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Evening star., 1924-05-23
COFFEE AND SUGAR DROP.
Market Furry Drives Down Con
tracts-Losses Partly ReSained.

NEW YORK, May 23-May coffee
contracts on the coffee and sugar ex-
change broke 120' points today to
1875 under selling pressure, due to
the issuance Of hew notices of in
tention to deliver. They later gained
rs points on covering orders and the
market continued unsettled.
Following the severe drop in raw
sugar the price of fine granulated
was cut by one leading refiner to z
cents. new low for the year and
2h down from the highest since jan
uary !.
Evening star., 1924-05-23
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK, May 23.-Foreign ex.
changes, steady. Quotations Gin U. s.
dollars): Great Britain, demand,
4.34 3-16; cables, 4.34 7-16; sixty-day
mand. .0537h; cables, .053sh. Italy,
demand, .0441A cables. .0441%. Bel
gium, demand, .0461; cables, .0462.
'Germany, demand (per trillion), .23 " !;
den, .2651; Denmark, 1884: Switzer-
land, .176sa; Spain, 1873; Greece,
.0193; Poland, .000o0e12; Czechoslova-
kia, .o2s5; Jugoslavia, .0123h; Aus
tria, .000O14h; Rumania, .0041M; Ar
Eentina, .32S7: Brazil, .10T0; Toxic.
.40x; Montreal, .SS7-16.
Evening star., 1924-05-23
PARIS BoNRsE PRICES.

PARIS, May 23.-Prices were firm
on the bourse today. Three per cent
rentes, 81 francs s5 centimes. Ex-
per cent loan, Sc francs 60 centimes.
The dollar was quoted at 1S francs
80 centimes.
Evening star., 1924-05-23
NEW YORK MONEY RATES.

NEW YORK, May 23.-Call money
steady; high, 8; low, 3; ruling rata 3;
closing bid, 3; offered at an; IA st
loan, 3; call loans against accepN--
ances,. 2X. Time loans steady; mixed
collateral, sixty to ninety days, M
four to six months. 4a4A: prime cona.
mercial paper. 4Ha4N.
Evening star., 1924-05-23
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

BOSTON, May 23.-Fol1owing is a
list of today's highest, lowest and
closing prices for the most active
stocks dealt in here:
Evening star., 1924-05-23

TOTAL SALES (Par Vaiue):
II am. $4,000 IL noon 100000
1p.m4. S7S5 600 Bpm. 10 479 900
Evening star., 1924-05-23
STOCKS Ex.DIvIDEND.

Date. Corporation. Per share.
May 23-Harbison.Walker Hefract. 9l.60
May 23-National Lead Co. pf. LIS
May :4-General Cigar Co. pf....,....... 1.5s
Evening star., 1924-05-23

fPartly extra. Payable In preferred stock.
Divldend rates As given in the above taols
are the annual cash payments based on the
latest quarterly or half-yearly declarations.
Unless otherwise noted. extra or special
dividends are not included.
High. Low. Last.
Evening star., 1924-05-23

w AIu0g ou& 80 oSs
Western Elec IS.
Western Union 6 ".
Westinghouse Is. /.
Wickwire Spen Is.
Willys-Ov 6hs '33.
Wilson & Co LIST Is
Wilson&C CIV 7Ms.
Wilson 4 Co cv s..
winchester A 7hs.
Youngstn sat ~.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-12
Berkeley Chief of
Police May Be Head
Of San Quentin Pen

