Communist Candidates THE DAILY WORKER For President: THE RAISES STANDARD WILLIAM Z. FOSTER. FOR A WORKERS AND THE For Vice-President: FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT DAILY WORKER. Bntarad aa ■aaond-olaaa ■after September 2L 1923, at tbs Post Office at Chicago, Ollaoia under the Act of March 3, IMS. BENJAMIN GITLOW. In Chicago, by mail, SB.OO per year. ■*(^“ 290 Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Vol. 11. No. 178. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1924 PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, 111, Price 3 Cents SHOW “RED” BAITER IS PLAIN LIAR AS WE SEE IT STUFF BY SPOLANSKY IN THE By T. J. O’FLAHERTY. Faker's Trail a Labor t On s Rev. Norman Thomas, orphan CHICAGO DAILY NEWS SHOWN THKsocialist candidate for governor POLICE SPY SHOWS WHAT HE DOES of New York state, and Morris Hill- FARRINGTON IS quit, the of the American so- BRITISH Moses NOT KNOW ABOUT COMMUNISM BLACK UP AS “WORTHLESS TRASH” cialists (he is leading them out of Egypt) sent messages of greeting to By C. E. RUTHENBERG MANUEL Ramsay and expressed the CAUGHT Executive Secretary, Workers Party By GOMEZ MacDonald SELLING SHIRTS REACJI Jacob Spolansky now stands convicted out of his own labor party best title for the second of tlu hope that the British above would have been the mouth. The very first of the anti-red articles written by this would be allowed to run His Majes- THEseries of anti-Red articles which are being published in the discharged federal fink for the Chicago News, proves con- spy, Jacob Spolansky Daily ty’s Empire after the coming general VOTES TO “DEM” capitalist press by the former government 100,000 FIGURE clusively that he is either a perjurer or at least an ambitious liar. likened MacDonald If Spolansky learned so little about the Communist move- i And the Daily News stands exposed as a survival from elections. Thomas his six years of spy- to LaFollette, which is just about ment, as is indicated in this article, during era of newspaperdom, Its eagerness for then indeed the government the antedeluvian sensa- what we have been saying right along. Charges Union With ing for the federal government Armed Reactionaries to tion and its blind hatred of the Communists having led it into The fact that a yellow socialist hap- wasted its money. paying out thousands of dollars for worthless trash. agree does Expenses the movement gained its pens to with us for once of Deal Spolansky tells us that Communist Crush Labor Spolansky’s much-advertised initial article, which the News we should wing of the St. Louis conven- not necessarily mean that impetus in the formation of the left played up with an eight-column streamer head, purports to be change our opinions, that it makes By T. J. O’FLAHERTY. party in (Special to the DAILY WORKER) tion of the socialist the story of a secret meeting one feel uncomfortable. (Article Four.) 1917 and Debs and Berger were LONDON, Oct. 15.—British • * * on Nov. 7; 1918, at which the wing! Frank Farrington is very me- the leaders of this left Fascisti numbering 100,000 un- American move- messages are worthy of a At spy Spolansky will Communist ticulous about the observance least the FOSTER SPEAKS der the presidency of Brigadier ment was founded. BOTHplace in the record. Thomas make Victor Berger snort. He, the WOBBLIES ARE Ahead of His Time. “American labor and American of the union rules by radical wing at St. Louis! General Blakeny, appeared to- said: leader of the left in the Brit- Spolansky declares that he as a progressive movement sends best Berger, who was bitterly op- day as a new factor members of the rank and file. Victor government operative, had been shad- ■wishes for triumphant return to power posed to the anti war resolution forc- ish elections. But he is not so particular about IN NEW YORK AT owing the participants for weeks pre- British labor party in the com- the St. Louis convention by Tho the Fascisti claim their SEEKING UNITY of the ed thru ceding the meeting. He relates real- ing election. We hope to duplicate violating the union law when it the left wing, and only accepted the part in the election will be non- istically how he followed one of them British, achievement suits his own and his he saw a substantiated labor’s wonderful plans own resolution when there was no partisan, claim to the meeting place In the Mid-City of LaFollette to the has been raised to by hope beating it, . they are the election pocket. of ATWO , by the fact that not MEETINGS‘-'j Bank building and overheard all that of pow- leadership of IN CONVENTION presidency and the creation a the position of the a getting up any candidates, it is took place thru a crack in the door labor party.” A strong light was thrown on erful American