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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
POLICE
BAN ON SPEECH
IN SILK STRIKE
Communists Hold Right
to Address Workers

Especial to the Daily Workerl
PATERSON, N. j., Oct. TO-
After three weeks of struggle to
establish the right of conmun-
lists to talk to the silk strikers
in Paterson, just three weeks to
a day after Chief of Police Ira
cey had closed PiroIa's Turn
Hall because of Communist
speeches of n. M. Wicks, the
hall was opened this morning
and Wicks spoke before
packed meeting Of strikers who
staged a demonstration such as
has seldom been witnessed in
all the history Of Paterson
strikes.
Win Free Speech Fight.
The capitulation of the police came
after free speech fight conducted. by
the Civil Liberties Union and after
many prominent people had come to
his city to establish the right Of any
one to speak regardless Of their pcli-
teal affiliations.
This morning Roger Baldwin and a
number of his associates were here
ready to carry the fight further. but II
had already been won late yesterday
afternoon.
Chief Tracey capituzated after a
stormy conference including Tracey,
Charles Pirola, owner Of Turn Han,
Comrades Louis Stein and WielEs.
Wicks told Tracey that he was gofnK
to speak If he had to become q real
dent of Paterson in order to confinuh
the fight. Wicks further said that Il
he had committed any crime it vas
the duty Of the police to arrest him
but warned Tracey that II he arrested
him he had better make it good IN q
high court, otherwise he would be
sued for false arrest. Tracey finally
said he would order his men to permit
the meeting and the Morning Call car.
ried his statement.
Await Next Move.
The Evening News carried screaming
headlines to the effect that wicks
would never be permitted to speak in
the city Of Paterson because he had
betrayed the cause of the strikers into
the hands of Communists under the
direction Of the Russian Soviet gov.
eminent.
It reprinted 1t its entirety a mani
festo issued by the Workers Party
branch Of Paterson assailing the pol
ice for their suppression OF free
speech and urging Paterson workers
to vote for Foster and Gitlow.
Now that Wicks is again address.
ing the strike meeting, strikers are
awaiting with interest the reaction OF
the kept press that has boosted that
II won great victory by excluding
wicks from the platforms OF the city.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
HOLD CAP ACITY
FOSTER MEET AT
DETROIT, MICH.
Communist Gets Good
Response in Auto City
lspeeiaI to The Dailv Worker

special to The Daily Worker)
= DETROIT, Mich, Oct. TO-
William z. Foster, presidential
candidate of the Workers Party,
was the attraction that packed
the capacity of the House of
Masses at his recent meeting in
Detroit.
The Foster meeting was one
OF the largest and most success
full ever held in this city. The
entire audience paid twenty-five
cents admission to hear Foster
and in addition a collection of
several hundred dollars was
taken.
Much Literature Sold.
A large amount of campaign and
general party literature was sold. Sew
eral new applicants for membership
were received and a number of sub
scriptions to the DAILY WORKER
were added to its Detroit list. The
Foster meeting at Detroit was parti-
cularly successful in the large num-
Der Of trade unionists which it attract
ed.
Comrade Fosters speech repeatedly
stirred his audience to wildly enthus-
iastic response. While he ruthlessly
flayed the old party candidates, Cool
idge and Davis his most detailed cas-
tigation was reserved for LaFollette.
Speaking Of him, he said: There is
some analogy between the campaign
Of Senator LaFollette and that of the
campaign Of the parties of Herriot in
France and Macdonald in England"
In the present political crisis which
faces the workers of America the La
Toilette movement with its liberals
headed by the Wisconsin senator are
the hope Of the ruling industrialists
and financiers. This movement and
its liberals" is attracting the atten-
ton and energy of the working class
away from the class struggle.
All Believe in Capitalism.
I'm Europe the ruling industrialists
and financiers are willing to turn the
governments over to men like LaFol-
lette. Herriot and Macdonald. They
know those men and their followers
believe in the present system of pri-
waite ownership but will at the same
time give the working class some
vague expectation Of satisfactorily i'm
proving IT,"
It is expected that the high spot
in the present Eastern tour of Foster
will be the big meeting scheduled for
him at New York City and Brooklyn.
For several weeks the New York
party organization has put forth in
tensive efforts to make them the most
successful ever held in the metropo-
lis.
These meetings will be held at
New York City, New Star Casino,
10Th st. and Park Ave-, Sunday,
October 10, at p. M, and Brooklyn,
N. ", Arcadia Hall, 91s Halsey St.,
Sunday, October 10, at 9 p. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
HARRINGTON IS
TRIED FOR DEAL
WITH DEMOCRAT
Coal Operators Save
His Bacon
BY r. J. O'FLAHERTY.
ARTICLE Five.l

