The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 20, 1927, Page 4

Nab tae es age Four INDIANA SOLONS TO PROBE STATE POLITIGAL GRAFT Democrats Demand K. | K. K. Rule Exposure | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 18 | Plats to bring about a sweeping legis lative inve of alleged politi¢al ¢orruption in Inc ies will formulated at a caucus of all demo: | cratic members of the general sembly, it was learned. The charges were based chiefly on allegations that D. C. Stephenson, de- | tiga na po posed and imprisoned grand dragon the state klan, dealt in various pol ical fortunes with a lavish hand. The appointment of a bi-part | committee to sit until the charg are thoroly sifted, regardless of the | dutation of the legislature, is the plan | seeming to be most favored by those backing the probe. Insull and Crowe Face Contempt Proceedings for Refusing Evidence WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Immedi- ate action ag: nuel Insull, pub- | lic utilities , and Robert E.| Crowe, s attorney for Cook coun- } ty, Illino forecast by Senator James A. Reed, ct man of the sen- ate slush fund inquiry committee, as the result of the de ion by the su- preme court giving congress power) to compel wi ses to testify and produce records. Insull and Crowe re- fused to give desired infonmation in | connection with the investigation of | the primary campaign in which Frank L. Smith was nominated for the se2- ate. Senator Reed will present a resolu- tion asking the senate to again subpoena the two Illinoisians. Should | they again refuse to divulge informa- } tion and produce records revealing corruption in the Smith election, con- tempt proceedings will be started un- der power upheld by tha supreme court. Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, will | also be cited for contempt and faces | a possible prison sentence under the} power given the senate. inclair re-| fused to testify in jhe Teapot Dome} investigation. Othe\s affected are Thomas F. Cunningi\am, clerk of the quarter session sar Philadelphia, and Mal 3. Daugherty). Paper Box Employers Turn Down Invitation to Give Strike Facts NEW YORK, Jan. 18.— The paper box manufacturers refused to send | representatives to a mass meeting called by the citizen’s committee on the paper box strike for the purpose of acquainti the public with the facts. The bosses and the union were | both invited to be represented by the | committee which includes Bishop Wil- | liam T. Manning, Rabbi Stephen S. | Wise, Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, R. Ful- | ton Cutting, and Henry Goddard Leach. | The union, thru Manager Fred | Caila, accepted the invitation. The | meeting was called for the Bar Asso- | ciation Hall, 42 West Forty-Fourth | street. “We will show that the bosses have | employed guerrillas to coerce and beat our members, forcing them off the | picket lines, and in some cases into the shops,” said Caiola, in accepting. Workers! Attend the Lenin Memorial Meetings! || SEGTION 4, CHICAGO, | HOLDS COMFERERCE OF : iene | or ALL hie ONIGHT All members of Section 4 of the Chicago Workers Party are urged to attend a very important confer- fence at 3209 W. Roosevelt Road to- ‘Might at 7:30 ». m. Representa- tives of the district will be present to take up decisive organizational questions and the resolutions of the fast plenum of the central executive Romrcittes will be discussed. Sec- “tion officers will be elected for the rae es For Your Lenin Library: LENIN AS A MARXIST SOVIET ARMENIA CELEBRATES SIXTH YEAR OF PROGRESS “We are building socialism with united effort under the Long live the triumph of the peasants and banner of Leninism. workers of Soviet Armenia!” “On to the seventh year! w socialist industry in Armenia —Reproduced from “Korurtain Harastan, Tiflis, Soviet Armenia Why Is the United States Taking Nicaragua? ‘VERY worker knows, generally, that the marines and blue- jackets have occupied the little na- tion of Nicaragua because capital- ists in this country have money in- vested there that must continue to turn out profits unrestricted. But the devious ways of “Dollar Diplo- macy,” the reasons for money being shipped to Nicaragua in the first place, and the importance to the working class of this period of imperialism, are not so generally known. “Imperialism is the eve of the social revolution of the proletar- iat,” said Lenin, For workers, it is this signal fact that imperial- ism signifies the decline and last stand of capitalism that is import- ant. How does this apply to Amer- ican imperialism? This is one of the questions that the Chicago Workers’ School class in “American Imperialism” will answer. The present events in Nic- Notice to Daily 1ON and After Monday, January 24th, The DAILY WORKER will be published in New York and will ap- pear each morning on the news stands in New York City and vicinity and also in the principal cities of New York state, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Penn- sylvania. Readers and supporters of The DAILY WORKER are urged to bring this to the attention of their newsdealer