The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 4, 1924, Page 1

| The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for Help Insure THE a Workers’ and Farm- DAILY WORKER ers’ Government for 1925! In ‘Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WOR Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. KER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, ill Price 3 Cents NIA BRITISH LABOR DELEGATES IN MOSCOW THREATEN REPRISALS ON ESTHONIAN WHITE GUARDS (Special to ‘to The Dally | Dally Worker) LONDON, Dec. 3.—Consternation prevails in the British for- eign office over the reports reaching here from Moscow that the delegation sent by the British Trade Union Congress to the Sixth Congress of the Russian Trade Unions at Moscow have protested energetically to the Esthonian minister in Moscow against the ol. Hl. No. 219. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. ‘HE organ of : the Farm-Labor Union of America, without saying 89, takes the same position, politi- cally, as the American Federation of Labor. It declares that the Farm PER CENT B ACK Labor Union is a “business and not a Political @rganization” and should therefore ‘steer clear of affiliating with any political party, whether it be’ farmer-labor, progressive, demo- eratic or republican. Gompers’ busi- ness is managing the members of the American Federation of Labor so that they may remain docile slaves of the capitalists, The fakers in charge of the farm organizations are also non- partisan, which means that they are with the capitalist parties. se 8 USSOLINIS friends are urging him to quit the government until public clamor calls him back again. it is more likely that when Benito drops the dagger, the masses will walk him to the gallows if their pa- tience permits them. The dictator's position is getting slippier every day. His bourgeois opponents fear that the passing of Fascism will leave the way open for the coming of Communism. Their fears are well grounded. *** are informed by an enthusias- tic capitalist scribe that the Bresident intends to make history. Naturally such an announcement arouses one’s interest. We learn that Coolidge is to visit the bulls and other animals in the Chicago stockyards. This is the first time Calvin has been west of Washington for eighteen months. It is a testimony to his polit- ieai acumen that he did not brave the breezy west until after he was safely elected; and that even then he is try- ing it on the cows. see CHARITY BALL without a vaude- ville program nowadays ae be. as. kickless. as. potato . water. ‘ore the society ladies in Wash- ington who are interested in feeding the ‘czarist refuees have invited a female who styles herself the “Grand Duchess Cyril of Russia” to appear atthe ball as an attraction. The ladies. are sorry the grand duke could Det appear, but perhaps his haber- dashery is not up to scratch or per- haps that’s the trouble. There may be too much of that kind of thing aypoctated. bear el * OWEVER, sas are delicate mat- ters, The duchess will be ignored bythe United States government, says a Washington dispatch, which is \\ regrettable, declare the society ladies. |, To excuse Charlie Hughes for his } {avoluntary inhospitality, the press agent says that Washington has little loye for the Soviets but it does not want to go out of its way to hurt their feelings. Red armies have sharp bayonets and dried-up duchesses do not inspire Don Quixotes. 4 .* 8 ICTURES are now being sent across three thousand miles of déean by radio. This is truly re- markable but not more so than the feat accom ed by Messrs. North- cliffé and Bonar Law in sending mes- gages from hell or wherever these two worthies are passing the time, in the theological sense, of course. The two British aristocrats are still true to their class. It would not sur- r us if they began discovering Plots,” after the earthly liars are played themselves out. \R. ROACH “STRATTON, of New York, a fossilized fundamental- , got quite peeved after he read John D, Rockefeller, Jr.'s, sermon on Geox in the papers. Young John tted that the development of the man mind outstripped religious de- lopment. The oil king said that funny things to the scrip- ithout hurting them much. boil a potato without the ‘ineral salts which are next are thrown away, making er a victim instead of a of the appetizing “Mur- 7s * OT so with the scriptures, accord- Ni ing to John. Sciences knocks hell out of them, but hell still re- 3 as hot as ever. Dr. Stratton, Sho looks on Rockefeller, Jr., as a 8 radical, denounces such as pernicious. He lays much blame for modernism in the on the shoulders of the Rocke- whose money, spent in scien- in order to improve of the christian god in several , with damaging results to the Perhaps John D., Jr.,, might Stratton’s benevolent neutral few thousand dollars. God have often relented for Loeb Gets Big Response in Hub City (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 3.