The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 10, 1924, Page 2

Page Two HERRIOT BITES “RED” BAIT THAT KILLED RAMSAY Tory Party Nails One More Liberal Sucker (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, France, Dec. 9.—Pre- | mier Herriot is being put on the same toboggan which shot) Ramsay MacDonald off into space. After doing the dirty work for the reactionaries and) Morgan’s banks, in accepting | the Dawes plan, getting it put) over one a working class which | might otherwise object if it were not presented to them by a “radical socialist.” It is pointed out by Commun- ists that the same trick is being used—and apparently with the same success—against Herriot as was used by the English tories against Ramsay MacDon- ald. The most astonishing thing is that the English tory foreign minister, Austen Chamberlain, helping his party to frame-up on MacDonald, goes over to Paris on his way to the League of Na- tions meeting in Italy and puts the same frame-up over on Herriot. Mac Was Big Sucker. It must be remembered that Mac- Donald was confronted with a “red seare” in the form of the forged “Zin- oviev letter,” which was cold-blooded- ly planted on Ramsay. He took the bait, opened an attack on Soviet Rus- sia and, nevertheless, went down to defeat in the elections while the “red scare” was being played up, because the tories made the electorate believe that MacDonald was “too weak” and was aiding the Communists to over- throw the government. Now the old trick is working on Herriot. He, too, is falling for the same fish-worm, painted red as before. The reactionary papers of all France begin a stupendous and senseless “red seare.” Herriot is called on to “do something.” Austen Chamberlain, fresh from the massacre of MacDon- ald, comes over and genially volun- teers the advice that “Bolshevism must be crushed.” Herriot announc- es that he agrees. The “crushing” begins. Herriot’s |} to do almost as they pleased with the police, 700 of them, round up the myth- ical “Soviet army.” It turns out to be 500 workers, who were arrested but that all except six Italians had to be released as there was nothing to hold them about. They had no artil- lery, no “Zinoviev letter” and very lit- tle money. Not one Russian was bag- ged. Immediately, the reactionary press attacks Herriot as a “weakling” who “cannot handle the red peril.” And the “radical socialist” premier, who is made to walk the plank, can only gasp and surrender to Poincare. COAL MINERS AT YUKON, PA., POLL 146 VOTES FOR THE COMMUNIST TICKET p yGKon Pa. Don 8-18 thie son} mining county—Westmoreland coun- ty—Foster received 146 votes for President. Yukon was at the top with 23 (six ballots of ours were spolled and counted out); Mones- son was next with 16; Herminie third with 11. Note that Herminie has no Workers Party branch, and . In a place called “Old Madison,” _ where there are supposedly only _ “100 per centers” living, Foster got three votes.—Signed, M. W. Braj- dich. Lewis Fails to Cow Coal Miners in the Anthracite Fields (Continued from Page 1.) session, arguing against the efforts of the officials’ to have them return toj work, the rank and file miners lined | the sidewalks outside the hall waiting | for the verdict. I mingled with those men as a disinterested person, ques- tioning them about the strike and its | cause, and I was agreeably surprised | to find, that all, with whom I talked, were in favor of the strike, declaring it to be a justifiable one. Without any urging on my part, | they all blamed the “crooked” officials, | because they allowed the companies men. When Chairman Ferry of Lewis’ | committee finished his plea for the} men to end the strike, one by one the | delegates arose and began the story | of their abuse at the hands of the coal company, as well as the failure to remedy the-situation thru official cir- cles. Each also told of the sentiment | of their constituencies as well as of themselves, which was for continu- ance of the strike until “satisfactory” settlement was secured. This was probably best portrayed by a young man named Moleski, vice-chairman of the general grievance committee, who declared»“"We are ready to fight, as we have had to fight for everything we ever won. Nothing was ever giv- en to us on a platter.” Demand Cappellini Disintern Himself A demand was also voiced that Ri- naldo Cappellini come out of his hole and take a position of one kind or another in this situation, for these are the men on whose shoulders Rinaldo rose to power and they want to know now where he stands. Altho the story is being circulated that he has not yet returned from El Paso, where he went on the call of John L. Lewis, Uttle credence is given to the rumor, especially since the outside commit- tee of natioral board members were summoned here so quickly. This com- mittee while failing to change the minds of the strikers, have been suc- cessful in preventing other general bodies from voting to go on strike with the Pennsylvania Coal company men. They have not, however, pre- vented these bodies from voting to condemn the officials for their action in revoking charters or fur the calling of a special convention to air every- thing. Civil Liberties