and convince him of the necessity and value of handling The DAILY WORKER every day. The new edition to be published in New York will be improved in many ways. First of all, New York City as a whole has vastly improved news fa- cities, being practically the news cen. ter of the world, Secondly, we will be better able to get first hand informa- Lion of the struggles in and near New York, not only in the needle trades, but also in the mining, textile and manufacturing industries which are | located in the immediate vicinity. é By N. Bukharin The Present Chairman of the Communist International, This splendid analysis of Lenin and his Plave in the field of Marxism is written ly N. Bukharin, who is considered one of the leading living Marxists @f the present day. The book is not a mere per- Aon#l tribute to Lenin. It is rather an attempt to analyze Lenin’s contribution to the principles of Marxism. The book treats tho following phases of the sub- wet; The Marxism of Lenin; Lenin's ory and Practice; Problem of Im- Perlalism; Lenin on the State; Lenin and Peasantry; The Theoretical Prob- Awaiting Us. gale now at 40 cents a copy, ate ively bound in paper. Daily Worker Publishing Co. On fter J 24, 1927, our We have also secured the assurance lof the co-operation of a number of | well-known writers who will contrib- ‘te te The DAILY WORKER as soon * veaches New York. Among them ition to our present staff will be tt Nearing, Bertram D. Wolfe, Ben- sine Gitlow, Albert Weisbord, Rob- W. Dunn, V. F. Calverton, Michael 'd, Simon Felshin, Joseph Freeman many othegs. Plans are under y for publishing daily the cartoons he following well-known radical toonists: Robert Minor, Fred El- H. Gropper, Hugo Gellert, K. A. svante, This is but a brief list of interesting features which the w edition of The DAILY WORKER include. new features, the, price of the pa- or will remain the same, 3e on week- sank * In spite of the addition | ' Hurrah for the development of aragua and Mexico require at least a talking aquaintance with the main facts of the growth, of Amer- ican imperialism. Meeting every Thursday night for eight weeks beginning the first week in Feb- ruary, the class above mentioned will trace the growth and main features of American imperialism and draw from its development the lessons which Lenin taught with regard to imperialism in general. HE course will be under the direction of Max Schachtman, a close student of world events, who, in recent months, has sub- mitted colonial development of the United States empire to special scrutiny in the lght of Marxism and Leninism. s Four other courses in working class topics will continue during the same period on other nights of the week. All workers are invited to enroll for these classes at the Chicago Workers’ School head- quarters, 19 S. Lincoln St. Worker Readers days, 5c on Sundays. ORDER YOUR COPY FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER NOW! Jers of the |case of Mal S, Daugherty, brother of former Attorney General {senate’s famous investigation into the THE DAILY WORK SENATE POWER TO FORCE TESTIMONY ‘UPHELD BY COURT Mal Daugherty Loses Highest Appeal (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The pow- er of the senate to subpoena records and witnesses in official investigations was upheld by the supreme court in a decision of far-reaching importance, which involved the constitutional pow- legislative branch of the government, { Involves Mal Daugherty. The decision was rendered in the Harry M. Daugherty, and is an outgrowth of the department of justice while the latter Daugherty was at its head, Ford Forced Sale of Stock by Threat to Withdraw and Compete (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 18.—Minority stockholders in the Ford Motor com- pany were forced to sell their stock to Henry Ford in 1919 because he threatened to withdraw from the com- pany and build another car in compe- tition, it was revealed at the $30,000,- 000 government’s tax recovery suit here. It was reported at the trial that some of the holders were “terrified” at the thought of what would happen to the value of their stock should Ford carry out his threat; so they sold out, Clashed With Dodges. Ford’s threat came after policy clashes with the Dodge brothers, Ford wanted a free hand while the Dodges wanted some control themselves. In 1918 the Dodges filed suit against Ford to force him to declare dividends on a $52,000,000 surplus, instead of re- investing the money. The Dodges won the suit. Ford may be asked to testify at the hearing, it is said, to give his views {on the proper valuation of Ford stock as of March, 1913, which is the bone jof contention at the trial, | Commission Defends Jim Crow. Tactics of Pullman Company WASHINGTON, Jan, 18—The inter- state commerce commission has de- clared the refusal of the Pullman com- pany to sell tickets to Negroes legal. The commission, in deciding a case brought by J. P. Harden, Chicago Ne- gro attorney, declared that as long as the refusal does not involve any situa- tion by which one person obtained transportation service for less