The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 9, 1924, Page 1

ote The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farm- ers’ Government Nol. Il. No. 223. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O*FLAHERTY. Sa F you are not on your way to Cali- fornia to spend the rest of your life in that allegedly agreeable climate, it is not the fault of Arthip’ Brisbane, the widely-known chief of William Randolph Hearst's editorial staff. Ar- thur draws something-like $100,000 a year from Hearst for poisoning the minds of the masses with his slippery propaganda. He is. now enroute to California, very likely to see how his real estate ventures are getting along. © 8 N the train he sits down to a dic- taphone and hurls a column of nonsense into it. But tho it is non- sense, it is nevertheless dangerous. The object of Brisbane's praise of Cal- ifornia 1s to advertise his real estate business and to create a feeling of contentment in the minds of the Amer- ican workers and make them feel that * this is a country of unlimited oppor- tunity provided they have the, .desire to get wealthy. Brisbane, bi aire journalist and pen’ knows that under capitalism;the great wealth and unlimited resources. of America are in the hands,of our rul+ ing class and that the millions; of;pro- ducers will never have accepgoto this, wealth until they first get:mid) ofthe capitalists. oe 8 'HE number of votes alloted to the candidates of the Workers Party by. the official count for the state. of We dre not complaining about this ~ kind of treatment; it is just what we expected. The Communists do not ex- pect a re deal from the. capital- those Shots mmunism is skin deep will lose heart because the official count skows hundreds of thousands of votes for LaFollette, Davis and Cool- idge and only a few thousand for Fos- ter. In this country with millions of workers disfranchised and those the most radical, the election result is not a good thermometer to register the political temperature. . He 640 BIG famine faces the Irish work- ers and peasants. How little na- tive rule means to the masses of any country is demonstrated by the fact that the south of Ireland is now ruled by native Irishmen, yet thes» men are taking as-little interest in thé ‘welfare of the workers as the British govern- ment did when Ireland was ruled from Dublin castle. The writer does not hold that Ireland is free from British rule merel¥ because a so-called Free State is in existence. Not at all. Ire- land was never more under British rule than today. And Ireland would also be under the iron heel of Britain if DeValera and his supporters were in office. * * & ‘HY? In the first place an Irish Re- public free from British domina- tion is inconceivable, short of the overthrow of the British ruling class and the dismemberment of the robber empire. As long as England has a single battleship left she will defend Ireland—for her own sake—as the apple of her eye. She will fight for the retention of Ireland for strategica: reasons just as she will spend hun- dreds of millions of pounds and spill a river ‘of blood to protect the Suez canal, properly characterized by a 3 (Continued one 2) DETROIT RUNS FIVE BIG BOLSHEVIK FILM SHOWS IN ONE WEEK cial to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 8— Five shows in) three different theaters in one week is the record hung up by the Detroit Workers Party as a mark for other locals to equal if not famous new feature, “The Beauty and tl: Bolshevik,” and the three- 1 educational “Russia in Over- These two films will be shown: Medbury Theater, Deo, 8 and 9. Caniff Theater, (Hamtramck), Deo, 10 and 11, Royale Theater, Dec. 12, - Toward the end of the week there be an announcement of further dates in the Jewish section, and the Armenian col Ig also to come in for ion. In the meantime, pick out the theater nearest you and SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ELECT 44 GER Mexican Communis Outside Chicago, [GERMAN RULERS | FALL 10 CRUSH COMMUNISTS Our Party Wins 44 Seats in New Reichstag (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Dec. 8.—Despite the campaign of terror and. im- prisonment carried on by the munists, the latter succeeded in sending 44 deputies. to the Reichstag according to the| present incomplete tabulation. plan used every weapon at their | disposition to crush the Com- munists who were the only; sincere opponents of the fetter- ing of the German working class by the Wall Street bank- ers. True to their role of sérvants of the bourgeoisie, the social-democrats (%. bolster_up the capitalist govern- tient, which is one of the agents of the. American financiers. Not @ True Picture. Tho the Communists had 62 depu- a true picture of the political sentt- ment among the German working bi ae ae used agai 0 sympathetic - to the Communis! But the capitalists are not at all happy over, the idea of having 44 Communists in parliament. That number can only cause a little less (Continued on Page 2.) TACOMA OFFICIAL SENDS OUT APPEAL FOR AID TO THE UNEMPLOYED (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8— E. Brown, superintendent of the free employment to the needy. It is estimated that 500 unemployed seek work in his office daily, wnich does not-include. the hundreds who wait at gates of factories and sawmills every morn- ing. The Todd steel shipyard recently closed down;-throwing nearly 1,000 skilied-men out of work. aT RUTH FISCHER, Communist In Chicago, by-mail, $8.00 per year. government against the Com-/| The upholders of the Dawes! mobilized all their strength in order; ties in the previous Reichstag, the! disparity between that figure and the! Illinois is so low that it is ridiculous. | present representation does not give! class. Every Felipe of tefror phil COMMUNIST LEADER RE-ELECTED by mail, $6.00 per year. { 4 = 290 LY WORKE Bntered as Second-clags matter September 21, 1928, mat the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. TUESDAY, DEGEMBER 9, 1924 Published daily except Sunday PUBLISHING CO., in Pedsaht Leadership by THE 1113 W. Washin; Blyd., VOTES FOR FOSTER) (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Dec. 8.