The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 5, 1924, Page 1

eta net Seca Sate einer nists hada Saab aes ses eve ce aha a aaa ? ers Government Watered as Second-class matter September ( Vol. I. No. 220. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Suiside Ghicego, by mail, seer sear. - FRIDAY, _—_O URGE PAN-AME! By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. MINERS W A G F WING to an error in.a paragraph that appeared in this column on Wednesday last, dealing with the in- vestments of “Abe” Cahan in what is z Yeft of the yellow socialist press in permsssire this country, the name of the New A oe ° England. Leader, long dead, was sub- Pi ittsburgh Militants in stituted for that of the Milwaukee Hot Election Leader, edited and partly owned ts Victor Berger. The paragraph shou! have ce aaa to the state- (Specta),: to "Fhe: Cully Werder) ment of ownership made to the post} PITTSBURGH, Dec. 4,—-On office by the management of the Mil-|the eve of the elections in Dis- waukee Leader, the Jewish Daily/trict 5, of the United Mine Forward owns more than 2 per cent|Workers of America, the pro- of the stock in Berger’s paper.” How|gressives in the miners’ union much more, it does not say. of that section have ‘issued a oad od statement setting forth the prin- HE committee charged with the|ciples for which they stand and duty of awarding the Nobel peace|charging the reactionary offi- prize could not locate anyone this/gialdom with serious orimes year, considered worthy of the prize. against the interests of the The name of Ramsay MacDonald was | ynign membership. mentioned by enthusiastic pacifists,| myo administration of Pat but.the committee probably read a Fagan, president of District 5, little about his wars in India, Meso- hae at ty rpassed in brazen disre. potaiile, “ Meypt ‘and “Ching, ~ ae gard of the interests of the rank naval program, and decided to let the and “file that “oF any previous prize draw interest a little longer.|° The dove of peace must feel quite;incumbent, declares the state- iss end aR Heh The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farm- Help Insure THE DAILY WORKER for 1925! Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER 5 PUBLISHING CO, 1113 W. Washington Blvd, Chicago, m. Price 3 Cents ICAN LABOR UNITY SOUTHSLAVIG. (GOMPERS AND HORONES HISSED COMRADES GET | BY MEXICAN WORKERS AT PAN BUSY IN DRIVE} AMERICAN FEDERATION MEETING By J. W. JOHNSTONE, (Special to The Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, Dec. 4.—While the workers in the gallery hissed the appearance on the platform of Samuel Gompers and Luis Morones at the opening of the Pan-American Federation !0N! of Labor convention here, Morones, the “Gompers of Mexico,” went over the top in the drive! attacked the Communist Party of Mexico and by open inference ica, to those in the trade |t0_establish the DAILY WORK-| threatened violence and murder of Communists if they proceeded fraternal greetings trom |&R and we intend to exert/in their efforts to organize the Mexican workers and peasants. 6 and Canada, organized in | Very effort to reach the quota Pretending that the efforts of the Communists were “de- of $3,861 alloted to us in the! structive” of existing labor organizations, Morones said, “We Victims alike of the blood-thirsty gi {the same band of imperial. |drive to make the DAILY/ wil) stop at nothing to protect — lst exploiters, with headquarters in Wal et of which the White |WORKER grow,” Comrade T.|oyr labor organization. And House in Washington is but a department, the workers of both American |Cuckovich; secretary of the our labor organizations must continents are faced with the necessity of uniting their forces for com- |South-Slavic Federation told defend the present socialist mon struggle against their common enemy. the DAILY WORKER yester- overniient.” The workers of practically every tf erican country have feit day. so “protecting” the: labor unions, the.Iron heel of American imperialtem, | Memias has ie worms: a “We have already brot the presses of | worones means to protect his control FLECTION FIGHT Amer " is «, a been invaded by American armed forces, had her Naaoitatlone cor Sie Gonth Biavic Mederstion: to, tis: sid lovee them, just as by “defending the children killed by the shelling of Vera of the nationwide drive to insure the ” . rupted by American bribery, has had her government” he means to defend him Honal resources grabbed by | pairy WORKER for 1925.” Comrade American imperialist exploiters. American troops are in possession of |Cuckovich said. ‘We have already ia he is a minister in the Calles FOR REICHSTAG countries. Cuba has her printed several articles in our Com- Halti, Santo Domingo, Nicaragua, and “ ” army officers, are in Brazil munist paper, Radnik and donations A “Pan-American” Farce. ORREL. at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. DECEMBER 5, 1924 ZB 79° Trade Union