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Page Six “The Irish Election Campaign | J. OFLAHERTY. } 1 election campaign now from and we ur have taken the ground r the feet of both De Vale ise, | The Attack The Suppression of the Labor the Executive Council of the on Unionism Movement in Pennsylvania and A. F. of L.—The Need For a the Free|Cosgrave. Had Johnson ra the} Labor Party—The Part it Can Play in Unifying the State see e to be| ndard of a Workers’ Repub eth ed bon Movement“ oniveninemias inside and Oneside a rather a ed to the}complete separation from the British} F : a political battles of pr ry days, be-|Empire as a goal the nonsensical | | of the Labor Movement Will Oppose a Full tween the followers tions of Irish parliamentarians or of the still wars between the Parnelli lites in the bloo¢ nh politician that! |Party that James Co sh of De ace of a s. But the the I lly visual net of the ritual balderd about the impo would fall on deaf bor Party of today is not It is indirectly an adj government as on’s announcement that he will not vote for a Republican cand is proven by r ate | Labor Party Ticket i By WILLIAM 1S? brazen have the Pennsylvania au-. |’ thorities become in their fight on the striking miners that the exe¢utive council of the American Federation of Labor has felt compelled to issue a special statement dealing with the n the 1928 Elections. 1 F. DUNNE. hand in hand with the coal and iron police and the state constabulary— find a fertile field for their disrup- tive work. They can cover their union-smash- ing activities by the cloak of “non- ever ente t of the Eng-|for president in the next parliament} situation. {partisan political action.” The con- lish house of « which means that he will aid in the | But what a statement! nection of the labor movement with Tod: the r attle is between ;election of Cosgrave or his nominee. | It first cites the facts, facts which | the political parties of its enemies | | the gove led by Cos-/ directly or indirectly. are a matter of public knowledge,|makes possible all kinds of sinister grave a anna Fail (Sons of! The police of the Free State party such as the employment of large | maneuvers in the upper circles of the De Eamonn De Valera,|is mainly, loyalty to.the treaty with forces of “coal and iron” police, paid |labor movement, maneuvers which American who h the position of R the § ment of Dail Ei f\of the worke Great Britain and stabilization of the economic life of the country, thi ilization to take place at the exper by the steel and coal companies but commissioned by the state, and the eviction of miners and their families. N°. workers will object. to having may be suspected by the rank and file but for which ready excuse can be found and given. iy re total effect of this is to create the British gove The Republican poli pays little these facts emphasized and it is in the whole movement a suspicion 2 of big'attention to the domestic problems a matter of regret that the executive | and distrust from which the bosses ‘ tool of t confronting the working class and the council does not base an appeal to the | alone profit. : ; party, i Panmien. lp deciaram that ace whole labor movement in behalf of} The repudiation of all connection in this country from the capital- an the De Valera Valera considerable Party, led t ected and given a majority the Re- publicans will smash the treaty that created the Free State and with it the oath of allegiance which has been a igag in Republican gullets for several years. But in order to allay the fears of the busir elements that a victory for De Valera would result in revo- the leader of the Republican as inserted full page adver- the Irish press, stressing and declaring that if re- turned to power he would proceed in a constitutional manner and that he would devote himself strenuously to lution, the miners upon these facts. Instead it talks vaguely of the “for- mulation of plans” for the use of “their political power” by the workers. Just what does the executive coun- cil mean when it says with character- istic indefiniteness that the workers of Pennsylvania should use “their friends. and enemies?” r does not urge the labor movement of that state to support the labor | party which has been in existence for a number of years in spite of official sabotage. Consequently, the state- in opposition to their political power “in behalf of their! with the capitalist parties and the support of the Pennsylvania Labor Party by all