The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 27, 1924, Page 1

SUBSCRIPTION RATES: € SEE IT _ YFLAHEATY. be) his predecessors yonsiderable an- _-sdll conferred the tof ap wife appointments in the stern world on the king of Spain, ‘Manen right s0 fer. as Argentine is con- cerned | passed to.the government of ‘that country ‘after Spain was kicked ‘out. ' That/the catholic church is a big ‘political machine 'is very clearly shown by. this fact. The pope appoints one (eo as apostolic governor of neos Aires diocese without con- the government. When the - envoy arrived the government led to see his credentials and ) atoesaid envoy said “Nothing do- = ‘or words to that effect. eee the ‘Atgehtinian official who so po- litely, requested the papal dignitary ‘let himyhave a squint at his papers, ' g¥as bitten by a emall army of New jersey mosquitoes, he would not or could not be more excited. He talked eloquently in Spanish, swearing by the Yirgin's faithful and confiding spouse, ‘at Re would knock his holiness for a < ig of spaghetti even if the pope ad to be St. Peter's right hand over. ING that according to the Ar- jntinian constitution the presi- dent of that country must be a Roman catholic those who cannot be listed among the faithful, or m other words a oar or ex-adherents of the Ro- church, will marvel exceedingly at 8 cold, calculating and hostile man- ‘tn which portions of his flock pro- ceed to make life exciting for the shep- ‘herd on the Tiber. But to catholics ex otherwise it-is only an added rea- for the pope’s unpopularity. Athe- ists grow in catholic countries where there is /no protestant opposition worthy of the name as fast as flics ‘Multiply on a heap of dead fish. The ' pag in guthorities threaten to nig into the nearest cell shows his credentials. We he does not show them. eee dot the world war, is now ap-! pulmotor of his eloquence pe of nations. The st knows that the 1% 4s: aifarce*comedy as long as ‘United States is on the outside, ‘the latter is too powerful and too wealthy, to Join something that would ‘not add to its’ power unless it could be used to fasten its hegemony on the test ‘of the Avorld.. The league would ‘only Las ‘Wall Street's ambitions, sc ittis given ‘the frozen glove. Briand will holler in-vain, but he may bark ‘way on. the Wall Street payroll, as were social Aeysocratic German ” did. fe? former secretary of the young e's socialist league, a more or leds fictitious organization, recently became disgusted with the , socialist party and joined the Workers Party. That in itself is scarce worthy of edi- t comment, such incidents being ‘common particularly since our y nominated its own candidates ‘under the Communist banner in the Tecent elections, The socialist press ‘was loud in its praise of the comrade he e a Communist, but } once it became. known that hc ed away in his pocket the yellow begun to spew their vomit at ‘He is now accused of being fore. and a place at the nist beheading hee. The old of the fox and the grapes. eee MISSION was mace revently to ‘an American journalist by anoffici ‘py British foreign office that the i@ tories Knew that right along. He st into a hearty laugh when the st ee doubt on the ethics of “During the. war” ro- Pre ctholet “all countries prac- option on each other and both pondents large salar- which was lies. It was war pri ‘ation rendered these ‘wiiatter of lite and death. The » bétween the Soviet govern- d the capitalist nations is sim- ¢ compromised. It is n government had written agreement with actioned a guaranteed we could not tol- ee ible that the la- it might be re- as it had sey- WORKERS PARTY ISSUES CALL In Chicago, by. mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year, Attention, Chicago Party Membership! Party membership meeting to disouss future pollcies will be held at Schoenhofen Hall, 1224 No. Ashland Ave., corner Milwaukee, Sun- day, Deo. 28, The meeting starts at 2 p. m. sharp. Only membership cards In good standing (month of September paid) will admit members to the meeting. ° Only members of Local Chicago branches will be admitted with right to vote. Members of party and league In other locals, Gary, Pullman, Lake County and other independent city organizations are Invited to attend the membership meeting, but have no vote. Supper will be served at the hall during the intermission. FOR UNITED FRONT TO SAVE SACCO-VANZETTI FROM DEATH To All Workingclass Organizations: Two workers, Nicolas Sacco and Bartholomeo Vanzetti, have been sentenced by the capitalist courts of Massachusetts to die for the crime of holding revolutionary opinions and for defending Salsedo, their comrade and countryman who was later murdered by the agents of American government during the nation wide raids on labor and revolutionary organization in 1919-20. They were tried as enemies of capitalism and not for the specific crime in the indictment. RESCUE SACCO AND VANZETTI! G, AND E, 1. RAILROAD SHOP CLOSES DOWN FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS DANVILLE, il, Deo, 26.