The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 10, 1926, Page 3

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Price 5 Cents MAKE FRANTIC MOVE TO SILEN OHIO LABOR CONFERENCE MUST . Subscription Rates: Soistas Sacer ty al, Bod TAKE PROGRESSIVE ACTION TO “MEET CRISIS, STATES T.ULE.L ‘The Trade Union Educational League yesterday issued the following statement concerning the call for a labor union conference called by the Ohio State Federation of Labor to consider means to overcome the crisis faced by the Ohio trade unions: 1 e e The executive board of the has called a conference of organized labor in the state of Ohio to meet at Columbus, Jan. 15-16, to consider the general situation of the labor movement in Ohio and to adopt a program suited to the existing conditions. The call for the conference, which is signed"by the executive board of the State Federation of Frye is president, offers no program, but states, pie cartes womans ARO aA thse ecrrer% Sten By T. J. O)FLAHERTY NLESS Joseph W. Weil, also known as the “Yellow Kid,” mends his ways he is in danger of be- ing nominated for treasurer of the eovereign state of Illinois. Mr. Weil . 48 a national character; if he is not, F his press agent is not to blame. He makes the front page of the Chicago papers oftener than did the Genna gang before they became extinct. Weil's favorite outdoor sport is walk- iug to and from court and while the tudge is waiting to commit him, to prison for passing a collapsible check, “Yellow Kid” is usually seized “Yellow Kid" is what is popu- larly known as a confidence man. to jail once, but Gov- having a fellow feeling turned him loose, Mr. heart in every port. The “Yellow Kid” left a sick check with every sinner. eof @ O successful has the “Yellow Kid” been in evading the consequences of his financial activities that close friends of Governor Small are said to consider running Mr. Weil for the state treasurership. It will be remem- bered that the governor got in deep while occupying that position and got in bad after he left it. Despite his agility there is a possibility that he may have to disgorge approximately a million dollars to the state. The govenor’s closest supporters who may suffer in sympathy with their chief, are of the opinion that the “Yellow Kid” could get away with the million and be considered a public benefactor in addition. If Mr. Weil is not avail- able for Illinois or if there are any prejudices existing here which may ‘make his nomination doubtful he should try France. He would probably make the French currency as elastic as his rubber checks, ree N the 50th anniversary of the Chi- cago Daily News, men of promin- ence thruout the mation’ extended (Continued on page 6), By MORITZ J, LOEB, HAT a party of the working class cannot grow in strength or influ- ence without the aid of a strong and infuential press is a statement so obvious as to almost prohibit repeti- tign. Yet the means whereby this “press can be acquired is neither ob- vious nor simple in attainment. The growth and influence depends practic- ally every activity of the party and to'a large extent, the growth of the party itself. f Yet we have been in possession of The DAILY WORKER for two years + and since the first wave of enthusi- asm we have not recorded and held any gain for The DAILY WORKER in its number of readers, It is of more powerful?” the proper an- ‘awer can be found, then we are on the road to greater success, The drive for The DAILY WORK- January 10 to Febru- * DAILY WORKER is the central or- gan of the Workers Party. On its e e Ohio State Federation of Labor Labor of Ohio of which John P. “The wage earners in this state are facing a crisis which calls for a de- finite program and purpose which re- presents the intelligent determination of Ohio trade unionists, “The executive board of the Ohio | State Federation of Labor believes, | DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter september 21, 1923, At pthe Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879 by mail, $6.00 per year, cetting thet because of the seriousness of the pres- ent situation, that there is the urgent necessity for a conference of trade union representatives at which the present critical situation can be ex- amined and a program adopted to meet the emergency which will fully represent the conclusions reached by @ truly representative trade union con- ference.” This is an unusual procedure on the part of a state executive board and every trade union in the state of Ohio should answer that call and pre- pare organized labor to meet the wage slashing open shop campaign of the employers by forming a united front of labor to fight for higher standards of living