Will Continue the Fight to Reinstate Glassberg NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—The American Civil Liberties Union has. taken its | fight for the reinstatement of Ben- jamin Glassberg to Dr...Frank P. ag states commissioner of educa- tion. The Glassberg case came up at the ast meeting of the Board of Educa- ion and the board refused to review he case. The Civil Liberties state- ment charges that the meeting was surcharged with prejudice against the case. “We submit that no case can be considered on its merits in the at- mosphere created by the presence of a large number of protesting officers and members of the Amrican Legion,” reads the petition. Among the signers of the petition are such well known educators as RUTHLESS WAR AGAINST EGYPT Does Not " Eedpladas the “Zinoviev Forgery” LONDON, Dee. 9.—King George V. in a speech today opening parliament defended the indefensible action of his | government following the death of Sir Lee Stack in Egypt. Of course the speech was prepared for the king by the prime minister. The royal parasites were closely guarded by policemen on their way to the parliament, Formalities were quickly over and the king launched into his speech, Wants More Time. “I follow with deep interest the im- portant deliberations of the league of nations. My government has not yet had time to study in consultation with the dominions the protocol for pacific settlement of disputes drawn up at the last assembly of the league with at- tention to its character and demands. “My govetnment is unable to recony mend for your consideration treaties with the Soviet Republic signed Aug. 8. It is my desire that normal inter- course between the two countries shall not be interrupted. I trust that at- tainment of that object will be made possible by strict fulfillment of those conditions of friendly international in- tercourse which have repeatedly been placed before the Soviet government and accepted by them.” The king said the Anglo-Russian trade agreement “Does all that is at present possible to foster neutral trade.” His Majesty Stuttered. The king seemed to be embarrased while reading the speech which was handed to him in view of the audience by the lord chancellor. This open ad- mission that the king does not have anything to do with writing what is supposed to be the “King's Speech” was considered a bad blunder by en- thusiastic admirers of the monarchy. George stuttered occasionally while reading the document and once mum- bled his words like a little boy sliding over vague parts of the lord’s prayer. Turned Down Burlesque. The king declared that he had a request from the president of Argen- tine that the prince of Wales visit |South America. Requests from vaude- ville and burlesque circuits were turned down but the king announced that his son would be glad to visit South America. The royal gentleman said many other things that don’t amount to much, but the feminists and liberals will chortle over the proposal to legiti- mize children born of unions resulting in subsequent marriage. He also fav- ored land tax reforms and a guarantee of the Irish Free State land act bonds. NEW YORK HOLDS CONFERENCE FOR RED AID SUPPORT Professor Thortstein Veblen and Dr. David Star Jordan. se De Silver Killed on Train. NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Albert De Silver, director of the American Civil Liberties Union, fell from a platform of a New Haven express train and was killed instantly. De Silver, his wife and their son Harrison were on their way to New Haven to visit friends. He picked up a book and told his wife he would go into the smoker for a while. While passing from one car to the other he fell off the platform. Latane Tee Sait; tcrher fr, Mas LOS ANGELES, CALIF., ATTENTION! EXHIBITION RUSSIAN ART AND BAZAAR | Knights of Columbus Hall, 612 S. Flower St. TWO DAYS ONLY—DEC. 17 AND 18, 1924 WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING Beginning at 2 p. m.; until 11 p. m. Admission 50 Cents———Beautiful Souvenir Program Free BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AT THE BAZAAR. The entire proceeds of this undertaking will go to the destitute families of Political Prisoners’ Fund. Internatl. Workers’ Aid Committee of Los Angeles, Calif. MMR Ty HANDICRAFT (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Fifty dele- gates representing the Young Work- ers League and the Workers Party at- tended the conference for the organi- zation of a New York branch of the International Workers’ Aid. The conference went on record ap- proving the Red Aid movement and pledging its support. It voted to hold a conference of all workers’ organiza- tions sometime in January to draw all workers into the work of support of political prisoners. It then voted to send a communication to all branches of their organizations, labor unions and fraternal organizations asking them to make Red Aid an order of business at the next meeting. Comrade Landy reported that a bazaar was arra nged jointly with the Labor Defence Council. The confer. ence pledged its support to the bazaar. Tickets, subscription lists and souvenir programs were distrib- uted at the meeting for that purpose The next conference of the Workers Party and the Young Workers League delegates will be held on Dec. 14 and thereafter every two weeks. New ey Open Forum. UNION HILL, N. J., Dec, 9.