The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 7, 1925, Page 6

Page Six - ¢ THE DAILY WORKER THE DAILY WORKER.) Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1118 W. Wushington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall: $6.00 per year $3.50....6 months $2.00....8 months By mail (in Chicago only): $8.00 per year $4.50....6 months $2.60....3 months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 9118 W. Washington Bivd. J. LOUIS ENGDAHL Editors WILLIAM F. DUNNE pays MORITZ J. LOEB.......msemene Business Manager Chicago, Iilinels ——_$— ——— Bntered as second-class mat! Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. <=> 290 Another Fakir “Settlement’’ When union. officials pick State’s Attorney Crowe, the arch labor hater and baiter of Chicago, as arbitrator with dictatorial powers in a wage dispute, as the coal teamsters’ union officials have, it is ample proof that something is rotten in the conduct of the union officials. One does not have to be a Communist to know that Crowe is the tool of the employers’ associa- tion and that he has sought and enforced injunc- tion after injunction on striking workers. Every union man in Chicago is aware of the fact. Crowe will grant, probably, some concessions to the teamsters’ union, but the real rewards of the efforts made by the rank and file of the union will be reaped by the business agents and by Crowe him- self, who will use this appointment to prove that he is “a friend of labor.” ‘ : The union officials have therefore committed two crimes against unionigm—they have assured to the members of the union the barest minimum pos- sible in the way of wage increases and working con- ditions and they have given Crowe a chance to fool same more workers. After all, this is the chief use to which the labor fakirs in Chicago and the United States as well, put their offices—the deception and betrayal of the workers for their own profit and that of their friends in capitalist political circles. Only the reWolt of ‘the rank and file against such practices, a revolt based on the program of the Trade Union Educational League—amalgama- tion into industrial unions, recognition of the class struggle, rank and file control of the unions—can end such disgraceful prostitution of the labor movement. Advertising rates op application | 4 Cinching Up the Supreme Court Coolidge has cinched up the supreme court with the appointment of Harlan Stone, House of Mor- gan lawyer, to succeed McKenna. The members of the supreme bench are appointed for life and Stone is a fairly young man. His appointment as at- torney general to succeed Daugherty of odoriferous memory evidently was a sort of preliminary to the real job for which he was selected by the capitalist rulers. The supreme court is the'real instrument of capi- talist legality in the United States. It makes no pretense of being responsible to the popular will. It can and does override the decisions of the legis- lative bodies and it fears no election rebukes. It represents the majesty of power of the capitalist system which lives thru changes in administration over which its dupes become excited. Iu no other country where there is a semblance of parliamentary democracy does there exist a tribunal above and apart from the other legal forms with full power to suspend and veto legis- lation. That it exists in the United States, is ac- cepted without any great mass protest and that the overwhelming majority of the masses still believe they have a voice in determining government pol- icy, is a tribute to the propaganda abilities of the capitalists. The capitalist class has secured another able champion on the most powerful judicial body in the nation and as for the workers, if they stop to realize what it all means, they will understand that Coolidge is fulfilling the role he was chosen to play—that of strengthening the machinery of capitalist government wherever possible. ee eV : “Hat-Tipping” Unionism Dying In a continual stream the returns of the recent election in the United Mine Workers of America, come into the DAILY WORKER. The cold figures from local after local, showing that the left wing slate beat the Lewis administra- tion, the stories that accompany the totals, relating dozens of instances of crookedness and juggling of the election machinery by administration hench- men, the tales of how the left wing members had to fight for their right to vote and then to get the vote counted, constitutes an epic of the struggle that is being waged in the labor movement of America. The left wing is just beginning to find itself, but it has already learned that it can expect no mercy from the officialdom which makes a well- paying business of unionism and uses junion of- fices as stepping stones to positions in capitalist it. When the full total of the left