The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 4, 1924, Page 5

Thursday, December 4, 1924 MOM RC aamIN MINER HAD NO IDEA OF FAKERS’ GREED FOR CASH The More He Gets the More He Wants (Special to The Daily Worker) MARIANNA, Pa, Dec. 3.—Last night I attended what was advertised a8 a mass meeting to be held at the U. M. W. A. Hall. Not being at pres- ent a member of the organization I went in the character of one of the masses. That was all right, at least I was allowed to be present at the meeting at which speakers Pat Too- hey of Cannonsburg and James Oates of Charleroi delivered addresses re- garding the present conditions of the otganization, particularly as to the of- ficial machine, the depleted financial condition of the order, and the pro- posed remedy. According to the speaker this con- dition is due to the rule of a band of officials whose chief aim is to draw fat salaries, to acquire as much graft @8 possible, and to perpetuate them- selves in office by ény méans whatso- ever. The remedy proposed naturally, is to oust these crooked and greedy of- ficials and elect a set of honest, com- petent men in their places. One brother arose to point out that per- haps it was best to keep the pres- ent officials and let them continue stealing, on the ground that they were now well fixed financially and would let up a little, whereas a new set would ruin us completely. A resolution was passed to look into the matter of sending delegates to interview Governor Morgan of West Virginia aabout getting a par- don or parole for some 80 imprisoned miners. The audience listened at- tentively to the speakers. The miners herd have been work- ing at the rate of four days a week for “bout two months. Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge Room, Ashland Auditorium. Ni and Morning to keep Cheam, lesan Rea Write for Free “Eye Care” Sh fer ctaey* Book Huge Profits of Capitalist Press 1923 Net Income | culate to @ combined total of 2,900,000. | By LELAND OLDS (Pe ted Press industrial Editor) Huge profits made by the great pro- paganda consolidations of the employ- ing class reveal how workers both in industry and on the farms support those that feed them with lies. The combined 1923 profits-of 8 of the lead- ing propaganda trusts are shown by Curtis Pub, Co. (Sat. Eve. Post, ete) . Hearst Publications, ine, Star Co. (Hearst eastern Dublications) ... 3,777,179 The Tribune Co. (Chicago) 3,285,709 New York Times Co. 2,886,080 Chicago Daily News. 1,494,612 Funk & Wagnalls (Literary $11,863,432 6,474,133 Digest, ete.) ..... «+ 1,415,890 income tax statistics to have reached | progs Publishing Co. (N. a grand total of $31,916,630. Y. World) .... 619,645 Compare this. figure with the finan- cial statement of the local paper te presenting the interests of the worker --or with the. regular annual defi¢it of The Federated Press which is struggling to organize a news service to counteract this, profitable flood of{ tne Saturday Evening Post with a ies. The contrast will show that the| circulation of over 2,200,000; the workers are paying a high price for | Country Gentleman with over 900,000; |being fooled into thinking and vot-| the Philadelphia Ledger with 272,000 |ing as the bosses watit while they | and the New York Evening Post with allow the labor ‘press todie for lack 55,000. of funds. Hearst's combined morning cireula- Below are listed the 8 publishing | tion is 1,250,000, his evening cireula- organizations together with 1923 net tion 2,275,000, his Sunday circulation income indicated by their tax returns. 