—The prinoipal railroad locomotive and car repair shop of the Chicago and Eastern Iilinols railroad: has closed down, ‘The furnaces have been ex- tinguished and the plant will not-re- open until spring at the eartiest. The C, and &. |. repair shop is located. on the outskirte of this town, NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL OF T. U, EL. PROMISES TO BE A BiG SuGGESS Every militant trade unionist and member of the Workers Party and their friends are expected to at- tend one of the biggest social events of the year, which will be held in the West End Club, located at 37 South Ashland Blvd., on New Year's Eve. This is the annual ball of the Trade Union Educational League 4 red card in the Workers Party | letter. was a fake and that} ending out propaganda ninety- | hier. | Innocence of. this charge has been | proven a hundred times over by eye | witnesses and by scientific testimony. The most prejudiced of their ene- mies admit the innocence of these men, but the tool of capitalism on the judge’s bench denies these inno- cent workers a new trial. Convict- ed by the use of every means known of prejudicing and intimidating a jury these workers now that there is less fear of capitalism’s vengeance on the part of the working class, now that there is a practical certainty (hat no jury would convict in a new at the door, True, the charge on which they were convicted and sentenced to the ctric chair was the murder of aé—————____________. trial, are prevented, by those tech- nical methods of holding its victims so well understood by American capi- talism, and which we see at work in the case of Tom Mooney, from re- gaining their liberty. The Workers (Communist) Party of America declares .that the cause of Sacco and Vanzetti is the cause of the whole working class. It declares that the attack on their lives and liberty is an attack on the lives and liberties of all workers everywhere. I believes that only the united action of the working class can free these|or under indictment, are victims of }97.015 a report made to the cham- worker victims of capitalism’s courts |the same class and the same govern- LIEBKNECHT MEMORIAL AND DAILY WORKER JUBILEE N Sunday, Jan. 11, the New York district of the Workers Party and the Young Workers League will Join in an afternoon and evening affair at New Star Casino. Park Ave. and 107th St. The after- noon program will be under the special auspices of the Young Work- ers League in memory of the revolutionary hero, Karl Liebknecht. In the evening the first anniversary of the DAILY WORKER will be celebrated with a concert and dance. A joint ticket is issued at 50c which admits to either suse and Is good for both if 25¢ extra is paid NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL, 8 P. M. WED. cand this year promises to attract a Greater attendance than on any previous occasion. Music will be provided by a first class orchestra. and saye them from death. The Workers (Communist) Party of America declares that the persecu- tion of Sacco and Vanzetti is part of THE DAILY WORKER. Becond-class matter Poptimyer 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1924 290 <> BALLOT CROOKS Movement for Special Convention Started (Special to The Dalty Worker) WEST FRANKFORT, IIl., Dec. 25.—A movement for the pur- pose of calling a special sub- district convention in Ilinois Sub-District No. 9, to contest the fraudulent election put over by the machine candidates was launched at a mass meeting held here Sunday afternoon, Dec, 21. The large theater where the meet- ing was held was packed with rank and file coal diggers. Miner after miner took the floor to tell what he knew about this and other crooked elections and bit by bit the whole rotten story came out. ‘The officials of the Buckner local told how the ballots were locked in the hall and when the tellers return- ed, they found that some one had broken in and what seemed to be fake ballots substituted for the gen- uine ones. The fake ballots were sent in to Frank Johnson, present sub-district secretary, who was running as a pro- gressive candidate for re-election. There is not a shadow of doubt that Johnson was re-elected. If the count was fair he would have been re-elect- ed by an overwhelming majority, as all the rank and file miners say he has given better service than any for- mer sub-district secretary. Yet Johnson, as well as all other progrossive candidates, will lose out if the steal is allowed to stand. Just before the fake ballots from the Buckner local were sent in to Frank Johnson, the Buckner officials were notified by Johnson that the offi- cial ballots sent out by him had a special mark oh them. A careful search of the fake: ballots revealed the fact that the mark was lacking. Johnson now has the fake ballots in one of the banks in Christopher. One of the miners who spoke, said this fight is not a question of a few individuals, but it is a fight to save the United Mine Workers’ Union from certain