wing vote in the United Mine Workers is in it will be proof that there is in this big union a big left wing group that knows what it wants and the kind of fight it has to make to get it. The total left wing strength is enough to make insecure the tenure of office of all the vultures that have made the American labor movement their feeding ground. Who Opposes Mussolini? The essential cowardice and vacillation of the socialist-liberal parliamentary “opposition” to the Mussolini regime is disclosed in recent dispatches. It is upon these poor pieces of parliamentary furniture that the pacifists of the world are de- pending to defeat the fascist reaction, but as the days pass and the Italian crisis intensifies it is more and more certain that only the working class of Italy, led by the Communist Party, is the opposi- tion to fascism and that as always the fighting will be done by the revolutionary workers. The Aventine opposition, frightened by the bom- bast of Mussolini, dissolves into the original groups of which it was composed and accepts the suppression and censorship of its press without protest. But the workers prepare for strikes and armed resistance to the terror of the fascist bands. Many of them have fallen aleady in these conflicts. Industry is at a standstill in Italy and the na- tional economy becomes more chaotic each day. The Brisbanes in America laud the fascist clfief, but eulogies will not feed the Italian population or pay the enormous national debts. Italian capitalism is in a state of dissolution and even if the liberals succeed Mussolini, swept to power on a wave of workers’ blood, they will be unable to repair the damage. Only the dictatorship of the working class of Italy, with the Communist Party at its head, will be able to build a sane and stable social order there. The United States senators started the New Year right by failing to attend the first session of the year. The Postal Workers’ Raise The opposition of the republican administration to the bill raising the wages of the postal em- ployes may appear to be a small matter to those workers who are engaged in other occupations, but it is important as showing its hatred of and stub- born hostility to the workers. The raise to the postal employes is refused by Coolidge as a matter of principle—the protection of the principal invested in industry by his masters. These masters intend that from Washington shall come no encouragement of any kind to tage earn- ers, no legislation that might be interpreted as a sign of weakness of the capitalist dictatorship. The postal employes will find that protestations of patriotism, demonstrations of efficiency and appeals to sentiment will avail them little. A little disorganization of the mail service will do more to assist them in Betting a raise in wages than all the servile lobbying with senators and congressmen who are thinking of votes alone. There have been strikers of postal workers in other countries—why not in the United States? As the advertisement says: “Eventually, why not now?” William Jennings Bryan has made application to join the Darwinian society. If his application is approved, the Dawinjans will have one perfect monkey to experiment on. Autocrats at the Breakfast Table John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Elbert H. Gary will have breakfast with President Coolidge next Thurs- day. This innocent item appears in the Hearst press. The further information is given that these two robber barons and their lackey will talk about “law enforcement and the findings of a citizens’ committee of one thousand.” * When looters and lackeys begin to talk over “law enforcement” there is a sinister meaning for the toiling millions for whose suppression the capitalist state and its thousands of laws exists. We are of the opinion that the chief subject of the breakfast conversation of the autocrats will be the menace of labor unions and revolutionary organizations with the words Communist and Bolshevist sprin- kled plentifully thru the gabfest. What better illustration is there of the source from which American government gets its orders than this breakfast table group of two billionaires, exploiting thousands of workers—and a president? The sentence of from three to ten years against C. E. Ruthenberg was another echo of the election returns last November. If the workers and poor farmers would protect their class and its spokes- men, they must fight rather than vote with the capitalist parties. Now is a good time to “Join the Workers (Communist) Party,” and help fight the barbaric sentence imposed by the Michigan capi- talist courts against its natiunal executive sec- retary. Wall Street politicians are busy picking a new attorney general to succeed Stone, promoted to the supreme court bench. Anyone who will make war on the