4,550,000, while his magazines cir- The enormous influence wielded by these companies will be understood {Upon examination of the circitlation statistics published in Ayers News: paper Annual, Among the Curtis publication are (Continued from page 1) is especially important to unite the workers of all lands on the basis of common interests and lay the founda tion of international unity.” This is regarded as particularly important in view of the attempt by the American Federation of Labor under the reac: tionary control of Gompers to prevent Amsterdam admitting the Russian unions of uniting with the Profintern. A Surprise from Tillett, Ben Tillett in the same paper writes, after saying that Lenin wad the greatest man that ever lived, as follows: ‘The Soviet government is the most prized possession of the world democracy. Let it be always dear to the heroic workers who ach- FIRST MEETING OF RED ATHLETIC CLUB IN NEW YORK, DEC. 6 The Workers’ Spoft Alliance to- day issued a eal! to all Workers Pars ty members inthe English and Jew: ish bra and to the members of the Young Workers League to join the Workers’ Sport Alliance by forming a New York Red Athletic Glub. The first meeting to organize this Red Athletic Club will be held on Saturday, December 6, 1 p. m., at 208 East 12th street. Warn Terror Rule In Esthonia ‘/also joified in the singing; whereupon feved the viptory over capitalism,” News from Reval states that the same general who sat upon. the court martial over the Communist prisoners whose “trial” began on Noy. 10, led in the attack of the white guards who |recaptured therallway station from the revolutionary workers in Monday's uprising. This is General Podder, who has announced in a brutal boast that the workers who surrendered could have their choice of punishment, they would either be shot or hung. Uprising Followed Farcical “Trial,” The uprising, which grew out of the savage persecution of Communists, All members interestéd in sports are invited to attend this first meet- ing and join the New York Red Athletic Club. aR ans small detachments. The shooting to tieath of defendants on’ trfal ana the lite sentences to thirty-nine of the leading Communist Party members provoked the rising. On ‘the 10th of November there was commenced before the Reval military tribunal the trial of 149 workers, among them members of the Commut- ist fraction of the national assembly, of the central committee of the Esth- occurred at the end of the farcical Funk & Wagnali’s Literary Digest} has @ @irculation of 1,200,000; the Chicago Tribune 617,000; the Chi-} cago Daily News 397,000 and the New) York Timhes 345,000. In other. words these eight com-| panies issue practically over 15,000,000 of their publications probably reach- ing at least 8 times that number of | people. The consolidation of this propagan- da industr¥ which holds the opinions afd standards of the eutiré people has been going steadily forward. Origin- ally the ¢ontrol was rather loosely held by btisiness interests through their ability to give or withold adver-| tising. Bat within the last ten years the Cuftis mefgers in the United States have puralléled Lord Rother- fiefe’s Mergers in England to create hige 6rporate power to sway pub-| lic opinion, Until labor gets behind a press with fufficietit power to break this vontrol of people’s though there is litle hope that it Will exercise any teal control over. goverhinent. who attempted to break thru the wall| of the prison ftom outside in order to) free thé prisoners, were condemned to} death ahd the sentence has already | been carried out. When the judges appeared in the) court the prisoners stood tp and sang the “Interfmational.” Many spectators | many arrests took place in the court) foom. | “1 Am Your Class Enemy.” When it came to the question of formally identifying the prisoners meiy of them refused to reply to the, question, giving the following reason: | “It does not matter what my tame is, | I am your class enemy!” Others of the aéewsed declared: “We do not} recognize the bourgeois court, we are responsible to: proletarian court.” Shot for Contempt of Court. The accused Kangrt, a former mem: ber of the national assembly, was handed over to the military court on a chargé of contempt of court, be cass eclared: ‘The judges will sdon be in prison themselves!” He was taken out and shot without trial. ‘The military court handed over Jan Tomp, another former thember of the national assembly, to a court martial on account 6f contempt of court. The court