movement he opposed. known the organization is anta- the But according to Spol- • • of room. • Farrington’s mental attitude at the last What Happened at St. Louis. Put More Speed Into gonistic to labor. ansky’s sworn testimony in the Ruth- Lone is a little more to the convention of the min- The Fascisti say their part in the Lumber Worker h In view of the putting over of the enberg case, he did not become a “left” than the preacher. Morris ers’ union held in Indianapolis. election will be confined to putting HILLQUIT Dawes’ plan by the American capital Aggressive Campaign member of the department of justice mentions “socialism.” This is what Nick Perkovitz, a coal miner lown election disorders. They deny Sulking in Tent ists, thus preparing the ground for a until nearly six months after the date he cabled: "Socialists of the United from Dowel, Illinois, was elected (Special to The Daily Worker) any affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan. new- imperialist war into which this when he says he listened in on this States send congratulations upon the by the rank and file of his local Fail. The convention of the Indus- country inevitably be drawn, it NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—The Black Shirts j little conference. If he did not eom- determined and dignified stand of the to represent them at the con- will trial Workers of the World was worth while to recall what happen- two mass meetings to be ad- In their role as peace maker, the | mit perjury in the Berrien county British labor government against the vention. But the credentials is still busied yesterday with the ed at the St. Louis convention of the dressed by William Z. Foster, black shirted followers of General | court, he was in the army on the date petty attack of its combined reac- report of the credentials com- committee seated his opponent, socialist party about which spy Spol- Communist candidate for presi- Blakeny failed to stop disorders at j mentioned, and could not possibly tionary opponents. The forces of la- Whitechapel night mittee, after having absorbed a lackey of Farrington’s, who ansky makes such a ridiculous blun- dent, in New York and Brook- last which forced have seen and heard what he says he bor, socialism and progress on both Sir John Simon, liberal leader to practically all the delegates who was not elected and who came der. lyn, on Sunday, Oct. 19, will be cur- 'did. sides of the Atlantic are now en- tail his address. DAILY now chal- first were inclined to adhere to Indianapolis, confident that The left wing socialists in the St. in the agres- The WORKER to gaged in a simultaneous campaign for the biggest events The laborites claim the Fascisti Daily the the Farrington-Lewis machine Louis convention stood upon the Com- are lenges the Chicago News to split convention called by jus- sive Communist campaign be- ” the rights of the people—social a “comic opera organization. .print the truth about Spolansky’s ini- Rowan and the other G. E. B. would ditch Perkovitz. munist principle that the workers here by the tice and world peace. May both be ing conducted Former Premier Baldwin was to tial story. Below given citations Radical Won for Once. should refuse to fight in the imperial- are members who had applied to equally triumphant.” Workers Party. open his campaign at Queens hall this from the court record which the News the an in- • capitalists. capitalist courts • • to ist war of the The Am- for Nick took the issue the floor of Foster will speak at the New afternoon. A combination of liberals is at liberty to verify. We have no the erican. capitalists were forcing us into junction. the aims of American socialism convention however and he was Star (Tasirio, 107th St. and Park and tories is seeking to avoid a tri- hesitation is saying, however, that we seated by the world war in order to protect their No one was at the hall at 180 are whittled down to "social jus- an almost unanimous vote. Ave., at 2 p. m., and the New angular contest with labor in doubt- expect the News to ignore us. SO It developed profits and investments. The left W. Washington St., where J. A. tice and world peace.” Unless we are that Perkovitz is a radi- York comrades are expecting a ful districts and if their object of It will continue to publish Spolan- cal with a holy hatred of the booses. wing socialists at St. Louis said: “We Griffith had asked all delegates mistaken, this is the progranf of the placing only one candidate to oppose sky’s lies, and perhaps even to syn- will carry on a consistent and persist- large overflow meeting. to gather, altho the hall had League of Nations! Who is not for This attitude towards his masters did Invades New York State. labor nominees in such districts is dicate them