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Daily Worker Annual \Sub- scription Drive Starts on March 15! GET IN ON IT! Vol. Il. No. 4 S SHAFER GEN P O EIGHTH A NEW YoRK AS WE S By T. J. O'FLAHERTY MERICAN progressives have an excellent opportunity to come to the front and defend a poor helpless pro- gressive millionaire against the con- spiracy of his reactionary foes to se- parate him from $10,000,000 thru: pure spite. This is the kind of war the pro- gressives revel in. The persecuted paupér is Senator Couzens of Detroit who, does not like Andy Mellon, whiskey secretary of the treasury, and therefore takes great pleasure in threatening to investigate the inter- nal révenue bureau. se 8 OUZENS is one of the newly rich, so perhaps his noble character has not yet become “corrupted” by great wealth. It fs not colossal wealth in the control of one person that our progressives object so much to, but the corrupting influence of money. Of coursé some invulnerable mortals es- cape the corrosion. What nonsense! The millions that Couzens owns thru his happy investment in Ford flivvers is at work, working thousands of wage slaves, who are lucky. to get a bare existence while Couzens slams his chest and assumes the role of martyr while he dodges a ten million dollar tax, * 28 Th remaining socialists in the United States are brandishing their war clubs like movie Indians and hurling their knives at imaginary bourgeois enemies. History teems with instances of the reformed roue, and he is usually a despicable cre- ature. The wine bibbler who looks for the last time “thru glasses darkly” and the safe cracker who becomes a church deacon, only perhaps to rob the collection box, when the flock is not looking, are characters that make going to the movies unpopular with people wf artistic temperaments. i ee E socialist party has reformed. Its three year debauch, during which it visited every political bawdy house in the United States and samp- led every concoction that the de- classed bourgeois bootleggers offered to the prodigal son, is at an end and it returns to its vomit sadder if not wiser, It may be wiser too, but wisdom | comes too late. The social- at Walley GPRS Suits te ntony Hebe <2 home. Long, discolored leaves of grass are growing thri the chinks in the door. Crows are caw-cawing in ‘he rafters. + * T is sad indeed, but this is a cruel world and there is very little pity to lavish on those who allow them- selves to be caught under the steam roller of progress. The only socialist weekly, in the United States, the only socialist weekly, officially owned and controlled by the Jewish Daily For- ward, is now stabbing the old boutr- zeois enemy with a paper mache knife while it fills the air with raucons sound, in denouncing the perfidy of the liberals with whom it indulged in political sin for thrae eventful years. Hard indeed is the way of the trans- eresscr. ‘ e 8 2 HILE the socialist party is drag- ging its gray hairs in sorrow to the grave, the Werkers (Communist) Party is as full of Ife as a kitien ‘and $3 pugnacious as « young bull pup. Some old veterans of the sociulist movement cannot help a@miring it from a ditsance tho the; shirk asso- ‘ation with it. When the world war (Continued on page 2) RUHR MINERS KILLED IN BLAST, WROTE “LET | WORKERS’ FIGHT 60 ON” BERLIN, Germany, March 10.— The mine disaster which killed 141 miners at Dortmund, in the Ruhr, was due to the mad race for profits. The miners who were killed realized this. Written in chalk on the black coal face where the miners were ‘Biewing the rescuers found the “ollowing message: “WE ARE ‘2ST. FIGHT FOR BETTER CON- 1ONS. AVENGE US ON THE C/PITALISTS, OUR MURDER- ERS.” Below the message, several min- ers were found lying dead, choked by gas. French and h miners are sending ald to the families of the dead miners. SLACNTINTINN D ATER ' ' Ssthe BOX VE ate ~~ FAMILY a HELPED HATCH TEAPOT BRIBERY Charley’s' Brother in Heart of Oil Scandal (Special to the Daily Worker) CHEYENNE, Wyo., Mar. 10.