martial condemned Tomp to be shot. Sentence was continued two hours afterwards by minister of wér, IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN IN JAIL— OMRADE BAKOSH of Newark, N. J., has probably mever beer in Jail. But his class feeling is so strorig [t would not allow him to forget others who are—and It Induced him to make a collection at a meeting for the first time in his life to get funds for subscriptions to our publications, for class war prisoners. Thru the efforts of this comrade we have beet able to send both the DAILY WORKER and the WORKERS MONTHLY to a comrade whose revolutionary spirit has not been dirmmed in a prison cell. Ob- viously, we can’t print his name nor the prison he is In but the letter may give us who are not in (as yet) more inspiration in our work— and a pleturé of what the DAILY WORKER means to the best fighter in oF Movement. The letter reads: Dear Comrades:—i have received from you several com- munications, liste that should havé.gone back filled with donations, bricks that should have opened (not? literally) the minds of some: misguided workers—and all. thie remained unanswered because~“look where amt 1 am In thé clutches of the powers that be; one of those uMfortunates whom the right even to be a wage slave is denied. But | shall not trouble you with personal grievances. Probably you know enough about, prison already. Let me tell yéu of the hope and determination that fills my breast. 1 have been a wage worker before this imprisonment and will have to be one when it is over; but | am a wage slave with a will to power, with a determination, to be free... In my heart burns a revolutionary fire, which shall burst.in.a flame once this forced suppression. is removed: But even now under adverse circumstances our (ft am hot the only Communist here) spirit is not broken. This ie not a fit place for Communist activities. yet, thru individual conversations and thé circulation of our literature the “Bol- shevike” are an issue'on par with baseball and criminology. 1 am confident that we hive néutralized many a would-be strike breaker; and we are fecruiting the more promising material for future working class struggles, In spite of the censor, | manage-to get a few books, and, tho most of my reading is inconsequential, | am learning to under- stand their “eluture”... their propaganda. Perhaps | may be able to use it for good purpose. You will hear from some of us; | am.sure you will hear from me. 1 have received your card notifying me that my subscrip- tion expires soon. Even before that I had written to a friend, who subseribed the paper for me the first time, to renew it. WE ONLY EARN A CENT AND A HALF A DAY. Continue to send the paper. Fraternally yours, In the coal campaign being carried on by the Young Workers League the entire party and federation apparatus js being mobilized into action. All Witlits “ot, the party are assisting the league in rallying the. young miners to fight for its demands and to organize into mine nuclei of the As a part of Meetings are being held in the various mine territories. ‘VETERAN BUREAU OFFICIALS PLAY EASY MONEY GAME \Nearly $1,000,000 In- |volved in Crooked Deal | The name of Charles Cramer, gen- eral counsel for the veterans’ bureau, | was Inked with Charles Forbes, form- | er head of the bureau, now on trial | here charged with consipracy to de- fraud the government of a million dol | lars. Cramer, it is charged, is a fellow | conspirator with Mortimer, Forbes and J. W. Thompson, St. Louis contractor, |in the stealing of governmental hosp \tal funds which was checked by the | congresisonal exposures. Forbes re | signed as director of the veterans’ | bureau while being investigated by | both houses of congress. Telegrams read in court revealed that Cramer, Mortimer and Forbes were to split $100,000, if they could ease the Gutheil boat case thru the department of justice with the aid of the late Jesse Smith. Mortimer charges that when Forbes went west he left the interests of the conspira- tors in Cramer’s hands. J. W. Thompson, the contractor whe worked hand in hand with Forbes im the letting of contracts to him of hos pital construction, had nearly @ mil lion dollars at stake in the Guthetl boat case. Your Union Meeting FIRST THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1924. Name of Local and Place Neo. of Meeting. Allied Printing Trades Counell, 68 &. Van Buren St., 6:30 p. m. 271 Amal. Clothing Workers, 409 8. 