than another there is no dis¢rimination, Harden said he attempted to buy a Pullman ticket from Atlanta to Chi- cago and was refused one by the sta- tion agent and the train conductor. Passaic Workers Hold Lenin Meet on Jan. 23 The workers of Passaic who, for the last year, have been going thru one of the biggest struggles of this country will commemorate the mem- ory of Lenin on Sunday, Jan, 23, 7:30 Pp. m., at Workers’ Home, 27 Dayton avenue. The speakers will be Abraham Markoff, who has just returned from the Soviet Union and D, Benjamin, the assistant director of the New York Workers’ School. There will also be a good musical program, Admission The DAILY WORKER, 33 First St., New York City. PEELE aS TERED ee PARTY AND Y. W. L, NUCLEI. Call at the District Office, 19 South Lincoln St. for Lenin Me- morial leaflets and posters for distribution. |\“Ma” Ferguson Pardons | Many Prisoners as She Leaves Governorship | Pe eT AUSTIN, Tex., Jan, 18.—A total of 227 executive clemencies, including various degrees of consideration for 38 murderers, were among the final |acts of Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, jas she stepped out of office. These will bring her total clemencies to 3.518 compared with a total of 3,580 |prisoners in the state’s penal institu- tions when she assumed office two lyears ago. We will send sarapie coples of The DAILY WORKER to your friends~ || SURVEY SHOWS GROWTH | OF EDUCATION IN SIBERIA UNDER RULE OF SOVIETS MOSCOW, (Tass) — It has been ascertained at the scientific con- gress now In session at Novosibirsk that at present Siberia has six universities and high colleges as | against two before the revolution and over 200 scientific organs and institutions as against 10 before the revolution. On ort free, Direct Phone Connection, NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—The Pacific Northwest is on direct-line telephone communication with the’ east for the first time in history. The American Telephone & Tele- graph company opened fts third and newest trans-continental line, com- pleting a nation-wide service. The new cable will run west thru Chicago, Min- neapolis, Fargo, Billings and Spokane to Seattle and Portland. The two previous lines run thru the central and southern sections. , regard this honoring of the mem leader as a declaration of their of this year’s rededication to the of the Communist International, dramatic art form European workers, ~ Musical numbers will also be address will Is part of Lenin’s Memorial on January 23 Is An Outstanding Chicago Labor The annual memorial to Nicolai Lenin constitutes one of t standing events in the Chicago labor movement. cause of which he, with Karl Marx, was the founder. The Workers (Communist) Party of Chicago Is the fitting spinsor only one in America that keeps alive the tradition of revolutl ary Marxism and fights the battles of the proletariat under the lead: hip Ashland Auditorium, Ashland and Van Buren, will be the sceb of this year's gathering. The day is January 23rd. begin promptly at 8 p, m, with the presentation of an unusual déma in the form of a mass recitation written by Michael Gold. Je Its appropriate name and It introduces to American workers ajew made by Max Bedacht, member of the Central tive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party. LANDLESSNESS GROWING AMONG FARMERS OF U. S., IOWA PROFESSOR SHOWS (Special to The Daily Worker) DES MOINES, la.—Ownership of farm land in America is rapidly Passing out of the hands of farm- ers and into the hands of big op- erators and dealers, Macy Camp- bell of the department of education of the lowa State Teachers College declared recetnly in a spech deliv- ered before the Farm Bureau con- vention. The government figures which Prof. Campbell quoted show that the percentage of landless farmers was 26 per cent in 1880; in 1900 it rose to 35 per cent; in 120 it reach- ed 38 per cent; and in 1925 it had almost reached the 50 per cent mark, As to mortgages the figures show that in 1890 28 per cent of the farms were burdened with mort- gages. In 1920 this figure reached over 40 per cent. Moreover the farmers’ equity in these mortgages Is growing smaller and smaller, Prof. Campbell explained that the earnings of the farmer were so small and the price of land so high that the young farmer must remain a tenant farmer for life. “Conse- quently,” the professor concludes, “landlessness is contsantly in- creasing among those who till the land.” Nearing Lectures at N. Y. Workers’ School on British Empire Scott Nearing, who has been on a tour of the United States for the past six months, resumes his work at the Workers’ School by two series of Saturday afternoon lectures scheduled for February and March, The first series, beginning February 12 and run- ning for three successive Saturdays at 2 p. m,, is entitled: “The Decline of the British Empire.” In this series, Scott Nearing will deal with the Brit- ish general strike, the crisis in Brit- ish Imperialism and the growing world conflict between Britain and America. This will be followed by the series on “Post-War Europe,” March 26. He will deal with Russia, Germany, Italy and France. The fee for the first course is $1.00 and for the second $1.25. Another course announced for the spring term of the Workers’ School is by Robert W. Dunn and deals with “American Foreign Investments.” This will be given for only three sessions on Wednesday evenings from 8 to 9:15. The fee for this course is $1.00. Combination of tho two courses. by. Nearing, which deal with European imperialism and the course by Robert W. Dunn, which deals with American imperialism, is permitted at the spe- cial rate of $3 for the three courses. Cleveland Holds Lenin Memorial on January 23 -CLEVELAND.