—That the family of Vice President Charles G. Dawes was in the heart of the suc- cessful. Teapot Dome plot to steal valuable oil leases from the United States government by means of bri- bery of the highest U. S. officials, was disclosed at the government's court ef. fort here to annul the illegal leases. At-the same time it was. disclosed that the government attorneys, Atlee Pomerene and Owen Roberts, are shielding the. government officials in- volved, and endeavoring to make Al- bert Fall, ex-secretary of the interior, the sole goat. Pomerene disclosed “that Beman Dawes, president of the Pure Oil com- pany, attended a conference at the Vanderbilt Hotel, in. November. 1921 at which R. W. Stewart, president oi the Standard Oil company of Indiana, and other members of the oil trust were present, and at which the plot to bribe government officials was hatched. 3 The others present at the meeting were A. E. Humphreys, president of the Mexia Oil company of Texas, Har. ry Sinclair and former United States Senator Charles Thomas of Colorado, Pomerene did not disclose, how- ever, that the Mexia -Oil company which Humpreys .represented, is con- trolled by the Pure Oil company, of which Dawes is president, the Pure Oil company directly holding 25 per ce’ of the Mexia Oil company’s stock, Pomerens attempted to shield Dawes by stating he was “at the meet- ing in the proper capacity as seller and purchaser of crude oil.” However, it appears that the vice president’s brother took an active part in the Teapot Dome plot. It was decided at the-meeting'to let Mr. Osler, head of Canada, which ized for the purpose, the contract for thé purchase of 33,000,000 barrels 0: the Dawes-Hymphreys Mexia -hold- ings. The oil was sold at the price ot $1,50 per barrel, and this contract was immediately turned over to the Stand- ard Oil-Sinclair Oil interests for’ $1.75 per barrel. ‘The $2,000,000 profits re- sulting from this juggling were in- vested in liberty bonds, the entire amount to be used as a fund to bribe the Harding-Coolidge official family. Dawes was a party te this deal,’ and acted as a member of the oil trust. Pomerene declared that $196,000 0: this bribery fund had been traced to “Albert Fall and his associates.” The whereabouts of the rest of the bribery money is still a mystery. Stewart, Osler, O'Neill, Blackmer and other Standard Oil witnesses have fled the country and will not be present at the trial. Dawes has not been called as a witness. Imme- diately after the Continental Trading company had served its purpose is was dissolved. Vice President Charles EB. Dawes is listed in Who's Who as. “financier,” “Inttvested in the gas business at Evanston, Illinois, La Grosse, Wis., Seattle, Wash., etc.” Another brother Rufus’ Dawes, is listed in Who's Who as “business man,” “business life has been spent in organizing. and manag- ing gas and electric companies. ° Dir- ector, Union Gas and Electric com- pany, Metropolitan Gas and Electric company, Central Indiana Gas. com- pany, Mobfle, Ala. Gas and Electric company, Southwestern Gas and Elec- tric company, Seattle Wash. Lighting company, Pulaski Gas Light company, Jackson County Light~ and Power company, president board of educa- tion at Evanston.” js The Pure Oil company, of which Be- man Dawes is president, controls the entire gas distributing business of Columbus, Dayton, Springfield, Ohio and has extensive ofl, gas and elec- tric holdings in every section of the country. Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem- in Chicago, by mail, $8.00 Outside Chicago, by mail, ‘had just: been orga’ ae ber for your branch, INTERNATIONAL RED AID CALLS ON BALDWIN’S GROUP TO FIGHT TERROR IN CAPITALIST LANDS In reply to a letter of the International Committee for Political Prisoners, which announces that it is undertaking to raise relief for political prisoners, the International Red Aid, thru its American Section, invites the organization to participate in a drive for relief for the victims of capitalist reaction, espec- jally naming the three countries—Esthonia, Germany and Poland, y The International Red Aid draws a distinction between the so-called pol- itlcal prisoners in Soviet Russia, the enemies of the Workers’ Republic, and (Continued on page 2) ; . \ enemy | i. Dene ” rT ; year. 0 per year. BOSSES BEHIND MAYOR DEVER’S TRACTION STEAL The fact that the business arid financial interest are the backers of Mayor Dever’s traction ordinance was disclosed with the announce- ement that funds for Dever’s cam- paign to turn the traction lines over