and to organize the unorgan- ized in the state of Ohio. The militant trade unionists of Ohio must present to this conference concrete demands and a real militant fighting program of action. They should demand of the canference that @ general campaign to organize the unorganized be immediately launched. And that this be done not on the usual craft basis, but that a general organizing committee with all unions represented be elected and a militant campaign carried on until every work- er is brought into the fold of organ- ized labor, This campaign should be carrfed on simultaneously with a demand fd¥ bet- ter working conditions, shorter work day, and an increase of wages. The conference should also be placed squarely on record against class col- laboration and for class struggle. And a demand should be made upon Wil- liam Green and the executive council of the American Federation of Labor that this campaign be extended on a national scale, Labor is again becoming restless, and the left wing of the labor move- ment must see that it is not again put to sleep by newer and more subtle schemes of class collaboration, such as the new wage theory submitted to the A, F. of L. convention by John P. Frey and adopted by the conven- tion, which means co-operation with a employers for increased produc- tion, There is no question but that the rising power of the left wing (T. U. E, L.) in the furriers’, the ladies’ ment workers, and the machinists, coupled with the restless movement of the workers either against wage (Continued on page 6) It is true that objective conditions during the past two years have not been favorable for the Communist movement, This has no doubt, had great effect on the growth of The DAILY WORKER. Now, however, everyone agrees that conditions ta- vor an upward tendency on the part of the revolutionary movement and this will undoubtedly be reflected in increased growth of. The.’ DAILY WORKER. But there haye’been many factors other than objective ones which have affected The DAILY WORKER, factors apart from the po- litical and economic conditions in the country and apart too from the ternal situation in the party, These are the subjective factors which may be treated in three divisions: (1) the attitude of the party membership to The DAILY WORKER; (2) the edj- torial policy and skill, and (3) the administration. In all three of these factors much improvement is neces- sary. The C. B, C. is directly respon- sible for the two latter and can and must do everything possible to bring about the desired improvements. But with the attitude and activity of the party membership toward The DAILY ‘WORKER, | the C. B.C. but also the ; BISHOP BROWN TO SPEAK IN NEW YORK CITY Famous Heretic Talks for the I. L. D. 1. L. D. Press Service, NEW YORK, January 8—Bishop Willlam Montgomery Brown, the fa- mous heretic of episcopal church, will be one of the main speakers at a mass meeting to be held here by the local section of the International La- bor Defense, in the Star Casino, 107th Street and Park Avenue on Tuesday evening January 12. The purpose of the meeting is the defense of the workers indicted in Zeigler and Pittsburgh and for Rich- ard Ford member of the I, W. W. framed by the open shop elements of California, Robert W. Dunn is slated to preside at the meeting and the list of speak- ers in addition to Bishop Brown in- cludes Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Benjamin Gitlow. diately concerned. Conditions Favor Growth of DAILY. 2 pa one thing, by far the biggest section of the party has given pri- mary attention to one or another of the foreign language papers of the party. In the Workers Party with the overwhelming part of the mem- bers connected with federations each having its own official organ, this situation is easily understood but none the less dangerous, Our foreign language press is vitally important to our party. It must and does get the support of the respective language sections, But this evndition cannot be allowed to militate against the sucepss of our central organ. The language press itself must take up the work of The DAILY WORKER and must constantly keep before its readers that The DAILY WORKER is the central and chief organ of the class struggle in America. Some of the party press hao talon part in this work, but this must become the rule for all of them. The reorganization of the party will do much to overcome this difficulty among the party members, but on the other hand, may tend to isolate non-party readers of the language Second Birthday Anniversary Edition 21 Postpone Court Hearing for Kellogg on Cases Involving Entry to U. S. ‘ “8 WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 — Justice