BERKELEY. Cal, Aug. 1.-THE
real reason for the return Of August
Vollmer, Berkeley's chief of police,
who was lent to Los Angeles for a
year, but ran home after the San Pc
dro khan riot, may be revealed in a
statement of Governor Richardson
that he has selected Vollmer as war
den Of San Quentin, to succeed James
A. Johnston. Richardson shas been
trying for long time to get rid of
Johnston, a Hiram Johnson follower.
Johnston says he is still in San
Quentin and expects to remain there.
Vollmer is on his honeymoon. In view
of the hundred political prisoners in
San Quentin, the attitude of the war
den toward labor is of vital impor-
lance. Vollmer did not shine in San
Pedro, his avowed neutral attitude
working out practically in assistance
for the rioters.
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DUT, bloodthirsty tho the Tribune
- is, we have an idea that it's desire
to feed the vultures Of Mexico is not
mainly due to its desire to relieve
thousands Of workers OF the necessity
OF feeding the brute, by feeding them
on bullets. The Tribune is anxious to
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distant future. Thru this work we
can secure immediate results. We
can complete task which will make
us proud of our organization.
The Central Executive Committee
expects that every branch of the
party, no matter what language sec
tion il is part of, will participate in
this campaign. Our campaign for
the DAILY WORKER will build the
central English organ Of our party.
The membership drive will strength
en- every section Of the party.
Let US all together put our Shout
ders to the wheel and give our
party big push forward. The re-
aIIzation of the slogan, Every mem
Der get member-every member
get a subscriber for the DAILY
WORKER" means great drive for
ward.
No party meeting can be per-
mitted to pass without the member
ship and DAILY WORKER drive
coming before it. No public meet
ing Of the party should be held with
out an appeal for new members and
an appeal for readers for the DAILY
WORKER.
Our party constitution prescribes
that only those persons who are
willing to participate actively in the
party work can be members Of our
party. 1t is the proud boast Of the
Communist Parties of every country
and the Communist international
that the Communist Parties are
made up Of the advance guard of the
working class-the active, militant
workers.
LET US PROVE THIS IN THIS
UNITED CAMPAIGN TO BUILD
OUR PARTY AND THE DAILY
WORKER.
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Build the Party and the Daily Worker
Combined Membership PG Great oppth { Construct
BY E. Executives CAnyWo AesPat

NNE item on the Program OF
~ Work presented to the MEM
bershIp by the Central Executive
Of the Workers Party is the drive
in the combined campaign for new
members and subscribers for the
DAILY WORKER.
Every member Of the party has
been called upon to secure one new
application and a reader for the
DAILY WORKER during this cam
paign.
This campaign offers our party
one Of the greatest opportunities
for constructive work In building up
the Communist movement in this
country that has been presented
during the existence of the party.
The Membership Drive.
II we could add $4,000 new mem
bers to our party during the next
three months, we would indeed
make great achievement for the
Communist movement In the United
States. A party Of 10000 would be
powerful force in the life Of the
labor movement and In the life of
this country. All Of the activities
Of the party would be strengthened
and broadened thru such an increase
in membership. We would have an
increased number of party workers
to call upon to carry out the party
campaigns and Increased financial
support for our organization.
The achievement Of this goal is
not impossible. It Is not a vision
airy idea to expect that our party
could in three months time add
$4,000 members to it's ranks.
Rather the reverse is true. The
situation in which we find ourselves
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mobilize the whole party to build
up the subscription list OF the daily.
The attitude of most comrades has
been that the job was done when
the DAILY WORKER was estab-
lished.
What the Central Executive Com.
mittee is now asking Of the party is
that 1t put into the drive to increase
the circulation of the DAILY
WORKER the same enthusiasm, the
same hard work which was put into
the campaign to secure the funds
for the establishment Of the DAILY
WORKER.
We must double and treble our
circle Of readers. If we treble our
. circle Of readers we will thereby
treble the Influence Of the commun-
list Party in the United StatesA We
will be creating new circles of SYM
pathlzers around our party, whom
in turn we will be able to win for the
party and thus continue the work of
building our organization.
As part of the campaign for in
crease Of the subscription list Of the
DAILY WORKER every branch is
asked to appoint a DAILY WORK.
Err subscription agent as member
of the committee having this cam
palgn in charge. This is one of the
important points of the campaign.
The building or such an organiza-
tion for the DAILY WORKER
means building for the future as
well as carrying on the work Of the
present campaign.
All Together to Build Our Move
nent.
Comrades of the partyI The COM
bined DAILY WORKER and Mem
bershlp Drive has not as it's goal
something to be achieved in the far
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is such as to favor our success In
putting thru this campaign.
The Workers Party Is today the
only revolutionary party standing
upon working class program which
has any life or appeal to the masses
Of this country. Thru our work in
the past two years we have built up
a large circle of sympathlzers
around our party, but we did nor,
during this period, carry on organ
lied work to bring these sympathIz-
ers into the party.
What the Central Executive Com
nnttee Of the party is proposing to
the membership is that we cash in
in organizationaI strength on the
work which we have done during
the past year.
The plan Of work Is simple.
Every member Of the party is asked
to secure one applicant for member
ship during the next three months.
Special combined DAILY WORKER
and membership application cards
have been printed and all material
for the drive has been sent to the
party branches:
The first step to be taken by each
party branch is to organize Mem
bershlp Campaign and DAILY
WORKER Subscription Committee.
This committee should supervise
and direct the work in the branch.
1t should see to the distribution
of the special literature already
sent to the branches. II should keep
the record of the work of each
member. 1t should carry on agita-
tion in the branch for active work
by every member of the branch.
There is only one reason which
will prevent US from attaining our
goal in this campaign. That is the
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fact that we are unable to mobilize
our present membership for the
work in hand. II every branch Of
the party Will proceed at once with
the work of organization and every
member give support to this cam
paign, we will be able to make this
achievement for our party and for
the Communist movement in this
country.
The Daily Worker Subscription
Campaign.
Last year our party modified its
strength and raised close to- $780,
600 for the establishment of the
DAILY WORKER. This was an
achievement to be proud of.
Thru the efforts of our member
ship, we are able to create our daily
paper, to establish it's own printing
plant and to secure building to
house the DAILY WORKER and the
National Organization of the party.
Too many members of the party,
however, have concluded that the
task was done with the establish
ment Of the DAILY WORKER. The
contrary Is true. The establishment
of the DAILY WORKER and the
printing plant is only the beginning
in making of the DAILY WORKER
powerful weapon for the commun-
list movement In the United States.
We now have the daily with a
circulation Of approximately $4,000.
That Is something, but it means
that we are not making full use of
the potential strength which our
daily gives US.
The DAILY WORKER should
have a subscription list Of $4,000 in
place of $4,000. 1t is the task of
our party to secure the additional
readers for the daily. We must
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LEN SMALL GANG /
HOOKING UNIONS
FOR LAFOLLETTE.
S. p. Lines Up With
Walker and Olander