—Begin- ning Sunday, December 14, the Work. ers Party of Hudson county will con- duct an open forum at their head- quaters, 393 Broadway, Union Hill, N, J. The forums will be held every second and fourth Sunday of each month at 3 p. m. Admission free. At this forum all political, indus- trial and social events will be dis- cussed, Juliet Stuart Poyntz, educa- tional director of the Workers Party in district No, 2, will be the speaker at the first forum. owe Workers’ School. UNION HILL, N.+J., Dec. 9.-—At @ meeting of the students of the Work- ers’ School the following days for classes were decided upon, Bnglish, every Tuesday evening from 8 to 10 p.m, A. B, C. of Communism every Friday evening from 8 to 10 p. m. There is still time to enroll for the above, SUGAR TRUST RULE DEPORTS STRIKERS FROM CUBAN MILLS (Special to the Daily Worker) HAVAIvn, Cuba, Dec. 9-— The Cuban government is showing its servility to the United States Sugar trust. It is deporting Spanish work- ers which it had previously inveig!- ed to Cuba with the offer of high wages only to deceive them by the most miserable conditions and wages so insufficient that by debts contracted for living the companies kept them in a state of peonage. Six Spanish workers who took part in the great strike in the sug- ar mills were deported about two weeks ago, One American is sched- uled for deportation back to the states, and 28 Spaniards were de- ported a week ago on the French lines LaFayette, The deportations take place without trial and all the legality there is to cover the dic- tatorship of the sugar trust is the order of the secretary of the in- terior, In spite of this deportation of “foreign agitators” the strike in the sugar mills is not entirely defeated, some of the mills being closed and others badly crippled. The author. ities are worried that the railroad men may go out, as the workers on «the Cuba Northern line have threat- ened to strike. SHOW COMMUNIST VOTES STOLEN IN CLEVELAND, OHIO Many Ballots Cast Never Counted CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 9.—In compliance with the request for such information as we have of the steal- ing of Communist votes in the last election, I wish to report the follow- ing: Two sympathizers who read the DAILY WORKER voted the Workers Party ticket at the same place. Not a single vote has been registered in the returns. In another precinct of the 20th con- gressional district, where Comrade Ruthenberg was candidate, ballots were given out for Comrade Brathin Workers Party candidate of the 22nd district. Needless to say, these bal- lots were not counted. “Too late tc obtain the correct ones,” was the claim. : Saat The ruling by the secretary of state that in the elections it would be the right of the Communists to strike out one of the other party’s emblems and candidates’ names, and write in the name of the Workers Party and its candidates—this ruling has been disre garded by the election clerks and the votes of the Workers Party not counted. Challengers were admitted to the polls only if they represented the two old parties. Other rumors of fraud are plentiful, but these can be vouched for.—Signed, John Brosch. secretary. TELEGRAPHERS ON PENNSY BAN COMPANY UNION Attempts of the railroad systems of this country, led by the Pennsylvania railroad to foist company unionism on their employees was given another jolt when the telegraphers on the Pennsy lines voted overwhelmingly to have officials of the Order of Railroad Telegrapl.crs represent them in wage disputes before the United States Rail Labor board. The Pennsy has been nourishing company unionism for quite some time but a tabulation of the vote showed 4,258 for trade unionism and only 318 for the company union, Don't Want Boss Unions. The union officials appeared before the rail labor board a few months ago to speak in behalf of the telegraphers but the company disputed their right to represent their employes, claiming the men would speak for themselves and thru their own leaders and not by “outsiders.” The men have spok- en and hay »roved that they are not willing to vt the bosses pick their leaders for them tho unfortunately, the labor fakers are only too willing to serve the bosses. Similar votes are now being taken on other railroad systems, and com- pany unionism is not expected to en- Joy a long lease of life, Ninety per cent of the engineers, firemen, hostlers, and hostlers’ help- ers, on Southern Pacific, El Paso and South Western and Arizona Bastern systems have voted to strike if neces- sary in order to enforce a settlement of their demands. