The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 20, 1924, Page 1

ae The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farm- ers’ Government Vol. Il. No. 233. - 4358 DN RATES: aceasta a8 ver pose. taz7o £ AS WE SEE 14% 3 PENTERS IN By T. J. O'FLAHEATY. a4, H foreign cesiemas ate : 3 NSFIELD, 0,, the American capitalist presi the Trotsky quarrel with the cen committee of the Communist Party of Russia might just as well have been written in New York or Chicago. It is quite likely indeed that many of them are. Those acquainted with the methods of capitalist editors know that they are not beyond concocting an imaginary yarn about “Soviet” atrocities and slipping a Moscow or "Riga date line over it Trotsky, for the second time since 1917, finds con- siderable favor in the eyes of some capitalist writers. Daniel O'Connell, the great Irish orator and so-called “emancipator,” once said that when- aver he earned the compliments of the British government, he went home and examined his conscience. If Com- rade Trotsky, while in the Crimea, has an opportunity to read flattering com- ments on his fight against the central committee of his own party, he could do worse than recall O’Connell’s fam ous remark ss. OPE Pius has condemned the Rus- sian Soviet regime and buried hir poisoned stiletto in the heart of Com- munism, But the old peddler of relig fous opium can froth at the mouth; he can hurl his bulls and edicts until his throat gets dry, the revolutionary leavyen continues to work and his thunderbolts miss their mark. There was a time when the pope could call on governments to carry out his wishes. But those days are no more He tries to maintain the illusion that the Vatican of today is the Vatican of the datk ages and of the days when to invent a machine for the lightening of human toil or conceive a new idea, was tantamount to applying for a bed on the rack or a drink of molten lead, from the pope’s predecessors. oe DAY the pope is hanging on by the “skin of his teeth.” repent being a leader he is merely & po- ica menial of the great capitalist powers. In Italy he is the ally of the murderer, Mussolini, but one of these days, the Italian workers are going to give him the same medicine they havé concocted for Benito. The pope ig the willing tool of the British em- pire. It is significant that this anti- Red diatribe of the pope’s was given put shortly after he was visited by Austen Chamberlain, tory foreign min- ister. Chamberlain was on a Red cru- sade and induced Herriot to open war on the French Communists. He did and is now in’bed with a sick foot. see ~~ HAMBERLAIN'S visit to the pope was not altogether connected with the international crusade against Com munism. The press reports state that the nomination of Mgr. O'Donnell as archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, fol- lowed the reception of Chamberlain by the pope. This means that the British protestant government has endorsed the appointment of O’Donnell to suc- ceed the British lackey, Cardinal Logue. Britain is known as one of the “protestant powers” but that power has the right of veto over papal appointments to his ecclesiastical of- fice in Ireland. Irish catholics who profess a great hatred for England do not seem to realize that the British government and the pope are working hand in hand to keep Ireland under the British yoke. They should read “Labor, Nationality and Religion” by Ireland’s greatest revolutionist, James Connolly, and learn the truth, had ‘HE conventions of the C. P. P. A. and what is left of the socialist party will be held on the same day in Chicago, Feb, 21. The socialists want to capture the C. P. P. A. and it looks as if they are going to be successful. William H. Johnston may turn over the letterheads to Hillquit but very little else. The railroad brotherhoods (Continued on page 2) nit FOR ROSEN Faker Brown Drew But One Vote (Special to The Dally Worker) MANSFIELD, 0., Dec. 19.— The election returns in the car- penters’ union in this town at least, shows a tremendous op- position to the reactionary machine of Hutcheson. In the Mansfield Local 735, in every case where an opposi- tion candidate ran against the present officials, the vote for the opposition was almost un- animous, Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. DA ALASKAN SNOW STORM COMES DOWN OUT OF THE NORTH WITH CHILL ‘The long heraled “Alaskan snow storm” arrived in Illinois yesterday, creeping over the midwest in its southward and eastward course. Telophone and telegraph wires were broken down, and traffic in many places was paralyzed. Near zero temperature prevailed, making the suffering of the large number of unemployed workers in Chicago acute. Many hemes of the workers were freezing cold yester- day, those who have been unable to find work being without fuel. Hundreds of shade trees and telephone poles were snapped by weight of the ice and snow. Com- mercial wire companies had hun- dreds of linémen working thruout the state in an effort to re-establish communication in the storm area, but the broken poles made resump- ‘Watered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1924 <>" Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKUR PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. CENTS Including Saturday Magazine Section. On afl other days, Three Cents per Copy. Price 5 Cents A.C.W.MEMBERS|Pick Green, Democrat ANGRY AGAINST; and Red Baiter, to Take Place of Sam Gompers OFFICIAL THUGS Shops Demand Protec- tion in Voting “The tyrannous machine