The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 26, 1926, Page 1

7 answered our call to Keep The collected to date, more than- $10,000. part of the fund we must raise if exist. We must have, within the coming few weeks, the full quota of $60,000. So far we have gotten only $12,000 of the money we need, Of course, there Is considerable money in the hands of our L, friends and sympathizers.4 Bazaars, banquets, rescue parties, mass meetings and dances have been arranged. All of this will net considerable funds but we must hurry in our efforts. The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 242. Subscription Rates: t By T. J, O}FLAHERTY wow that Debs is dead the capital- 4N ists are very willing to present him with a pair of wings and permit his name to be mentioned in polite circles, The man who was the bete noir of American capitalism for over a generation is no longer a danger— so the capitalists think. It js true that. they pass lightly over his anti-war record when commenting on his death. To brave the militarists when they have decided on a mags blood bath is to get a bad example to the cannon fodder. Therefore, even tho many capitalist papers now express doubt as to the wisdom of this country enter- Ing the world war, they are always careful to castigate anybody who OCAL Terre Haute papers, the 60- called labor paper that exists there, as well as the capitalist papers slob- bered over the memory of Debs. But ‘not the real Debs by a long shot. The Debs the capitalists and labor fakers eulogized could not well be distin- gitished from a retired and reformed, pirate who had decided to spend his declining years doing penance for his sins, by spending part of his loot in works of mercy, thereby winning the affections of those whom he bénefited. oe ¢ HE labor paper talks about stand- ing by his grave, cherishing his memory in his heart and such stereo- typed twaddle, but instead of pledg- ing to carry on the militatit fight that Debs waged against capitalism it says: “The passing of Debs takes the last of the great labor leaders of the world, of the old school of thought, at a time when labor is demanding a more spiritual and humanitarian settlement of its problems.” Debs did not believe in “spiritual” and “human- itarian” settlements of the labor prob- jem, What the labor editor means is that our modern labor leaders do not believe in labor fighting for its rights. hey favor begging the capitalists for favors, "ee HE local capitalist paper says: “The world is assimilating Debs. There is seen here and there tho mutualization of industry. There is noted growing shareholdings in enter- prises. Tho elevation of the general living scale owes some of its material- ization to Debs. These things have come about under names other than Debs had for them.” Thus the capital- Ist paper echoes the views of the labor paper, in different words. Capital and labor are getting nearer to each other! In fact it is no longer easy to tell them apart! This is the Jargon that seeks to steal the inspiring memory of Debs’ life-long battle from the work- ingelass of America who are yet as enslaved as when Debs first raised his voice in their behalf. o ar @ - Wve none of the speakers at the funeral services tor Debs, did much better. Hillquit, with a smirk on his countenance as if he were auctioning off a watch, talked of Debs’ “spiritual stature” and “moral grandeur.” Simi- would carry his objection to the point of active opposition when the war dogs have begun barking. universal love that Debs inspired, the * immediately rush what he has on hand. DAILY WORKER. We have waiting to send big lump sums. But this is only a small The DAILY WORKER is to | send later. By the end of Ghioher. ve should have Every In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. Sn ‘DENY NEW SACCO Serene nn a ncn AT GENE DEBS’ BIER TO PAY LAST Workers Party district organizer and city secretary should There is no use of Keep the flow steady even th the funds that you will sénd now won't be as big as you hope to This will give us the chance to put thru some of our plans for a better DAILY WORKER. This will give us a chance to meet | some of the bills which we should have met long ago. ers of The DAILY WORKER must keep in mind that the capl- talist institutions are not as geherous with The DAILY WORK- ER as The DAILY WORKER is with the trade unions and labor on which to print Unless $5,000 at least $15,000, The read- Keep The DAILY Untered at Second-class matter Septeiber i, 1923, at the Post Oftice at Chicugo, Minois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1926 | Szcrsone Stee | THOUSANDS OF WORKERS GATHER |SMITH OKEHED ~BY NEW YORK TRADES BODY TRIBUTE TO LABOR’S CHAMPION) psotets of Let wing By T. J. O'FLAHERTY