— Boston is determined to organ- ize the Workers Party one hundred per cent for the DAILY WORKER drive to insure the DAILY WORKER for 1925. The meeting of city central delegates, branch agents and branch secretaries was very well attended, eighteen out of the city’s twenty-two branches being present on short notice, Undoubtedly several thousand dol- lars will be raised by the Boston comrades for their daily paper. Eight hundred dollars is already in sight. Those present greeted the cam- paign with enthusiasm, evincing par- ticular interest regarding the DAILY WORKER Builders’ organization. A full time city agent will be in the field for Boston within the next few days. ‘ WORKER AND FARMER: CONGRESS: “Sure! FINNISH WORKERS PARTY MEMBERS PLEDGED TO . en viae naa ‘The campaign to hold fast to the BAe pac and to build it shot forward with the speed of a bullet when the report reached us that the entire Finnish Federation of the Workers Party would lend the hands of its 7,631 hard-fisted militants to make our English daily safe for the coming year. A decision by the Finnish federation to support the Communist press means action. In accepting the minimum-quota of $22,893 which this federa- tion has promised to raise for. the- DAILY WORKER, there goes an} p—————___________, earnestness and a determination to MACHINIST HELPS INSURE THE DAILY WORKER FOR 1925 gather every dollar of this large sum. Acquainted With Press Problems. “We know the trials and troubles the first two years of life ‘brings to workers’ revolutionary papers,” said Fahle Burman, Finnish Federation na- tional secretary, in explanation of the Joseph Freimann, of the German pledge given. : Local of the International Associa- “The miitant Finnish workers of| tion fo Machinists, took out a five peeing vaiiia, tie Bisegate as ok dollar insurance policy to build the DAILY WORKER for 1925, at the union’s meeting Monday night. Frei- mann, who is a subscriber to the DAILY WORKER, has secured sev- eral subscriptions from the German machinists. The meeting was held at 1638 North Halsted street. Atlantic coast, the Tyomies for the middle states, the Toveri for the Pacific coast. Im each instance the going ahead was like trying to sleigh- ride on ashes. But we showed we Loans and Coffee Con- trol Country were stronger than the encumberances (Special to The Daily Worker) and tribulations which faced us. No matter what the hardships, we fought RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil, Dec. 3.— The hand of the American govern- it and won. Know Need for DAILY WORKER. “We Fnnish comrades understand, ment is seen in the Brazilian govern- ment’s notification of the Japanese government that the issuance of visas to the last man and woman in the federation, that the DAILY WORKER for immigrants from Japan has been suspended. is absolutely indispensable .to our movement. We must struggle to keep Monroe Doctrine Extended. This slap at Japan by Brazil, marks it “alive, to make it grow with more of an iron will than we would in the case of any language paper of the party. “For the Finnish Federation you can say that there will be no let-up in this campain until a receipt from the DAILY WORKER for the very last cent of the $22,893 is in my hands, As you say in your publicity, we'll meet this expectation, yes, beat it.” With loyal support such ag this, the voice of our English party organ, The DAILY WORKER, will aalicrs be stilled. On the contrary, : will grow in volume until it’ reaches the ears an extension of the Monroe Doctrine Maus a DAI eee ans |a. cores Domayne | Asacio Se Help insure its future! Th tions as well as those of Europe. fon sk lbands ee ae Pang American and British imperialisms BOOKS OF INSURANCE PoLtorms.|4°e, been In, hot competition in Bra- Make it your policy to b poli SEMEL Soehiana the eitian tre acpi rin uy @ policy. | in Brazil, advising the nation what it iy Policy as a minimum. | ought to do. The British counseled Every member to this task of weather- no extension of steel production— ing the storm and building big.so that} they owning all’ there was previously, future storms will be but guste of! put Judge Gary of the U. 8. Steel wind, filling our sails sufficiently to} Corporation visited Brazil last sum- plow thru every high sea that con-|mer and a loan of $55,000,000 ar- fronts us. ranged by Wall Street to the Brazilian Note-——Read thesstatement of the/government. It has used this money allotment of quotas on page four. (Continued on next page.) Protest Mass Meeting pee them in the work of shoving the Increase t the Dawes Plan and Mass a water in Germany ATTsW.E.L MEET Dunne Tears the Labor Mask of El Paso Meet The rank and file of the local 181 of the Carpenters’ Union are outraged over the arbitrary action of the hench- men of Harry Jensen and General President Hutcheson, in expelling five active members of the local for sign- ing a resolution protesting against the action of Jensen and Hutcheson in ac- cepting