The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 18, 1924, Page 6

Page Six ee THE DAILY WORKER. (a to eo ef onl aeea alal ina eeae Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. (Phone: ‘Monroe 4712) bs SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail: $3.50.,..6 months $2.00.,..3 months By mail (in Chicago only): $4.50....6 months $2.50....8 months $6.00 per year $8.00 per year A@dress all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd. J. LOUIS. ENGDAHL t Chicago, Mlinols eecersseeee GItOTS «iene Business Manager WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB...... ——— $$ @ntered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post- | Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. > 0 Advertising rates on application | War Preparations—For What? | The capitalists of the Atlantic coast want more battleships and greater range for their guns so that British workérs can be slaughtered more efficiently. The capitalists of the Pacific coast want more battleships and greater gun range so that Japanese workers can be slaughtered more efficiently. Together, they join in demanding more military and naval equipment of évery kind so that workers everywhere can be slaughtered with more efficienc Why do these enemies of the American working class and their’ instruments in Washington—the labor-hating Coolidge-Dawes administration that takes office March 4—-worry so much about war? Because their’ policy of grabbing everything in sight drives straight’ towards war and they know it. They are frightened to death at the prospect that the workers of the Uniteéd'States may not care to fight for their investments abroad so they talk about “defense of our institutions.” Every war is a war of defense, according to the capitalists who do no fighting. In a way they are right. Imperialist wars are a de- fense of capitalism and all wars except the revolu- tionary struggle of the working class and oppressed colonial peoples are imperialist wars. The intensive propaganda of the militarists shows that these murderous conspirators are ac- tually preparing for’war. Let the workers of the United States ‘not be indifferent to the campaign of the ruling class‘ for “defense.” The Workers (Communist) Party of America urges the workers to think long and well on this matter—to ask themselves if they are willing to be butchered for the honor, glory and profit of the Morgan-Rocke- feller combine that rules this nation. Oppose the imperialist war of the rulers with the revolutionary struggle of the working class for the abolition of capitalism and capitalist gov- ernment. Against the dictatorship of the billionaires thé} dictatorship of the working class. Reaction in the Balkans The Bulgarian foreign minister, M. Kallov, is out with a plan for a united front of the little Balkan nations against what he calls “Bolshevist activities.” His comment on this new union seems to have been inspired by a proposal for an alliance coming from Jugo-Slavia. The Communist Parties in the Balkan states urge a Balkan federation as a means of overcom- ing the endless strife and rivalry between the little countries in this cockpit’ of warring imperialist interests and it seems to have remained for their activity to force the rulers into some sort of a coalition. The proposed co-operation will un- questionably take the shape of uniform suppressive measures against the Communists, the abrogation of all legal rights—in other words, a united front of reaction that appears in many places in the world today as the working class comes more and more to understand that capitalism holds nothing for it but continued and increasing misery. Behind this new ‘scheme of the rulers of the feeble Balkan states are France, England and the United States, preparing a new thrust at Soviet Russia. The Balkan rulers will do well to watch their respective steps. Threats are one thing and a hone another in unearthing the most heartrending | tures taken. handing out turkey and. cranberries, ‘even tho the curtain is pulled aside for a few days, Christmas Charity Charity is a great and profitable industry in the United States and in this pre-holiday period it shines in all its sickly splendor. “The Good “Fellows Clubs,” the Kiwanis, the Rotary, ‘the Elks and the humbler organizations of the babbittry, fill column after column of news- paper space with descriptions of their activities in:behalf of the “kiddies,” the lumpen-proletariat is discovered to have hitherto unseen virtues, the salvation army makes hay while the Christmas sun shines, the newsboys become the pets of society dames—while the canny shopkeepers hoist. the prices of everything that goes to make a holiday in America. The cub reporters on the capitalist press vie with cases of poverty, puffy politicians have their pic- the gospel sharks pull out the tremolo, stops and tell of the poor we have always with us, the child labor exploiters are suffused with a pleasant glow as ‘they write a check for charity and the down- and-outers on the skid road collect the price of several square: meals while the salvationists look on with a jealous eye. Yes, this is a great season and so accustomed are the American masses to being