—An elaborate pro- gram with speakers, music and drama has been prepared for the Cleveland memorial meeting on Sunday, Jan. 23, at Moose Hall. Benjamin Gitlow, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party, will be the chief speaker. The Freiheit Gesangs Verein and the Lithuanian Singing Society will give a fine musical program and the Workers’ Drama League of Cleveland will present a pantomime portraying the world’s struggle between imperial- ism and the Communist International, ORGANIZATIONS ARE ASKED TO TAKE NOTE OF POLISH AFFAIR All friendly and party organiza tions are earnestly asked not to ar range affairs for Sunday, March 6, as on this date the Pilish Com- munist paper, Trybuna Robotnicza, will celebrate its third birthday with a concert and ball it Walsh's Hall, corner of Noble St\ and Mil- waukee Ave. The celebmtion will begin at 5 p. m. with spteches by prominent labor speakers. Militant ory of the greatest workingicla solidarity with the revoluténary spirit of Lenin. This party § the of which Lenin was the fo: The meeting ti all big celebrations among part of the program and the . bre WITH THEY | ,CONDUCTED =~ BY THI WORKERS WMG WORKERS LEAGUE . . Young Russian Communist see Commune Koit, Donokoy Kushewka, K. K, Station, December 11, 1926. Dear Comrades: We have been constant readers of your paper for nearly 4 years of our existence here in the Union of Soviet Republics. During the four years of our existence here on the Prelipscian estate, we have experienced crop fail- ures and other drawbacks, but the which begins | hearts of the pioneers have beat true and we never lost hope in that great idea we had come here to practice. Estate Was Run Down. We settled on the estate of the Cossack headman, Prelipsckoi, in May, 1923, All the buildings there had suffered severely from the effects of civil war and of all that grand estate there remained but three build- ings for use, and even these were bad- ly out of repair. The orchard, too, was out of culture, weeds growing under the fruit trees to the height of a man. The fields had been untilled for many years and were overgrown, just the same as the surrounding steppes. In this shape we occupied it on May 9, 1923. On arriving here our first task was to clear and re- pair the two dwellings for living quarters and prepare as much garden and potatoes as we were able to cul- tivate land for, Tractors Come. When our tractors arrived we began plowing, and as the Ways prolonged the fields once green began to grow black. The peasants, too, were very interested in our tractors and they |soon began to converse on the topic jof, how to get themselves a tractor, |whose efficiencx they saw on our |fields, | With the arrival of fall we had 600 acres plowed. In the line of con- |struction we built a new brick house, ‘a bathhouse and set up the frame of a |two-story commune house. The social conditions between the members of the commune were satisfactory and on this account household work as well as field work ‘had progressed. ‘ Malaria Delays Progress. The next year with our small] num- ber of work units, we succeeded in completing all work necessary. We could have succeeded to do more, but our unwelcome visitor, malaria, vis- ited us and many times when work was hardest, our men lay sick from malaria, In the spring of 1935 a group of members arrived and were just in time for the spring work. This year we sowed an aréa of 4.75 desatines (1,080 acres). During the summer we built a number of new buildings and plowed new land. Altho the crop did not yield as much as was expect- ed, it did a good deal towards satis- fying our immediate needs. Example of Efficinecy. The name of Commune “Koit” is heard on the lips of every peasant when he talks of examples in house- hold management. After seeing the Chicago’s Political Atmosphere Filled Tells of Communal Life The following is an interesting letter from a member of the Russian Young Communist League to the workers and farmers of America, in which conditions on a Russian communal farm are pictured, showing the struggles and victories of the Communists at Commune Koit, Donsky, in turning a run down estate into a thriving, producing agricultural center, is published as part of the international worker corresponde: Amercan workers are urged to write letters in return, This letter e@ movement. The letter follows: efficiency of tractors in land cultiva- tion many of the surrounding artels