The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 10, 1924, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farm- ers’ Government parse Il. No. 224. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Outside Chicago, —_— MEMBERS OF CARPENTERS’ LOCA CALL HALT ON EXPULSION POLICY; DETERMINED TO DEFEND MILITANTS The members of Local No. 181, of the Carpenters’ Union last Monday night summarily called a halt on the illegal policy of expulsion without trial of loyal members of the union, when a meeting that almost filled Wicker Park hall, rose en masse to defend the illegally expelled members against the tools of Harry densénjand the small army of policemen who tried to have them ejected from the hall. he A, complete story of the case appeared recently in the DAILY WORKER. Briefly stated it is as follows: Several members of Local No. 181 signed a resolution which was passed by the local, protesting against the signing of a scab contract with the Chi- cago contractors by Harry Jensen, district president. Copies of rT OO the resolution and the agree- In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. by-mail, $6.00 per year. WORKERS IN CLEVELAND POLL 931 VOTES FOR COMMUNIST CANDIDATE (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec, 9.—Al- tho no votes were, so far as | know recorded for Foster (the national candidates not being on the ballot and those written in being not counted) the election return on the county and state tickets for the city of Cleveland are as follows, for all Workers Party candidates: William Elliott. for sheriff, 931; John Fromholz for county clerk, 1,185; Carl Hacker and Thomas Bradley, both for county commis- sioner, 1,207; for state representa- tive, seven offices to fill, Comrades A. Alternbera, Rose Checel, W. Er- die, Jacob Heindrich, D. Holzman, Rebecca Sacharow, end Elmer Boich, received approximately the THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 8, 1878. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1924 <i>” PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Published daily except’ Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Help Insure THE DAILY WORKER for 1925! Price 3 Cents Chicago, Ill. TWO LACKEYS (Communists Gain 18 Seats In Prussian Elections As Socialist Strength Fades OF WALL ST. IN PALAVER Mattie Woll Adds Note of Caution By 'J..W. JOHNSTONE. © (Special to the Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY (By Mail.) — The-English section of the cap- italist newspaper called “Ex- celsior,” published in this city, gives an account of the grand reception of Samuel Gompers LANDIS AWARD COMMITTEE CLAIMS THEIR POLICY COST ONLY ELEVEN MURDERS SINCE ITS INCEPTION Under the leadership of Thomas E. Donnelley, chairman of the citizens’ committee to enforce the Landis award, Chicago building contractors and business men met on Monday at the Hotel LaSalle and voted to continue indefinitely the union smashing policy of that organization. While it was unanimously admitted that the open shop policy was a success, since it secured the benevolent neutrality of the labor fakers and the practical endorsement of some, it + AS WE SEE IT By T..J, O'FLAHEATY. — ‘HERE is a remarkable similarity “between the manner in which Ramsiy MacDonald was baunced out of office and placed in a bad light be- fore the wavering workers of England and the plot woven around the lib- éral Premier Herriot of France by the big bourgeoisie of England, quite likely assisted by the big bourgeoisie of France. Herriot, like MacDonald, simmediately after recognition of the “Soviet government proceeded to make raids on the Communists, presumably in order to prove to the big bour- geoisie that his recognition of Russia did not mean that he was in sympathy with Communism. #8 T should be noted that MacDonald and his government had the Com- munist editor, Campbell, arrested just | about the time he signed the trade treaties with Russia, and delivered furious attacks on Communism in gen- eral and on the Communist Interna- tional in particular. The bankers must be convinced that MacDonald is not “red.” He succeeded in doing that but the bankers were not in the least grateful. Just as soon as they had ‘used “Mae for all he was worth, they gave him 28 to attack the Communists when Kras- sin, the Soviet ambassador, arrived in Paris. He arrested the French cap- tain, Sadoul, who was sentenced to death by a court martial in 1919, for joining the Bolsheviki. He organized raids on the Communists, on the mis- information that a plot hatched by foreign radicals to overthrow France had been discovered. He removed a Communist mayor because the latter led the workers of the town in a ‘strike. Yet, this conduct does. not seem to have appeased his foes, the big capitalists. It certainly does not meet with the approval of the workers. i * aoe R those who still prattle about , Soviet interference in