Thousands of workers representing every race under the sun, gathered in Terre Haute, Indiana, last Saturday to pay a last tribute to "Gene Debs, the beloved working class leader, and as fearless a fighter for labor as the American labor movement ever produced. They came on trains from distant cities and in trolley cars from neighboring towns, With uncovered heads they stood in a reverential attitude around the modest home where the now silent battler for labor lay cold in death, Debs Hated Capitalism. Be While much has been said of the man, in carefully prepared speeches at the services, to represent Debs as “the perfect lover” the pages of Amer- tcan labor history in which Debs par- icipated have a different story to tell. Debs was “the perfect hater” of cap- italism. Chicago Delegation. Early on Saturday hundreds of workers began to make their, way to Terre Haute. There were deleg; audience was composed of workers al- most exclusively. The socialist lead- ers who are now trying to transform the fighting Debs into a puny pacifist, were hot ablevto convince the capital- ists that Debs loved them. No man in the history of the: Amer- ican labor movement hated the cap- italists more than did Debs. and the capitalists knew it. Despite the ef- forts of Norman Thomas, Morris Hill- quit, Victor Berger and Seymour Sted- gamated Clothing Workers of CHicago (Continued on page 2) ALL-UNION COMMUNIST PARTY IN PLENARY SESSION DISCIPLINES LEADING MEMBERS OF OPPOSITION By JOHN PEPPER (Special Radio to The Daily Worker) ~MOSCOW, Oct. 24, — The published announcement of the results of the October 23 Plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control Commission of the All-Union Communist Party, adopted the following decol- sions: “In view of the violation of party discipline by Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Piatakoff, Evdokimoff, Sokoinikoff, Smilga, mombers of the Cen- tral Committee, and Mrs. Nikolaleva, deputy member of the Central Com- mittee, the Central Committee censures these above named and warns them that such conduct is inadmissable for members of the leading party organ. “As Zinoviev does not express the politioal line of the All-Union Com- munist Party within the Communist International, and In view of his lead- ing factional work within the Communist International having lost him the confidence of the Communist parties (German, British, French, American and others) as deolared in their decisions, the Plenum considers Impossible further work by Zinoviev in the Communist International. “in view of the leading factional activities by Trotsky and Kamenev since the July Plenum, Trotsky is relieved of his duties as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and Kamenev is relieved of his duties as a deputy member of the Political Bureau. “in view of Dzerjinsky’s death, Arkahelashvill, first candidate to Central Committee membership, Is elected to be a member of the Central Committee.” The Plenum decided to add to the agenda of the party conference to be held beginning the 26th of October, the question of the opposition and innerparty situation, with Stalin as the reporter. COMMUNIST CANDIDATE DENOUNCES KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS; REJECTS INVITATION TO CHICAGO “ROUNDUP” Denouncing the Roman Catholic Church and its subsidiary, the Knights of Columbus, as enemies of the working class, and calling on all Catholic workers to help build the trade unions, help organize the labor party and de- pend on their own powers of leadership, J, Louis Engdahl, candidate for the Workers (Communist) Party for United States senator from Illinois, has re- trom labor organizations, The Amal- lar tosh was piled on the late Warren G. Harding. Hillquit talked of, his (Continued on page 2) POLICE ATTACK BRITISH MINERS; STRIKE CRISIS DUE TO LEADERS’ SPINELESS POLICY; COOK WEAKENS LONDON, Oct, 24-~In the Lanay ire coal fields the government is us- ing open violence against the striking miners. Hundreds of special)’ police brutally attacked a strikers’ parade and made many arrests, In addition the government forces descended upon peaceful mass meetings aud broke them np with violent clubbings of the workers, * *. . . nce, The Miners Fight in the By R. PALME DUTT.” itted the negotiations and , proposals to the district xpression of their opinion, recommendation of either tinued on page 3) yauirene plied to an invitation of the Knights of Columbus to attend its “Festival and Round-up,” this week at the K. of C. Building, 4711-21 West Madison Street. The blanket invitation of the Knights of Columbus was undoubtedly mailed to all candidates, accounting for the fact that one was sent to the Communist candidate, It was signed by Peter M. Kelly, chairman, and Francis