— The official re- turns. of the vote in the state of Massachusetts in the presidential elec- tion has just been published, The Workers Party candidate for president, William Z. Foster, feceived a total of 2,636 votes. John J. Ballam, who was the Work- ers Party candidate for governor, ig credited, with 9,506 votes. Dwyer, for secretary of state, secured 24,000 votes. The.-socialists supported the LaYol- lette progressive ticket in the presi- dential race, but had their separate, socialist ticket in the state election. Their candidate for governor received 4,367 votes or about half the votes of the Communist candidate for gov- ernor. ii Mee, Reichstag desbbae TRUGGLE AGAINST® The DAILY WORKDR is proud to give in the following manifesto ‘the signal of a new, intense class solidarity between_the revolutionary workers of the United States and the oppressed workers and peasants of Latin-America, driven by the whip of native taskmasters, betrayed by traitors of their own race and repressed with the bayonets and rifles of the United States army and navy. Across the barrier of language and border lines, the workers of Am- erica—ALL America!—not merely in the United States, stretch fraternal hands yfth their southern comrades in the fight for life and power. JF A es ae? te TO THE WORKERS AND PEASANTS OF MEXICO AND LATIN-AMERICA. OMRADES: The capitalists of the United States and their govern- ment today rule not-only the United States but Latin-America as well, The same capitalists that rob the workers of the United States, jail and murder them with their armed forces, use these same forces to deprive the Latin-American nations of their independence, make them colonies of Wall Street, increase the misery of the Latin-American work- ers and peasants and bring them untier the iron rule of American im- perialism. The Mexican government that was established by the workers and peasants, for which they gave their lives by the thousands, has sur- rendered to the American capitalists. It dares no longer fight for the ireedom of the working class. razil, the capitalists of the United States and thelr government furnishes army officers to foment war against Argentine. In Chile, the Anaconda Mining Company and the. Guggenheims backed by the United States government, have seized control and mur- dered workers who dared to pro They foment war with Peru. These plots ageinst the lives of the masses of Latin-America are for the purpose of dividing them in their struggle against American imperialism. In Santo Domingo, an American army rules with bayonets and ma- chine guns. in Haiti, thousands of workers killed by American troops is the basis of American capitalist power. In Cuba, American bankers, behind whom stands the power of the inited States, dictate the policies of the Cuban government.while Amer- an capitalists plunder the workers and peasants. In Panama, the Latin-American workers are held in virtual slavery by the American government. Wherever the influence and investiheniy 1 the American imperialist banditry are threatened by strikes and reyolts of the Latin-Amerioan workers and peasants, there are found American bayonets and battle, shi ethe lives of the workers and peasants are nothing to them. They want profits and it makes no difference to them if it is stained with the life-blood of the working c! Aligned with the c Ss: alists of the United States are the social- democrats and reform the traitorous labor burehucrats and other hangers-on of American and Latin-American capitalism. ey protest friendship for the Latin-American masses but they fight only for the lists. soe Workers (Communist) Party of América calls upon the work- ing class of the United States, Canada, Mexico and all of Latin-America to unite inst the monstrous aggressions of American imperialism, to set up a united revolutionary front against the attacks of American capi- taliem and its government on the liberties, lives, and working conditions of the working class. It urges the working class to unite for this revolu- igainst American imperialist aggression, against the inst world capitalism under the banner of the in its power against American capitalism. It toilers of Latin-America. It Mand tells the masses of the danger to them in the growing power of the American capitalists of which their domination of Latin-America is a menacing sign. It alone rallies the workers of the United States for war merica ind this struggle to every corner of Latin-America. enn pede eect TALIST RULE OF WALL STREET IN BOTH AMERICAS VOTES FOR FOSTER AT EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO, HOT COUNTED EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio.,. Dec. 8.—Owing to the .inability of the Workers Party to get on the ballot in Ohio, the district organizer of the party circulated the branches in the state with leaflets explaining how the Workers. Party candidates names should be written in on the ballot. 1. know several in our precinct who voted thus, but not~a Commun- ist candidate was mentioned in the election returns.—Signed, Mary Waters, Secretary, City Central Committee. STRIKE. THES UP SOUTH ILLINOIS TRACTION:LINES Men.Demand Increase! ‘it Wages and Contract (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Hll., Dec. 8.