227 Boiler Makers, 2040 W. North Ave. 93 Boot and Shoe, 1939 Milwaukee Ave. 14 Brick and Cia 486 Brick and Cla the 43 Carpenters, 11 Ashiand Bivd. 62 Carpenters, 6416 &. Halsted St. , 1440 Em rmanvitte, itl. a 694 ters, Ogden and Kedzie, Serpantars; RCW, Reetn" Aes 190. Drug Clerks, 431 &. Dearborn 8t., eee 134 “Electricians, 1807 ‘Ogden Ave. Electri 7475 Dante Ave. @ Janitresses, City Hall, Hearing 00 18 Ladies’ Garment Workers, $28 W. ‘an Buren Ashland Ave. 100 Ladies’ Garment Workers, 828 W. Van Buren St. 12 Leather Wokers, 810°W. Harrleon » 119 S. Throop St. District Council, 1446 W. Adams St, Painters, Dutt’s Hall, Chicago eights. Pia nd 01 Wkrs., 180 W. iriatncugrmen Wire onian labor party, of the executive committee of the Reval and other | Bsthonian trade unions, as well as members of the united front group. The accused demanded that they this national campagin Comrade Max Salzman, well known league organizer, is touring the éntire southern Illinois +———————___________—_- mining fleld.on behalf ofthe league. Negro Addresses Women’s Club. *n 2 and the shooting carried otit at once. The feading of indictment, which quoted almost all the decisions of the congresses Of the Comintern and of the R. I. L. U., in order to prove that Marine Co., Dept. 1. S.,98. Ohio St., Chicago “trial,” and was fought heroically by something like 200 workers divided in All progvessive miners are requested ‘ov. 23—The peanut. to attend thesé meetings and give it NEW YORK, Nov. ona should be allowed to have defenders| membership of the Communist Party| their undivided support. Salzman’s| he sweet potato, the pecan and com-| 4, Piymbers (Railway), Monroe and from the Soviet Union. constitutes @ erime against the safety | «ates are as follows: mon southern clay have given Dr./ 1, , [poria Ste nen, 7eth and Drexel The military court decided to ad- mit the defenders provided they com- plied with the regulations as regards criminal procedure, Soviet Defenders Willing. of the state, lasted for three days. The chief item im the indictment which was brot against the accused was: Attempts to overthrow the ex- isting order of society and to establish George W. Carver, head of Tuskegee Institute’s scientific research, mater- ials for hundreds of commercial by- products, about some of which he is telling the women’s board of domestic Johnston City—Dec. 4, 5. Duquoin,- Ill.—Dee. 6; Dowell, Ill.—Dee 7¢ Christopher, [1.—Dee, 8, 9. Valier, Ill.—Dee. 11, 12. A VERY PLEASING BATH ROBE Ave. 504 Ralivay Clerks, 8138 Commercial ve. 14872 Sign Hangers, 810 W. Harrison St, ‘Tile Roofers, 1224 Milwaukee, Masonic Temple, A PRETTY SCHOOL DRESS € Dee. 12. issions, reformed church in America. Stone Cutters, 180 W. Washingten Upon the initiative of the interna-| Soviet rule. Buckner, Ill—Dee. 1 m! . ne tional legal defense bureau in Moscow, To the question whether they admit-} Zeigler, Il~-Dec. 13, 14. Dr, Carver won the Spingarn medal yaa’ Yeddeitere; 6900 Housten Ave. ted their guilt, many of the accused prowdly replied in the following man ner: “We 46 hot vouchsafe any ans- wer to the élass court of the bour- geoisie, We are only responsible to a proletarian tribunal.” Others replied: “We feel ourselves to be guilty be- case we have done too little for the emancipation of the working class,” or, “We are to blame because we have contributed too little towards the over- throw of thé bourgeoisie.” Death sentences are pending. Only @ courageous protest on the part of Benton, HlL—Dec. 15, 16. Collinsville, Il.—Dee. 17. O'Fallon, Tll.—Dee. 18. Belleville, 1i—Dec. 19. St. Louis, Mo—Deo. 20, 21, 22, 28, Springfield, fll—Dee, 24, 25, 26, 27, Peoria, I1l.