Communists, and at the same time wink at the big corporation mergers proposed for this year, will do. It will not be difficult to find such can- didates in the ranks of tle legal gentry who fatten at the feet of big business. The United States senate has upheld Coolidge’s veto of the pay raise demanded by the postal em- ployes. But the fight of the postal workers for bet- ter conditions goes on just the same. f The Chicago Journal, writing an editorial review of the pear 1924, finds Soviet Russia is still an international nuisance, but did not predict that next Christmas would find it among the missing. A congregational minister is charged with being too friendly with sinners, so the ownerg of the The days of hat-tipping unionism are almost /church seek to oust him, Where the devil is sa over in the United States. ; i} REPORTS SHOWING Big LEFT WING COAL MINER VOTE Communists Backbone of Sturdy Fight Reports on the recent elections in the United Mine Workers of America keep coming in to the office of The DAILY WORKER. The progressive ticket still continues to hold its own. One very significant fact stands out thru all the reports. Wherever there is a branch of the Workers Party, the progressive ticket has either won or made the fakers travel pretty. hard. The Communists have also insisted that the ballots be counted, not mis- counted. The result is that in locals where hitherto the reactionary ma- chine grabbed everything in sight, the count this time showed a fifty-fifty break. ewe @ Fakers Run Behind. SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 6. — The pro- gressive slate was overwhelmingly victorious in local 413, Farrington be- ing beaten five to one. The vote was: Farrington, 66; Hindmarsh, 254; Fish- wick, 126; Hewlett, 190; Nesbit, 88; Conturiaux, 164. The rest of the progressive slate went over big, Joe Tumulty polling the record vote of 302 for board mem- ber, district number 5. Local 754, Riverton, gave Farring- ton 37 votes and 441 for John Hind- marsh. The latter fared better than \\ the. progressive candidates for vice- president and secretary-treasurer who polled less votes than their reaction- ary opponents. Tumulty led for board member in this local also, as did Thomas F. Scott, for international board member. Frank on Short End. Local 492, Springfield, gave Farring- ton 108 and Hindmarsh, 148. Local 731 voted 18 for Farrington and 35 for Hindmarsh. Local 8761, Pana, gave Farrington, 22; Hindmarsh, 128; Fishwick, 86; Hewlett, 80; Nesbit, 57; Conturiaux, 33. Local 448 gave Farrington 91, and Hindmarsh, 306. The progressive can- idates for minor~positions fared bet- ter than those who ran for vice- presi- dent and secretary-treasurer. Tough on Farrington. Local 1471, Springfield, gave Far- rington,, 46 votes and 142 for Hind- marsh. Local 303, Orient, 180 for Far- rington and 348 for Hindmarsh; 191 for Harry Fishwick and 300 for E. B. Hewlett; 191 for Walter Nesbit and 478 for Louis J. Conturiaux. Local 959, West Frankfort, cast 128 votes for Frank Farrington and 269 for John Hindmarsh; 110 for Harry Fishwick, and 284 for Hewlett; 175 for Walter Nesbit_and 192 for Louis Conturiaux. Local 2425, Virden, gave Frank Far- rington 124 votes and 88 to Hind- marsh. Local 997 cast 45 votes for Farrington and 74 for his opponent. s e#e Progressive Beats Lewis. TRIADELPHIA, W. Va., Jan. 6.—Lo cal 4285 Mine No.2 gave John L. Lewis candidate to sueceed himself as head of the United Mine Workers of Amet- ica, 58 votes against 88 for the pro- gressive, George L, Voyzey. Philip Murray polled 61 to 80 for Arley Staples. William Green got 61; Joseph Nearing, 69. Mine No. 2, gave John L. Lewis, 38 votes; Voyzey received 80; Murray, 45; Staples, 75; Green, 52; Nearing, 68. In Barrakville. BARRAKVILLB, West Va., Jan. 6.— Local 4346 gave Lewis 4 votes and aan Me Wednesday, January 7, 1925 Cleveland Hungarian South-Slavic Branch Branches Both Endorse Majority Unanimously CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 6.—The two Hungarian branches in Cleveland have, after discussing the majority and minority theses on the immediate tasks of the Workers Party, voted un- animously to endorse the thesis of the majority. Hungarian Branch, Los Angeles, Unani- mously for Majority ( After carefully discussing the theses submitted to the party by the majori- ty and the minority of the central executive committee, the Los Angeles Hungarian branch votes unanimously to support the majority position. Russian Branch at Elizabeth, N. J., for Majority Unanimously ELIZABETH, N. J, Jan. 6—The Elizabeth Russian branch of the Work- ers Party has voted unanimously in favor of the majority of, the central executive committee against the thesis presented by the minority. Hungarian Branch in Steel Town for Majority Unanimously The Hungarian branch of the Work- ers Party at McKeesport, Pa., has gone on record unanimously in favor of the majority thesis of the central executive committee. Down Town English Branch, New York, for the Majority NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 6.