to the bankers are being provided by business interests. The “All-Chicago Council,” which is pushing the ordinance, is directed by twenty men, every one of whom represents a large business concern, corporation, or business association. The directors include representa- tives of the kiwanis club, the manu- facturers’ association, and the cham- ber of commerce. CARPENTERS IN LOCAL 181 T0 PICK NEW HEAD PresentIncumbent Is Un- able to Function When the second vice-president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenter's and Joiners came to Chicago to rub Some soothing ointment into the wounds of Local 181, three things hap- pened that he did not have on his menu, First, a special meeting was -au- thorized to elect a new president: of the local since the present acting- president was not able to function. The election will be held two weeks from last Monday night. To Insure Exact Information Secondly—Several letters were read from local unions asking information about the expulsion of the five mem- bers, A motion was made that the secretary Inar Larson should reply to the communications, but the members not being over-confident in the in- tegrity of Larson, amended the mo- tion so that Larson must read his re- ‘plies to the local before they are for- wardeg. Thirdly—A motion was. passed: al- ost iMlegally expelled members or that the charges against them be dropped and they be restored to full membership vights in the organization. As the expelled members had agreed with the committee elected by a pre- vious meeting to look into the case, to stay away from last Monday night’s meeting, they were not present, but matter September 21, 1928, at th Post Office at Chicago, IMlinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1925 f Mi d ' es a COAL MINERS RUN RADICALS FOR ELECTION fe DAILY WORKER.) March 10.—The Pro- Committee has put up ithe Punch and Judy iL. Lewis is presenting hip of District 1, of » Workers of America PLAIN, the United in the’ distric élections. Against Cap- pellini and nan, two fakers who happen to be nfa quarrel over a divi- sion of the Oils, the progressives have ‘nominat@d Bernard Zaleska, of Local 838, Napticoke, Pa., for district president. ©, candidate for vice- president is. dolin Witcunas, Local 846, Nanticoke; Philip Sabatelli, Local 306, Old Forge, Pa., is candidate for secretary-treasurer. | The local e@pitalist papers, particu- | larly the Times-Leader, are making | furious atta@ks.on the progressive candidates: They are using the same kind of language that Lewis has hurl- edt the radicals time without num- ber. j The fakers are trying to liquidate the grievance committees which were established by Cappellini before he turned ‘ren ‘All local unions have received |fommunications from the district exe¢htive board command- ing the imme dissolution of these bodies. Many i unions are non-con- curring im the/action of the district executive . There are s@ven candidates in the field for the @istrict presidency. The only serious contender on the react- ionary slate oltside of Brennan and (Con! id on page 6) OAKLAND JOBLESS a Workers Party Only One Appearing OAKLAND, \Cal, Mar. 10.—Last Sunday, the unemployed of Oakland met again after having previously been appeared at Locals 80 and 416 and were given a splendid reception when they related the story of their ex- Pulsion. Further developments in the big struggle between -the militant car penters and the reactionaries will be] told in future issues. POLICE EJECT AUDIENCE THAT CHEERS SOVIETS (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, March 10.—Police broke up a meeting of 1,500 workers here after they had cheered for So- viet Russia, and ejected the entire audience into the street. The meeting was presided over by Norman Hapgood, who works for Wil liam Randolph Hearst, as editor of Hearst’s magazine. A letter was read from Arturo Giovannitti, which de- clared there was no freedom in the United States, and praising the Soviet government. Roger Baldwin, head of the Civil Liberties Union, arose and declared there was no freedom of speech in Soviet Russia. The audience then became angry, and cheered for Soviet Russia, whereupon the police broke up the meeting, which was said to have been called under the auspices of the International Commit- tee for Political Prisoners. One version of the meeting was that the police broke up the. meeting because of the demonstration for So- viet Russia, and then circulated false reports of a difference of opinion in order to justify their action. Get a sub—make another Com- munist! 