thruout the country, be- with ent opposition to this war. We will carried out, their leaders predict, la- been world peace? Why, even Calvin Cool- not make his association the coal Foster has just commenced a tour cause it is more interested in protect- paid for. operators’ oppose with all our strength conscrip- bor thirty seats in the next At Emmet Memorial Hall it was idge swears by it. But in view of mine managers any too of the principal cities of the East. will lose ing its investment in the matter than him. His insistence tion laws which make us fight for the parliament. stated that all delegates but one, from the conduct of the British socialist pleasant for on The Communist presidential candi- in doing justice to the revolutionary working strictly capitalists’ profits. If we can mobilize the lumber workers, had come into government during its term of office, in accord with the date held an enormous meeting in Communists Active. working class movement. To print wage enough power, If we can draw into the convention. The whereabouts of toward the subject peoples of His contracts between the bosses Tuesday night, in the House The Communists are carrying on a the truth about Spolansky’s first ar- the struggle with us great masses of Detroit. this “Lonesome Lumberjack” is un- Majesty, in India, Egypt and now in and the miners got him into hot water of the Masses, and was to speak in vigorous campaign in the elections ticle would be to make laughing workers, we will turn the fight against a known. Similarly, the leaders of the Turkey, subject peoples of Mor- on more than one occasion, and thru night. and while supporting the labor party all the' into a struggle against the Toledo last stock of itself and discredit the Rowan group. Rowan, Bowerman. gan Rockefeller in the Philip- collaboration with Farrington’s ma- the war conducting campaign meetings against the tories and liberals, point for and capitalists After other articles to come, articles Griffith and the rest, are not present Cuba, chine the bosses had Perkovitz fired government of the which out pines, Porto Rico, Hawaii and in Cleveland and Rochester, Foster the treacherous character of the which the News has paid good money. at the Emmet Memorial Hall. W. get twice and practically blacklisted. forces us into the war and drive it so-called labor government and its I. other American colonies, cannot will come to New York for his two Cite Spolansky'* Testimony. W. members, when asked If they were prospect from power and establish a workers’ open alliance with the capitalist class. much comfort out of the of Nick Given Clean Bill. Sunday meetings. It will be remembered tlsat Spolan- expected, declared that it was unlikely LaFol- government.” The actions of such men as J. H. t Calvin Coolidge for Because Perkovitz was not working Sunday night, at 8 p. m., Foster 'sky, altho a federal operative, paid as the membership were very bitter such That was the left wing socialist pos- Thomas, Ramsay MacDonald, and lette, provided there is a strik- “in or around a mine” when he was speaks at Arcadia Hall, Brooklyn. by government and sup- against them. adopted at Louis. That is Philip Snowden, the Communists de- the federal ing similarity between the LaFollette to the Indianapolis convention, ition SL The famous Freiheit chorus, under elected to just posed to keep his hands off stato af- Fighting Doyle-Pisher. movement and the British labor party. the Communist position"today in re- the leadership of Lazar Wiener, will clare, show them be as loyal the Farrington machine sought to fairs, was so anxious to “get” William However, altho this group • * * * the to the British empire as the Fascisti has failed gard to imperialist wars. When sing, as will the Lithuanian Aido have him barred as a delegate. But to Z. Foster, C. E. Ruthenbe, g and others in getting a split convention to start is a nauseating next imperialist war for which the and much more servicable the oapi- Thomas the delegates were not as much in chorus. The branch that has secured that, under the direction Os Barns, he with, delegates Dawes’ plan has prepared the ground, talists in their present dilemma. the from the pnions hypocrite. He is not such an (Continued on page 6) the most subscriptions to the DAILY arranged all Ihe details for the assault controlled by them—altho not*them- NORMAN develops, it will be the Communist will special red Thomas’ Speech. ignoramus that he is not aware of the WORKER receive a upon the Catnmunlst Party conven- selves involved in the controversy, are task to rally the working masses of presen- speech of the colonial secretary crimes committed by Ramsay Mac- banner. Foster will make the .The at Bridgeman, practically forcing fighting inside the convention