Murphy, secretary, and was no doubt an effort to annex a good chunk of,the campaign slush funds of. the cld party candidates. Engdahl’s letter sent to Chairman Kelly follows: K. of C. Gets Rejection. Peter M, Kelly, Chairman, Knights of Columbus, K. of ©, Building, Chicago, Minois, My Dear Sir: In response to your invitation of Oct. 21st, to attend the D ona, ed tinuea on page 2.) Are Over-ridden By SYLVAN A. POLLACK (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 24— The message of independent working class political action as opposed to “reward- ing our friends and punishing our en- emies,” stirred the usually dull ses- sion of the Central Trades and La- bor Council when its non-partisan po- litical committee brot in a report en- dorsing demlo¢ratic and republican politicians for the coming election. Furrier Leads, The position Of the left wing was clearly stated by Samuel Liebowitz, of the Furriers’ Union, who declared that there “must be a party of labor. An organization in the field repre- senting only the working class.” The report of the committee was made by its chairman, Edward Mc- brot in a report in favor of Smith for governor, and on the question of United States senator, taking a ‘“neu- tral” position, deqlaring that both Senator Wadsworth, republican and Bob Wagner, democratic, are friends of labor. Thomas Rock, representing the Pavers’ and Rammers’ Union, a former republican assemblyman, brot in a minority report in favor of Od- gen Mills, for governor. Assalig Smith, Fanny Warshefsky, of the Furriers’ Union, said that! “as a worker, I want to know what has Smith done for la- bor? He opposed the 8-hour bill for women and is now attempting to force compulsory arbitration on the 40,000 striking cloakmakers which has re- sulted in an injunction being issued against the workers.” Thomas J. Curtis of the Tunnel and Subway Constructors’ Union made a feeble defense of Smith. Liebowitz, who was the next speaker, said that “Smith may be the best man in the world, as an individual, but he does not represent the labor movement even tho he occasionally supports cer- tain labor bills.” Holland Defends Tammany. James P. Holland, former president of the New York State Federation of Labor, and now. holding a political plum under Mayor Jimmie Walker as a member of the bureau of standards and appeals, then took the floor in de- fense of Tammany Hall. He stated that there are no labor men running in this election. Also the workers do not want either sthe socialist or re- publican parties, Emma Yeniski of Local No, 22, In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers, said that “we are told that the demo- cratic party is. against injunctions. We have been told that before. But I have found out differently on the picket line when we see the demo- cratic police commissioner arresting as many as 150 workers in one day. Worries About DAILY WORKER. Joseph P. Conghlin, - secretary of the council, said!that “Smith is not the very best, but he is the best we can get now. 1 suppose The DAILY WORKDR will come out tomorrow with a story claiming that Tammany Hall has captured The New York Cen- tral Trades and Labor Council.” Frank Van Prat of the Cigarmak- ers’ Union, Local No, 144, claimed that Senator Wadsworth is against picketing, and Wagner is no better-— both being candidates of the capital- ist class. The same point of view was expressed by Joseph Zack of Local No, 88, International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. After a lengthy discussion the re- port of the committee was adopted which includes ithe endorsement of Smith for governor; Murphy for comptroller; Ottinger for attorney organizations in the matter of credit. We have a big paper bill to meet. within three days. The DAILY WORKER, are collected by the Keep The WORKER army within this week, it means that we cannot have paper on which to print the daily. If you want to keep The DAILY” WORKER then say so now. Do it now. Better today than tomorrow. Don’t postpone, | In this case, It may be too late. Whatever funds you can pos sibly secure, do so instantly and rush the contributions to the WORKER Fund. RD 290 We must meet thie bill If we do not do so, there will be no paper | We Have Passed the Ten Thousand Mark, But We Have Only Started By JAY LOVESTONE, ¥ The class conscious workers don't have to be convinced of HE friends and supporters of The DAILY WORKER have the necessity of keeping The DAILY WORKER. cessary that the class conscious men and women, the readers and supporters and friends DAILY ever. This is not a hard task. do it now. quickly than ever before. before the main task—Keep Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il. ‘VANZETTI T a+ JOE TUMULTY 1 BiG VICTORY IN SUB-DIST. SEVEN Progressive