which has shown its fangs in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ election is evidence of the fear the administration is in lest the left wing candidates and the left wing policies be the vic- tors,” said Phil Aronberg yester- terday, in regard to the fight the left, wingers under his guidance tion of normal conditions impos- sible. put up the last three days to oust the class collaboration THE UNEMPLOYED This is added proof that the left wing in the unions, the basis of Com- munist activity and the army of the Trade Union Educational League, in the long but certain struggle to revolu- tionize the unions, is an indestructible mass of workers over which leadership in the daily struggle is both necessary and possible. In Local 735 the vote rans as follows; For general president, Hutcheson, none; Brown, one; Rosen, the left winger, 67. For first general vice- president, Cosgrove, one; Walsh, 66. There was no opposition to the in- cumbent 2nd vice-president, the gen- eral secretary or general treasurer, nor for general executive board member in the 5th and 7th districts. But the vote against the administration in fhe others ran as follows: First district; Guerin, none, Mul- cahy, 67; second district, Williams, none, Kelly, 62, Allen, 5; third district, Pott, one, Carlson, one, Johns, 65; fourth district, Ogletree, 1, Dixon, 67; sixth district, Cole, 3, Spann, 64. COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL CALLS _ ON AUSTRALIAN LABOR COUNCIL FOR GREATER EFFORTS FOR VICTORY va, % sYD labor sent to Communist International was receifed by the Labor Council of (By The Federated Press) : ', New South Wales,—Following on the decision of the Australi: not to allow Communists to affiliate, an intimation of this fact was at Moscow, and the following reply New South Wales: rmmunist International notes decision of Australian labor party and { open antagonism to Communists. Bourgeoisie and their agents are quaking everywhere, Victory is assured. Let¢——————_________ seventh year spur you on to greater effort.—Zinoviey, Chairman, Commun- {et International.” : With Zinoviev's message came also ®@ message from Tomsky, president of the Russian Trade Union Congress, as follows: Trial Result Shows Ebert Did Not Aid German Workers’ Strike MAGDEBURG, Germany, Dec. 19.— “Convoy greetings to miners and| Editor Rothardt was found guilty to- transport workers in struggle against|day of Ubeling President Ebert. The capitalist offensive. Russian workers| prosecutor demanded six months’ im- p sssoga efforts of labor council to| prisonment for Rothardt. workers in their fight against Pp ih The editor charged that Ebort influ: sky, President, Rus|enced a strike of munitions worekrs INSURANCE CO. SPOILS ATTACK AGAINST LABOR Shows Bomb Planted to Collect Good Money . “Labor troubles” were quick- ly given by the a ta as the reason for a dynamite bomb e losion in the children’s dre: actory of the Shraiberg Manu- facturing Co., Chicago. The proprietor recalled that he cut wages, dismissed some white girls and taken on colored workers. The story looked good to the capitalist press. But it was spoiled by the hardboll- ed insurance companies who had Irv- ing Shraiberg, one of the partners, ar- rested. The companies thought “la- bor bombers” a good gag for the pup- lic but they had facts that made them hesitate to pay Shraiberg cold cash on his generous bombing and fire in- surance policies. The stock in the dress making shop was worth $3,000, according to deputy state fire marshal McNally. The in surance policies carried a face value of $34,000. The result of a little prob- lem in arithmetical ratio was the ar- rest of the heavily insured employer on a charge of causing the explosion in order to collect ingurance. His good friend Samuel Ablin was greet- ed by the police with a charge of ma- licious mischief, being held as the planted of the bombs. Use Palaces for Hospitals, MOSCOW, Dec. 19.—Hospitals and homes for the workers and peasants of Russia will be built out of the magnificent palaces at Livadia, In the Crimea, These palaces formerly be- Levin leadership in Chicago. - Aronberg, who ran on the left wing ticket against Levin, stated that the voting would end yesterday and the ballots. would be counted later. “The administration officials launch- ed a campaign of trerorism to drive the membership away from the polls,” he said, “particularly were they anxious to prevent the left wing from presenting its policies and its candi- dates for consideration by the mem- bership. The only result is to reduce the number of those voting.” Treated Members Like Cattle. “In order to shut off any chance of equal opportunity by the left wing, they called in their sluggers and beat up the members who worked for the left wing candidates,” said some of the militant members who were dis- tributing sample ballots. “They tried to drive the members around like cat- tle with guns and blackjacks, as hun- dreds of the members know and as proved by the wounds of those now under doctor’s care,” Clearly, the revolutionary wing is a power when it so frightens the ad- ministration that it resorts to such desperate measures which are certain to lose in the long run. Shops Demanded Protection. That the membership is intesely resentful of this rule of their union by gangsters and autocrats whe shove the maround and have no reply to make to the policies advocated by the left wing but violence, is shown by many developments of the election. Some shops refused to go to the union halls for voting, unless