to wipe this country against such a war. They which he threatened upon the tion Donald against the people of India, tation. in war the local sheriff to make the raid. out some of the stigma attached to will urge the workers to answer the Turkish Republic, has aroused a great for whom Thomas and his paymaster BIG Big Musical Program. Whan called to the witness stand in their representatives on the G. E. B. MORGAN’S anger new demand that they give their lives of thruout England. Since of the open shop mine, Villard, profess At the Sunday afternoon meeting in wave the Ruthenberg case, he gave a by allegations of the Doyle-Fisher help Morgan get his profits by end- MacDonald came into office it has to have so much admiration. Only to the New Star Casino Comrades Juliet lengthy account of his career. The group, and to attack Doyle and Fisher ing the system of government and in- been amply demonstrated that chang- jesterday we read in the papers that BLIMP ARRIVES Stuart Poyntz, William E. Weinstone Labor Defense Council, which is con- for their conduct which, it is asserted dustry which creates imperialist wars es of government mean nothing to the J. H. Thomas, colonial secretary in and Charles Krumbein will speak In ducting the Michigan defense, and led to the split. Berger, as the leader, foreign policy of the British govern- MacDonald’s cabinet, delivered a But Victor addition to Foster. A splendid musical Is collaborating with the DAILY The demands, sixteen in number, why, by that time Victor Berger will ment. It pursues the even tenor of which jingo speech against the Turks, that FROM DAWESLAND program has also been arranged. WORKER in the present series of ar- which were made upon the convention its way under tory, liberal “la- to have joined his comrade, Noske, of or as price of unity, are even Curzon would hesitate make. governments. ticles, has in its possession a com- a continued “foreigner,” who (Special to the Dally Worker.) the German social democratic party, bor” quite lengthy and varied. Among Thomas warned the Political observers, see In Thomas’ plete copy of the record. them this instance to be the NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—The flying as one of‘the chief defenders of cap- are the demand that delegates from happened in speech a bid for office under whatever Page 232 of the transcript of evi- fight hangar italism! both factions in the Turk, that the labor party would time of the ZR-3 from its in M’ANDREWS RUNS into power dence shows that on Monday, April 23, metal workers administration comes after preservation empire’s Friedrichshafen, Germany, to the From or to Russia. fce seated and that the report of the for the of the the next general elections. Referring 1923, Spolansky said under oath, in coast North America, was approxi- Spolansky pic- auditing committee, which found Rad- prestige, against all comers. of Spy draws a vivid to Turkey, Thomas said: the circuit court of Berrien county, • • • mately 75 hours. ture of the flow of Russian propagan FROM FIGHT ON dock and Bowerman short some SBOO “I want to make It clear to the for- (Continued page 6) The dirigible hopped off at 6:36 on in accounts, and upon which as par- | |E warned the Turks to quit their dists into the United States. If he eigner and to the world that, In the m., tial evidence they were expelled II tomfoolery. Yet the only crime a. at Friedrichshafen which would were really up in the spying business defense, maintenance, and preserva- from be 12:36 Eastern standard time in SCHOOLTEACHERS their industrial union, be declared committed by the Turks is that they he would know that in place of Rus- tion of Its rights, privileges, and ob- the United States. It was 3:50 a. m. DAILY WORKER VERY void and their books subject to a new the oil lands Britain holds with sian Communists coming to the Unit- ligations this empire, genera! insist today when she soared North William McAndrew, superintendent of no auditing. her armed forces is Turkish territory over ed States, that the flow is in the other election, no party difference will al- Turo, a little town tucked on Cape of Chicago’s schools, failed to appear POPULAR AT ST. LOUIS Will Elect New and suggest that the matfer be left direction. Russian workers, many of low those who are charged with re- Delegate. Cod. at a meeting of the committee The opposition Doyle to arbitration. Thomas waves his them Communists, are shaking the Joint sponsibility for this government to be to and Fisher It took the ZR-3, forty-two minuted on rules- and of the committee on ad- LA FOLLETTE MEETING a point, so was sword like a regular defender of the dust of the United States from their unmindful of their obligations. won or it considered to make a landing after