Educational League Issues Appeal to Latin-American Workers Urging the solidarity of all continents, the Trade Union Ed a manifesto to the workers of Latin of the gathering of the Pan-Ameé! at Mexico City. The manifesto in Manifesto of the Trade Leagu ‘0 THE WORKERS OF LATIN-AMERIC Greetings to the workers of Latin- unions and those as yet unorganized- m the revolutionary unionists of the United the Trade Union Educational League. AS WE SEE IT on the two American onal League has issued America on the occasion n Federation of Labor ull is as follows: ion Educational Pledge Co-operation to Insure Daily Worker “The South-Slavic Federation laws made to the order of Wall Street, U. 4 and Peru, and vast sums of money are bell to foment war between ror the DAILY WORKER are expect- If ever there was a farce of a “Pan- — fonély these days. ment. The $3,000,000 of the} Brazil and Argentine, and between Chile Peru, in order that while American” gathering, this convention tebe we eer district defense fund is spent, Latin-American workers kill one another, Wall Street bandits may ei et a ig it. It represents perfectly the Mat- Results to Affect the to reach * tape nt. nee that ‘a large pro-| ‘Dey. Woll 1dea..as ho-expressed it at portion of the comrades in the South| =! Paso, of the “Monroe Doctrine of ae : Slavic Federation are miners, many of labo: Only those countries ass Imperialism Crushes Labor. whom have been unemployed for|T¢Presented here which are not only By ARTHUR ROSENBERG. American imperialism crushes labor beth at home and abroad. After |months, these comrades are expected | Perialist dependencies of the “colos- Loncsletete, Aha Daily Worked exploiting its workers at home, it uses its ave the workers | to set to work with the determination | ®¥8 °f the north”—as the Latin-Amer- BERLIN, Dec. 4.—The Com- of Latin-America. Wall Street is the un! and fighting spirit characteristic of |!¢@m8 Tefer to the United States—but| munist party is preparing for continent. And in Latin-America it is Wall S| stands behind the |the miners. which are practically under control)the elections of next Sunday, native bourgeoisie in its exploitation of I _ American investors in All party. members are urged to} the American armed forces. Dec. 7, the penitentiary elec- Latin-American industries dictate the tabo ing policies that prevail, |concentrate on the five and ten dol:| Only Panama, Guatemala and Nic-}siong ‘as the popular saying and back them up with imperialist foree. Witness:the strikes in the | lar insurance policies in order tomake|®"@sua are “represented” at this so- rightly eXpresses it, under the packing industry in Argentine (Swift: interests); the strikes |the DAILY WORKER secure for the| Called “Pan-American” convention of| 04 “Gisticuit conditions. In the oll fields of Mexico (Standard O11); the crushing of the copper j|coming year. The one dollar insur- pti eared hag x a fs eae The situation eaeatin the OMficial labor party of Britain. Faney |*" miners in Shit sale picts hie: ee age peed to rd policies are to be sold to sympa- ey Bane: wen eas a, aguale J cares Duma. elections under czarism, such a’party “‘dghting the battles ot] Asaim. the Bde = n usioniste. rated i. hase od BM Rete a Be } ‘three Central Ameri "or =the. elections. which have the workers and poor farmers.” | Witleh Lewis’ sae {ab . Org A ing ; es every whiere ‘are especially | °F. Tatciw oten ious RuReMt place Ti ree ; ¢ the coal industry threw hundreds of} the United States in all its branches. ness the brea ing of the Cuban | cathusiastic over the forthcoming publics represent “labor” even less|taken p) ace In recent times in é cs a thousands of miners out of work and| general strike by American battleships; the invasions of Mexico; the oc |painy WORKER “Tool Box.” This| than does Sam Gompers. [tis ahand-jthe domain of the Polish RTHUR HENDERSON in an @-|sjowed the open ‘shop operators to} | eupations of Santo Domingo, Haiti, Nicaragua, ete.; the universal diplo- | wi be of real value to the DAILY|Picked crowd. There are no organized | “democracy,” in Finland, Jugo- : PA ticle in The Daily Herald of Lon-| mare heavy inroads on hitherto or-| atic bulldozing; all of which is summed up in the modern version of the | woRKmR readers, as movements. in these countries to be|slavia, or Mussolini’s Italy. don, plays on the same key. He de- rites ¢ infamous “Monroe Doctrine.” i eee little “booklet\packed “with “inform preaenbeweeis 65 con ct Rear SeMUAIeE Strength. : precates the tendericy in the ‘Tabor|" Contract Violations: ine. come in and enslave them all. These are of international banditry practiced against imperialism. a few instances of years jin-America by American J H. THOMAS, colonial minister|Without an accounting ever be- 4 in the late MacDonald labor party nD ee, wer Ste a kates Dawes Plan government, scourged those elements among the workers who preached the |Pigeon by the name of W. D. Reese, class