The American Federation Of Labor
officials definitely entered the LaFol-
lette campaign in Illinois today with
the announcement that these officials
have established headquarters at the
Morrison Hotel in conjunction with
the national campaign headquarters"
The same reactionary officials of the
Illinois Federation of Labor, directed
by John Walker and Victor OIander,
who are campaigning for the regular
Republican Len Len Small, have
taken over rooms in the luxurious and
spacious LaFollette suite which COW
ers most Of the fourth floor Of the
Morrison Hotel. &
Hi-Jacking the Negroes. 4
At the same time it was announced
that G. Victor Cools, of the Co-opera-
tive League of America, has been app
pointed National Manager Of the Inde-5
pendent Colored Voters LaFollette fori
President Club, to cash in on raFol-s
lette's reluctant anti-Klan statementt
and round up the Negro vote.
Statements have been sent to the
local unions of the Chicago Fedora
ton of Labor asking that a LaFollette
campaign committee of five be ap-
pointed and funds donated to LaFoI-
lette. The Len Small Federation ma
chine, which knitted the class Farmer
Labor Party in the back, claiming
that organized labor should keep out
of active participation in politics, is
now busy rounding the union mem
bers to work for LaFollette.
Socialist Gets Democratic.
At the last meeting of tool and die
makers lodge No. 113, of the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists, bust
ness agent Dillon, member of the So
cialist Party, who six weeks ago de-
nounced the Farmer Labor Party adj
vocates for injecting politics into the
union" appealed for the organization
to get behind LaFollette.
When member of the union moved
to vote down LaFolletteh appeal for
aid, the president of the lodge denied
him the floor on the ground that he
was lying when he said LaFoIlette
was a representative of the middle
class" This lodge member appealed
from the decision of the chair, and
mustered almost half of the members
to vote against the gag rule Of the La
Toilette advocates. The LaFollette
aid was rushed thru by the reaction
airy machine, however.
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ORGANIZE YOUTH
OF HAMMOND IN
LEAGUE BRANCH

