The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 2, 1925, Page 2

Page Two CLEMENTEL SAYS HE DIDN'T MEAN TO “REPUDIATE” Cites Tariff Wall Bar to Payment (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Jan. 1—France’s debt to America will not be discussed at the inter-allied financial conference in Paris in January, but it will be taken up in Washington, Minister of Finance | Clementel told American newspaper } correspondents today. “I cannot tell you now just how it} will be taken up in Washington,” M. Clementel said in answer to a ques. tion. Tariff Wall—A Capitalist Contradiction. }'rohibition in America and its high protective tariff both were made ele ments of Clementel’s discussion, and both h? said were handicapping France ix Paying off its debt to Am- erica. The big question now to be decided | by both countries, Clementel declared, “Payments tw America are a ques- tion of method «nd transfer,” said the finance minister. “America must tell us how values are going to be trans. ferred, especially with American pro- hibition and its higit protectve tariff shutting out such European products. “The British government has fully agreed that France shaU take up its American debt directly and independ. ently with Washington,” :\e added. On Quoting Excerpts. Clementel said he did not see how his reports to the chamber of deputies had come to be misunderstood {2 Am- erica. He quoted a French philoso- pher as saying, “I could hang anyone by taking his separate sentences with out the entire text.” He then reiterated his declaration that he had “never for a moment con- sidered that France would repudiate its debt.” Clementel made it plain that France will never submit to the humiliation of a control commission such as the Dawes plan prescribes for Germany. JOINT MEMORIAL HONORS GOMPERS AND MILLIONAIRE Natl. Civic Federation Mourns Its Losses (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—At a meeting of the National Civic Federation, the leading organization in America in the field of propaganda for class col- laboration, called especially for com- memorating Samuel Gompers and Ma- jor August Belmont, many of the country's leading big capitalists spoke and President Coolidge sent a mes- sage embodying enconiums of Mr. Gompers. Gompers Over-Shadows Belmont. August Belmont, the .multimillion- i. MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT RULES RUTHENBERG MUST APPEAR FOR SENTENCE AT ST. JOSEPH, MONDAY (Special to the DAILY WORKER) LANSING, Mich., Jan. 1.——The supreme court of the state of Michigan yesterday refused to withdraw its mandate directing Judge Charles E. White to sentence C. E. Ruthenberg for violation of the Michigan criminal syndical- ist law, in order to permit the defense to appeal for a re-hearing before the court. M4 St. Joseph for sentence. Under the pe It will be necessary for I. E. Ferguson, court pass upon supreme court. Ruthenberg must therefore appear before Judge White next Monday at culiar procedure of the Michigan courts , attorney for Fiuthenberg, to go before the Michigan supreme court once more with a writ of error and have the it before an appeal can be made to the United States Whether Ruthenberg will be granted bail by the Michigan courts during | the period in which the way is cleared for the appeal to the United States supreme court is doubtful, and Ruthenberg may be imprisoned until the case ean be brought before the United States supreme court and bail is allowed lay that court. WAGENKNECHT TOUR FOR DAILY BRINGS RESULTS Comrades in Canton and Akron Promise Aid Full realization of the importance of: the campaign to INSURE THE DAILY WORKER FOR 1925 was shown by the members in Canton and Akron, Oh‘io, who gathered to hear Alfred Wageiik- necht talk upon the part which our English daily plays today and will play in the future in the struggles of the workers for power. The Canton comrades acceptefl the quota of three dollars per member assigned them, and intend making the gathering of the total sum which Canton is to contribute to the $50.000 found one of the main tasks of the local. In Akron Comrade Wagenknech spoke at some length upon “China, Oil and the Next World War,” relating the next world war, whether it oceurs in the occidemt or the orient, with the need of a power- ful English Communist daily, which will not only keep the party mem- bership informed upon the day to day development of the imperialist con- flict, but which will also gather around it tens of thousands of workers, leading these into the struggle upon the side of the proletarian revolution. A good deal of time was given in Akron upon the building of an Eng- lish movement in this large industrial city. It was generally recognized that a large subscription list to the DAILY WORKER is a first essential. The membership meeting passed a resolution calling upon the Akron C. C. C. to at once take steps, firstly to reach and beat, if possible, its quota in the drive to make the DAILY WORKER safe, and second, to plan for an increase in the DAILY WORKER readers for Akron. The builders intend building the daily in the rubber town, and 500 subscribers was the number of subscribers, men- tioned as the goal. Comrade Sells in a short talk, also insisted upon more activity in securing readers of the organ of the Y. W. L. The comrades of both Canton and Akron send the DAILY WORKER aire traction and race horse magnate | their promise of immediate application. was quite put into the shadow by the | to the work of helping all in their outpourings in praise of Gompers.