Hands the Machine a Knockout (Special to The Daily Worker) COLLINSVILLE, Ill., Oct. 24—The important convention of Sub-district No. 7, of Dist. 12, U. M. W. A., heard Joe Tumulty, candidate for president of the district, tear into the half-heart- ed, operator-fearing or operator-con- trolled policigs of the present district officials, and outline a militant pro- gram of nationalization of the mines, no wage cuts, abolition of the prece- dents in joint board cases, ousting of the operators’ influence in the union, organization of the unorganized, and a generally militant policy, in line with that already set forth by John Brophy, candidate for International president. Machine Giyes, No Program.) Before Tumulty spoke, Harry Fish- wick, Walter Nesbit, and William Sneed, the machine candidates for re- election and present officials of Dis- trict 12, had had their turns. They gave the miners assembled there noth- ing whatsoever in the way of an analy- sis of the desperate situation of the ,miners’ union at present, or any plan of action for next spring when the bi- tuminous coal contracts expire. They confined themselves to funny stories, for the most part. Nesbit went so far as to say that miners should have honest elections, and he “hoped that miners’ elections never would descend so low in fraud and swindling as the civil elections.” He ;also cautioned the miners that their officers would be attacked by those anxious to get their jobs. Nesbit an Election Crook Himself. Tumulty was able to show that Nes- bit himself sat in the district execu- }tive board meeting when the rawest | vote-counting and yote-stealing frauds | were perpetrated, and aided in ren- |dering the decision by which these frauds were legalized. He did noth- ing to prevent official approval of those local union secretaries who car- ried away the ballots from the poll ing places before they could be count- ed, And Tumulty showed that Nesbit himself had profited from the scan- dalous circular letters by which Dun- can McDonald, his predecessor in of- fice was smirched, and defeated. Fishwick and Sneed Run Away. By the time Tumulty had started the talk, Fishwick and Sneed had fled from the meeting, but Nesbit stayed and took his medicine. Tumulty was introduced by the president of the sub-district, but he himself made his introduction a little clearer by immediately announcing that he represented the radical pro- gressive element in the union, oppos ed to the dry-rot which conservative and corrupt policies had brought about. Sub-District President Progressive. NEW GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY GRITICIZED BY HIGH SOVIET OFFICIAL RIGA, Oct. 24.—The present for- eign policy of the German Reich was criticized by Litvinoff, deputy foreign cammissar, in a speech at a banquet in honor of a group of Prussian industrialists who are here to arrange for factory concessions. Litvinoff reminded the Prussians that it was the Soviet government alone that had made it possible for Germany to gain its place among the nations. Rapallo and other German-Soviet treaties, he said, had stood the test and provecs a source of strength to both Germany and Russia in critical moments. The Russian government, he re- minded. them, had loudly protested against the treaty of Versailles, the occupation of the Ruhr and the anti- German activity of the conference of ambassadors and the league of nations, His speech is the first public ex- pression of the offitial attitude to- ward Germany’s present tendency in foreign relations. JERSEY POLICE STOP WEISBORD FROM SPEAKING C. L. U,. to. Challenge Elizabeth Cops ELIZABETH, N..J., Oct. 24—The po- lice here broke up the meeting at which Albert Weisbord was to speak Friday night, raiding the hall and |driving out the audience. Weisbord was speaking in the mame of the Workers (Communist) Party. The Civil Liberties Union is taking up this challenge over free speech, and will hold a meeting in Elizabeth on Wednesday, October 27, at the Lithuanian Liberty Hall, 269 Second street. At the coming meeting the Civil Liberties Union will place on the speakers’ stand, Louis Budenz, editor of Labor Age, Robert Dunn, prominent publicist and Arthur Garfield Hayes of the C. A. U. When these have spoken the meet- ing will be turned over to the Work- ers (Communist) Party and Weisbord will continue the speech interrupted by the Elizabeth police on Friday. Great Labor Movie of Passaic Praised by N. Y. Labor Men NEW YORK, Oct. 20,—An enthusi- astic gathering of prominent New York friends of the Passaic strikers saw the first showing of the motion picture story of the strike last night at Labor Temple, Bast 14th street. The audience, all men and women of experience and sound judgment unani- mously agreed that the