a scab contract from the em- ployers of Chicago, according to statements made last Tuesday night before a meeting of the local branch of the Trade Union Educational League by Arne Swabeck, Workers Party district organizer, and by one of the expelled members. The trial was a farce. No attempt was made to bring out the facts in the case, The records were perverted and the report of the trial doctored to suit the designs of the persecutors of the militants, Yesterday’s issue of The DAILY WORKER contained a complete re- port of the action of.the fakers in local 181, who carried out the orders of Jensen and. the notorious Hutche- son, against the opposition of. the membership. Intend to Fight. The expelled members and their supporters in the union have only be- gun to fight, however, and before the battle is over the fakers wlil learn that doctored reports and lies will not be sufficient to enable them to hold their power in the local. The speakers at the T. U. E. L. meeting explained that the autocratic action of ‘the fakers in local 181 was part of the struggle that is being waged on a national and even inter-, national scale by the yellow reaction- aries against the radicis. The T. U. B. L. in American, the representative of the Red International of Labor Unions, is the directing head of the resistance to the bureaucrats in this country. 4 William F, , editor of The DAILY WORKER, who was expelled from the Portland convention of the American Fed year, spoke on the significance of the Bl Paso convention of the A. F. of L. Wall Street's Handmaiden. This significance, Dunne explained, paca Si naan get from its” attachment to the capitalist ‘but because for the first time it itself as the (Contin fo Labor, last “Hey, are you going to do anything about us?” Y and yereynces! the income. ‘tax reports.” of being “Communists.” Esthonia Warned By British Labor. That the British delegation has taken a manly stand on the Esthon- ian murders of Communists cannot be doubted. The whole delegation called at the Hsthonian embassy in Moscow and warned the minister that if Esth- onia did not cease its persecution of Communists it would be faced by grave consequences for Bsthonia itself, ag the workers of Great Britain would demand severance of relations polit- ically and would possibly lay down a labor embargo upon all commerce with Esthonia. That the British delegation to the Russian trade union congress is tak- ing cognizance of the power of the Soviet trade unions and the Soviet state is evidenced by the signed state- ments appearing in “Trud,” the official daily paper of the Russian unions. Purcell Applauds Soviet Russia, In the issue of Nov. 12 is-the follow- ing: “The Union of Socialist Soviet Re- publics is the first practical step toward the establishment. of the united, states of Europe by the revo- working class. It is making @ arms Which will achieve the free- dom of the world’s working class.” This is signed by A. A. Purcell, who took the leading part in the Vienna congress of the Amsterdam interna- ; tional... A. H. Findlay, another ‘delegate says, “The workers’ and peasants’ en of bn a ire weer sateen ot S$ Feare with great and passionate hope upon the struggle of the Russian workers for their right to live and govern (Special to The Daily Worker) __ | themselves.” DUBLIN, Dec. 3.—Ireland is Turner Speaks for Unity. facing a winter of misery and} John Turner, another delegate from some persons predict a repeti- Britain writes, “At the present time it b, > Continued P: 5. tion of the desolate “black '47.” Sesptenen on: Fone 5) murderous persecution of Communists in Esthonia. Sputtering with rage, the tory press which is responsitfie for the publication of the forged “Zinoviev letter” are accusing the leading figures of British unions, such as Purcell and Tillet, MAHONEY JOINS IN DRIVE ON COMMUNISTS Comes Out for “Non- Partisan” Policy By C. A. HATHAWAY. (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 3.— The Hennepin:.County central com: mittee of the farmer-labor federation has taken another step backward in its betrayal of independent working class political action. This latest move is just a continuation of the trend towards non-partisanism started by the endorsement of LaFollette in the last presidential campaign. This time William Mahoney of St. Paul support ed the non-partisans. Two weeks ago, Gustav Drake a Io- calattorney, introduced a resolution Providing forthe. -unseating, of all delégates who were members of the Workers Party. This resolution came up for action at the last meeting with State Chairman William Mahoney and State Secretary Ralph Harmon present to bolster up the position of those sug- porting the resolution, I. G. Scott. chairman, ruled the motion out of or- der. An appeal was immediately made from the decision of the chair result ing in the chairman being sustained by a vote of 34 to 6. Robley D. Cram: er then moved to unseat the delegate representing the City Central Com- mittee of the Workers Party which carried by a vote of 26 to 14. The significant part was not the (Continued on Page 2.) ton famine Year of the pote)” ARE. RADEK WRITES ON AMERICAN Grope this year tassely nave] PARTY FUTURE AS SHOWN BY ELECTIONS been failures, due to hea’ rains. There is an kas shortage of the peat used for fuel, (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, Nov. 13. (By Mail.)