—The Down Town Engligh branch of the Workers Party has voted to support the majority C. E. C. position, the vote vote being as follows: 18 for the yajority, eight for the minority, and tw against both theses. Spanish Branch of ~ Chicago Unanimously for the Majority The Spanish branch of the Chicago Local, Workers Party, after long dis- cussion, unanimously endorsed the thesis of the majority of the C. E. C. Williamsburg Russian Branch Unanimously for the Majority NEW YORK CITY.—The Williams- burg Russian branch of the Workers Party has endorsed the thesis of the Cc. E. C. majority. MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS, MILWAUKEE, WIS, On Thursday evening, January 8, at 8 o’clock sharp, the Workers Party of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will hold the general membership meeting devoted to the party discussion on the im- mediate tasks of the party. The meeting will be held in Millers Hall, 802 State street, and will be George Voyzey, progressive, 78; Mur-|®4dressed by representatives of both ray was given the zero sign and Ar-|the majority and minority, and gov- ley Staples got 78; Green received an-| erned by the rules laid down for the other goose egg and Nearing 78. 7-2 @ Lewis Behind. ~ conduct of the meetings by the central executive committee. All members must attend. Attend- JOHNSON CITY, Ill, Jan, 6. —| ance is compulsory and admittance is John L. Lewis ran 200 votes behind | by membership card George Voyzey im local union 3192. The Farrington -machine did fairly well here, however, beating Hind- only. Ai ok Rt KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. The general membership meeting, marsh by two votes. The tally was|which is to vote upon the immediate 238 to 236, candidates polled a large vote. Grand erade Ball of Y. W. L. of Hamtramck Jan. 10 DETROIT,* Mich. Jan. 6.—The Young Workers League of Hamtramck are running a grand masquerade ball at the International Hall, 3014 Ye- mana street, Hamtramck, Jan. 10, which ‘begins at 7:30 p. m. Six prizes will be given away to the best cos- tumes. Two for originality, two for beauty and two for ideas. The com- rades are busy making their costumes. This will be the most beautiful affair we ever had, Come early and bring all your friends, The costume grand march will start early to give the Judges plenty of time, Raditch, Leader of Croatian P. ts’ Party, Is Arrested| — (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Jan. 6.—M. leader of the Ji mient, has been The other progressive | tasks of the party, will take place in Kenosha, Wisconsin, at the German- American Home, 665 Grand avenue, Saturday, January 10, at 8 Pp. m Representatives of both the majority and minority will address the meet- ing, which will be governed by the rules laid down the C. B. C. Attendance is compulswry and ad- paisa will be by membership cdfd only. Go to Your Class Movies, ‘ Tho latest Russian feature film, “The Beuaty and the Bolshevik, a happy story of love and labor and the Red Army of Soviet Russia, will be shown at the following cities under auspices of the International Workers’ Aid. Proceeds benefit the “Captives of Capitalism” all over the world. With the features also goes the-fine educational film “Russia in Overalls,” Go to your class movies! Bentleyville, Pa., Jan. 9; Daisytown, Pa., Nome Theater, Jan. 10; Omaha, Neb., Alhambra Theater, Jan, 12 . Raditch, | vertisement peasant move. | Workers’ Aid, which gave the num- A Correction! A short time ago we printed an ad- of. the International Pete ons to| ber of workers imprisoned in the varl- a central news from Bel-| ous countries. Among the countries grade. movement been expected, His was part of the|was India. The figure for this coun- Sulgarian and . r white guard|try was 253,000. This was an error. and had | It should have been 25,300, the Inter of North Chicago Is For Minority Thesis The North Chicago South Slavic branch, which is. not officially con- nected with the Chicago city central committee, held its own meeting to discuss the majority ande minority theses. After thoro consideration, the branch voted to indorse the minority thesis. A resolution was passed de- claring that the minority thesis, “Has made a most thoro analysis of the present economic and political situa tion, and only by actively participat ing and leading in mass movements such as the united front slogan for a class farmer labor party—on the po- litical fleld—can we draw the greater number of workers to ourselves and so make the Workers Party grow.” (Signed) P. Zdencoj, organizer. Cleveland Y. W. L. Jewish Branch for Minority Theses CLEVELAND, 0., Jan. 6.