| power. In both cities it was resolved Belmont was president of the Nation-|that every branch would remit for al Civic Federation at his death, just | insurance policies before January 8th, as Gompers was vice-president of the} so that the names of all Canton and same organization, but Gompers re-/ Akron branches would appear upon ceived far more plaudits from the as-| the militant page of the anniversary sembly composed chiefly of big bank- | issue of the daily. ! | DAILY WORKER ~ BUILDERS HAVE OFFICIAL ORGAN The DAILY WORKER, organized bess than one year ago, has now an official organ of its own. The Builder has made its appearance. It is snap- py, almost as snappy as the DAILY WORKER, The Builder is the mouthpiece of the DAILY WORKER Builders—that army of militants that is carrying the message of Communism to people who could not be reached for many years thru the ordinary means of propaganda, They Have Ideas. The DAILY WORKER Builders are working like beavers to give our Com- munist daily the widest possible dis- tribution. Every one of them has ori- ginal ideas as to how best do the job. So each month this little paper comes forth with a flood of suggestions. Dis- trict and city committees, branches and branch menibers are expected to do their duty. The Builders will see that the job is done. It Gives Us Great Pleasure. The Builder introduces the heads of the business department, Moritz J. Loeb, Archie Henderson, Walt Car- mon and Sam Hammersmark. There is not a whisper about the editorial staff, but we get a paper out every day and think nothing of it. Outside of that trifling omission, the editors of The Builders are to be congratulated on turning out a nice little paper, which will help to solidify the DAILY WORKER Builders and give them new enthusiasm for their work. COURT DECIDES LEN SMALL MUST DISCORGE DOUGH Another milestone in the suit brought by the Mlinois prosecuting attorney against Len Small, was reached on Tuesday, when Judge F. W. Burton of Sangamon County cirtuit court held the governor liable for interest paid by Chicago packers on state funds loaned to them by Small, while he occupied the position of state trea- surer. An Original Scheme. The manner in which Small was able to indulge in this scheme was original. With the aid of other asso- ciates be set up a fake bank in which ers, large industrialists, corporation lawyers and government officials. The meeting was addressed by El- ihu Root, Matthew Woll of the A. F. of L. executive council, Vevert Macy, Marcus M. Marks, Alton B. Parker, John Hays Hammond of the imperial- ist group, Rev. Ernest mM. Stiers and others. H. Snowden Marshall, United States prosecuting attorney in New York during the war, praised Gom- pers for his patriotism. He alleged that Gompers refused large sums Ger- man sources offered if he would stop munition manufacture and shipment. Gompers’ desire for victory by the allies over Germany was too great, he said, to permit him to yield to any offer to align himself with the , cause of peace. Coolidge’s Tribute to Sammy. Messages were received at the meeting from President Coolidge, Daniel Willard, president of the Bal- timore and Ohio railroad, and Secre- tary of State Hughes. The message of Coolidge read in part, as follows: “I wish that I might join with you in the memorial services to August Belmont and Samuel Gompers, but unfortunately, my duties do not per- mit me to leave Washington.” Elihu Root in his address describ- ed Gompers and Belmont as “men typical of the best citizenship.” German Communists Expose Ebert’s Treason at Mass Meetings (Special to The Dally Worker) BERLIN, Germany, Jan. 1, — The Communists have held a’ series of mass meetings thruout Germany, at which President Ebert was condemn- ed for choking off the munitions work- the state funds were deposited at the usual 2 per cent rate. The money was loaned to the packers at 8 per cent. Two per cent was Watch for the Special First Anniversary eae turned over to the state and the six BP oye the oo was unaccounted for by A Lot of Money. January 13, The amount now due the state is estimated at nearly one million dollars, 1925 Small has appealed to the supreme court and if that court sustains the ruling of judge Burton it is’ quite possible an appeal to the United Sta- Latte Rie Saste Harker a te supreme court will be resorted to, MOSCOW LAWYERS GREET SACCO AND VANZETTI BY CABLE TO INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID Once again the spirit of international ci solidarity with the two Ameri can workers, Sacco and Vanzetti, is manifested by Soviet Russia. This time it is in a cable addressed to the International Workers’ Aid committee by a group of Moscow