sections of the labor |movement and the workers generally would set in motion a gale of resent- ment against the permeation of the unions by steel and coal company in- fluence which would be the signal for the cleaning the Pennsylvania la- ‘bor movement needs so badly. E have no doubt that,it is the } probability of such a development which makes the executive council of the A, F. of L. tread so carefully in a situation which, with the most im- | portant union in both the Pennsyl- iPhtcnn: ative oF wista id t A ment of the executive council must | Vania one qe mericnt labor rock and an imperialist to the aise Ph eran ae rae er ecm Gece (Tubs mean that. itewill favor, candidates of foe oe d fox we 2 wee Beat Johnson due to the necessity pele te mould a) Pe Ga the republican and democrat merciss Bysthe bets fee or the pas oat Sibtiteiting erection saith the rank | SConomic policy differs from that of | who give verbal evidence of opposi-|for merciless denunciation of the op- abor Part upport- | e to “socialism” acDonald brand. It} and file of the ers, gives lip s of the Ramsz Cosgrave he is careful not to specify. Both Cosgrave and De Valera are extending the olive branch of unity tien to the use of coal and iron police in strikes. ; This has been the policy of Pennsyl- | posing class forces and the most energetic preparation for class politi- cal action. is believed that the prestige of the|274 it would not be surprising if vania labor officialdom since it en-| ROTH in the anthracite and bitumin- Ret eee toes | two political groups came to tered into politics and the results ous coal regions of Pennsylvania, Labor Het has pee COMMOEYADIY:| caer ad Boone they Have succeeded speak for themselves. labor officials (with the exception of $b: take ew aliet “with tte Gree Jin psychologizing their respective fol- HAT great “friend of labor,” Gif-| President Maurer of the State Fede- State government after the death of| Kevin O’Higgins, at the hands of un-} lowings in this direction. Other factors in the elections are: ford: Pinchot, was supported by the United Mine Workers’ officialdom |and other leaders of the labor move- ration of Labor, who is himself slated |for defeat by the reactionaries) have | been devoting practically all their at- known persons. The Free State|the farmers’ party, which will sup- | f va, | tention to making war on the Com- spurned the labor leader’s offer, who|port Cosgrave, the _ independents [Re ouaDly, | Reverse ey Was | agut and lett wiip Hetibed of the then turned around and made an al-| Which will follow suit for a price, a | BecencBeseze aoe rene ene Sones Con liance with the Republicans, with the understanding that if the combination sucteeded in defeating the Cosgrave government, Johnson would be elect- ed president of the executive council of the Free State government. This policy did not Thru the de- on of a person by the rather ap- propriate name of Jinks from the i-government coalition Cosgrave n by one vote and shortly after this 4 again came out victorious in bi-elections in the county Dublin. Johnson, claimed that he was the on- ly man who could stabilize the situa- tion in Ireland. He did not propose} a single policy that would benefit the workers or the farmers. He did not declare for a republic. He simply said that neither the t Cosgrave the treaty party led} by De Valera were able to establish peace so that the capitalists of Ire- unprincipled work out as expected. t close s party led by} ne small group led by William Redmond, and another group known as Clann Eireann (Children of Ireland) a split- let from the government party which declares that it will support De Val- era, According to the London Daily Herald, Jim Larkin declared he would enter the election campaign with can- didates in several industrial centres. Whether Larkin is in a position to make good his promise is not clear from the reports appearing in the press. Predictions are usually wrong but t is likely that it will be a neck and neck race between Cosgrave and De | Valera with the Labor Party under| a heavy handicap because of its un- thegleadership of Thomas Johnson. The need of the hour in Ireland is | principled political horse deals under | a political party that will raise the} |banner of a Workers’ and Farmers’| —Drawn by Wm. Gropper. The Labor Party Is an Emancipating Force for Negro As Well as White By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL, furore that Florida convict bosses now confine their murderous