In the preceding article Far
rington was shown peddIing the
influence of his office as presi-
dent of the illinois Miners Fed
GRAFTON, for cash, to Colonel
Frank L. Smith, banker and
democratic politician. Having
violated the constitution of his
organization and fearing the
wrath of the membership he fled
to Seattle after having carefully
planned to secure an invitation
from one of his cronies in that
city.
But the miners were not will
ing to let him get away with his
corrupt and treacherous deal
ings with the d e ocratic
banker. But before l treat Of
the miners move to punish this
crooked faker, / will touch on
his activities in getting elected
president of the Illinois Miners
Union.
Wanted More Leeway.
The position of International Board
member palled on Harrington. 1t did
not allow him sufficient scope for his
ambitions. There were too many re-
strictions. The rich pickings of the
great Illinois coal fields beckoned to
him. The prospects of easy money
Continued on page 81
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hackers is complete.
While fleeing from the Chi
nese red soldiers, the Fascist
brigands found time to set fire
to hundreds of buildings. The red
forces now have the fire under con.
troll and the task Of hopping up the
remainder Of the black shirts is pur.
sued with great vigor
Chinese Attention to Detail.
The story from our Canton CORE
spondent is the climax of a series of
incidents beginning with the ship
ment of a consignment of arms to the
Canton merchants from the British
bank at Hong Kong. The ship was
accompanied by British warship
which forced the Sun government I'M
der threat of immediate hostilities to
allow the Canton merchants to re-
ceive the weapons.
The Canton workers however seized
the arms and are now using them with
telling effect on the enemy. Accord
ing to other dispatches, the British
and American forces are threatening
to invade Canton and establish a. joint
protectorate over South China, the
stronghold of Chinese radicalism.
The arming of the Chinese workers
to fight for themselves against the
capitalists is an event of historic sig
nificance. 1t is news that sounds bad
to the ears Of the bourgeoisie of the
world.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. = Two
American war ships, the Sacramento
and Pamtanga, have been ordered to
Canton as the result Of the defeat of
the Fascist by DR.. Sun Vat Sens
troops.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
NOTORIOUS BRITISH LABOR FAKER
TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES

NEW YORK. Of
seafarers Federation president Of the National
Union Of Great Britain Ireland newly
study problems Of American Other
problems
with
planning the National Maritime
owners representatives before which all
at the American Federation
Wilson employed os the construction Of the Brooklyn
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
OF sun YAT SEN UNDER
RED FLAG INFLICT BIG DEFEAT
ON ALLIES OF BRITISH BANKERS
Especial to The Daily Workerl

CANTON, China, Oct 16-chinese workers, organized
Red Army under the leadership of General Sun Vat Sen have
delivered stunning defeat the Fascist forces under the
leadership of the Chinese merchants backed by the British and
United States governments
At the end of battle that ragged thru the streets of this city
for days. the Chinese workers completely defeated the
cisti opposition
The Chinese fought the Flag
bayonet attacks the raising the Of Soviet Re-
public The Generalization of the Fascist their
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
DAILY news, BRASS CHECKER
WITHOUT BLUSH, CONTINUES TO
PUBLISH LIES BY SPOLANSKY
By MANUEL GOMEZ.

Despite the conclusive proof in yesterdays DAILY WORKER
that Jacob SpoIansky discharged federal fink either per-
urer liar and probably BOTH the Chicago Daily News
nues to print his posonpen articles attacking the Communists
and advertise him reliable authority radcas and
radical activities.
Thus far the News might have pretended that
in by the persuasive Spoansy and did not know printing
lies Now shares complete moral material responsibility
This should be elementary school lesson in
the role and method of the capitalist the class struggle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
Buried Alive in Cement.