lawyers affiliated with the International Red Aid. The cable read as follows: RUSSIA DEEPLY INTERESTED. Moscow File 1250 December 25, 1924, International Workers’ Aid, 19 South Lincoln Street, Chicago, III. GENERAL MEETING MOSCOW LAWYERS PRESIDIUM GREETS DEFENSE COMMITTEE SACCO AND VANZETTI FOR STEADINESS AND ENERGIES DEFENDING THIS JUST CAUSE. WE URGE THAT YOU PERSISTENTLY CONTINUE FIGHT TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. WE REQUEST YOU TO SEND US ALL MATERIAL CONCERNING CASE TO INFORM RUSSIAN PUBLIC SHOWING GREAT INTEREST. PRESIDIUM MOSCOW LAWYERS, Moschovia 16, International Red Aid. CAMPAIGN TO RAISE FUNDS, Rose Karsner, national secretary of the International W. committee, states that the I. W. A. has requested the Labor Defe: and the Prison Comfort Cli to join the |. W. A. in a combined HE DAILY WORKER PROFESSORS IN HOT DEBATE ON SOVIET RUSSIA Yale Man Nails Lies of Counter-Revolutionist A young professor of sociology at Yale University, Jerome Davis, de- fended Soviet Russia from a stupid attack by Pitirim Sorokin, of the uni- | Versity of Minnesota, at the final ses- sion of the American Sociological So- ciety at the Auditorium Hotel; One thousand college professors heard Davis blast Sorokin’s lies with a con- cise statement of the actual facts. Professors Get a Jolt. Davis was not expected to take u the cudgels for Soviet. Russia. He was listed on the program under the heading of “Discussion,” and it was expected that he would perform the usual duty of throwing bouquets at} the sleepy-eyed professors who had preceded him. Davis, however, told how he had been in Russia, and threw a bombshell into the dry as dust theo- retically minded body of professors by taking some pages out of actual life. “It is quite plain why Professor Sorokin gives a one-sided view of the international relations of Soviet Rus- sia,” said Professor Davis. “Sorokin was deported from Soviet Russia for counter-revolutionary activity, and it was only the action of Lenin himself which saved Sorokin from being shot. Professor Sorokin freely admits in his book, ‘Leaves from a Russian Diary,’ that he was actively engaged in plot- ting against the Bolshevik govern- ment. He says, ‘My neutrality was purely ficticious. My walks, my pic- nics, my visits to the theater, were in reality meetings where I plotted the downfall of the Soviet government.’” Exposes Plots Against Russia. Davis, who spent a year in Russia | for the United States government, branded as untrue Sorokin’s state- ment that Russia had. bought recogni- tion from foreign countries by giving each country granting recognition, millions of dollars in gold. “Sorokin’s argument that the Soviet govern- ment has been too generous seems strange when we think of the agita- tion of other European countries call- ing upon Russia to pay the czarist foreign debts,” he said. “True, as Professor Sorokin says, the Communist International is plot- ting the overthrow of capitalism, but it is equally true that capitalism is plotting the overthrow of the Com- munist International. It is a battle to the death between two forms of industry. The Soviet government is trying to build an industrial system which is owned and controlled by the people.” Russian Revolution Brot Progress. Davis declared that the “good ef- fects of the Russian revolution out- weighed the bad,” and that, “the phenomena of the Russian revolution may well be found to be the out- standing event of the twentieth cen- tury.” One of the good effects of the Bolshevik regime, Davis declared, was the German revolution, which was brought about by Soviet propaganda. “I was in Russia at the time, and the Bolshevik authorities allowed me to pass a million copies of Wilson's four- teen points thru the lines into Ger- many,” Davis stated. Another good effect of Soviet rule was the publica- tion of secret treaties, Davis said. The biggest problem faced by the Soviet government is that of adequate economic production, and Soviet Rus- sia is now trading with foreign coun- tries, Davis said. Davis told a friend after his speech that “Russia is a dangerous subject to tackle. It is difficult to write all the facts and still keep away trom, dangerous ground.” LABOR DEFENSE COUNCIL SOUNDS WARNING NOTE The Labor Defense Council issued the following statement today upon getting news that the Michigan su- preme court turned down the appeal of C. E. Ruthenberg, whom they say must now be sentenced to prison: “We are not surprised at this action of a capitalist government court. When the Michigan supreme court up held the trial court it was just one more example of the class nature of the courts which discriminate against workers and working class organiza- tions, and railroad their militant leaders to jail. “We must be and are prepared to wage a great fight to save Ruthenberg, Foster, Dunne and others who may now be brought to trial, from prison. We must carry on a battle for tree speech for Communists and all those who fight the battles of the workers. We must hold off the enemy. Let us carry on an aggressive defense NOW, Remember, the workers of Europe are faced with white