war and denounce the capital- for services which were not specified, iéts. He upheld the:theory that the| While the officers of the district draw interests of labor and capitalists were |ft Salaries and high expense ac- identical. Sir Edward Manville, pro- ape sae ; minent plutocrat, rose to second e signing of the Cleveland agree- Thomas’ remarks, appealing to the |™eut by Lewis resulted in 45,000 min- more ferocious capitalists on his side | °S in the coke region being left out to ‘pull in their horns; The. policy of |", the cold without any substantial J. Hi. Thomas was the policy of the |Telief, with 175,000 children to provide party to stress class divisions. Such tion about the labor world. A Sour Ainerioan: Boyeott. irresponsible people must be kept in their place he declares, The labor party must prove to the “people” of Great Britain that it intends to ac- complish reforms in society by par- liamentary means, and not by the exercise of the mass power of the workers. This is the kind of lan- guage, the Hillquits, Mahoneys, John- ston’s and other proponents of a fake farmer labor party, use in America. os 6 LLARENCE DARROW, noted crim- inal lawyer does not believe life is worth living for. It is quite true that for millions of workers life is anything put pleasant. But Clarence and his kind are not so badly off. This philosophy of despair of which Dar- row is an outstanding exponent is a déadly drug for the minds of the work- ing class. It is just as pernicious as the dope injected into their minds by the clergy. Between the opium of the elergy and the opium peddled by the atheist Darrow, there is no choice for the workers. Both sets of parasites live comfortably at the workers’ ex- pense. eee PASHITCH, former premier of * Serbia, failing to make his way back to the public pap in the usual way decided to break into print by taking his cue from the British tories, and staging a “red” plot. He charged M. Raditch, Croatian leader, with car- rying on a conspiracy against the Serbian government under the in- structions of Moscow. The king of Serbia, was convinced that Pashitch was telling the truth, so he asked at willing gentleman to take office, did, and one of his first acts was to ditch. \ The latter crossed over into Italy. “The Pashiteh party declares the yarn of the Moscow plot and the ery of “Bolshevism” will suffice to win the elections, But there is a fly in the ointment. The Croatian being donied ballots may to bullets. ee OW that Charlie Chaplin has en- tered on his second matrimonial The operators are violating the “sacred contract” with impunity. “Most flagrant,” states the manifesto, “is the violation of the provision that a loader shall have two rooms, work- ing in one until it is cleaned up, so as not to interfere with the cutters. In this district in practically every mine, there. are two men. to every room, and their earnings are far to low to secure a comfortable living for a family.” The progressive miners charge the officers of the Pittsburgh district with trying to defend the stoolpigeon Ro- bert W. Beattie, former secretary of the Pittsburgh Central Labor Union, and to save him from expulsion in face of unquestionable evidence that he was an industrial spy. These fakers also deserted the miners convicted for participation in the’ Cliftonville riots. Thirty eight of these men are rotting in Moundsville prison, and are completely ignored by the officers of the district. Disqualifying Candidates Fearing the growing power of the progressive opposition the last des- perate act of this shaky officialdom was to disqualify candidates for office and frame charge against candidates Harminson, Toohey and Wekich. The militants in District 5, endorse the platform of the progress miners and declare their intention of fighting for the following demands: The election of organizers by the rank and file; investigation and itemized accounting of the $3,000,- (Continued on Page 2.) gue orders for the arrest of Ra-|. PARIS WORKERS CHEER LEONID KRASSIN, FIRST (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Dec, 4-—Cheered by a great concourse of workers who had gathered to welcome the first am- bassador from the Soviet republic of workers and peasants to the French government, Leonid Kras- Labor of All-America Must Unite! Labor in the United States and Canada, struggling against the same power that oppresses the workers of Latin-America, feels the need of a union of all working class forces of both continents, Workers to the South feel the same burning necessity. All workers understand that this Pan-American unity of labor is absolutely required for any successful struggle a ist the forces of Wall Street. But unity in the struggle is not yet achieved between the workers of the different countries, because of the Treachery of Gompers-Morones Leadership. The Pan-American Federation of Labor, now meeting in Mexico City, is being used, not as an