fed with bunk that revealing the festering sore of poverty at the root of the social organism, little attention is paid to its cause except by Communists. The nauseating hypocrisy of life in the United States under capitalism, the steady stream of propaganda from a thousand different organiza- tions by means of which capitalism maintains its control of the mass mentality, is more apparent than ever during the pre-holiday period. There is a veritable orgy of sentimentality, a wallowing in good deeds, a clammy ‘thristian charity that envelops everything in its slimy fog. “Peace on earth, good will to men,” as long as they ask and accept charity but make no demands. British Imperialism and Ireland The Free State government of Ireland has just discovered what every revolutionist knew a long time ago—that its betrayal of the Irish nationalist struggle would create the illusjon of freedom suf- ficiently to allow the movement to be demoralized and crushed and that when this was accomplished British imperialism would make known to the world that Ireland was a dependency as she has been for 750 years—a dependency so necessary to the safety of British imperialism that eyen repre- sentation in the league of nations would be denied her. The Cosgravye gang has posed as a regular gov- THE DAILY WORKER HOW CAPITALIST SOLONS ARE HOG TIED BY MACHINES Brandegee Took Poison When Boss Threatened (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—-On the eve of the special election in Con- necticut to fill the vacancy in the United States senate due to the sui- cide of the late Sen. Brandegee, it was disclosed in Washington that Brandegee had been under pressure to-resign, and that—according to Con- necticut testimony—Roraback, the re- publican state boss, had spent a day with him just prior to his death, This story, printed in Connecticut but not circulated nationally, was to the effect that Roraback refused Gov. Templeton a renomination because Templeton declined to sign certain bills at his demand; that Roraback then decided to make Bingham gov- ernor, which he later accomplished; that he also decided to take both Brandegee and McLean out of the senate, and that he was himself to take Brandegee’s place temporarily, following a forced resignation of the latter. When Brandegee refused to quit, his notes were called by the banks. He tried in vain to get them renewed, and after his interview with the boss decided to end his life. Bingham, not content with being chosen governor in November, is run- ining for the senate in the election on Noy. 16. MAYNARD, MASS,, TO SEE FIRST BIG RUSSIAN PICTURE On Dec. 19, at the Riverside Thea ter, the comedy-drama called “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” is coming to Maynard, Mass. This romance of the Red Army days in Russia will be shown at three performances: 2:30 6:10 and 8:10 p. m. “The Beauty” is a rich land-own- ers daughter, while the “Bolshevik” commands a Red Army brigade quar- tered in a remote village between rounds of the then current civil war. Their meeting, instead of setting the signal for a fine private war, proves the start of a peculiar romance in ernment—it assumed airs entirely out of keeping With its role of puppet, but now it has found that it is regarded by the imperialists, to whom it sold the Irish masses, as on the same level with the Egyptian officialdom—colonial satraps of the em- pire. The best thing that can come out of this event— a logical consequence of the Cosgrave govern- ment’s abandonment of the fight for national in- dependence—is the awakening of the Irish masses to the gigantic fraud that has been foisted upon them after they had baptized the soil of. Ireland with their blood. A revival of the struggle for separation from the British empire is probable as a result of the noti- fication of Great Britain to the league of nations that the separate affiliation of Ireland will not be tolerated. Ireland needs another Connolly with his revo- lutionary conception of the importance of the na- tionalist struggle for intensifying the class war. Defending Sacco and Vanzetti A member of the Workers (Communist) Party of America, also a member of the Painters’ Union and delegate to the Boston Central Labor Council, is vice-chairman of the enlarged Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee just formed in Boston, a united front organization that will renew the struggle there for freedom for these two victims of capi- talist persecution. costly war another, and it is extremely doubtful Reports from the defense are encouraging in that if aggression against Soviet Russia with the Bal-;contributions from many organizations are com- katis as a base would succeed in doing anything|ing in. This is important, but not so important but establishing a few'more Soviet republics and a|as informing the rank and file of the workers Balkan federation of workers’ and peasants’ gov- everywhere in the United States of the facts in ernments that would drive imperialism from this|connection with this case. Money is necessary to sector for all time'to come. “Evolutionary Processes” carry on the legal activities of the defense, but what will free Sacco and Vanzetti is mass protest ringing