the affairs of other countries, the visit of Austen Chamberlain to Herriot may prove illuminating. The tory minister talked lang and secretly with the French premier about the “Communist men- ace,” chiefly in the colonial posses- sions of the. capitalist powers, but also in France, Chamberlain is ac- tually reported to have presented Herriot with evidence of Communist activities in France collected by Brit- ish secret service operatives. It is stated that this “evidence” induced Herriot to start the anti-Communist raids. : 9 big. bourgeoisie do not trust the Herriots, MacDonalds or La- Follettes-any more than the cluss con- scious workers. do. Only in cases of necessity, usually when the- masses aré in.a state of incipient revolt and ‘yome decoy duck with a radical eamouflage is needed to deceive them ‘until the big capitalists get their wind ‘back, do the latter tolerate the leader- ship of representatives of the petty is. It can be predicted that it will go the same road as Mac- when he-succeeds in discredit- . himself with the workers and “who mistook him for a radi- ment were forwarded to the Indianapolis convention for dis- tribution there. This aroused the wrath of General President Hutcheson and _ shortly afterwards the officers of Local 181, had charges preferred against ten members who signed the resolution. Some of them were members of the Workers Party and the Trade Union Educational League and some were not. { It Was Lese Majeste. To pass a resolution criticizing the policy of Czar Hutcheson was noth- ing short of lese majeste so the czar demanded that the local withdraw its censure and prefer charges against those signing the resolution. The secretary of the local, Elinar Larson, dutifully did this and had himself ‘se- lected prosecutor. Larson succeeded in inducing three tof the members of the trial committee :to sign the report, which was a tissue \of falsehoods from start to finish. This [fake report said that the expelled members pleaded guilty and five of the ten members were declared guilty. Such a brazen lie could not stand so there was a strong comeback. When the fake report was read tc the meeting, the chairman refused to give the defendants or the minority of the committee a chance to be heard despite a constitutional provision pro- | viding for a hearing for both. sides and 1 a. me r the gavel t members expelled, tho they had vio- lated no law of the constitution either in spirit or the letter. For a Square Deal. The meeting last Monday night showed that the members of Local 181 are strongly in favor of justice for the expelled militants. No sooner had the meeting been called to order than a policeman was seen in the hall, The chairman asked the conductor to take the password after which-he asked the illegally expelled members to leave the hall, They declined stating that they did not have a trial in accordance with the provisions of the constitution and would insist on their rights, The conductor was then requested to vio- lently eject them and this not being done, the police were called upon to throw out good union men from a un- ion meeting. This was too much for the rank and file. As one man they rose in protest and told the yellow reactionaries that they had reached the limit of their patience and would stand for no more railroading of good union men by the tools of Harry Jensen and Hutcheson Trial Was a Fraud. The members shouted at the top of their voices that the trial was a fraud and that they would insist on a square deal for their fellow workers. The po- lice were seen conferring with the sec- retary who enjoyed the role of prose- eutor for awhile. This did not add to his popularity as the carpenters have no reason to love the uniformed serv- ants of the bosses, The officials who carried out the orders of Hutcheson and. Jensen are weakening and Monday night's meet- ing added to their discomfort. The members were told that an interna- tional officer would be present at the next meeting and the audience yelled “Let them come, we want to give them a piece of our mind.” The chairman had to adjourn the meeting before any but was |Nequiring. a two-thrds vote of all thoge same amounts with the vote varying between 1,368 for Erdie to 1,501 for Rose Checel. For the six candidates for state senator, our party (the Workers » Party) polled a high vote of 1,605 down to a low of 1,358.—Signed, El- mer Boich, LEWIS FAILS TO COW HARD COAL STRIKERS Demand Cappellini Get Out of His Hole By THOMAS MYERSCOUGH. by President Calles of Mexico at the presidential palace. z “Addressing the chief magis- trate in English,” says the “Ex- celsior’, “Gompers’ speech was translated into Spanish,” But the “Excelsior” quotes from the English speech as it fell, like priceless pearls, from the lips of Gompers himself. Sammy spoke as follows: “Comrade Gompers” Greets “Com- rade Calles” “Comrade Calles, not only to mani- fest our respect for the president of Mexico, have we come here, but also we realize the importance of the last few days. We haye come to express our absolute certainty that American workers are .unchangeably _ loyal, friendly and fraternal towards ‘the president of Mexico and towards the Mexican workers.” Sammy conveniently forgot at this moment that-he has aided and abetted in the vici aign ij (Special to The Daily Worker) Se eee te tne United States. against im: ts fi PITTSTON, Pa. Dec. 9.