terror, “Our immeiiiate task is to appeal Ruthenberg’s case to the United States supreme co to make a drive P| ull sup- Our Russian Communist Daily Sets the Pace for Daily Worker Builders By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. DAY, the news comes of the triumphant celebration by our Moscow Communist daily, Pravda, of the increase T°? of its circulation to the half-million mark. This is one of the great achievements of the Russian Bolshevik revolution. The fact that 500,000 copies of the official organ of the Russian Communist Party pours daily into the eager hands of Soviet Russia's great producing masses, helps insure the stability of the revolution. * * * “Pravda,” which means “The Truth,” doesn’t publish pages of comics like the subscription-hungry American capitalist dailies. Instead, it gives over its column to rich material that educates and improves rather than poisons _ the mind of the reader. The first page, instead of carrying the sordid details of some murder or divorce scandal, as is the American custom, usually features some enlightening article by a prominent Russian Communist, Stalin, Zinoviev or Bucharin. * * * * There are capitalist newspapers in the United States, Great Britain and France, that have circulations that mount up into the millions. But these leave their readers steeped in ignorance. It soddens them. The Communist “Pravda,” successor to the under- ground Bolshevik newspapers of the days of illegal existence under the czarist regime, has won its half million circulation thru an appeal to the minds of the liberated workers and peasants of Soviet Russia. The masses of reading and earn- estly thinking workers and peasants of the First Workers’ Republic have been growing rapidly in volume since the Bolshevik Revolution of Nov. 7, 1917, and will continue to grow. The circulation and influence of “Pravda” will follow in the wake of this growth. * Ed * * In Soviet Russia, the “Pravda” is not bought, glanced at and then thrown, away; the fate of a copy of any Amer- ican capitalist daily. It is estimated that “Pravda” has a larger number of readers per copy than any other daily newspaper in the world. One copy goes the rounds in a school, a library, a reading hut, a factory, shop or mine, in a unit of the Red Army, or the Red Fleet. * “Pravda” made its greatest gains during the past year. The circulation last January stood at only 126,000. By March the circulation had gone up to 170,445; then to 307,443 in June; to 379,135 in September, with the final leap over the half-million mark, to 507,546 in December. ‘ . * This great achievement of our Russian Communist daily should be an inspiration to every reader of the DAILY WORKER. : It should not only be an urge in the drive to “Insure the DAILY WORKER for 1925” and to win a great circula- tion for “Our Daily,” but it should also arouse all Com- munists and sympathizers to the effective methods used by our Russian Communist press. . * * * It is estimated that there are now 50,000 worker-cor- respondents thruout Soviet Russia, developing contacts bet- ween the Communist press and the workers and peasants. Our DAILY WORKER must also have thousands of worker-correspondents in all sections of the nation. Thru building these vital contacts with the masses, not only the life and the effectiveness of “Our Daily” becomes assured, but the whole working class, under the leadership of its Communist vanguard, will make more rapid forward strides. * * * . Hail the achievements of our Russian Communist daily, the “Pravda.” Hail the greater struggles of America’s work- ing masses to profit by this inspiration thru building their Communist spokesman, the DAILY WORKER. GARY EMPLOYS RADICAL BAITING — PRIEST, FATHER De VILLE, TO KEEP STEEL TRUST SLAVES CONTENTED (Special to the DAILY WORKER) GARY, Ind., Jan. 1—Father John De Ville, head of the Gary Aldering settlement house, feels assured that he will receive from the United States Steel corporation a great deal of support for his efforts to keep the steel trust slaves contented thru the “social work” of his settlement house. Father John who has a nice eye for the social graces when they will help him hold down his fat job, sent to Judge Elbert H, Gary, chairman of the U. S. Steel corporation and to¢————_______. James A. Farrell and to George K. . > Leet piceeaey of the same outfit very Printers’ Protest nice Christmas presents. In order not Shows the Postal Workers Underpaid to slight anyone of importance who (Special to The Daily Worker) could be of help to himself and to his job he included one for I, M. Water- man treasurer of the steel trust. As if not to overlook the importance of | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 1.