Hoehling of District of Columbia su- preme court,,today postponed until February 4 hearing on the application for a writ of mandamus to compel Secretary of State Kellogg to direct a visa for the daughter of Louis Freedman. .,. Kellogg on the same date must answer the petition brought by Coun- tess Catherine Karolyi to compel her admittance to the United States. Both cases involve the power of the secret- ary of state to exclude “dangerous radicals.” Gets Ten Years for Attacks on Coolidge SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8—William Elmer Wolfe, convicted on charges of having been the writer of letters cal- culated to inélte the assassination of President Codlidge, was sentenced to ten years iniprisonment by federal Judge John 8, Partridge here today after a board'’of medical examiners pronounced hii sane, English spet movement and from The DAILY WORKER. The DAILY WORKER must be held up before the entire working class as their main organ of struggle. r heads together “a ~ —_ \ eet —_! + Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, UL CE FARMERS OWA GOVERNOR IN FAKE FARM CONFERENCE TO SAVE STATE IN POLITICAL FIGHT NEXT FALL (Special to The Dally Worker) DES MOINES, lowa, Jan. 8.—The lowa advisory committee on agriculture is meeting here today with Gov. Hammill, repub- |lican. Nothing is expected to come of this meeting as Hammill |is a part of the republican machine, dominated by former gov- }ernor.and now United States senator, Albert B. Cummins, and | Cummins # a regular Coolidge supporter, an ardent defender of the world court and always on the alert to defend the political spoils of the republican party. While Cummins is offering fake propositions at Washington his pol- itical henchman inthe governor's chair in Des Moines is calling confer- ences of well-to-do farmers, country bankers, republican ward heelers and other hangers-on, in an effort to put forward propositions that will have ;the appearance of fighting for the BLUE LAW FREAK HAS AUDIENCE OF TWO IN CHICAGO House Dick and Reporter Greet Cooper Noah Webster Cooper, attorney of Nashville, Tenn., riding his hobby of forbidding everything except religious, services’ on Sunday, found only a house detective and one hewspaper man present when he entered a Chi- cago hotel private dining room yester- day to address a meeting to which he had invited many influential citizens. Audience Begins to Leave. “I am on my way to Washington |} to ask the president and congress to |) pass a law forbidding all secular busi- ness on the Sabath,” Mr. Cooper told || his two hearers, The detective yawned and departed. “King Solomon fell ecause he failed to keep the Sabath holy,” pursued Mr. Cooper. “Germany’s failure to do the | same thing resulted in the world war. Henry Ford is a multi-millionaire be- cause he keeps the Sabath—.” fhways To Mass Work large section of the Workers Party has remained un-Bolshevik at least as far as The DAILY WORKER is concerned. One manner in which this tendency has Even more dangerous than this lan-; been in the suggestion of all kinds guage barrier, contributing much more seriously}{o the lack of growth of The D, WORKER has been the disdain which that work necessary to building of our Daily has been helg.”. Many members, per- haps the overwhelming majority of them would much rather spend three hours in argument or discussion with another party member than spend an hour trying to convince a non-party worker that he should subscribe to The DAILY WORKER. This can be expressed in the generalization that the party members as a rule vastly prefer “political” work than “techni- cal” or “mechanical” work in the party. Of course, such a division be- tween mechanical and political work is ¢bsurd. Every party member must combine both for it is precisely this combination which produces Bolshe- viks, y¢ Consistant Effort Key to DAILY WORKER Problem. UT unfortunately, in spite of this ‘@ dame-jpress even further away from the generally pocepted conception, a ‘ of get-rich-quick schemes for The DAILY WORKER. In_ practically every section of the party and often in the leading committees, schemes have been worked out and presented whereby The DAILY WORKER could secure tremeridous increases in cir- culation. Generally these plans call- ed for the expenditure of considerable sums of money but very little energy on the part of the party members. Experience has taught us what some |/ have known all along that these pan- aceas have no value to The DAILY WORKER. They are merely uncon- scious expressions of the desire to avoid the hard work which building The DAILY WORKER involves, method and one only will build the circulation of The DAILY WORKER That is the