. Despite the policy of harassing and expelling from the unions every pro- gressive minded worker who lifts his jor her voice against the reactionary policies of the Gompers machine, the maks: “It is with immense satisfac- tion that we note the growth of con- structive and progressive thought on every hand.” The executive council is headed by Gompers as president, Daniel ike ‘treasurer, Frank Morrison, secretary, and eight vice-presidents, including James Duncan, Frank Duffy, William Green, T. A. Rickert, Jacob Fischer, Matthew Woll, Martin F. Ryan and James Wilson. reactionaries should perceive any “growth of progressive thought” it would be with fear and hatred. Can You Beat This? ‘The proof of this is that last year these misleaders of labor unseated William, F. Dunne, representing the Butte, Montana, Silver Bow Labor Council at the 43rd annual conven- tion held in Portland, Oregon. Critic- ism of this has made Gompers seek his natural shelter in hypocrisy. In (Continued on page 6) executive council’s report blandly re-| If these| COMMUNISTS OF (EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S REPORT TOA. F. OF L. CONVENTION AT EL PASO IS MODEL OF EVASION (Special to The Daily Worker) AE gta EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 17.—Faced with the fact of a rapidly quated craft unions either going to pieces ia conflict with concentrated capital or yielding up con- ditions step by step, with reaction triumphant in politics and‘ ndustry, imperialism threatening war .with Japan, the nation; threatened by a period of crisis and unemployment and the “opem’ shop” drive against all unions, wages scales and hours ready toi take advantage of the competition with German slave labor under}; the Dawes plan, the 44th annual convention of the ‘American; Federation of Labor opened here today with a report of its executive council which is a? eens | PEACE FALLS ON WARRING CLANS IN THE A. F. OF L At Least It Is Truce That Ends Fighting (Special to The Daily Worker) EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 17.— Peace, blessed peace, unctuous and prayerful, has fallen upon | the warring factions within the American Federation of Labor bureaucracy which had previ- ously battled each other more or less openly over the split in three directions of the labor fakers during the election. At least if there is not peace there is a truce, and the proof of this is the report of the executive council to the conven- tion of the A. F. of L. upon the political activities of the coun- cil. Woll Writes Report. The report was written by Matthew Woll, the slick aspirant for the posi- tion of Gompers when the old chief- |tain of the fakers has the good grace to seek repose in Abraham’s bosom. | The report is a model of evasion and | lack of decision, containing nothing of- |fensive to either of the old capitalist parties and their supporters in the Federation who at Atlantic City fought (Continued from Page 2.) ROUSE WORKERS AT MAIL ORDER HOUSE OF MONTGOMERY WARD & C0.; ISSUE CALL FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS Braving cold weather and snow yesterday morning many comrades of the Young Workers League of Chicago were in front of Montgomery Ward & Co., the second largest mail order house in the country and distributed leaflets to more than 4,000 employes announcing the sale of the special mail order edition of the Young Worker. This is the second week that the Young Workers League has been cagrying on its campaign to organize PIN ANOTHER MEDAL ON GENERAL LEONARD WOOD, G. 0. P. STRIKEBREAKER WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. — In a rather pitiful attempt to keep their arch strike-breaker in the limelight, the Coolidge government, thru Sec- retary.of War Weeks, today an- nounced the approval of two cita- tions for gallantry in action awarded to Major General Leonard Wood. Wood, whose latest exploit was to keep down revolutionary sentiment in the Philippines, was awarded the citation because of his activity in killing Spaniards during the Span- ish-American war. into the Young Workers League many of the young workers in ‘the mail or- der houses. During the first week more than 5,000 copies of the special edition of the Young Worker were sold in front of Sears, Roebuck and company and at Phillipsborn’s. This morning at 7:15 o’elock and every evening at 4:45 o’clock volun- teers of branches 1, 4, 5 and 6 should report in front of the Montgomery Ward plant on Larrabee St. (630 W.) and Chicago Ave. (800 N.) to sell the Young Worker. Members of branches 2 and 3 should report at 29th street and Indiana Ave. to distribute leaflets dnd sell the Young Worker in front of the Chi- cago Mail Order House. Next Sunday Night and Every Sun- day Night, the Open Forum, unionists. This course aims to m: struggle. Classes will be given in the Organization. Workers! for the struggle. 208 East 12th St. New York City. New York Trade Unionists, Attention! The Workers’ School, the educational institution of the Workers Party in District No. 2, is offering a special training course for trade your trade union, a more intelligent and confident fighter in the class the World Trade Union Movement, Problems of Various Industries, Without knowledge there is no power. Workers’ School begin December 1. Information and registration at the office of the Workers’ School, ¢ you a more effective militant in American Trade Union Movement, Courses at the Enroll now and educate yourself ee RRC