—Post- trifles and underdogs who have a/al workers are greatly underpaid, a little influence with the great ones | statement issued by the International who pass out the fact donations he|'rypographical Union asserts. “The included a present to the secretaries | $62,000,000 or so needed to cover the of each of these gentlemen. proposed wage increase would be money well spent,” says the union's Statement. “We are in complete sympathy with the postal workers in To the scores of stupid dupes who work hard in the Gary Aldering set- their struggle to obtain living wag The union's statement, howe tlement trying to bring a little “sweet- places most of its emphasis on ness and light’? into the lives of the slaves of Gary Padre John sent a Christmas, card reminding them that Jesus died for them and that they 'of the k pt press and the newspaper would get pie in the sky in due time. | publishers, who have forced the press: DeVille is the chief labor and|men to strike in Seattle New radical baiter in this town where the| York in recent months in order to gentlemen of God fall over each other | obtain living wages, “We believe it for a chance to serve the steel trust| is bad social policy to place this load on the nation’s newspapers and maga- zines, The printed matter, carried in second class mail, constitutes the He was the close friend and intimate of Bishop Aldering who recently died and who was Gary’s most useful reli- gious handy man. It is generally un- derstood here that Deville got his present soft s»ap of a job thru the g00d offices of Aldering who assured the steel trust that he was perfectly safe and could be relied on. country.” The union's statement, protests against the increase in newspaper postal rates more stronger than it advocates raise in wages for postal employes, demonstrating the class col- Bronx Attention. Pligg Myo Sedaeeet ae Dm, W. Weinstone “World Friday, January 2, 1925 LOSING MEMBERS WORRIES GREEN LITTLE-MAYBE But He Pleduis to Follow Reaction (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 1.-—Wil- liam Green, successor to Sam Gomp- ers as president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, announced today in his first press interview that there will be no change in the policy of the federation under his regime. Intimating that he is feeling the left wing criticism of the falling off in membership, however, Green said, “We expect to carry forward the work of organization and education among the unorganized and to contend in a most vigorous fashion for a speedy realization and enjoyment on the part of working men and women of all the rights and privileges to which they are justly entitled.” If this more or less cryptic utte: ance means anything it promises a drive for organization of the unor; ganized, who need attention from the federation just as the federation needs to avoid competition with unorganized millions. The reference to working women implies that Green possibly recognizes that wage-working women remaining unorganized are a threat against wage and hour standards of the unions. Asked about the attitude of his regime toward the recognition of So- viet Russia, Green retreated to the El Paso convention resolution which was antagonistic to any recognition. This has been the policy of Gompers and Secretary Hughes and will, there- fore, be the policy of Green, it is inti- mated, Aside from the remark on organiza- tion, Green’s utternaces were of the usual platitudinous kind of labor fak- ers about “opposing wrong” and fight- ing forthe right,” our “just due” and the “fuller and freer life.” FASCIST DEPUTY ATTACKS BLACK , SHIRT LEADER (Special to The Dally Worker) ROME, Jan. 1—Strong concentratio: of fascisti militia are gathered at Florence from other Italian cities, in- cluding Turin and Milan, to atten funeral of fascisti who were es when Communists repulsed a fascist attack. More violence is feared. Confusion in the ranks of the fas: cisti continues to grow. The fascist deputy, Cursio Duckert, utters extreme threats against Mussolini and the fas cist government unless the demande of the provincial fascisti are met. These demands are that the fascisti leaders share the responsibility for all fascisti acts of violence. The fas- cist paper, Conquista Teello Stato, is printing attacks on Mussolini. Deputy Farinacci is threatening the opposition leaders with further vio lence. “It was only our generosity which prevented us from shooting you all two years ago. Remember we are still in time to do now what we did not do then,” says Farinacci. The two liberal ministers, Sarrocchi and Casati, have agreed, temporarily to continue in the Mussolini cabinet. Large posters bearing the head of Mussolini with the title “chief,” were smeared with red ink during the night, giving the impression that Mus solini was smeared with blood. The posters were all taken from the walls before noon. AS WE SEE IT | By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) The fact is that for every one mine opened four are closed down. ,__ 7 © t (E November issue of The Golde Age, organ of the bible association, has an editorial “Religious Persecution in Russia.” This is an excerpt: “Mr. Wilbur K Thomas, who was head of the Quaker relief commission to Russia says the government officials have gone and gathered up the John e z hundred men, ‘This has hurt the relfj fous trade seriously; for OMRADE McCARTHY, culation manager of the DAIL) WORKER, writing from tl f Ireland tells a story which proves greatest educational force in the |his tem