Following the organization meeting
held last Friday under the auspices OF
the Garments union at Hammond, In
diana, meeting was called Of the.
young workers by Barney Mass OF the
Young Workers League and Tom Bell
of the Workers Party. Forty-two
young workers attentively listened to
the speeches delivered and signined
their willingness to become members
Of the League and enlist as active
fighters against the rotten conditions
of American capitalism, which is ex-.
plotting the youth Of the country to
swell the profits Of the bosses.
The majority Of those attending the
meeting are employed in the STAN /.
dard Steel Car company and know the
necessity of the young workers organs
izing to fight against the rotten con.
ditions and low wages under which
they work. The message of the COM
munist fight against capitalism was
listened to attentively and with ap-g
probation.
Complete Organization Tonight. Il
An organization meeting was de-
cided on, to be held on Tuesday,
August 70, at 1880 p. m. in Strobela's,,
Hall, corner Of Morton and Columbia
AYES, East Hammond, to complete
the organization Of the branch. The
new members Of the League will pro-
vide an orchestra for the dance which
will take place at the close Of the
organization meeting.
4,
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new HAVEN is
ENTHUSIASTIC
AGAINST WARS
Hundreds Hear Gitlow,
Sirnons Expose Morgan

Especial to The DAILY WoRKER)
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. 11.-New
Haven held an open air meeting Sat
urday night, which comrades call the
held here for many years. Over 700
700 workers heard war denounced by
Benjamin Gitlow, Workers Party vice
president candidate, and by District
Organizer, William Simons. The met.
ing was held at the Central Green
Rtndstand.
Gitlow discussed the economic caus-
es OF war, going into detail into the
causes OF the World War ten years
ago. He showed the finger Of Nor
gan in every move, showed how the
war sentiment was artifcially created,
and the workers hurled into the
slaughter. He foretold the greater
waste in lives and wealth of the COM
ing war Gitlow explained the role
Of unemployment in the present sys-
tenn, and showed how the race for
markets and spheres of investment
brought on the clash. He pointed to
the possibility of war in the Japan
United States controversy over who
was to exploit the undeveloped eco
nomic resources of China.
JobIess Workers Hear.
Turning to this country, Gitlow
saiued into his rival for the vice presi-
dency General Dawes, branding him
as the agent of the House Of Morgan.
He paid similar respects to Davis. The
war industries of Bridgeport and
New Haven, death scattering NUM-
ton plants, were seized upon by the
speaker to prove the ever-increasing
productive capacity Of capitalism,
which brings on unemployment soon
er, and makes necessary the quest for
foreign markets. The unemployment
argument appealed to the workers
present, many Of whom we're without
jobs.
William Simons, organizer Of the
Connecticut District, recalled to the
minds OF the audience the flying ban
ners, the blowing trumpets, accom-
panying the draft call. Once more the
workers will be compelled to give up
standards of work, won by years OF
hard struggle. After the next war,
again they would be faced by the open
shop drive. And the capitalists, the
jingoes. would use the war to enrich
themselves, and would not suffer pro-
secution. The workers would again be
called upon to fight their masters bat
ties for them. The situation in all
countries Of the Wegtern Hemisphere,
especially Mexico and Central Amey-
lea. was pictured. revealing the Ilorse
OF Morgan, making and unmalxing gov
ernmeuts.
"Down With WarI"
That war could be prevented by
ceasing policy OF isolation was
shown to be ludicrous, in the light OF
our leading statesmen, who were wa
cationing" In Europe. attending to
Msrgan's affelrs. Simons advised the
workers to see to 1t that when the
next war was started that It should
be converted into a war against CAPT
tai. war TO establish Soviet dow
eminent OF the world. lie ended with
the slogan Down with War; Up with
the Workers and Farmers Govern
ment Of America and OF the World"
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good light always appears on
the last pages of the capital
list owned and controlled news
papers, in case same happened
to appear at all.
The Chicago Daily News carried
small write-up of The Negro San
hedrin last February on page 16.
Likewise on page is appeared a tiny
article reporting the convention of
The National Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People in June
At this writing, The Daily News and
Tribune have both ignored the con-
vention of The Universal Negro I'm
provement Association, now being
held in New York. This is the larg-
est Negro mass organization in tae
world.
Lie and MisIead.
The Chicago Daily News Of July 30,
page /, column /, carries gambling
expose article headlined, "Police
Drive Closes Negro Gambling Dens"
Same was featured on front page for
three consecutive days.
The Chicago Tribune of Sunday,
Aug. 8, in reporting a fight between
two Negro youths and some whites on
a Wentworth Ave. car, headlined same
on its first page that mob attempted
to lynch the Negroes. This is a vi
cious lie. Two weeks ago the lying
and filthy Tribune in reporting fight
between light and dark skinned Ne
gro, stated that a white man shot a
Negro in the leg because the Negro
married the sister Of the white man.
Defamlng for Bosses.
All sorts Of crimes are committed
every day by members Of other races,
but their racial identity, such as Jew,
Irish, German or English never ap-
pears in the headline nor in the arti-
Gle telling of the crime. Why the diff
ference?
The employing or ruling class de-
sire that all Negroes be placed in an
inferior position to all whites in order
to fiatter the white workers and have
them to believe themselves superior
to and better than Negroes. Natur-
ally the exploited white workers who
are under this illusion will not join
hands or unite with nor fight in com.
mon with Negro workers to better
conditions in general lest the criminal
Negroes may become the equals OF
the duped and exploited "sciSsorbill"
white workers.
To Keep Workers Divided.
This anti-Negro propaganda Of the
bosses and employers, carried on thru
their newspapers, is their best wea-
pom to divide Negro and white work
ers, and to keep alive prejudice
against Negroes.
Awakened and class conscious Me-
gro and white workers must make
herculean efforts to induce workers
OF both races to read and subscribe to
the working class newspaper, the
DAILY WORKER.
One Paper Fair. '"i'
The DAILY WORKER prints on its
front page news placing Negroes in
good light and truthful news of the
problems and handicaps OF Negro
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workers. The DAILY WORKER
fights the battle of both black and
white workers.
The white workers are badly in
need of the kind of information about
the Negro, which The DAILY
WORKER contains.
Boost DAILY WORKER.
Let the Negro and white workers
support The DAILY WORKER, which
seeks to unite them, and cease sup
porting their bosses organs, the CAPT
talist newspapers which seeks to di-
vide Negro and white workers and
keep them hating and fighting each
other for the bosses special interest.
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AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY.