attac! It is reported ks to Negro prisoners only, It is safer. * * * that when asked whether he thought the state authorities would investigate the death of Rid- ley, Captain Foster, head of the camp, replied: “I don’t think so. should they go t viet died.” They don’t investigate lynchings, so why ‘0 the trouble to bother about how a con- * * * The report comes from Whiteville, North Carolina, of the attack, by 15 caused a search (white) followin; white men, on the home of John Steven- | son, a Negro, for. the sole reason that Stevenson had warrant to be issued for Joe Bullard g the loss of some personal property. stabulary—the »military police force which is used the year around against the workers. Pinchot, however, did not abolish the state cossacks but found a new excuse for maintaining them i.e. en- forcement of the prohibition law. Neither did Pinchot repeal the state criminal syndicalism law under which dozens of workers have been prose- cuted. ANoteee favorite of Pennsylvania labor officialdom is William B. Wilson, former secretary of labor and a democrat who was supported by certain sections of it against the notorious Vare. Wilson was dis- covered subsequently to have been 1n- terested financially in some open shop coal mines> Pinchot, the republican, and Wilson the democrat, are fair sampleswof the “friends of labor” endorsed by labor officialdom in a state where the out- right suppression of the labor move- jlabor unions instead of uniting all *forces for struggle against steel and |coal barons and their state machin- ery. | One and all, with the exception no- ted, (and Maurer has not always been | clear and definite in his position) la~ | bor officialdom in Pennsylvania, | backed by the A. F. of L. executive |council, has opposed formation and support of a labor party. Pe these conditions, even with the open suppression practiced by~ the capitalists and their state machin- | ery, the whole struggle has degenera- ted into a servile acceptance of the leadership in politics of the same enemies the workers are forced to fight in industry. The Pennsylvania labor movement, (and in this it is no exception to the Illinois, New York, Ohio and Michi- gan labor movements) is therefore steeped in corruption and almost im- potent in the face of the efforts of 3 it . ee : . A Rs Stevenson refused to leave his home, upon the demand nth: n li _|the bosses to exterminate it. ae. could pursue ae business of government, and the establishment of| agi See oeoin spattered wae piped Te | of the mob that had come to his house at midnight. sintente ae pede ae steel TUREE indictments apiece brought : vec ta eT | policy on the part of the Labor Party! Current Events == na0m complete political separation from the | | stru British Empiré. ggle, lasting for three hours, that resulted in in- |juries to 22 Negroes, three being hurt seriously. No ally the case. * * od | mention “is made of whites being injured. That is usu- The meager information contained in the report in- dicates that the street battle resulted from an alterca- tion between two workers, Thornton Showell, a Negro, | is now in progress. dwelling, many and doors. children were hi the ammunition Out in Chicag son, Georgia, for “slapping” a white man. of the bullets passing thru the windows Stevenson escaped injury but four of his it by bullets. The firing continued until of the attacking party was exhausted. * * * ‘0 a bitterly fought habeas corpus action Samuel Kennedy is wanted in Madi- The Georgia yet is no doubt that energetic support of the labor party in Pennsylvania by labor officialdom would result in arousing mass back- ing for it of such proportions that it would become a powerful factor in Pennsylvania polities and a unifying center for the whole labor movement, \the dispersal of a peaceful Sacco- | Vanzetti protest meeting by state |cossacks at Cheswick, Pennsylvania, | some weeks ago, has as yet brought |no support from the official labor | movement. The wholesale attempt to destroy | the United Mine Workers in western i ; ; A ‘ r | ‘ ; i : ey ylvani i 1 ild pro- x (Continued from Page One) e's Arnstein, the artful police dodger in|and Theodore Merritt, referred to as a “mechanic.” | sheriff has spent more than a month in Chicago trying strengthening it immensely and en- bret aeeee Stones ae ad pene th boned “Wrnece joe eee Fe eee sued nck | Showell pete brought into aostt, found guilty and | Oe acne ASutiany. “no. ones: been aerated oo ce haces ae eee warding