in the ears of the judges, prosecutors and their capitalist backers. One of the arguments used by the Wilsonian| ‘This is the task to which the Workers (Com- spokesmen in the ranks of labor for the league of|munist) Party of America invites every class con- nations was that it had set up an international| scious worker in America. The liberation of Sacco tribunal which would secure uniformity in labor|and Vanzetti by the organized power of the work- legislation thruout the world. This body has held|ers will be a great victory for the whole working a number of sessions and its attitude towards -re-|class and mighty blow to capitalist reaction. form of rules governing seamen is typical. In 1920 many organizations of seamen asked| The council of the league of nations is meeting for certain changes in their-working rules: At-the|in Italy. This thing was expected by liberal, op- recent conference held in Geneva the “labor” wing|timists to«bring about peace. But after every of the league decided “in principle” to include con-|session of the league, the capitalist nations vote sideration of this request in the order of business more war credits. for—1926. At this rate, if any changes are recom: mended by the conference they will affect, the| It is reported that General Pershing may be em- ren of the present generation of sailors. | ployed by: a movie producing firm at a good salary. Samuel Gompers, the chief champion of this| His chief contribution to the world war was posing gang of imperialist lackeys, is already dead. So is|for the movies. He can now enjoy his favorite the league, but the “labor” wing continues to draw | pastime to his heart’s content. " Fy fat salaries for such vicious futilities as those The Irish do not seem to be appalled over the is interesting as illustrating what prospect of creating more trouble for the British the liberal and reformist tools of capitalism mean|empire. Britain’s protest against. the registration ! oe nee their belief in “evolutionary |of the Anglo-Irish treaty with the league of nations zalese © question thas may pest the league __ RAILROAD MEN AND WOMEN. SNARED BY COMPANY CLUBS AND “BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES” (Special to The Daily Worker) MASON CITY, Iowa, Dec. 18.—The railroad corporations in this section Last week a so-called “veterans’ vetarns,” or whatever the latter may be called. It is a smooth game and seems to be working so far. To Divide the Workers. F. L. Corey, a passenger conductor is acting as the bell wether to lead on the others. He has, so the capitalist press says, “given time and efforts in the past few months” in starting the organization. The newspapers frankly state that “the smoothness with which the en- tire program was carried out proved how carefully his plans were laid.” Mr. Corey was, of course, elected president of the layout. It only ad- mits those who have worked for 25 years for the Northwestern railway. Another Fine Scheme. The next nice scheme is the organ- ization from Chicago to the Pacific coast of the wives of railroad men employed by the Milwaukee lines. Here at Mason City we have had the great honor of gathering the wives of the Milwaukee railroad men, about 100 of them anyhow, at the Y. W. C. A. to listen to the wife of the Milwaukee’s president, Mrs. H. E. Byram, lecture them upon the or. ganization and its purposes—its sup- posed purposes. Oh, Those Beautiful Brown Eyes! Mrs. Byram, whom the capitalist reporters describe in some physical detail as having “pretty little grey curls peeping out from under a chic black satin turban,” and with “beauti- ful soft brown eyes which sparkle with the interest of her cause,” man- aged to put something over in her lecture concerning the necessity for class collaboration—though she didn’t call it that. The Milwaukee wants all its slaves’ wives to join clubs which are strictly under the control of the company Mrs. Carpenter Kendall, editor of the Milwaukee Employes’ magazine is treasurer of the national club organ- ization. Twelve clubs are already started, and they brot along the boost- ers from the Chicago and Milwaukee clubs- to rope in the Mason City women of railroad men. They mod- estly hope to organize 40 clubs be- tween Chicago and the coast with from 50,000 to 100,000 membership, to mobilize them against any strike or which midnight . excursions. compete with political textbooks as weapons 0: courtship. The romance is all but on the rocks, with broken hearts scat- tered around, when a bright scheme on the part of the soldier fixes things up for the traditional ending. This special all-Russian program will undoubtedly interest particularly those elements that enjoy out of the ordinary pictures. Probe Bank Failure. WARSAW, Ind., Dec. 17.—The de funct Farmers State bank of Milford which failed for $200,000 was in the hands of a reciver today, Tom J. Nye, former Kosciusko county auditor. Fif- teen indictments returned by the grand jury which investigated the bank shortage were believed to impli cate one or more persons besides James Shepard, cashier, already sen- tenced to the state prison or two to fourteen years on his plea of guilty to charges of embezzlement. Build the DAILY WORKER! Mono, Organiza By SADIE AMTER. Mono, an organization for homeless children, is one of the most remark- able of Russia’s remarkable institu: tions under the Soviets.’ Comrade Kalinina, wife of the presi- dent of the Soviet Republic, is in charge of this work, and surrounded by faithful workers, she carries on the great task of organizing the children’s homes. Kalinina is a small, dark, sympathe- tic woman, who in her quiet, capable way gets work done. The comrades love Kalinina, just as they love Krup- skaja (Lenina), Not because they are the wives of men in high places, but for the great significance of their work and for their warm personalities. In the offices of the Mono, you will see every day and all day long, chil- dren from ten to fifteen years of age, standing or sitting in groups and wait- ing for their turn to tell their story and be sent to the homes, In order to understand the situa- tion of these homeless ones, we must go back a Ittle in Russian history. In the great imperialist war, Russia lost many nillions ‘of men, making half-orphans of millions of millions of children, In 1917 more workers fell fighting not for the czar but for the Communist cause. Then came the blockade an¢ the famine, and of these to find 5EE any other militant action by the men in the unions. Of course, they could not get by with any straight out opposition to the unions, so they pretend to be “non-partisan” “non-political,” The bait held out is the “benefit’ which will consist of some skimpy and miserable sum offered on a charity platter for the sick or injured and the social side of the affair, whict is music and bourgeois culture, and all the flubdub of the petty-bourgeois trying to ape the rich. “Labor Questions” Taboo. But the kernel of the thing came out right in the opening talk of Mrs Byram, when she shook her “pretty grey curls” and batted her “beauti- ful brown eyes” and told the wiver of the railroad men that they must “keep matters of politics and labor questions out of their meetings and must only stand behind their men in the work for the railroad.” She put it over and the club was formed. The Milwaukee employes will find out what its is for when the next strike comes around, English, American and French gold; English, American and French troops and ammunition were in Soviet Rus- sia or surrounding her and waiting for their chance to strike a death blow to the young socialist republic. Soviet Russia had to organize and maintain a great Red Army. And Soviet Russia had to start the industries which had all but stopped. Here was a Herculean task of reconstruction, and the Rus- sian Communists worked unceasingly seven days a week as the whole world now knows. In those first four years following the revolution, everybody in Soviet Russia was more or less hungry, more or less ragged. But the spirit of the Communists was impregnable, and it spread to the masses of the workers and peasants. Houses were rebuilt, street cars were repaired; the fac- tories started; the transportation system which had utterly broken down now got into motion, and Soviet Rus-| 5 sia began to breathe again, And amid all this struggle in the birth of the republic, millions of children had tO/anq are | be cared for. There is only one method used in teaching the children of Soviet Rus-|and each one is invited to tell a are working a very smooth game. They are carefully organizing a disguised “company union” and using some of the workers to get it started. organization” was formed, under the guise of a mere social organization, but which is mhéant to divide the rail- road men on the Northwestern into hostile groups of “veterans” and “non- + RUSSIAN DELEGATION HEAD ASSUMES DUTIES “IN TTALY'S CAPITAL ROME,. .Dec.. 17.--M. Jubscheft, new head of the Russian commerc- ial delegation to Italy, has arrived here to take up his duties. Morgenthau Gives Money to Combat Communist Ideas NEW. YORK, Dec. 17—The. Greek loan, in which the banker Henry Mor- genthau, is. interested, is to be,made an instrument to stamp out Commun- ist ideas among the retugees, and make financial profits for those in- terested in ‘the loan, it is revealed ete.| © here. The “Greek Refugees Settlement Commission,” working with the league of nations, ig indorsed by the Bank of England, as well as by American bankers. It is planned to place the 1,500,000 Greek refugees on land, for which they will be obliged to pay rents, and-repay money advanced to them. These lands are to be held as a club over the heads of the refugees to quiet the stirring unrest which has also affected the workers of Greece. “The absorption of these refugees can be actually solved upon a sound financial basis,” Morgenthau said here. “This will not alone help to make Greece economically independent, but will contribute toward the stabilizing of the Balkans.” The Greek imperialist and petty bourgeois parties are pushing the loan among Greek-American workers. Much of the money is being used; to further the propaganda of these parties and to fight the Communist and working- class organizations. H New French Ambassador Coming. PARIS, Dec. 17.