—In an article analyzing the American Poverty has reached an situation as disclosed by the result of the elections, Karl Radek, in the acute stage and reports are Pravda of this date, draws the following conclusions: coming to Dublin of deaths thru starvation. Unemployed Meet in Church, “LaFollette received a large amount of votes but as far as we can judge these votes came from the city petty bourgeois. movement has not been able to grasp the wide massés of the farmers. The The LaFollette The council of the unemployed has | defeat of LaFollette does not decide the future of the so-called third party. taken possession of an old church in “If the economic conditions in the United States will grow worse, and a Dublin district where suffering is|{t will surely happen so, as Comrade Varga correctly states in his last keen and is attempting to feed ap | economic report, there is no proof that¢————————____, proximately 1,500 persons weekly. The | the price of grain will continue to rise staple food is bread and butter with as the LaFollette movement may het ‘When cpa Ager be Spaia! yet become a broader movement. petonai tae tre fen i ‘i Meets ne neti “But the election proved undoubtedly hay } aA . wat 8 collected in tin) one thing, that it is a purely petty parser gy yg bourgeois movement. The Comintern Many deaths from starvation in was absolutely correct when it did not bates arcestiprny nob atthe st sustain that tendency in the Ameri- Industry in the free state has by no can Communist movement which was means yet grown to dimensions insur- stride fer’ an: alliance: with the: De- fin Ba oa a po Uke ‘ail Who. 8° | Povetteltes for the creation of-a In. bor -party. There is no basis as yet for such a party in the United States. “Altho there are in America at pres- ent about 3,000,000 out of work, the capitalist system in the United States Again Trying to : * Cook Up Up Conspiracy is still comparatively strong. In a country which owns half of the riches SAN FRANCISCO.—Altho addition-|of tho world, the wide masses of the al inyestigation shows that the dam-| workers still have confidence in the age to the non-union Joshua Henry | stability of capitalism. Tron works at Sunnyvale, with injury| “Under such conditions: the Commun- of two workers, was caused by ajist Party will have to conduct pre- steam. explosion, the industrial asso-|paratory work toward uniting the pro- ciation of San Francisco (the em:}letarian. center and stiffening it for ployers’ union) continues to regard it|the struggle. Our brother. party re- as the result of a bomb thrown by|ceived at the greatest about 50,000 “agitators,” and has announced a re-| votes ‘in a country where there are mil- ward of $2,500 for information lead-| lions of underpaid workers which have ing to the arrest and conviction “of|the franchise. the person or persons guilty of caus-| “This proves that the party will yet ing the explosion.” Members of the| ha’ Molders’ Union are out from all open| agitation, propaganda and organiza- shop jobs and the walkout threatens|tion. There is nothing horrible in the to spread.’ fact that our party, which two years California Bosses to work long in the sense of ago had only a few thousand workers driven underground, being torn by factional fights, a party which only last year was able to start the publi- cation of a daily paper—was not able to poll a million votes. Only in the revolutionary periods do masses ripen quickly. There is no revolution in America, There is still more work necessary before the party becomes the magnet around which the workers may rally. “Our American comrades during the elections worked _ self-sacrificingly and with great faith in Communism. They did not conceal their aims, but proudly defended them... This proves that they are capable of becoming the great party of the American prole- tariat. While they will continue their work with an unveiled face, the masses will have time to get rid of their illusions of LaFolletteism. And then will come the time for wide strategic maneuvers of our American party, for its growing into the masses, which will understand that petty bour geois politics is not a way for strug- gle against capitalism. “When the results of the elections became known, stocks on the Ameri- can stock exchange began to rise, first of all, the prices on the Morgan stocks, This is the best illustration of the meaning of the American elections. They again turned over for a period of years to the American financial clique the apparatus of the greatest - state t» the real,”