picture, “The Passale Textile Strike,” was one of amongst their fellow workers and convince them that DAILY WORKER must be kept alive and going stronger than But you must do it more energetically and more Everything else that you are doing must take a back seat In a strong speech he outlined the|the most tremendous things ever put necessity of organizing the nonunion | across by the American labor move- districts and vigorously attacked all| ment, and ranked high both in dram- (Continued on page 2.) atic and educational values, —— general and both both Wagner and bly stood for one minute in memory Wadsworth for senator. of Eugene V. Debs. Coughlin deciar Elect Offigers, ed that outside of Gompers, Debs has The regular election of officers of the council took place, Joseph Ryan being re-elocted president and Joseph P, Coughlin, secretary. He pointed out the fight the New Among the candidates for the! york labor movement made for his time one of the most advanced think- ers in the American labor movement. executive council, the left wingers,| release when he was in Jail, Frank Van Prat and Samuel Licbow- itz received 70 and 56 votes respect- ively, The high man among the 14 who was elected received 231 votes and the lowest 111 votes. .; Stand For Debs, , At the beginning of the meeting on a motion by Coughlin the aseom- Panay Noncer WII! Appear in December, been the most abused and at the same | But it is ne- of The DAILY WORKER go out The You have done it before. You can The DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK | EDITION Price 3 Cents L JUDGE THAYER SAYS EVIDENSE IS“ INSUFFICIENT” Execution May Follow Legal Appeals (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 24. — Judge Webster Thayer has denied Nicola ;Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti the [right to a new trial asked for on the |grounds of newly discovered evidence, jand by this denial has done ali he {could to send these two famous vic- |tims of a capitalist class frame-up |against two foreign-born workers to |their death in the electric chair. | Judge Thayer is known among law- jyers as a vain and egoistic judge, and |his decision that the evidence offered by William Thompson, defense at- torney, is “insufficient,” is filled with cynical indifference to the fate of the two workers and contains terms of, insult..directed at defense witne: whose testimony he could not ausweér, Calis Witness “Liar.” The “honorable” judge, who ‘could find no way of ignoring the state ments of Celestino Madeiros, a man himself doomed to die, that a certain “Morelli gang” of criminals, with whom he was associated, committed the payroll srobbery and murder charged against Sacco and Vanzettt, attempts to sweep aside these state- ments which are borne out by many jother witnesses, and send Sacco and Vanzetti to death py the mere asser- tion that Madeiros is “a crook and a liar.” The “honorable” judge, who could ;not deny, and would not allow the de- fense a new trial to prove the te ments of two former agents of the |department of justice, to the effect {that Sacco and Vanzetti were framed jup on the murder charg |department of justice j attorney knew they were innocent, because they were known t¢ dismisses these important.” U. S. Government in Frame-Up. The “honorable” judge, who could not answer the statements of defense e of which the and the state's > be “reds” Statements as “um counsel, supported by numerous af- fidavits, that the United States gov- ernment and its department of justice, had concealed evidence showing Sacco and Vanzetti to be innocent, openly flaunts the decision of the cap- italist dictatorship to murder these two workers, by cynically “challeng- ing” defense Attorney Thompson, one of the most eminent lawyers of New England, without—be it noted--allow, ing Thompson to take up that chal- lenge before a jury in a new trial, A Tyranny. Concerning this phase of the case, Thompson has said: “When a government can suppress and keep secret evidence bearing upon the cases of men on trial for their lives, that government has be- come a tyranny and no man’s life ie safe,” “Anything to Convict.” The Massachusetts state +pros- ecutors also are charged with sup- pressing evidence in order to get a conviction, The defense has shown that a conspiracy existed between the |Prosecutor and department of justice of the United States government to send these men to their death as “one way of disposing of them.” The present prosecutor, Dudley P, Ranney, even upholds this by saying: “The’ state bas the right to put im 4s good a case as it can.” A Frame-Up. This it did under the previous prosecutor, Frederick G. Kataman, by suppressing evidence, by suborning perjury in {dentification of Sacco and (Continued on page 2.)