friends and punishing ene- yw ed TG: &. ReCORE- ane Gee yorce -\fined $10. But that was ‘not enough, it seemed, for the | . » s es ies” fi labor officialdom. aes bo or a prohibition|der to secure a new and better con- Ku a Klan spirit. of the vite: The trial haze | for the recert lynching of the 19-year-old Negro boy, |the Pennsylvania capitalists, their an Pate Picea Whaat Us aad in agent. But she never bargained for a] attended by the usual crowd. Blood boiled. Some one | Winston Pounds, who was accused of an “attempted as- | governmental agents, gunmen and| Pennsylvania a militant campaign i the family lute when she had|threw a brick and the battle was on. sault.” The charge is explained by the statement that | stool-pigeons. for the revival of the labor party and (OHN D. ROCKEFELLER, Jr., has| her nose lifted and straightened in or- NS ae ee | he went to a house and tried to break in. He touched TUS last point needs some special! energetic support of it by all sections s to construct 4 endow |x z . * . : , e » &| unorganized. league’s li ry. We are informed that % * * a la ail oe pomp They Arrest for Wilmot Lynching.” That is ‘the old story, number of exposures of labor offi-| A full ticket should be placed in the chee: sted the announcement of | ANNIE looked better than ever but 3 especially for Arkansas. It only repeats the story of |cials in Pennsylvania. These offi-| field for the 1928 elections and the the gift. Of course the gift was made cut of the fullness of a generous heart. But should John D, Jr. or his father } dohn (Dime) Sr. have a little dispute with Roumania or Mosul over oil roy- alties, it would be most ungrateful on the leagu part to bite the dough that boug! We are also anxious Nicky began to pine away. The vife that he loved in her imperfect visage now seemed to have turned a cold nose to him. at bane of human existence, the inferiority complex got the man who braved ten thousand cops. The hero who had guts enough to go into business with the deadly profit by the clash between the two races, the clash that creates bitter divisions. * * * Incidents come to light from Florida, from North Carolina, from Georgia and from Arkansas, that reveal the war that is being waged against Negroes, with no protest on any large scale from white workers. * * * Take the case of Henry Ridley, found scalded to death last spring when John Carter was burned to a crisp at Little Rock, about a stone’s throw from the local Ma- sonic Temple. wore no masks, no arrests, In the midst This happened at high noon. The mob The leaders were all well known. But * * * of which we find a widely-read Negro publication in Chicago, loudly praising the local admin- cials have been shown to be spies of the enemies of the labor movement. That many of them still remain in the ranks of labor is admitted by every- one familiar with the situation. As long as labor officially sup- ports candidates of the capitalist parties the intelligence department of work of organization and agitation begun at once. Under the conditions which exist building of a labor party as labor’s answer to the tyrannies of Pennsyl- vania capitalism range themselves | automatically on the side of the ene- re th ae nara Tim } of Chis ; awl Be i A F the steel and coal compahies—working |! mies of the labor movement. Bee and Ton company. 2 i too beautiful and Nicky's position in| [avahassee, Florida. The sweat-box has taken the | ic "yowar in this land with few intertilesione ever since ns |the household became intolerable, An |Piaee of the rawhide lash following the exposure of the | the Civil War. CAT BANDIT” WAS UNDERPAID CLERK ENE TUNNEY, the book-reading| application for divorce followed and| ee fie — i */ bi ~ | pug, stands to pocket $1,000,000 as Arenstein may again be forced to years ago. The “sweatbox” is pictured as a wooden structure Altho Cal Coolidge “does not choose” to succeed him- those labor officials who oppose the —- a result of his coming cake-walk and | match his wits with the witless police i osteopathic exercise with Jack Harri-| unless a just judge allows him enough ; son Dempsey. The latter celebrity| alimony to live on in the style to { will cheer Estelle Taylor ‘o the extent | which he has been accustomed. There | self, the indications are that the republican party will elect the next president in 1928. But that will not im- prove the conditions of the millions of Negro workers in the future, any more than it has in the past. Lynching will rage-over