—|nMexieo,: “Seyret: They came, they met and, after| “Comrade Calles” Hails “Com- five hours of coaxing, pleading ade’ Gompers” Then ““Comrade Calles” opened up his speech of reply by saying, “Com- rade Gompers and esteemed com- panions.” — he kept going like that for a time, ending up with a tribul 0 “that great fighter, and attempting to get the Penn- sylvania Coal Co. strikers back to work at any cost, the com- mittee of international board members, sent here by Presi- dent John L. Lewis, left with- accomplished sound the note of caution in this con- ference between “Comrade Gompers” and “Comrade Calles.” Mattie hitched up‘ his trousers and released the fol- Jowing Mattie Gives Conservative Tone. To the plea of the committee, that they return to work and leave their grievances in the hands of the officials for settle- ment, Delegate Joe Fiore, of was nevertheless stated by architects that the work of the committee was lagging behind and did not progress at last year’s rate of speed. ‘The report of the committee showed that in three years the stupendous sum of $2,053,654 was spent to en- force the Landis award. How much of this went to crooked labor fakers, the report did not state. An element of unconscious humor was introduced in the report with the admission that “since its existence on- ly eleven deaths or murders are trace- able to the Landis award.” No doubt, the learned Judge Landis award would consider the smashing of the unions cheap at any price and eleven mur- ders is certainly getting away at cut | rate prices. It was announced unofficially that the Chicago carpenters’ district coun- cil withdrew its million dollar dam- age suit against 800 contractors and building material men. The suit ori- ginated during the lockout of the car- penters in 1919. Harry Jensen, president of the car- penters’ district council and Hutche- son, general president of the interna- tional union recently signed an agree- ment with the local contractors on the lines of the Landis award... This ac- tion has caused a miniature rebellion, in the locals and brought about expul- sions of some members who took a leading part in fighting the scab con- tract. GREEK COMMUNIST BRANCHES RALLY 10 AID “DAILY” DRIVE Insurance policies to build the DAILY WORKER for 1925 have been sent to all Greek branches thruout the country, Comrade Crys- sis, secretary of the Greek Federa- tion announced to the DAILY WORKER. “Our Greek Communist paper ‘Empros,’ has published stor- jes in three successive issues, tell- ing the Greek Workers Party mem- bers and sympathizers about the Comrade Cryssis. “The quota of $639.00 which has been set for the Greek Federation is reasonable, and | believe we will ex- ceed this quota before the cam- paign has come to an end.” Old Forge local union, said “We have been bitten twice already, and we are too sore to stand another bite.” Conciliation Board A Graveyard. For five solid hours, the longest ses- sion held in a long time, the various grievances were argued, but reports indicate that the general tone of the officials was just the same as that of the greedy coal operators, “abide by the agreement,” “let the officers handle your grievances,” etc., etc. But the pleas were falling into ears’ of men that knew only too well, the length of time that these grievances have already reposed in the care of the district officials. At the mention of the word “conciliation board,” Dele- gate Londo remarked, “The concilia- tion board has become the ‘graveyard’ for our grievances, and we want you to know that these grievances are very much alive, therefore, we do not intend to bury them.” Every mention of “illegal strike” and “violation of agreement” brought forth a chorus of “Tell the operators to abide by the agreement.” Many of the- responsible leaders of the gen- eral grievance committee in charge of the strike, in their talks to the as- semblage while the committee of Lewis was present, showed no hesi- tancy in placing the blame for the present situation, on the shoulders of the officials that they are now asked to trust their troubles to. All the time the committee was in (Continued on page 2) “The American Federation of Labor is not opposed to capital nor to private ownership. There is nothing in our ideals for Pan-American trade union- ism that can meet the disapproval of the Anglo-Saxon, and I believe they will guide the labor movement of Mexico, altho it is true that when the masses of people are oppressed, true reason cannot prevail.” Mattie Woll, disciple of “pure rea- son” of the “Argslo-Saxon” type; seemed to be entirely untroubled as to whether his “ideals” would “meet with the approval” of the Latins or not. He was solely concerned only with the difficulty he foresaw of hav- ing this “Anglo-Saxon” A. F. of L. NEW YORK STATE GIVES CANNON 7,613 BALLOTS By RICHARD J. VERHAGEN. (Special to The Daily Worker) SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Dec. 9.