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9,—The lives of seventy persons were believed saved today when the Mexican states liner Oaxaca, burning flercely 40 miles south of Mazatlan, on the west coast of Mexico, was turned ashore, beached and abandoned, ‘ THE DAILY WORKER The Grave Diggers of |LEFT WING IS Capitalism Meet Again in Council of “League” By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. TODAY: the imperialist diplomats of Western Europe are again assembling in another Council of the League of Nations, being held in the capital city of Fascism, Mussolini’s Rome. It is one more get-together of the enemies of the work- ers. Austen Chamberlain, foreign minister for Baldwin rule in Great Britain meets with Italy's dictator to win his sup- port for an alliance with England, France and Belgium, with all its Anti-Soviet implications, Against the growing power of the Union of Soviet Re- publics, capitalism in western Europe is trying to overcome some of its contradictions and rally some of its scattered forces. % * * The unmasking of Premier. Herriot’s democratic paci- fism, in his attacks on the French Communists, has given General Wrangel, one of allied imperialism’s pet counter-re- volutionists against the Workers! Republic, the audacity to raise his voice once more. He is reported as protesting against the return of Russian ships, seized by France, to the Soviet Republic. The “baron,” his hands dripping with the blood of tens of thousands of workers and peasants, men, women and children of Soviet Russia, at this late date, utters the specious plea that, “The Soviets were never legally established as the government of Russia.” * + That will win applause only among the little circles of czarist emigres that exist by consent and support of foreign capitalist rule. No one else will pay serious attention to it. The “baron” adds that, “No political regime imposed by force against the will of the nation can last eternally.” Here the “baron” is wrong on two points. A rising sub- ject class can impose its will thru force in tearing down an old social order and building a new system of society upon its ruins. Such force is successful because it has the sup- port of the vast majority, the awakened masses. * * * * “Baron” Wrangel was defeated in all his counter-re- volutionary efforts because the Russian workers and peasants were opposed to him. They fought him. Even the few “Hessians” that Wrangel could muster turned against him. The gold, munitions and other war supplies furnished lavishly by the allies of the Versailles Peace were of no avail. The “baron” was trying to use force to keep alive the czar- ist system that died when the Dictatorship of the Russian Workers and Peasants came into power on Nov. 7, 1917. It was an impossible job. The “baron” professes not yet to realize it. But even he will lea’ * * Mussolini will also learn the lesson. And Horthy! And all the other fascist dictators that are trying to keep capital- ism alive in Western Europe. Two big facts are against them. They are fighting for a dying social order and the masses of the people are against them. . Their fascisti dic- tatorships maintain their supremacy for the time being through the most ruthless persecution. But it cannot last. The proletarian masses will gradually develop sufficient strength to win the victory. * The New York Times correspondent in Rome cables to his paper that Chamberlain and Mussolini “appeared highly pleased with the result of their discussion.” They must have been smiling with their tongues in their cheeks. Or was it just the sickly smile in reminiscence of Mussolini's recent declaration that, “The asidiporgr constitute the best or- nized revolutionary force in Italy.’ ft This present praating of the Council of the League of Nations furnishes just as black an outlook for the Paris allies, as the score of imperialist conferences that have preceded it, during the six years since the world war ended in an impossible truce. The capitalist grave diggers are still MANY SALZMAN Coolidge Prosperity |MEFTINGS AMONG YOUNG MINERS idge.” The news dispatches printed Peps Up Org: * tion Drive of Y. W. L. i 17 Comrade Max pearing in Boston paper: “SLAVE—|7.1,man, touring the Illinois mining at work. Survey of Daily News Items Gives the Lie to A few items taken from one day’s news demonstrates how “the country is enjoying prosperity under Cool- below are typical of those that can be seen in every newspaper every day: Boston, Mass.—Advertisement ap- Situation wanted—Male, 24 (white),| aictrict for sound, intelligent, genfle, belonged to|reagne, will speak at a public meet- aristocratic family; lease by the year, ing arranged for Hrubetz Hall, Mary- $,1000.” The advertisement was 1M-| vine 1, at 7 p.m. All miners, young serted by Cuvier Grover Flint, agrand-| 54 oid, are urged to attend this meeting. The Young Workers League coal getting under way. son of John Fiske, historian. ¢ O48 New York.