organ of struggle for the working class to throw off the yoke of American imperialism, but as another one of the instru- ments of Wall Street to extend its power and further enslave Latin- America. Samuel Gompers is the “boss” of the Pan-American Federation, with the assistance of Luis Morones. The toiling masses of the United States and of Latin-America, have no control whatever over it. A vast majority of the unions of both North and South are not.even misrepresented by traitorous leaders. Yet this private organ of Gompers and Co. poses as the representative of “Labor.” And what does it do? All of its acts are digstated directly by the interests of American imperialism, of Wall Street. As head of the Pan-American Federation of Labor, Gompers recom- mended that Latin-American workers in the Canal Zone should receive 25 per cent to 35 per cent less wages than labor from the United States. Gompers, after being instructed at the last Pan-American Congress to protest against the occupation by U. S. troops of Haiti, instead sent a message of congratulation to the state department for that act of im- perialist aggression. With the past few months, Gompers sent a representative to Nica- ragua to pr the adoption of laws “written by a representative of the state department of the United States,” with a threat of internal dis- orders to be organized if the law were not passed. At the American Federation of Labor convention just closed in El Paso, Gompers endorsed the exclusion of Mexic: from the United States. He has consistently refused at all times to take any action to organize and protect the Mexican workers In this country who suffer exceptivnal oppression. Gompers is a part of the capitalist political machine, an agent of Wall Street, a betrayer of the working class, an instrument of imperial- ism. Gompers has turned the Pan-American Federation of Labor into an instrument of imperialism. Gompers is an enemy of socialism. He is an e He is an enemy of labor solidarity the world over. idarity of labor is impossible so long as Gompers is able to pose as the leader of the Pan-American Federation of Labor. And what is true of Gompers is also true of his lieutenant, Luls Morones. Organize Real Pan-American Solidarity! There can be no real Pan-American Federation of Labor until it bases itself upon the common struggle of ail workers against American im- perialism. This cannot be done under treacherous leadership such as ¥ (Continued en page 2.) CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF The comrades have already made numerous requests for the “Tool Box.” It will contain memo sheets, a calen- cattnnt ‘obentrien anh ab: Atentin dar, and important dates of labor h: 7 we ‘ae i pa Brazil, Urugay, Pataguay, Chile, Peru, DAILY| Ecuador, Bolivia, Santo Domingo, WORKER, and the Workers Month-|#4ytl, Porto Rico or Cuba. ly, an dapplication blanks for mem- bership in the Workers Party. pray Box” will be in pied mail American Federation fo Labor, Gom- within a few days and eve! b- scriber to: ‘the adele ScRT En, put with the rankest kind of betrayal of be provided with one. It will also contain Lake Steamer Sinks, CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 4,— The freighter Lakewood, bound for Indiana |icaiism ig dead. Reconstruction alone with a cargo of automobiles, ‘ ank-10 miles: Ol Sturgeen.(Bay: at can save the world from the terrible fe Cyt FUNERAL SATURDAY FOR COMRADE ROBERT FUNK AT DETROIT, MICHIGAN (Special to The Daily Worker) Dec. 4.—Com- munists of Detroit mourn the loss of Robert Funk, who died here Wednesday night at the their comrade, take place Saturday morning at 10 o'clock from 8288 Fordyce avenue, Comrade Funk was a tailor and in the Journeymen Tailors’ Union. Known as a Com- munist and leader of the left wing, he succeeded thru his activities and | reyoit which taxed th fe ability of the the confidence his fellow workers | Peruvian government in its suppres- placed in him in becoming a mem- ber of the union’s executive board. He was associated with Comrade There are absent, in cold of the “Monroe: Doctrine of Labor,” any representatives from the really im- But regardless of this chilly revep- tion to the Judas program of the Pan- pers ‘and Morones are holding forth the workers of both Mexico and the United States to class collaboration with Wall Street imperialism. “Mutual Interests” of Enemies. Says Gompers in his. speech, “Rad- consequences of a future world war. Labor and capital must understand one another in mutual interests.” It is quite significant that a Mexican capitalist in the so-called “socialist” government, gives out an interview saying that the invasion of Mexico by Gompers has killed socialism in Mexico. He added that, “Radical Jead- ers who have created trouble have been either discredited or have been converted to an aggressive policy of reconstruction.” From this it is quite clear that when Gompers mentions “reconstruction” he means class col- laboration. The threat of Morones against the Communists acquires strong signi ficance in view of the fact that he is the heavy end of Calles’ cabinet, PERU REBELS HOLD TOWN FOR OVER ONE WEEK BUNEOS AIRS, Dec. 4.