— The Schenectady Gazette, altho giving the summary of the election returns as reported on the official count by the state biard of canvassers, does not give the Workers Party vote except “guide. the labor movement of|for governor, where Comrade James Mexico.” P. Cannon is given 7,613 votes. Down With Anglo-Saxon Imperialism! |’ For the other state offices, such as In view of the fact that he under-|8ecretary of state, the Workers Party stood that this was a hard job “when| Vote is concealed in the large group the masses of people are oppressed,” of over 200,000 which is termed, “‘scat- we are inclined to agree with him tering.” that it is going to be difficult. The| However, the official count now Pan-American Anti-Imperialist League, | being available, the national office of combined. with the Communists of the Workers Party will be informed both the United States and Mexico,]of the exact vote of the party candi- are going to see that Mattie Woll|dates for every office. and his Anglo-Saxonism—which is his} In Schenectady county, the county alias for Wall Street imperialism—|board of elections has informed me has some hard sledding south of the|that in the county the vote of ow Rio Grande. presidential candidate, William Z. Fos- ter was 54, Cannon for governor, 51; Brill for lieutenant-governor, 56; Lilly Lore for secretary of state, 51; Ep stein for comptroller, 59; Lindgren for Jap Exclusion Denounced. (Special to The Daily Worker) ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 9.--The Ja: anese exclusion act was characterized an “international disaster of the first magnitude,” by Cyrus EB, Woods, form- er ambassador to Japan, in a letter to the federal council of churches meet- ing here. Woods characterized the ENTIRE GREW ARRIVE HANDGUFFED AND ARE treasurer, 58; Leeds for attorney gen eral, 51; Verhagen for engineer and surveyor, 56, se f Foster Gets 15 In Meadowlands. MEADOWLANDS, Pa., Dec. 9.—This when the big bourgeoisie are siness sition to ditch him. transacted as he realized that it would 5 ae take a large part of the Chicago police unists of Germany put | force, together with all the gunmen at up excellent fight despite the |the disposal of the committee to en- handicaps under which they suffered, /force the Landis award to browbeat a with most of their leaders in jail.and |hall full of fighting carpenters. The the remainder*hounded by the police. | members declared that they would at- The socialdemocrats and the other tend every meeting from now on so capitalist parties used the Dawes plan |that the fakers would not put any to fool the masses, But the Dawes plan will soon disillusion them and then they will turn to the only party that opposed Lis the beginning. s . gee is no’ indication that capi- talism in Burope will be able to on its feet, It is very groggy still able to waddle around. The rican bankers gave it an injec- m of the gold cure which peps it up little while, but there will be a more raw deals over on them. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. IMMEDUTELY JAILED ALICANTE, Spain, Dec. 9.—A case of mutiny on the seas was reported by the. British steamer Cibel Gadahui which arrived here today. The cap tain of the ship declared that the crew had attempted revolt and proposed tc confiscate the wealth contained on the ship. There was 35,000,000 pesos in gold and currency and the ship wae bound for London. The entire crew arrived handcuffed and was arrested immediately upon arrival. exclusion act as “a disaster to Ameri-|town gave the Workers Party 15 votes NEW YORK DAILY WORKER PLEDGES COMING IN FAST Ten Thousand Dollars Is the Goal Sought (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 9— > 3 of many hundreds of dollars to insure the DAILY WORKER for 1925 are rolling in from each of the main New York branches of the Workers Party. What is more significant, these pledges are being im- mediately followed up by sub- stantial donations of hard cash —enough to not only insure the DAILY WORKER for 1925 but to make it grow. Comrade L. Weiman, a working woman, paid in the first cash dona- tion. to the New York DAILY WORK- ER agency, Comrade Weiman, altho money comes hard to her, set a good example to the rest of the DAILY WORKER readers by taking out two ten dollar policies. The downtown English branch has pledged $175.00. At the last branch meeting personal pledges of the forty members present totaled $273.00. This is an everage of almost seven dollars per member, Fifty-nine dollars in cash has al- ready come in from the Harlem English branch which pledged $425.00. The Bronx English branch No. 1 has brought in $39.00 as the proceeds of the sale of its first eight policies. New York is. expected to go over the top with a fund of over ten thou- sand dollars to insure the DAILY WORKER for 1925. RUSSIAN COMRADES IN STRENUOUS DRIVE TO EXCEED THEIR QUOTA The Russian Federation is be- hind the DAILY WORKER cam- paign to build a stronger working class paper for 1925, and is making strenuous efforts to exceed its quota can diplomacy in the far east.” Subscribe for the DAILY WORKER. ed or not.