—Fellow employes work- campaign. ed nearly an hour before they Tre-| pyery paid: Pabivations ieeanae covered the dead body of David Mc-|),, pledged its support. "With this Hassie, 48, from a vat of molden tal-/ 4:4 the league will be able to reach low in the Kirkman soap factory here. many more young miners and bring “_* ® On Decembe! Young Workers Wednesday, December 10, 1924 GROWING ACTIVE AMONG PRINTERS Militants Call Organ “Amal gamationist” A sign of reviving interest In the left wing work in the print- ing trades, which promises to become by steady progress. a force to reckon with in this in- dustry, is appearing in the form of a publication called “The Amalgamationist.” The printing trades workers have many battlestofight if they are to make headway in the im- mediate struggles to improve conditions and to become con- scious that these immediate struggles, be they won or lost, are only a preparation for the revolutionary struggles. Must Fight Militantly. The workers of the printing trader in common with those from all other industries will not advance even their immediate interests, unless they fight militantly, clearly realizing that the basis of all disputes with employers, is the class struggle; that strikes are only separate battles in the class war, which is not settled when this or that strike is won or lost, but which must go on until a climax comes in which the working class, as a whole, attains supreme power and ends class exploi- tation. In the struggle, the printing trades have a highly important part to play, and the employing class, well aware of the need for controlling the or- ganizations of the workers, not only fight them by frontal attacks in such manner as the “open shop,” but by a more dangerous method of control- ling the workers’ unions with weak, hesitating, or even openly traitorous officials. These officials keep the mass of. the union membership conservative if possible, and when that fails, they expell the most militant and active members, as is demonstrated by George L. Berry in New York and elsewhere. Amalgamation Primary Need. In the printing trades, as elsewhere, the conservative officials oppose the greatest improvement in the industry ‘that could be imagined in any one measure. ‘That is, the uniting of all crafts in the industry into one union, with the necessary departments of course, with one set of officers and one policy which must be to forward the interests of the workers at all times. Only by such unification can the printing trades workers become able to fight the “open shop.” The best thing in the “Amalgamationist” is, therefore, a complete plan of amalga- mation for the printing trade unions. This should be studied and applied by a persistent fight of rank and file workers. New Jap Ambassador. TOKYO,* Dec. 9.— Appointment of Tsuneo Matsudaira Japanese am- bassador to the United States was of- ficially announced here today. He is expected to leave for Washington be- fore next Friday. Matsudaira succeeds former Ambasssador Matsudo Hani- hara, who left Washington following passage by the American congress of the anti-Japanese exclusion law. On Trial For Money Shortage. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 9.— Political circles were stirred today by the charges pending against Eduardo Ruiz, minjster to Costa Rico, ordered brought to trial for failure to account for 15,000 pesos of government funds. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) “morning after.”. The European tour of Austen Chamberlain is for the purpose of building up an entente against the Soviet Republic. When King Edward made his famous jour- ney in 1905 he organized an iron ring around capitalist Germany and suc- before them for discussion and adop-| ceeded in destroying a competitor, ai Freeport, L, Harry Riley, a train-(toin the slogans and demarids of the|least temporarily, Forming an man employed by the Long Island/y, w. L. railroad, is dying in the Nassau coun- ring around Soviet Russia will Salzman has already had several] more difficult, because not all D> ty hospital after swallowing poison|good meetings in the towns he has| porters of Soviet Russia lyfe in tablets. Riley frequently suffered | visited. periods of depression because of the|party comrade and sympathizer in e to support his family, his/each of these towns the tour will be wife sald. This is Riley's second at-|a thoro success. tempt at suicide, Government Loses Publicity Suit. NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—A verdict of “not guilty” in the case of the gov- ernment against the New York Iler-| Hall, 7 p. m. O'Fallon, Ill.—-Dee. 18. Belleville, Ill.—Dee. 19. St. Louis, Mo.—Dec. 20, 21, 22, 32. Labor Lyceum, Garrison St. Springfield, 111.—Dec, 24, 25, 26, 27. Peoria, Ill.—Dee. 28, 29, Rockford, Ill.—Dee, 30, 81, the Farmers State Bank of Milford|’ Next Sunday Night and Every Sun-|a day Night, the Open Forum, : ald-Tribune for jublishing income tay lists, was reached in the federal court here this afternoon, Farmers’ Bank Closes Doors, WARSAW, Ind,, Dec, 9.—Failing in an effort to obtain financial assistance from banks at Goshen and Warsaw, closed its doors today, if ~The balance of his dates are as follows: Buckner, Ill.—Dec. 12. Zeigler, Ill.—Dec. 13, 14. Benton, Ill—Dec. 15, 16. Tll.—Deec. 17, Hrubeta With the support of every | Russia. r ahi tien! : F Calvin Coolidge follows the’ prece- dent set by him in his recent visit to the cattle in the stock yard, the White House appropriation for travel- ing expenses will be intact when hi next term of office is ended. It may be turned over to the G. O. P, cam- paign fund to pay the deficit if there is any. One queer fellow from Marion, Ohio, criticized the president for traveling in an ordinary train ing of in a special one, on the ground his election cost too much money and he should be more careful of his pe: x . It might be remarked | i | } \