they were guaranteed protection from the ad- ministration’s sluggers and allowed tree choice of candidates, The chief results o fthe official ter- rorism are the probable reduction of the aggregate vote over the vote two years ago, and the thoro arousing of the membership against the violent and autocratic administration, an a a st fag RUTTENBERG IS TO APPEAR FOR COURTS DECREE Called for Sentence on Christmas Eve (Special to The Daily Worker) ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Dec. 19. Judge Charles E. White has issued an order directing C. E. Ruthenberg, whose conviction of criminal syndicalism was af- firmed by the supreme court of the state, to appear in court on Wednesday, Dec. 24, for sen- tence. Meanwhile Attorneys Frank P. Walsh and I. E. Ferguson, for the de- fense have submitted a motion to the supreme court of Michigan asking that the mandate tq Judge White to sen- tence Ruthenberg be withdrawn for the purpose of permitting the defense to submit a motion for a rehearing in court on issues. awhict the defense believes were not met by the opinion of the supreme court. This motion will be decided on Tues- day, the day before Judge White. har ordered Ruthenberg to appear for sentence. Should the supreme court decide against the motion of the defense Judge White will be empowered to sentence Ruthenberg and order his im. mediate imprisonment. Should he follow this course the de- fense would be obliged to go to the supreme court of the United States with a bill of exceptions and ask for bail from that court, which would how. ever involve some weeks during which Judge White’s sentence to im- prisonment would hold. The case will eventually be appealed to the supreme court, the question at issue being whether Ruthenberg will be compelled to begin serving his sentence before action by the supreme court can be secured. ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES IN CLOSED SESSION Fascisti Won’t Allow Giunta to Resign (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Dec, 19.—Following the ex- posure in the opposition press of the crimes of Fascisti leaders, Fascism is steadily losing ground in Italy. The socialists and monarchists, are band- ing together to prevent the capitalist state from going into the hands of the Communists, and are advocating a military dictatorship to replace the weakening Fasciati. The chamber of deputies is now in closed session, with many of the op- Position deputies refusing to partici- pate, and is voting on the law prohibit- ing opposition to Fascism from being expressed in the newspapers. The law provides that all opposition editors be imprisoned for three years and all op- Position newspapers be surpressed for a period of at least three months. Deputy Duces has challenged under secretary of state Suard to a duel following a heated argument in the chamber of deputies, Mussolini’s position has been shaken by the act of the Fascist deputies in refusing to permit vice speaker of the chamber, Giunta, to resign. This places the full responsibility of for Giunta’s crimes upon the Fascisti, Giunta has been found to have instituted an attack on the life of one of the opposition deputies. Following this act of Mus- solini’s followers, former premier Sa- Jandra, who has been one of the lead- ors of the Fascisti, joined the opposi- ~ Hom tm voting against the Fasctsth EVIDENCE GATHERED BY DAILY WORKER SHOWS NEW HEAD OF THE A. F, OF L. IS ENEMY OF WORKERS A traitor to the working class—a man who as secretary of the United Mine Workers of America did all in his power to prevent the strengthening of the miners’ union and organization of the non-union fields, has been elected president of the American Federation of Labor. The proof that Green tried to keep secret the deplorable conditions of the unorganized miners of Eastern Kentucky has just reached the DAILY + WORKER. The few locals which have been organized in this coal field have repeatedly asked Green for aid to or- ganize the non-union miners. They have pointed out that the wages are only $3,50 per day and that the min- ers themselves are demanding organ- ization. Green Tried to Gag Complaints. In reply, Green wrote these locals, asking them not to make public these deplorable conditions. On June 21, 1924, Green wrote L, BE, Whitehead, of Local Union No. 4106, Blackey, Kentucky, who had asked for aid in organizing the non-union miners, who had asked for a charter, “I thank you for the information you submit re- garding mining prices and working conditions, which you explain prevail in eastern Kentucky. This informa- tion is decidedly interesting. | do not think it would be advisable at this time to submit the data which you give to the public thru the United Mine Workers’ Journal. It would be all right to do so at some later time, but not now.”