get into Mexico for reasons similar
to those which animated the patriotic
lingo William Randolph Hearst before
he made his peace with Obregon.
There is untold wealth in Mexico, and
some Of our American millionaires
would like nothing better than exploit
that wealth with cheap peon labor
under the protection of the guns Of
the United States. Rosalie Evans died
in vain. Had she not been married to
hated Saxon, perhaps the patriotic
fury of the Ku Klux Klanned popula-
ton could be aroused. AS it is the
Tribune may curse, fume and turn out
rotten editorials but nothing will hap
pen-just now. Some day, unless a
miracle, happens, an excuse will be
found and the Stars and Stripes will
be carried into Mexico to stay there
when the rulers of this country be-
lieve the time is ripe.
N VERY interesting case in which
IA William Randolph Hearst was
involved has just passed thru the
New York courts. William ]. FaIlon.
a criminal lawyer, was charged with
bribing juror in mail fraud case.
Fallon, the day after his indictment
issued a statement charging Hearsts
New York American with framing him.
and with hiding witness who was
alleged to have been bribed by Victor
Watson, editor of the New York Am
erican, to testify against Fallon. Ac-
cording to Fallon, the reason for
Hearst's animosity toward him was,
knowledge that Fallon had in his pos
session the birth certificates of three
children Of a prominent movie ac-
tress.
uEARST is also alleged to have
1 sent detectives to Florida to get
evideAce against Mrs. Hearst. This in
formation was locked in the manly
breast Of Mr.. Fallon but Mr.. Hearst
had visions of blackmail, therefore he
sicked his man Watson on to FalIon.
But Fallon proved everything but an
easy mark. He turned the tables on
Hearst and emerged victorious.
The incident shows the power Of
L the capitalist press and the un-
scrupulousness with which this power
is used to crush the enemies of their
owners. Hearst is reputed to be the
most INSCRIPTIONS of the unscrupu-
lous. His name has been linked with
that Of a movie actress and so has the
name of the late attorney general,
Harry Daugherty. In the struggle be-
tween the two the publisher was the
victor and Daugherty went to the mat
but friendly relationship was estab-
lished between the two which lasted
even thru the investigation of the De-
partment of Justice which brot about
Daugherty's downfall The story did
not appear in the Sunday supplements
OF the Hearst papers but II Mr.. Fallon
is telling the truth it may appear in
some other papers before long. Not
the least obnoxious part OF the i'm
morality OF capitalism is its hypoc-
risy. The capitalist press have tried
to poison the minds OF the workers
against Communism by charging that
the new order would destroy the
home and the family" But even their
own press bears ample testimony
that the capitalists have as little re.
spect for their own moral code as they
have for the laws made by themselves
but only meant for the workers.