one which means work; the day by day establishment of con- tacts with fellow workers, in the shops, in the neighborhoods and when occasion arises in the mass movements of the workers at times (Continued on page 6) manifested itself has || One|} farmers so that the state of Iowa can be kept in the republican ranks in the coming congressional elections, Fake Farm Organization. The recommendation most likely to »e adopted at Des Moines during the onference will be of a purely fraud- ulent nature, a political snare, to stave off the impending storm for a time. That is a proposition to ogan- ize a “working monopoly of land own- ing corn growers.” These growers will hold their crops for five years and “force not only protective legislation, but prices.” Such a proposal is a mere delusion, economically unsound, as corn is not something that is absolutely essential to sustain life, and as a food it has many substitutes. If the Iowa farm- ers should hold their corn it simply means that wheat and barley and oats would take its place and the demand for corn permanently reduced so that the farmers would be in @ worse con- dition than before, There is only one solution possible for the present Iowa farm crisis and that is a subsidy by the government of the United States for the farmers, to enable them to exist until their crop can be marketed. The govern- ment that can cancel 75 per cent of the Italian debt in order that the monstrous dictatorship of Mussolini may continue to rule Italy with an iron fist and in order that Morgan may find a fruitful field for invest- ment of the billions wrung from the workers and farmers of the United States ought to be able to do as much for the impoverished farmers of Iowa and the adjoining corn-raising states. Of course, this would not be profit- able.to Wall Street, so the govern- ment, which is the servile servant of Morgan, will let the farmers perish or be driven from the soil to take their places in the already overcrowded ranks of the unemployed unskilled workers, The demand upon the government to do as much for the farmers of the (Continued on page 6) Join the Growing Ranks of Worker Correspondents of The DAILY WORKER! Price 5 Cents LEWIS DOWN TO TRADING IN NEW YORK Contract Term and Raise Discussed (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Jan, 8 — The anthracite strike settlement negotlas tions proceed secretly behind closed doors at the millionaire establieh- ment, the Union League Club, here, with information leaking out as to what is going on. The main “news” is given forth In the form of “hand- outs” which tell nothing. Besides these official statements, however, un quoted interviews say that the discus sion is now entering the “trading” phase. It is reliably reported that the tions of arbitration and the cheenelt have been “relegated to the beck ground"—which probably that the report yesterday that hae agreed to arbitration thinly disguised, is true, and that a “trade” hes bees made for the check-off in exchange for the betrayal to arbitration. The points now before the confer ence for trading are: 1. Shall the operators grant an increase of wages, and if so, how much? 2, What shall be the duration of , the new contract? It is known by Lewis’ own statement that he is willing to bind the anthracite miners to a five year contract. Reports say that he fe “holding out” for the ten per cent wage increase, but the secrecy of the sessions are the cover for many things that would not look well to the rank and file of the United Mine Workers—many of whom are demand- ing no more secrecy in any union negotiations and a holding of all meet- ings not only openly, but in a mining center where the discussed plans are to be applied, - BIRTHDAY A Fighting | Record || For two years no struggle of the workers was too big—or too smali—too unimportant— for The Daily Worker to champion. Every fight of the workers was a fight for The Daily Worker, The workers know it. Every fight makes the Dally Worker more hated by the enemies of labor—every fight makes more friends for The Daily Worker among workers, Men and women who work in the shops, the factories, the mines and the farms call The Daily Worker “Our Daily.” Thousands of dollars have been contributed— Thousands of subscriptions have been secured, AFTER TWO YEARS— The Daily Worker is bet- ter — stronger — estab- lished! FOR THE SECOND OF THE $6.00 a Year mos, Worker, to: NAMe ceccocseosesrsenenrs Street City . DAILY WORKER SEND YOUR GREETINGS WITH A SUB! $3.50 Six Months $2.00 Three Months Hnclosed 10d $.rsene LOT ssnesnmee sub to the new Daily coveennensaseannes, evsconesees sseeeavnersvnensenesssntensnsamnensns eesannenseeensenn State .... Pe cere en Sy