—Signed, William Green. Green was asked by Whitehead for aid in organization and wrote back that nothing could be done now. Whitehead then sent Green a reso- lution requesting that something be done to organize the miners of eastern Kentucky, who had again and again| spontaneously held meetings and re- quested the aid of the miners’ union. Green replied, “I have noted the copy ‘of the resolution you seut “ute. Une doubtedly, there is a strong sentiment in favor of organization of the min- ers of the Hazard coal field. This same sentiment prevails in some other sec- tions of eastern Kentucky. However, this may be the International execu- tive board has been rather cautious in any action which might be taken looking toward the organization of this important coal field. Any move to or- ganize in these fields must proceed with caution. and calm deliberation.” He Peddies His Bull. “Whenever a campargn is begun in eastern Kentucky every detail will be mapped out carefully. We want to be sure that when a movement is start- ed, it will not end in failure. You sent the resolution as prepared by your local union to me for considera- tion. I feel that the situation in east- ern Kentucky ought to be brought to the international convention thru a resolution, but It is my opinion that the section of the resolution you sub- mit wherein President Lewis is either directly or indirectly criticised should be amended so that this objectionable feature of the resolution would be ell- minated. | therefore, suggest that you amend the resolution so as to elimin- ate that part.” Seeing that nothing but discourage- ment and excuses for delay came from the executive board members, the coal miners of eastern Kentucky took the matter up with Samuel Pascoe, ap- pointed by the executive board as president of district 30, and a friend of William Green. Pascoe was ap- pointed five years ago, when a few la- cals had been organized by the miners’ union. With no apparent reason for doing 80, and with the approval of the inter- national officers, Pascoe immediately | stopped the work of organizing. He | has done nothing to organize the non- | union miners since his appointment. He has not even made efforts to hold | together the local unions organized when he was appointed provisional GREEN'S JOB MEANS LEWIS IN CABINET Coolidge-Lewis-Green Combine Ahead (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Wil- liam Green, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America, was chosen president of the American Federation of Labor by the executive council of that body meeting here to- day. The miners and were the leading supporters of Green in the council decision. Green is 51 years old and resides at Coshocton, Ohio, and has been @ “regular” democratic politician for years, having served two terms as state senator. He has been a faithful class collaborationist, drafting a so- called “compensation law” for Ohie which was highly approved of by the employers as an imitation of the real thing in compensation. An Experienced Labor Faker. Green has been one of the most vicious enemies of the left wing in the unions and of the Communists, leading the attack on William F. Dunne to expel him from the Portland convention last year. He has faith- fully followed Gompers in unrelenting hostility toward Soviet Russia, and naturally will continue this attitude. Like all labor fakers, Green is a niembér of- many fraternal orders where they can mix with the petty: bourgeoisie on liquid terms. He be- longs to the Elks, the Odd Fellows and the high-sounding “American Academy of Political and Social Science.” He is also a Baptist church member and an old line Bourbon democrat. He pretended to support LaFollette in the recent election, but he was more of a spy against LaFollette and really favored Davis. “Highly Significant” Saya Foster. “The choosing by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor of William Green, to succeed Gompers as president of the A. F. of L., is highly significant of the future direction of the American labor move-. ment,” says Wm. Z. Foster, chairman of the Workers Party and secretary of the Trade Union Educational League, in a statement to the DAILY WORKER. “The council could have elected John L. Lewis if it had wished to de so. That it elected a miner indicates clearly that the machine of the United Mine Workers’ Union has control. This being the case, Lewis would nat- urally and traditionally have been first choice. He could, indeed, have claimed the honor for himself or pre- vented Green from getting it,” said Comrade Foster. Means Lewis Will Follow Davis, “That Lewis allows Green to become the president of the American Federa- tion of Labor, means that he has a definitely better job picked out or promised for himself. It means, in short, that John L. Lewis is going to be appointed secretary of labor in the Coolidge cabinet after March 4. “With Lewis in the government cabinet at the beck and call of Cool- idge the strikebreaker, and Green as head of the A. F. of L., the Lewis ma-- chine will have the American labor movement—outside of the revolution- ary left wing—in its pockets and at the mercy of Coolidge and Coolidge president. Consequenity, twenty of the local unions organized in the Haz- ard coal field have been broken up by the coal operators, without protest on (Continued on page 2.) reaction.” Subscribe for “Your Daily,” Build the DAILY WORKER! NEW YORK COMMUNIST WOMEN LEAD IN FIGHT ON FIRETRAPS By KATE (Special to The GITLOW. Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The women’s committee of the Workers Party, district of New York, and the United Council of Working Class Women, will hold a mass meeting in protest against housing conditions which led to the fatal fire which killed six people. The meeting will be held Friday evening, Dec. 26, at 64 East 104th St, Many fatal fires have occured in Harlem death traps in the last year The residents of Harlem are determined that the city officials must — better housing conditions and insure the people against further loss of life. — Harlem. The last fire, which occured In a ten the lives of six people. The building was so old and the fire escapes 80 Ime FTE Mi apartment tenement on 98th St, took