—At the last meeting of the Jewish Y. W. L. branch of Cleveland held Sunday, Jan. 4, the theses of the party were taken up for discussion. Comrade M. Lomag spoke for the C. EB. C. (majority) the- sis and Comrade A. Eleff defended the minority. After a thorough discussion by the members the theses were taken to vote which resulted 13 to 8 in fa- vor of the minority thesis as the cor- rect one and the one adaptable to the present economic and political condi- tion of this country. Jewish Br. Y. W. L. of Cleveland M. Keistin, Secretary. Dillonvale, Ohio, Italian Branch Is Solid for Minority DILLONVALE, Ohio, Jan. 6— The Italian branch of Dillonvale unani- mously indorsed the thesis of the minority, by a vote of 24 to 0. A thoro discussion took place before the vote, and a representative of the ma- jority spoke. The branch passed a resolution call- ing*for the continued use of the class farmer-labor party slogan as a means of strengthening the Workers Party. CHICAGO, ATTENTION! All friendly organizations, T. U. E. L. groups, party branches, language federations and Y. W. L. branches! Arrangements have been made for the following major city affairs. Do not arrange conflicting affairs on thes. days: Karl Liebknecht Celebration—Sun- day, January 11, Northwest Tall, corner North and Western Aves Auspices Y. W. L., Local Chicago. Lenin memorial meeting—Wednes day, Jan. 21, Ashland Anditcrium, Van Buren and Ashland. Workers Party, Local Chicago. The Red Revel—Saturday, Feb. 28, West End Women’s Club Hall. HENDERSON HAS BEGINNERS CLASS JAN. 13 Local Chicago Starts New School _ What has everyday patient up-hil! work in the trade unions to do the dictatorship of the proletariat? A whole lot—providing that it is Com- munist work carried on in a Commuyn- ist spirit and according to Communist principles. So that every member of the Work- ers (Communist) Party may under. stand the full implications of what it means to be a Communist, the educa- tional council of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, Local Chicago, has ar- ranged for a series of two lectures which all new members of the party in Chicago are expected to attend. The lectures will deal with “Elements of Communism and the Program of the Workers Party.” The lecturer is Archie Henderson of the DAILY WORKER, } Tuesday, January 13, is the date for the first of these lectures. They will be given at 722 Blue Island avenue, 8 p. m., on successive Tuesdays, As soon as the first series of two lectures is completed, a new series will begin —for those members who have come into the party during the two weeks, This means that a new course will begin every two weeks, As soon as the worker applies for admission. to any branch of Local Chicago, he is to be instructed to attend the next session of the beginners class, No new member will be given a card in the party until he can show that h has attended the class, P Comrade Henderson is fully equip- ped to conduct the class. He is an interesting lecturer and has had con- siderable experience with the begin- ners’ groups. Don’t forget the date—January 18. If you are a newcomer in the party (that is, if you have come in during the past two months) be on hand at 722 Blue Island avenue, 8 p. m. Party Activities Of Local Chicago — \ City Central Committee Meete Jan. 7. The next meeting of the City Cen tral Committee, Workers Party, Local Chicago, will be held Wednesday, Jan, 7, 1925, 8 p. m. at Workers Mall, 722 Blue Island Ave. There are many im. portant matters: February aldermanic elections, industrial matters, which must be handled. All delegates be on hand at 8 p. The delegates are requested to settle at this meeting for “Poll. kushka” tickets that were mailed te the branches from the city office. “Polikushka” is coming to ‘Gertners Independent Theater, Jan. 15, ‘ wide A Last Call to Action! You will have to remit TODAY, the day this paper reaches you, if the name of your branch is to appear upon the Militant Page . of the BIG SPECIAL EDITION of the DAILY WORKER, to be published January 13 in celebration of the first anniversary of our organ. THIS MILITANT PAPER a has fought your battles, has led the fight a against the yellows, no matter where they ~ Schemed or warred, whether in Dilles = © Bottom or in China. . THE DAILY WORKER raat has earned the right to your help—that is, of if you believe in the fight we are making, if ~ you are on our side in this battle. ne \ REMIT FOR POLICY SALES 5 today and have the name of your branch cee upon the MILITANT PAGE in the NIVERSARY NUMBER of the DAILY re WORKER, out January 13th, ‘Be .. Militant Branches ~ will be those that DO REMIT for INSUR- fe ANCE POLICIES sold. Remittance must Ag reach the DAILY WORKER by January 10, , : Are You For a Militant Daily? And a Militant Party? Remit!