destruction which wiu' sure- ly take place if the rule or ruin policy of the machine gang continues. He also said we are not just fighting to put the men in office that we happen to be supporting, but we are fighting to get .a fair election for the member- ship of the union now as well as in the future. A motion was made to elect a com- mittee of seven to draw up a petition stating the reasons for asking for a special convention. The vote on the motion was taken by a rising vote and carried unanimously. If there were any machine stool pigeons pres- ent, they did not dare vote in opposi- tion. It wiu be necessary to get five per cent of the membership to sign the petition before a referendum vote can be put to the membership to call a special convention. This will appar- ently be an easy matter as the rank and file are deeply stirred over this issue. “Comprendes, Companeros?” There will be a big time at the dance tonight given by the new Span- ish branch of the Workers Party at ‘722 Blue Island avenue. Everybody should come and meet our Spanish- speaking comrades, enjoy the refresh- ments, the Spanish and Mexican danc- es and—not the least—the bright eyes of Mexican senoritas, ‘safely locked in-a safety deposit box” Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKUR PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Including Saturday Magazine Section. On all other days, Three Cents per Copy. Price 5 Cents COAL DIGGERS [NINETY PER CENT OF KANSAS WAGE WARON | MINERS VOTE FOR HOWAT SLATE: LEWIS HAS BALLOTS THROWN OUT (Speotal to The Dally Worker) MULBERRY, Kansas, Dec. 26.—Ninety per cent of the min- ers’ vote in District 14, United Mine Workers of America, went to Alexander Howat and August Dorchy, candidates for district resident and vice-presdient, in the recent elections bine Eom the andicap of writing in the names of the officials depose autocrat John L. Lewis. Many locals gave Howat a unanimous vote. by the A few locals angered at the action of the Lewis tools did not vote at all, declaring it was a farce and a fraud. Lewis and his machine adopted the course usually followed by the fakers when the majority go overwhelmingly against them and a miscount is difficult. Howat vote. feating the will of the member- ship. Threatened Tellers. ‘When the vote was being tabulat- ed, the Lewis agents informed the tellers that if the votes cast for Howat were counted the tellers would find themselves outside the union and blacklisted at the mines. Lewis wired the tellers that if they did not com- ply with the ruling of the district board he would remove them from their positions and kick them out of the union. The tellers were willing to abide by the constitution which Lewis and his hand-picked district board repudiate. Ignores Convention Call. The district board has not yet giv- en any indication that it is willing to call a special convention. This state of affairs, with the membership in rebellion against the Lewis ma- chine, and the latter ignoring every action of the rank and file, has brought about demoralization. Harry W. Burr, Lewis henchman, ran for district secretary unopposed, but on- ly polled 1,700, whereas Howat, run- ning unopposed for district president, three years ago, polled over 7,000 votes. Returns from the locals indicate that Lewis was overwhelmingly de- feated thruout the district by his op ponent on the progressive slate, George -Voyzey, hitherto -practically unknown as a natfonal figure. Vote Thrown Out. The tellers favored counting the vote, but were not permitted to do so by the international and district offi- cials. They ordered the Howat-Dorchy vote thrown out. It was reported at first that Lewis would favor allowing the district to vote as it pleased, but he was stung to the quick by his ig- nominious defeat at the hands of Voy- zey, who was unknown in the district until his name was seen on the pro- gressive slate. The ballots on which the names of Howat and Dorchy were written in were all for Lewis. By throwing out these ballots, Lewis saved himself from a worse defeat. Howat and Dorchy were nominated for district president and secretary- treasurer respectively, by 90 per cent of the membership. This scared the fakers, so they ruled the entire Howat slate off the ballot, contrary to the constitution. Taken in Last Spring. Alexander Howat was taken into a Cherokee county local last spring. There was no objection made at that time to his membership and since then he has been paying dues into the district and international organiza- tion. When the district board failed io place his name and those of his sroup on the official ballot, a mass meeting was called at Arma and a special convention requested. This request, made by a majority of the members in the district went unheed- ed. the drive against the most militant of the workers in America—that the Communists and members of the I. W. W., trade unionists railroaded for activity in strikes, who are in jail The Kansas miners are more deter- mined than ever to fight for the right of tho membership to run the district in accord with the constitution. The last attempt on the part of Lewis to thwart the wishes of the rank and ber of deputies reveals, The war de-| fie has only added strength to the partment has, in the last hundred) militants led by Howat. years, consumed between sixty and a Ge a seventy per cent of the Mexican an- Defeats Lewis. nual budgets. ISELIN, Pa., Dec. 26.