—Dec. 28, 29. Rockford, til—Ded. 80, 31. Small Raises in Wages Are Given mF Rail Telegraph Group monet Maintenance of wa: members of the barristers’ organiza- tion of the Soviet Union expressed their readiness to undertake the de- fense of the accused, and the military court in Reval was informed by tele- graph three times of this fact. Altho the accused sent urgent t grams requesting that the defenders should proceed to Reval, and althc the military court had agreed to ad- mit the defenders, the Esthonian for- eign ministry refused to grant the de- fenders the necessary visas to enter the country, as a result of which the for highest achievement by an Ameri-| 5,4 can of African descent. The govern-| 419 ment used his sweet potato flour in the war for breadmaking. ‘Teamsters (Dairy), 220 8. Ashland. Ugpaieterten, 180 W. Washington (Note—Uniess otherwise stated all meetings are at 8 p. m.) FACTS FOR WORKERS By JAY LOVESTONE accused were left without defenders,|t%e international working cles can) ais nees on three western rail:| Marine department . 4.13 ‘The trial which has already. lasted |*#V® the lives of the proletarian fight oe given insignificant raises} Clerical and station 4.45 several days, has been accompanied | *"* a , by ‘the-Tailroad™ labor board, "at the tionery engineers, etc 4.54 by dramatic scenes. The court build piper arid Causes Injuries. |#@ite time that important. changes}. Engine service ... 4.39 to 7.43 5 {ngs are suttounded by police and| Cyclone in Madri ' |were made in the working tules.| Train service .. 4.41 to 6.37 chintz may be/ military. Numerous arrests have| MADRID, Dec. 8.—A cyclone swept) some of the telegraphers on the! | Telegraphers, etc. 4.78 Used for the dress) and crepe or ba) taken place thruout the whole of Hsth-|Madrid today, paralysing traffic, de-| Sante Fe railroad were given an in| Shop employees .. % 5.03 tt i ‘ ie, hae ren Rspeeed onia in order to prevent mass demon- oe trees and Poca s hao crease of three cents an hour, On|, at a q ORE RE TORE vi Dp 0 : ‘e88./strations of protest. Two workers,|ttic transmission and power. "|the Detiver and Rio Grande the in-}).. og) é : It is @ simple model—and one that ber of persons were slightly injured. | Grease was only ond bent aa hour Mis ah ine by Wage Groups, 1923 sila admits of many atractive combina E, W RIECK LUNCH HOOMS The Cineinnati, Indianapolis and ‘Under $3.00 tions in materials, ' France and Spain Have Race Contest.| Western railroad telegraphers were er $3.00 . The pattern is out in four sizes: 4, BARCELONA, Dec. 8—France and Spain will meet in international races at 1,000 and 9,000 meters, Sunday,| Southern PaciNé and the Central rail- with the best runners of both coun:|road of New J ‘ tries entered, it was announced today, | increases. : UNCLE WIGGILY'S TRICKS’ Why so fast, \ Wig Seven Places , 62 W. Van Buren 496. Striped flannel, corduroy and 66 eiderdowa are good materials for @ garment ike this, It could also be made of quilted silk or satin, or of blanket cloth. The pattern is cut in four sizes: Small, 34-86; medium, 88-40; large, 42- 44; extra large, 46-48 inches bust measure, A medium size requires 4% yards of 36 inch aye : ‘i Pattern mailed any address receipt of 12c in ailver or stamps. ney cola ier area Ry 1118 IN ORDERING YOUR PATTERN wa Waatington sia ents tl BE SURE TO MENTION THE SIZE bel: ae care’ tae YOU WANT IT IN. baleen he DALAT Send 12c in silver or stamps for our a ow York Arm ot" patra TH FALL & WINTDR 1994 ese are given a three cent an hour increase ‘Tolegraphers “emiployed ‘by the receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. IN ORDERING YOUR PATTERN BE SURD TO MENTION THE SIZE YOU WANT IT IN. Commiceary and Bakery: | 1612 Pulton i Phone West 264! ED. GARBER QUALITY SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN 2427 ae AVENUB : Telephone Diversey 6129 PITTSBURGH, PA, DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering ey, Recto ane! “TV left the garden fees and. Im afraid i wna LEGO Ne , ;