KENDALvILLE,. Ind, Oct. 16. =
Fred Haulsey, 2S, was buried alive in
a cement bin of the Wabash Portland
Cement company at Stroh, today,
when retaining wall gave way. He
was shovelling cement from a bin
into conveyor when the accident
occurred. A widow survives.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
DAWES plan IS
BRIDGE TO new
WORLD CONFLICT
BY JAY LoVESTONE
ninth ArticIe)

The Dawes plan is a bridge to
the next world war. The Dawes
scheme, heralded far and wide
as leading to the crossroads of
peace, leads straight to a new
imperiaIist conflict.
All the commercial rivalries,
all the struggles for the indus
trial and financial supremacy
which gave rise to the last de-
vastating catastrophe are only
intensified by the Dawes pro-
posals.
A thick pail of gloom is already
lowering over many British industries
which are paralleled in Germany.
The fear Of a revival of German COM
petition from an economically revival
lied Germany is already haunting
France.
Germs Of New World War.
Then it is obvious that the essen.
tial prerequisites for the success of
the Dawes proposals demand lower.
ing Of the standards of living OF the
German working masses. The i'm
mediate effect of this assault on the
welfare of the working class Of Ger.
many will be lowering OF the stand.
ards Of living among the French,
British, and Belgian workers. The
continuation of this degrading pro-
cess is bound to engulf the workers
of every country in the world in view
Of the international character Of CAPT
talist production and exchange.
Finally a grave menace confronts
the workers Of the United States and
the other countries in the rise Of Am
erica as the strongest imperialist
power. The investments of the Yam
Continued on Page 3D.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
Journeymen Tailors
In New York City
Hold Meeting Monday

NEW YORK, Oct. ia meeting
of the Journeymen Tailors' Union.
Local No. l, will be held Monday. Oct.
20, s p. m, at Maennerchor Hall. seth
street, between End and Bird avenue,
New York City. Important matters
are on the order of business and It
is imperative that every member at
tend this meeting without fail.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
Rrldne coIIanaea.

WHEELING, w. Va, Oct. 16.--Ai
least one man was killed and it is
feared the bodies of others may be
found in the ruins Of section OF the
steel bridge over the Ohio river which
collapsed here today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17

Inc only newspaper IN chicago
where workers can expect to
read the truth about themselves
is the DAILY WORKER.
Spolanskys second article in the
News is as Illuminating as his first,
which is another way of saying that
it does not shed any light. Apparent
ly he has made the transcendental dis
covery that Chicago, where the Work
ers Party has its national headquart-
ers, is the center of the Communist
movement in merica. Everyone knew
this before but it did not seem so mys-
terious. Our literary sleuth has also
discovered that many workers became
Communists when they lost their Jobs
in 1919. We can add the information
which the Daily News is at liberty
to spread broadcast-that many work
ers who have lost their jobs are join
ing the Communist movement today,
in the same spirit of disillusionment
with the capitalist system.
One Genuine in Six.
And the rest is lies. Spolansky
gives the names of six men who, he
says, went to Russia from the United
States following the Russian revolu-
ton and became leading figures inrthe
Soviet Republic. One OF them he re-
fers to as "an anarchist who had
butchered a family; another as "a
Chicagoan of dubious reputation, -
and so forth and so on. OF the six
names mentioned, one is genuine. The
other five have never been heard of.
The story is on par with the "ru-
mors" which used to emanate at reg
ular intervals from Helsingfors or
Riga two or three years back inform
ing us, thru the capitalist press, of the
murder of Trotsky by Lenin or the
assassination of Lenin by Trotsky.
The entire article is sprinkled with
casual statements which do no par
ticular harm, but which reveal Spoil
ansky as an ignoramus, utterly unfit
to write intelligently about the revolu-
tionary movement of the working
class.
Russian bolshevism, he says, dates
back to 1907, when, at an international
socialist congress in Germany, an up
heaval took place in the socialists
ranks. The majority, under Lenin, de-
cided upon the adoption of the prin-
ciple that socialism, opposing warfare,
should refuse recognition of interna-
tional aspirations and agitate for a
social revolution, and called them
selves the 'bolsheviki.' which in Rus
sian means the majority"
His History Mixed.
Everybody knows that the split be.
tween "bolsheviki" and "mensheviki"
took place not in 1907. but in 1908, at
a convention of the Russian Social
Democratic Labor Party. The division
was over the questions of tactics, cen
tralization and discipline, and the sep.
arate role Of the proletariat in the
Russian movement.
Which explains how absurd is the
Daily News statement that Spolansky
is an expert on Communism and that
are so afraid of him that they
have many times threatened his life.
Spolansky was a daily visitor at the
last convention of the Workers Party,
in Chicago. He sat thru all the SEES
sions, undisturbed, and Of course did
not understand a word of what was
going on.
Spolansky is Insignificant He is
important only as an example of the
Continued on Page 60
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
AS WE SEE 1T