—The tabula- tion of votes cast in the recent elec- Build the DAILY WORKER! MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT IS TO HEAR RUTHENBERG MOTION DEC. 31 LANSING. Mich., Dec, 26.—The Michigan supreme court is not in ses- sion this week, and will. therefore, hear motion of defense for re-hearing of Ruthenberg case on December 31, Meanwhile the trial judge, White, has advanced the date for Ruthenberg to appear for sentence to January 5, 1925, Mexigan Debt Grows, MEXICO CITY, Dee. 26.—Mexico's financial debt now amounts to $808, ment that tries to send Sacco and Vanzetti their deaths. The Workers (Communist) Party of America calls upon all organiza- tions of workers in America to join with it in a united front for Sacco and Vanzetti, against their capitalist ene- mies and for their immediate re- lease. The Workers (Communist) Party of America sets aside March 17, 1925, as Sacco and Vanzetti Day on which mass protest meetings shall be held fn every industrial center and on which day the party press shall pub- lish special ‘Vanzetti editions. It instructs its members to introduce (Continued on page 2.) ‘If you are WITH THE T. U. E. L. come to the West End Women’s Club Hall, 37 So. Ackland Blod. They simply refused to count the Six national stoolpigeons were in Kansas in order to assist the local agents in de-* CAPPELLINI'S STRIKEBREAKING EFFORTS FAIL Miners Refuse to Be Driven Back By THOMAS MYERSCOUGH. WILKES. BARRB, Pa., Dec. 26.— “Failure crowned the efforts of Cap- pellini in his fascist attempt to have the men of the Underwood colliery re- turn to work.” Thus spoke a man who had attended the meeting at Olyphant, Pa., where about one thousand miners had assembled in the Labor Temple, when I asked. him what the result was. Too Much Bunk. Accompanied by Wm. Brennan, ex- presideut and two others, all of whom spoke in an attempt to have the men return to work, Cappellini pleaded for observance of the “sacred contract” bunt the men have learned thru the medium of bitter experience that the more they listen to that bunk, the more suffering falls to their lot. In a full page advertisement, the miners have clearly shown that the operators are guilty 6f the most. flag- rant violations of contract, and when their own “supposed” spokesmen come to them with that kind of sob stuff, it is time to tell them to come out in the open and declare whether or not they are representing the in- terests of the miners or those of the operators, Like Two Peas. In addition to the statement of the miners, the officials and the operators have also published statements and the latter two can only be distinguish- ed by the signatures attached, so iden- tical are they. Today, Brennan and Cappellini are on the same platform, pleading for the operators’ profits un- der the cloak of “sacred contracts;” last year they were at each other's throats, telling the miners of all kinds of operators’ connections the other fellow had, and only a matter of two weeks ago Cappellini practically blam- ed Brennan for the present trouble, claiming that he was trying to turn the membership against him by dirty union politics, so that he could safe- ly aspire to the job himself and thus turn the tables for his defeat at the hands of Cappellini at the last elec tion. Birds of a Feather, It is nearly two weeks since a secret meeting was held to delve into these charges. The noise made by Cappel- lint prior to that time has subsided and now they are found on the same piatform pleading the same cause, Cappellini has now departed for Phil- adelphia for a meeting of some kind, but declares that he will carry on his attempt to break the strike on his return. The officials sent here by Lewis have also returned to their homes to remain until after the holl- days and, before going, they issued a statement to the effect that the men are engaged in an illegal strike and that nothing can be done until they return to work, Grievance Body Busy. Lewis said the same thing himself without having been near here, so the miners are wondering why the ex- pense of sending a commission here was made. The general grievance committee of the strikers are sending representa- tives of their body around to the dit- ferent locals, to acquaint the miners of district.one with their many griev- ances and they are arranging for a joint gathering of all the general com- mittees for next Saturday in Wilkes Barre. Tony Pann, chairman of the strikers’ committee, attended the Oly- phant meeting yesterday and his talk served to defeat the aims of Cappel link. Help Insure THE DAILY WORKER for 1925!