76,000 FAMILIES ON CHARITY BASIS IN COOK COUNTY af Sixteen thousand Chicago families have been forced to accept charity from the county since Dec. 1, Employment bureau records dis- close that a lower percentage of positions have been filled than a gear ae, | turned down bythe mayor, or rather the city council, in their demands for work at union wages, or maintenance. After. a rousing meeting, addressed ‘by several representatjves of organized labor (A. F. of!L.) and Mother Bloor, it was decided to meet this morning at 11 o'clock at ‘the Oakland city hall and present their grievances again. A leaflet was issued Tuesday afternoon calling on the jobless to turn out. Out of more than 5,000 registered unemployed in Oakland more than 600 shoWed up Wednesday morning at the city hall, but none of the A. F. of L. “leaders” of the unemployed put in an appearance, and the organized move- ment—what little that has been ac- complished, was in great danger of falling to pieces, just to the liking of the parasites who feel the whole move- ment to be extremely annoying, and only too glad tobe able to wash their hands of the whole mess. But it was not to be pushed aside so easily. It was a way of Banging on. The Workers (Communist) Party, represented by(Mother Bloor, was the speaker. She drew a large crowd and apparently took the breath away from the city officials: All seemed to be quite taken by gurprise, as well, by the audacity jef anyone daring to speak publicly:férlabor from the steps of our very ownybeautiful city hall. She was not: molested and finished her address sooner than expected due to the street becoming rather crowd- ed and blocked.h: The unemployed learned one thing, at least, fromitheir brief experience, and that is thatethey can rely on the Workers (Communist) Party not to lead them intosa blind alley and then desert them. Another meeting will be called Sun- day when it is hoped their brief ex- periences with “our” city officials will develop into some further action for relief. School Budget Does Not Provide Salary Raise for Teachers The proposed! increase in teachers salaries was not included in the bud- get prepared by Superintendent of Schools McAndrew and presented to the board of education yesterday. The budget totals ‘$65,560,266.25 to meet expenditures om schools during the coming year, The total deficit of the board of education is now $19,140.00, volved Secretary Mellon,’ =* Published daily except Sund. PUBLISHING Ci NEW YORK EDITION y THE DAILY WO.nKER , 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Price 3 Cents German Unions Threaten Strike to Aid Railwaymen Agains t Dawes Slavery (Special to The Daily Worker.) BERLIN, March 10.—Unless the Dawes Plan railway administration ceases its haughty attitude and reaches an agreement with the striking railway workers by Wednesday, the work- ers of other industries threaten to call a complete general strike. The unions of other industries have instructed all workres to refuse to work in the strike districts, while the railwaymen will hold a general meeting Wednesday, to determine future action in case the management does not meet their demands by that date. The railwaymen are extremely angry at the Dawes Plan management raising the salary of the high officials while ignoring the actual workers, who.are living below the line of decency and are half-starved all the time. An idea of the condition of German labor under the Dawes plan of enslavement, may be |gathered from the fact that the average weekly wage for a skilled worker in Germany during January was 36 marks and 77 pfennigs, or less than $9. Skilled workers in the steel mills aver- His Wi Suen CAL'S SENATORS SUPPORT SUGAR TRUST LAWYER WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10. —The United States senate this afternoon took the almost un- precedented action of rejecting pre- sident’s cabinet selection, when it voted against the confirmation of Charles B. Warren, of Detroit, to be- attorney