—Emile Daeschner, who will succeed Jules Jusserand as ambassador to the United States, will leave Paris for Washington, Jan. 20 it was officially’ announced’ today. Thursday, December 18, 1924 TTY TRAITORS T0 CHINA FIND FIRING SQUAD British-Yankee Tools in Wooden Box (Special to The Daily Worker) PEKIN, China, Dec. 17.—The Chin- ese politicians who played the game of British-American 1nperialism in the regime of Tsao Kun and Wu Pei Fu, are paying with their heads for their selling out to these foreign imperial- ists, The state treasurer under Tsao Kun, Li Yen-ching, was shot yesterday noon against the wall of the temple of agri- culture by the soldiers of General Feng Yu-Hsiang, by order of the gar- rison commander. He made great ‘tunes out of the graft given him by American and British capitalists, some of which can be traced directly to the Standard Oil company, official- ly represented by the U. S. Minister, Jacob Gould Schurman. Many other grafters are reported executed, including the chief of police of Pekin, under the Tsao Kun rule. Tsao Kun himself is rumored to be dead, but there is no way of confirm: ation as no statements are issued. Tsao also was imprisoned for. graft, being guarded by Feng’s soldiers and, later, by the police in the presidential palace, Tuan Chi-jui, official head of the government, is claimed not to have known of the executions. The Tuan Chi-jui government, in alliance with General Feng, have lt- tle resistance to face in the Kiangsu province since the governor, Chi Hsieh-yan, quit without a fight after @ mandate from Pekin had been issued declaring his office should be filled by General Lu Yung-Hsiang. Gas Claims Victims. KALAMAZOO, Mich., Dec. 17.—A woman is dead today and four other Persons are ill from the effects of gas which escaped from a main here yesterday. The dead woman is Mrs. Helen C. Gunn, 77. Those ill are: Dr. C. Glenn Gunn, Mrs. Martha Gunn, his wife, Romerg Gunn, 13, a son, and Mrs. J. I. DeFrance, a nurse. Fascist Under Charges. ROME.—Fascist deputy, © Giunta, vice-speaker of the chamber of depu- ties, resigned in a letter to the speaker today as the result of the request that the chamber authorize charges against him as responsible for the flogging of Deputy Forni at Milan. PLANS UNDER WAY FOR FIRST COMMUNIST LITERATURE AND __ PRESS EXPOSITION IN NEW YORK To all branches of the Young Workers League and Workers Party of America: Comrades: We are organizing for the first Communist Literature and Press Exposition ever attempted in this country. We realize that this Is a very difficult task, and that-we cannot make a fair showing withount YOUR help. We are weak financially, and voluntary aid is our only way of collect- ing the enormous and varied amount of literature necessary for a successful exposition. you to send us at once any and all leaflets, posters, newspapers, itc., in all languages, for display in the exposition. We hope that you'll understand that this exposition will play a great role in organizing the workers, and in helping to spread propaganda. Help us to make the Communist Literature Exposition successful! Further the educational work! Towards the widened influence of the Workers Party of ‘Americal Fraternally yours, Exposition Committee: H. Winogradoff. Organizer; M. Kurelvovekaiy, Secretary: Send newspapers, periodicals, posters, to H. WINOGRADOFF, o. o Stachel, 208 East 12th Street, New York City. sants. And the care of the children of Soviet Russia’s fallen workers and peasants, whether orphans of the war, revolution or counter-revolution, is considered one of the most important duties of the country. ‘The Mono homes are the most joy- ful places imaginable. The study hours, the games and singing, the workshops, the meals and the dor- mitories are filled with happy child- ish spirits, not frozen with discipline, but expressive of the feelings and creativeness ofthe child. ‘They model and dance and draw sion, and they sits surrounded by’ sia today, whether it is a lesson in Or another group is having a drawing, conduct, arithmetic or cleanliness. They That is kindness and understanding. | restraint. They have their Soviets eo This method is carried out with the|the ‘en, decide many things tion for the Shelter of Homeless Children been made universal thruout the land. Soviet Russia is the first country to accept it and make it her own. Soviet Russia wants to turn out human be- ings and not goose steppers. 50,000 children in Moscow are being cared for by the Mono, and Comrade Kalinina is the spirit that guides the work. She is aided by able comrades and committees, not all of them Com- munists. In fact, there is today a great deal of important and splendid work carried on by non-party workers whose devotion and enthusiasm is quite equal to that of the Commun- ists. But that is another story, Comrade Kalinina heads the Moscow organization, but the same work is be- ing carried on in every city Province of Soviet Russia. Kal ~ |and all the others working with ‘|have only one desire, and that: extend and perfect this it work of sheltering, feeding and viet Russia's orphans, . ing their lives to this cause, ‘and when I talked with Kalinina, I could see that she has a passionate wish that the rest of the world might under- oe these three things: First, that future belongs to the y j i |