IT is suggested that John w. Davis
\ take out sickness insurance on his
campaign speakers, particularly those
who "also ran" for the nomination
Williams Gibbs McAdoo announced
shortly after the Madison Square Gar
den convention that he would make a
speaking tour for Morgan's attorney
He started, but by taking an extended
trip to Europe. On his return, he
went to hospital and gave gravel
in his bladder or gall stones or some
thing like that as the excuse for his
failure to fulfill his promise. He now
claims that his doctor forbids him to
take the platform.
NNTHETHER McAdoo has too much
wv gall or too much gravel in the
wrong part of his anatomy, we cannot
say But we know that he had plenty
of gall when he demanded the sup
portal the 4 naorisan workers and ex.
DlOllcu luA ulClc OA blC DcDlo VI lllo
hostility" to Wall Street, in view Of
his past record. His conduct now is
gall and NORWOOD to John w Davis
Mac may be sick but it does not take
very lively imagination to picture
that cake-eaters smile on his phiz as
he contemplates the dilemma Davis
finds himself in.
GOVERNOR AL SMITH also prom
" ised Davis that he would take off
his coat during the campaign. He
did not explain at the time that he in
tended to disrobe in a sanitarium.
But that is what has happened. Smith
was about to start out campaigning
for Davis when he was seized with
mysterious malady known as political
paralysis. AL is now being wheeled
around in chair like Sam Gompers.
Perhaps he learned the trick from
Sam.
CMITH heard voices in the air.
- They did not come from heaven,
but from a more regular" voting dis
trict AL was informed by those voices
that If he forgot Davis considerably
during the campaign, that he might
be governor of the state of New York
for few more years. This news
made him sick. but it is expected that
he will recover.
THE capitalist politicians give Nor
! gan and Co. many bad half hours
II 1t were only possible to have
Mussolini and sack the pesky politi.
clans, or compel them to take orders
under pain Of death. things would be
very much simplified for the big cap.
italists. But the capitalists and their
servants in the government of the ma
ton, states and cities are only united
against the working class. Among
themselves they fight like Kilkenny
cats. Arthur Brisbane, the oracle of
the Hearst press, forgets this illumin-
ating fact when he starts out to
prove that the workers can never free
themselves because they do not know
how to unite.
n RTHUR is crazy in the top story
~ but he is only foolish like
fox. He is crazy with a purpose. He
wants to instil defeatist ideas into the
heads Of the workers; make them be-
lieye their cause is hopeless. But
Arthur might look at Russia and
change his mind. The workers OF
Russia have given the workers Of the
rest of the world good object lesson
in the art of achieving and winning
their freedom. The lesson will have
more effect on the workers than the
alcoholic light-wine-and-beer vaporings
n cleveLSad paper whose main bus.
~ mess, like all capitalist papers,
il to lie artistically in order to EN-.
(Ncotf.vod -. Do~a
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
PATCH UP UNITY.
IN CONVENTION.
OF |. v. ". HERE.

The public sessions of the
10th general convention of the
Industrial Workers of the World
got under way yesterday, after
three days of patching up unity
between the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Griffith and the DoyIe-Fisher
groups.
A half session was devoted to
election of committees. The
work Of the convention will
start at nine o'clock this morn
ing with the reading of the
minutes of the previous session,
to be followed by the reports of
committees.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17
TabIb Is unseated.