general. e “-* WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10,— Republican senators, in an endeavor to rush thru confirmation of Charles B. Warren, sugar trust lawyer, as at- torney general, are attempting to de- fend Warren's record. Senator Cum- mins declared Warren “is well equip- bed to enter the cabinet”. One senator stated that, “Charles B. Warren has acted for years as busi ness agent of the sugar trust”, and showed in an earlier speech that War- ren is wanted as attorney general in order to halt the exposures of the ac- tivity of the sugar trust. Warren has | been indicted as a member of the su- ger trust and is liable to handle his own case when the sugar trust is further investigated by the depart- ment of justice, Magnus Contests Election ~ Three senatorial .contests, those of Senators Brookhart, Schall and Brat- ton, are being contested by their op- ponents in the last election, Daniel Stech, Magnus Johnson, and Holme Bursum. Senator Couzens, who has made ex- posures of tax frauds by the copper, steel, aluminum and oil trusts, in- volving millions of dollars, claims that the ruling of the treddury department that he must pay $10,000,000 additional tax on Ford Motor #t6ék that he sold to Henry Ford in 1919, ‘ts “punish- ment” for his expbstfés, Which in- |aged only 35 marks and 52 pfennigs. This accounts for the general response among all workers to. support the railway workers. , Last Service to “Liberty” STUDENTS OF PARTY SCHOOL, YOU MUST REGISTER AT ONCE! All Chicago comrades who have been chosen for the intensive train- ing school, must register at the district office, 19 S. Lincoln street, by Thursday, March 12—at the latest. Register by phone, calling Seeley 3562. All out-of-town students should be in Chicago and report at district office, 19 S. Lincoln street, by Sun- day evening, March 15, at 6 p. m. They will be assigned accomoda- tions. All who cannot come before Monday morning, but who will be on time for the opening classes on that date, will please notify district office. , The classes start Monday, March 16, at 9 a, m, at 722 Blue Island Ave. All students, both from Chi- eago and outside points, must re- PORT OF DANZIG . KEEPING POLAND ON HOT GRIDDLE GENEVA, March 10.—What looks like a warning to Poland that she must depend on herself in the future was seen by many political observes here in the editorial in the Ere Nou- velle of Paris, which carries a two column broadside laying down the law to the Polish government, In the future, declares Premier Her-’ riot’s organ, France must look to her own interests first. Of course, it is + quite clear that the French’ capitalists | were not throwing millions of francs into Poland merely for the ‘pleasure it gave them to see a conquered bourge- oisie struggling up the ladder of self determination. Poland was the buffer between Soviet Russia and capitalist Europe and France’s military ally. But port at this address—722 Blue | tho buffer no longer buffs, Island Ave., by 8:30 a, m. that day, Polarid is anxious over the final de- {| without fail, jtermination of the Danzing corridor. | This alleyway from Poland to the sea is populated by Germans. They are not altogether pleased with their new masters. Poland threatens to use foree to maintain the Danzing free port Calls “Arms Stores” Bunk | NEW YORK, March 10.—Stories }that Germany has segreted large stores of arms and munitions in pre- |paration for another -war were called | Great Britain, The league of nations indugigiously “bunk” today by Lanson B. Houghton, | twiddles its thumbs. formerly ambassador to Berlin, who Strong contingents of Polish troops jarrived here today on the Aquitania/are stationed near the Danzing cor- |for a visit prior to taking up his new/ridor. They fear the Germans may | duties as United States ambassador to|grab Danzing as the Lithuanians grabbed Vilna. MASS REHEARSAL FOR COMMUNE. NEW YORK, March 10—Five hundred comrades are wanted at once to come to the mass rehearsals for the “Paris Commune Act," Sunday, March 15, at Madison Square Garden. Refiearsal on Friday, at Ukrainian Hall, 17 €, 3rd street. Final mass rehearsal Sunday, 8 a. m,, at Madison Square Garden. The parts are easy to learn and comrades must come,

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