and farmers’ associations have pro- cured themselves tractors. The peas- ants are learning that the better one cultivates his land the better crop he receives from it next year. And to cultivate the land well one needs pow- er, machine power. I remember one incident. When we were plowing a peasant rode by; stopping, he gazed long at our work. He seemed to ex- perience a thrill of joy and wonder to see the bright steel shares turning over the turf and lay the furrows one one each other as a bricklayer would lay bricks; and_to see the green mea- dows turn black and the cause of it all the rumbling, puffing iron horse which now and then sent puffs of blue smoke towards the sky, in places where the plows struck firm earth, Third Year. The following year seemed to prom- ise more at the very beginning. The central executive committee sent out to our commune two qualified units. One an agriculturalist, the other a party organized. Besides this, during the summer work students from the Communist university came hefe for vacation. During their stay they helped much in the household, in work and in example to the communal members. The crop this year was medium, Are More Satisfied. As a whole our members seemed more satisfied. with their lot than in former years, and I believe this is be- cause we have the right mental power to guide our household management and political education. Tho we have had outbreaks of dissatisfaction, yet everybody understood that communal matters concerned him as well as everybody; that only patience was needed and all would be well. Sow for Next Year, For the next new year we have 130 desatines seeded under winter ‘/wheat, ‘land ready plowed we have ~ amounting to 300 desatines, Now the cold spells have set in; we ane getting in line with our household matters (grinding, overhauling tractors and repairing implements), Evenings our time is taken up in study; politics we receive twice a week to get acquainted with the lan- guage we have courses given in Rus- sian, and, for; tractor drivers our mechanic gives Iessons on how to operate the tractor. In one word, work and study is going forward as in a beehive. Th@ communal life is practical, only it needs a good man- agement. Ending for the present, next time we will write more about our young league work, etc. With comradely greetings to fellow workers and farmers in America. LEON MORO, Member of the Russian Young Communist League, —- With Stench as Much Mud Is Scattered Chicago’s political atmosphere is being permeated by the old-time stench as charges and counter-charg- es are being made by political oppon- ents, centering chiefly around Will- iam (Big Bill) Hale Thompson, for- mer republican mayor. Early.in the week Fred Lundin, political boss and orstwhile “bosom friend” of Thomp- son, launched an attackon Thompson and Charles Fitzmorris, Big Bill’s chief of police, Lundin also splash- ed mu@ over Robert 8, Crowe, state’s attorney; who is a Thompson booster. Says Big Bill Lied. Lundin’s latest attack followed statements by Thompson that Lun- din had attempted to control police department appointments while Fitz morris was at the helm. Lundin an- swered by quoting statements of Thompson made during Lundin’s trial on charges of a bootleg ring, in which Thompson defended Lundin from the charge of manipulating the police de- partment and the school board. Thompson is either lying now or he purjured then, said Lundin. Something Rotten, Lundin also points out that there seems to be “something rotten” in the new friendship between Crowe and Thompson, recalling the former enmity betyeen the two. “What's the deal between them?” Lundin asked. Thompson has refused to. answer Lundin’s chargos. Edward R. Litsing- er, Deneen-Brundage candidate, is Joining in the Lundin attack and is spilling more mud oh Thompson thru- out the city, In the other camp, democratic, May- or Dever is scoffing at the campaigns STUDENTS STRIKE AGAINST EDICT ON BARE KNEES IN SCHOOL PLAY; THEY WIN Students at the Chesterton, Ind., high school have won their strike against the one-man school board, represented by Charles N. Pearson, for “advanced” ideas in presenting a school play. Pearson denounced a play produced by Mrs, Ethel G. Miller, teacher, as immoral because the girls in it bared their knees and the boys smoked cigarettes, He de- manded rigid censorship in the future, Following his action, the teacher did not report to school the next day, and the students declared a strike in support. Parents also back- ed the students, Fred H. Cole, county superintend- ent, sided with the teach With everyone against him, Pearson had to give in, and the students at Chesterton can now reveal their knees all they want to—almost, LIEBKNECHT MEETINGS. BUFFALO—January 22, 8 p. m., at Workers Forum Hall, 36 West Huron street. Speaker, Sam Essman, BOSTON—Paine Memorial Hall, 9 Appleton St, Jan, 28rd, 2:30 p. m, 8. Bloomfield, speaker. f NEWARK—Sunday, Jan, 23rd, 7:30 b. m., Newark Labor Lyceum, 704 So. and promises being made by the re-|14th street, near Springfield Ave. publicans, Dever he PITTSBURGH } 1