the land just the same, and Mayor Thomp- | son will say little and do less aliout it. \ * * * There are some indications that there may be a split im the democratic paxt, Some sections of the party in | reinforced by tin, “just large enough to hold a person | standing upright, and is used in road caraps for dis- ciplinary purposes. Holes in the side of the box admit pipes, thru which steam is shot in on the prisoner. Con- | victs who are termed unruly because they will not work when sick, are often kept in this box until their bodies ‘are blistered from steam. The idea was borrowed from the old English style of punishment, which was the cus- | |tom on convict ships, the only feature missing is that | of $450,000, win or lose. Thousands|@re many ways of making living of intelligent Americans will pay big| under capitalism besides raising a * money to hear the shouts coming from | crop of calluses, 4 the andiénce. Few will see the fight | “sl . pt those who hired balloons WHEN the delegate of the Republic seats on the nearest mour of Panama to the league of nations | salt is not rubbed thru the blistered body.” ‘The Solid South” are for breaking with the Tammany with aid of night field glas: =| threatened to bring the matter of * * * Hall domination from New York City. } writer will engage a rin | United States control of the Panam The only excuse offered for this wanton murder by | But that will not help the Negro workers in the South. \ near a friendly radio and will wish | Canal before the league assembly a|Thomas Foster, captain of the camp and known among The segment of southern democrats that may break Dempsey good luck for no sensible | unanimous chorus of lusty howls went | the convicts as “Simon Legree,” was that Ridley “was a | away, will be made up ef the worst enemies of the Negri reason except that Jack was a con-|up from capitalist-politicians and edi- lazy nigger and said he was sick to eseape work.” as well as white workers. scientious objector during the war. We | tors of all shadings of political thot, | are of the opinion that when the next | within the orbit of capitalist politics. . war breaks out Jack will also. be a|Borah, the Idaho loud-speaker and OM consciéntious objector against going | Swanson, the democrat, joined with to the front, tho he may be willing to| Kellogg and Arthur Brisbane in warn- box the enemy one by one, for one|ing the league to mind its own busi- dollar a year | Conviets declare that when visitors appear about the convict camp, they are shown the “sweathox” minus the steam connections, Thus the hirelings of the state gov- ernment of Florida confess to the brutality of the penal system they enforce. . * * i It is the Labor Party that comes to the Negro worker | of the South, as well as to workers of all races and na- | | tionalities, North, East, South and West, as an eman- | | cipating force, | - | Before the roaring flames devouring human flesh at | * * : 4 > ness. This country would take care of Ridley was legally lynched by the Florida state gov- | the stake, in the shadow of the dangling noose, in mem- | ‘a ae its own interests south of the Rio | ernment, the keeper of prisons that have been condemned | ory of the murders committed thru the agency of the | ede of you who have hooked|Grande and it would hrook no inter- | by leading criminologists thruout the nation. The na- | “sweathox” as well as the electric chair, white and | prepare to hold them now, mo S ference from Europe. So, Bill Borah|tion recently stood aghast at the murder of Clarence Negro labor must forget race differences and press for- | le tragedy t in the domestic life of |is, not the anti-imperialist the Nation | Tauber, a Nebraska white boy, who was slaughtered at | ward as a united working class, banded together in the William E. Mitchell (left), so-called “Cat Bandit,” seized in Fannie Brice, the noted actress, broke|and other left liberal mouthpieces} the whipping post by a convict boss when serving a | trade unions, united under the banners of the Labor Chicago after lone search, told police he stole to be more ge! on the tip of her nasal appendage.| would have us believe! Borah never | short sentence. Party for common victory against the common op- trous to his wife (right), Mitchell was ia Fannie did not need to marfy Nicky| fooled The DAILY WORKER. The murder of Tauber, tlie white boy, caused such a | pressors. day iba } , a respected clerk by

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