-Signed, George Gudlin, * U. S. ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN LEAGUE TALK ON TRAFFIC IN ARMS of $2,745, Comrade A. Striz, secre- tary of the Ru ir Federation, told the DAILY WORKER. “Substantial contributions have already come in from Connecticut, Minneapolis, Chi- cago, Pullman, and many other Rus- sian branches, said Comrade Striz. At the last meeting of the Chicago tor Foster. There is no way we have of telling if all the votes were count- (Special to The Daily Worker) GENEVA, Dec. 9.—The league of nations received this evening the United States’ acceptance of its invitation to participate next May in the inter- national arms traffic control conference. - Russian branch, last Tuesday, the insurance books ‘were distributed, |, the campaign was explained, and cash donations were given to the DAILY WORKER. Every city should have a committee the duty of which should be to visit the branches and give a talk upon the immediate need of insuring the DAILY WORK _ ANCE POLICY COMMITTEE. R. At the next meeting of your City Committee elect an INSUR- (OPPONENTS OF DAWES’ PLAN SCORE VICTORY Capitalist Press Mute on Communist Gains (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Dec. 9.—The cap- |italist press which gloated over |the losses of the Communists In |the Reichstag were strangely jsilent over the big gains made | ‘ |by that party in the elections to fthe Prussian diet. Provisional figures show that the Communists won 47 seats as against 29 in the last elec- tions while the socialists lost twenty. The elections to the various state parliaments in Germany are very im- portant. The Prussian diet wields tremendous power. It was the Prus- sian minister of the interior, Severing, who authorized the raid on the head- quarters of the Soviet trade delega- tion last year. It is significant that the Communist vote should go up in the most highly industrialized part of Germany. ARBITRATION OF DISPUTE STINGS PEORIA STRIKERS Call for Walkout of All Traction Workers (Special to The Daily Worker) PEORIA, IIL, Dec, 9.—~ A complete tie-up of street railways in this and surrounding cities loomed up today when officials of locals of the Amalga- mated Street and Electric Railway Em- ployes of America in Bloomington, Galesburg, Decatur, Champaign, and Danville urged the Peoria local to take the leadership in a general strike against all electric lines in that region unless the traction strike on the Illi- nois Power and Light corporation is settled shortly. The railway employes are the vic- tims of an arbitration decision declar- ed President Joseph Scott of the Peo- ria local, se? e Tie Up Complete Third Day. SPRINGFIELD, IL, Dec. 9—The strike of the trainmen of the Illinois Traction System, which has stopped electric passenger and freight service thruout central Illinois, entered its third day. All the 285 strikers remained away from their posts, according to re- Ports, and no attempt was made to move trains. The trainmen assert that their real |reason for striking was the refusal of the company to grant time and one-half for overtime work and a closed shop. The role of the peacemaker in the strike of Illinois Traction System trainmen, which has tied up service on 400 miles of electric railroad, was assumed today by the Springfield chamber of commerce, after confer- ences with strike leaders and com- pany officials. A committe of leading Springfield business men was appointed to act as a point of contact between the strikers and the company, who have had no negotiations since the train crews walked out Saturday at mid- night. $150,000,000 for “Roads.” WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—A “good roads” bill, authorizing the appropria- Kon of $150,000,000 to provide federal aid in the construction of rural post roads, was approved today by the senate post office committee with a recommendatoin for its immediate passage. Keeps Fascist on Job. WASHINGTON, Dec, 9,—President Coolidge has granted Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, United States marine corps, another leave of ab- sence for one year to enable him to continue as director of safety im Philadelphia, x