—News of sion reached here from Lima. The movement started on Nov. 20. The revolutionists captured the town The fact that there were 62 Com- munist members of the Reichstag in Germany and that on the 4th of May, 3,700,000 votes were cast for the Communist Party, did not at all fit in ‘to the system of the Dawes plan. In the experts’ plan the German government has been explicitly charged with the task of creating, in mutual agreement with the creditor countries, such conditions as would make Germany appear a trustworthy debtor in the eyes of other countries. Four miffon Communists in Ger many constitute, however, a factor which most seriously injures the cre- dit of the German bourgeoisie. Every million fess of Communist votes im- plies a cheapening by 2 per cent of the credit for the German state and private loans abroad. The weakening of Communism is a vital part of the policy of fulfilment of the German bourgeoisie and German social-demo- racy. Revolutions Not Made in Parliament. As a matter of fact these tactics are exceedingly stupid. A revolution- ary movement is not destroyed by ex- cluding it from or reducing its (Continued on Page 5.) LOEB T0 SPEAK AT PITTSBURGH GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING (Special to The Dally Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 4—A general membership meeting of the Workers Party has been cailed for Pittsburgh Saturday evening, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p. m., at the Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St. Moritz J. Loeb, busi- ness manager of the DAILY WORK- ER, will address the meeting on one of the most important tasks now be- fore the party. A review will also be given of the last campaign activities of the party and plans for further activities dis- cussed. Every party member in Pittsburgh and vicinity is urged to attend this meeting. Take car No. 82 and get off at Roberts St, oe - WORKERS PARTY FORMS STANDING | ‘Sitter? "hs fer °ytm "0. Jot ctor ox Nov. anand in gover tlonaries- who were deeply en- |ment troops were not successful in In Cleveland, Ohio, Sunday. UNITED FRONT SUB-COMMITTEE trenched in his union and whom |retaking the place until Nov. 28. On Sunday, Dec. 7, Loeb will ad rm 7 they both fought successfully. He The rebels swept down from the|dress a special meeting in Cleveland, i“ ; : was an ardent supporter of the /Andean mountains under the leader.}of DATLY WORKER agents and ac The Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party herewith issues| Friends of Soviet Russia and never |ship of Colonel Alcazar and Lieuten-|tive party members and sympathizers for publication a résolution passed by that body instructing its political] failed to set forth his views to the jants Barreda and others. The latter|at the party hall, 5927 Buclid Ave. Stillman, has decided to disavow the| a delegation of the Communist |committee to appoint a sub-committee of three to canvass every possible| entire membership of his union. were executed by the government|Loeb after giving an account of the Indian guide, William Jennings Bryan| Party France, attended by en- |ave: of employing the united front tactic, in harmony with the defination In his death we lose a valuable / forces. history of the DAILY WORKER will should take advantage of the lull in| thusiastic crowds of workers, who |of that policy formulated by the Fifth Congress of the Communist Inter-| 494 beloved comrade. Tho still in | ‘The reports do not give an estimate |submit a detailed plan for assuring be public interest to stage a comeback! were invited into the embasey’s | national. y his early thirties he was a victim jof the numerical strength of the revo-|the continuance of our paper for 1925, with @ lecture entitled: “Man has not| magnificent reception rooms, where . The resolution states that the farmerlabor party has ceased to. be a| of tuberculosis, a disease which |lutionaries, but say that the battle|/Hvery worker who has the interest v 2 contral issue in the labor movi ‘and no, longer serves the vurpose of| takes the lives of 80 many workers |which resultod in a defeat for the reb:|of the DAILY WORKER at heart, at en ee Ie as on page 2.) pO TTR in bie trade under profa rule, ‘ela inated two daye tend this meeting. y y Leon GABE NT BaP et hay venture, thus quenching the curiosity} sin, accounted one of the ablest of of imillions—the kind who believe Cal-| Bolshevik diplomats, arrived today vin Coolidge is an enemy of Wall) at 11 a.m. to take over the Russian Street—and Peggy Hopkins Joyce,| embas: has returned to pay the laundry bills} Comrade Krassin was escorted of her Swedish count, and James A.| from the station to the embassy by