— Communication between many Southern Iilinois towns is com- pletely tied up following the strike of 500 trainmen on the Illinois traction system. The striking motormen, who are. qwith the Amalga- mated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes, de- mand an increase in wages, better working conditions, and a union agreement. 100 Per Cent Effective. The strike is one hundred per cent effective and not a wheel was turning yesterday on the entire 400 miles of the Illinois Traction company system W. I. Taylor, spokesman for the strik. ing trainment, said that no negotia tions have been started with the com- pany and neither side has put forward any offers of compromise. Officials of the traction system were in conference yesterday in Chicago. J..M. Fowler, an official of the trac- tion company, declared that decision has not yet been made as to whether or not an attempt will be made to run the cars with strikebreakers. Traction service between the cities of Danville, Decatur, Champaign, Bloomington, Peoria, Springfield and St. Louis is tied up. The trainmen walked out at midnight Saturday night. The men ask an increase of ten cents an hour in wages, improved working conditions, and abolition of the “open shop.” Mail Service Disrupted. Mail service from St. Louis to Vir- den, Edwardsville, Staunton, Mount Olive, Litchfield, Kinmundy, Gillespie, Colinsville and other Illinois points was entirely disrupted by the strike. One of the principal demands of the strikers which the company refuses, #0 far, is the nine hour day for the passenger workers and the ten hour day for the freight workers. At the office of the Jllinois Federa- tion of Labor the DAILY WORKER was referred to John Walker at Spring- field, as no information about the strike was on hand in Chicago. JURY WOULD CREATE STATE POLICE BECAUSE OF KLAN VIOLENCE WARREN, Ohio, Dec. 8—The riots at Niles instigated by the Ku Klux Klan have been used as an excuse by the Trumbull County spe- cial grand jury to recommend to the state legislature the creation of a constabulary. The jury also advised that the mayor and chief of police be removed from office and that bands of men operating as state police be discontinued. One hundred and four men were indicted charged with participation in the Klan violence. DAIL a the Workers Party has no branes Help Insure THE DAILY WORKER for 1925! WORKER nih Y Chicago, STS Price 3 Cents ALL EXECUTIVE CONMITTEEMEN ARE COMMUNIST Hard Blow forReaction of Gompers-Morones | By J. W. JOHNSTONE, (Special to The Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, Dec. 8.—The most inspiring event of recent days in the western hemisphere is, to'my mind, the Second Con- |gress of the Agrarian League of | Communes, just ended at Jala- | pa, in the state of Vera Cruz, |with a sweeping victory for the | Communists. The entire executive commit- tee are Communists and they are proceeding to organize na- jtionally under the chairmanship }of Ursulo Galvan, the outstand- jing figure in the peasant’s {movement of Mexico. Blow for Gompers-Morones. At the convention of the Pan-Ameri- can Federation of Labor in Mexico City, this and other troubles were ac- cumulating on the horizon for the Gompers-Morones traitors to labor, in spite of their endeavors to shut out of the convention all hints of revolution- ary and anti-imperialist struggle. Guatemala introduced a resolutt6n demanding that American troops be withdrawn from all Latin-America and. ex, cessing, bitter opposition for the Infe” is “Platt ar amendment” fore ed wpon the Latin-American countries, which provided that the United States could invade and plunder and kill at will in the so-called “independent” na- tions of Central America. The Guate- malan delegates are strong fighters, but they are denied a vote by the Mo- rones-Gompers gang, only having a voice. Exposes Sugar Trust, Santo Domingo introduced a resolu- tion showing how the American sugar trust rules Santo Domingo thru the Hughes-Peynado treaty, which is noth- ing more than a plan of annexation giving the “right” of intervention, the control of legislation and legalizing the stealing of land by the sugar trust. The armed forces of the United States are still in control and “elect- ed” the president, Horacio Vazquez, who serves the imperialism of Wall Street and denies the right to organ- ize or to strike, ignores labor laws and is protected by United States bayonets, warships and marines, It is a government of vasseldom, op- pression and death. These are the terms of the resolu- tion which points out that Peynado is a sugar trust lawyer’ who worked in cahoots with Secretary Hughes te rob Santo Domingo of independence, which it demands be given without limitations, treaties or impositions. The Dominican resolution is very strong, but the Dominioan delegate is very weak. Every time an unpleasant word is said about Wall Street imperialism, Gompers moves an adjournment. He seems to feel the need for stimulants to bear up under the strain of listen- inf to indignant Latin-Americans at- tack his friends and fellow-imperial- ists, J. P. Morgan and Charles EB. Hughes. The convention is a series of adjournments. Hit Barefaced Lie. The great scandal coming out of the Pan-American convention is the bare- faced lie, stated in the report of the executive committee, that “Commu- nists supported the De La Huerta re- bellion.” Everybody in México knows that the contrary is true, that Communists (Continued on Page 2) LAST COUNT GIVES ADDITIONAL VOTES TO W. P, CANDIDATES (Special to The Daily Worker) YUKON, Pa., Dec, 8—Final elec: tion count here gives the Workers Party candidates, William Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow, 146 in Yukon county, with 23 in Monessen and 16 in Herminie. The vote in Herminie is significant in view of the fact that there as yet, aan ei