A second delegate was unseated
Just before the convention opened to
the public on the grounds that he was
partial to the controversy. Caesar
Tabib, Of the General Construction
Workers Union, No. $40, was unseat-
ed because II was alleged he helped
others circulate matter attacking
those I. w. w. members who had ac-
cepted conditional Communication Of
their terms in prison. The other dele
gate who was unseated, is Mike Sap
per. making one delegate from each
faction to be denied credentials as
delegate.
Much comment was heard from the
delegates relative to the report of
the convention printed in the DAILY
WORKER yesterday morning. Some
delegates demanded that the DAILY
WORKER print only the stories given
them by the I. w. w. press committee,
which has Just been formed, OF which
CONTINUED on Page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17

n Cleveland paper whose main bus.
~ mess, like all capitalist papers,
is to lie artistically in order to EN-.
Continued on Page 6.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17

THE DAILY WORKER
RAISES THE STANDARD
FOR A WORKERS AND
FARMERS GOVERNMENT
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-17

CMITH heard voices in the air.
- They did not come from heaven
but from more regular" voting dis.
trict AL was informed by those voices
that If he forgot Davis considerably
during the campaign, that he might
be governor of the state of New York
for few more years. This news
made him sick, but it is expected that
he will recover.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-27
Pet Rabbits Source
Of Trouble to Grove
Street Residents

Crocuses breaking through the
newly barred ground are one of the
first and most welcome signs of the
sure coming OF spring. and these
colorful little harbingers of warmer
days and the passing of wintry blasts
and snow blanketed fields and roads,
are eagerly watched for by house
holders in all parts of the city. 1t
can we'll be understood. why one
should get wrathful. and bring down
torrents of laird invective, when
their first tender green sprouts from
the hidden crocns bulbs are nibbled
off and annihilated by some careless
neighbors pet rabbits. The most OF
us like the meek little bunnies, but
we also believe that there are GER
tain restrictions which should be
placed on their activities and that
certainly they should not be permit
ted to forage over the neighborhood.
destroying the young Sprouts or the
garden carrots later on.
A complaint came to the Kennebec
Journal Office Wednesday that some
ones domesticated rabbits were loose
in tho Grove street neighborhood,
and had ruthlessly destroyed the
first Spring flowers on one of the
beautiful lawns in that vicinity, and
the complainant was inclined to be-
heve that such domestic pets which
were allowed to commit wanton de-
struction on neighhors proI erty,
should he listed with the now no.
torious crow for immediate and total
determination.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-27
and compass. the world known SYM
boil Of the Masonic bOdies

and compass the world known SYM
boil of the Masonic bodies.
The blade of the trowel Is Of silver
and the handle of ivory. The Grand
Master of each state was presented
with one of these trowels, which as
has already been said. Is an exact
replica of the Washington trowel,
and each Grand Master assisted in
spreading the cement upon which the
large seven ton corner stone rests.
The original Washington trowel
was also used in this ceremony by
Acting Grand Master Charles HI.
Callahan, President Coolidge. Chief
Justice Taft, and the Grand Masters
from jurisdictions outside the United
States.
The great memorial is being erect
ed to Washington, the Mason. at
Alexandria. because of the many
ways in which 1t is associated with
Washington. He was master OF
Alexandria Washington lodge No. q
of Alexandria, and in that lodge Is
ono of the greatest collection of
Washington relics to be found any
where The building will rest upon
land once owned by Washington.
Because Of their associations with
Masonic tradition and with this
great monument to great Mason,
these two souvenirs are highly priz-
cd by Justice Spear who is always
ready to show them to his friends
of tho craft.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-27
"Baby Elks' Will
Be Hosts at Supper
Meeting TONIGHT

Augusta lodge. No. 954, B. p. o.
Elks, enjoyed one of the most active
and prosperous periods. in its his
tory this past year, under the leader
ship of.J. Francis MacNichol as Ex-
allied Ruler. and splendid increase
in membership was one of the con-
crete evidences of this activity. This
Thursday evening the Baby Elks, -
or those members who have been in
itiated into the lodge within the past
year, are to be; the hosts at the sup
per, meeting preceding the regular
session OF the lodge.
The supper will be held at $50 at
the Elk's Club house on Winthrop
street, and though the menu for the
feed, has mot been announced. it is
understood that the 'youngsters'
Will put up a supper that will not
only hold its own with the remark
able series which have been enjoyed
during the winter. but Will probably
be. declared one of the very best
yet" Initiation of candidates will
occur at the meeting Of the lodge
following the supper. ,@s