she was sight- ministration yesterday, at which a dis- by Doyle and Fisher, in the unseating “predatory interests” that Norman heels. "Events have occurred which are ed at 9:17. After repeatedly circling cussionwas to take place on the ques- By ELLA REEVE BLOOR. of Mike Gapper as delegate Thomas, Hillquit and LaFollette are These workers have had their ex- very disturbing to his majesty's gov- from the the field, she finally turned her nose tion abolishing the system of (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) small unions, fighting ugainst here. Os course, it Is perience with glorious American in- of ernment. I don't know whether the industrial on the south and went over a dense grove of secretly marking the examination pa- ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Oct. 15. Six grounds that he was involved in the to say that the LaFollette stitutions. They have found that Am- political situation Itself is responsible needless trees to a distance of about half a hundred epeclal St. Louis campaign controversy. unions plan- fighting the “preda- erican democracy is a fraud and a pers teachers. for the Incidents, but if they were These are leaders are not mile from the field. Then she turned editions of the DAILY WORKER * ning to elect a new delegate. tory What they are really sham. They found that under this Demand McAndrew Appear. I only hope that the reference I have interests.” back and headed slowly for the cen- were sold here at the LaFollette Tom Doyle, the general secretary- opportunity to cap- boasted democracy there spy Margaret Haley, business agent of now made, not only on behalf of the after is an serve ter of the field, and suddenly all her was a meeting Tuesday night. Comrade treasurer, told the DAILY WORKER they they can do a system police terrorism which has people of the government but on be- italism, and feel motors ceased humming. She ap- and which the Teachers’ Federation, Mason, chairman of the publicity reporter that the whole convention, of it and give the system could outdo eveif czarlst Russia. Spy been leading the fight against the half of the people of this country, will better Job peared to stand poised in the air. committee for the Gitlow meeting from first to last, may be closed to capitalist Spolansky taught marking not be misunderstood." better service than the Then she slowly descended, touching and his like have secret system, had been and Comrades Mrakis, Fogel, and all but I. W. W. members. This is legis- , Astounding hacks now on the Job in the the ground at exactly 9:55. them what a sham and a fraud Am- granted permission by the board to Growth. Levin, of the Young Workers’ an unprecedented procedure in the I. It is refreshing to learn from erican democracy is when workers at- present her case and to question the While the labor party officials make League, picketed the main doora of W. W. In L ' the days of its early strug- I such excellent authorities as Hillquit Year-Old Baby Drowns. tempted to express their ideas on the superintendent about statements and little of the Fascist), the announce- the LaFollette meeting with algna gles, It made no effort to conceal its \ and Thomas, that His Majesty’s ”la- CLINTON, Ind„ Oct. 16.—Mrs. Sam- assumption that there was such a reports which he has made and wheih ment that the membership of this or- reading: “You read capitalist news- procedure from the whole working :bor" governorment and the LaFollette uel Vorak was near prostration today thing as freedom of speech, freedom are unfavorable to the rank and file ganization has reached one hundred papers. Now read the, only work- class which is asked to support it. would-be American government are as as tlje result of the death of her year- of press or freedom of assembly. The teachers. thousand, caused consternation among ers’ dally paper In America.” Each Doyle declared that the delegates alike as two peas. old-son, Thomas whose body capitalist czars who run American in- Miss Haley told the committee that the rank and file of the workers. paper contained the program of the which had come up from the Wash- (Continued on page 2) was found hanging over the edge of a dustry taught them that they could she refused to take the matter up Workers Party, and the work prob- ington street hall, were there only large bucket of water in which the only work when the capitalist czars until Superintendent McAndrew, who Subscribe for “Your Daily," ably gained numerous sympathizers * “to filibuster, make trouble and delay Join the Workers Party! baby's head was submerged. (Continued on Page 2.) (Continued on Page 2.) the DAILY WORKER. away from the LaFollette camp. proceedings." gt Get The Truth About “The Reds” Every Day in the Daily Worker ■ ■■ ■, * , ' '