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The daily worker., 1924-06-25
A Friendly Visitor at St. Paul

labor skates, and who often ruffied the
dignity and designs of the powerful
labor bureaucrats. A young reporter
who had interviewed Tammany poll
ticians, congressman, captured boot
leggers, actors, forgers, bigamists and
other clever and strategic people
could see little difference between
them and the labor skates who bored
him with their lust for publicity.
When he went back to the office, this
young, care-free cynic sometimes
would write strangely truthful facts
about the boys, to use William
Dunne's classic phrase. The fat boys
retaliated with indignant pressure on
the editors. The fat boys are pow
erful, and they are a great aid in
managing the unions to whom news
paper publishers must pay large wage
rolls. Bankers, chambers of, COM
merce and other friends Of the labor
skates also talked to the editors. The
result was they began sending only
tactful and experienced men to cover
labor news-experts, students of the
labor movement, renegade radicals,
usually, who found their radical edu-
cation a short step to high salaries
and favored jobs.
That is the genesis of the labor re-
porters. They are new class in
American journalism, and wherever
they go they are almost the personal
press agents of the labor skates who
sit in power. l remember Leary at
the International Ladies' Garment
Workers convention, in 1922, for in
stance, where he seemed not a COM
placent high-caste reporter for the
New York World, but the right-handI
man of Schlesinger, the president. In
West Virginia and other struggles
these men have been playing the
same part-their main function being
the slandering of all progressive ten
denotes in American labor, and per-
sistent day by day support for the Ia
Dor oligarchy. That is now their job,
and it is a well paying job.
They came to st. Paul in great
numbers; it was interesting to a
newspaper man to see what impor-
tance the editors of the nation at
tached to st. Paul The whole bat
terry Of labor reporters was there,
from east and west, working and
sweating over their task, and waiting
impatiently for a disaster. They had
their program all laid out for them; it
was to report that this convention
was Moscow product, dominated by
Communists, with no real roots in the
American soil.
They pursued this line of assassina-
tion in their stories, and yet there
were many obstacles to whole-hearted
clear-cut assassination. There was
powerful section of Communist indus
trial workers and farmers at the con-
vention, it was true, but there were
also men there who we're not Com
munists. They were men whom it
was not easy to dismiss with manu-
The daily worker., 1924-06-25
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A great unrest is stirring in the British LABOR
party. The rank and file do not like the golngson
of their 'sleaders" in the so-called labor govern
ment, with its high hats, dinners with the KING,
eulogies of empire and policies Of class colaDora-
ton. They are murmuring and muttering their
discomfort but it will break out in the open before
long. Even some of the leaders are feeling this,
and are expressing it in a mild manner.
'sPersonay, would be profoundly thankful IL
our party were thrown out next week." Mr.. f. B
varley member of parliament, is quoted In the
DaiIy Herald ais saying, "Even at the risk OF my
own seat, for do not agree with the present STU
alton in the House of Commons"
Nor do the British workers agree with the pres
ent situation. either in the House of Commons
on the jobs where they having to fight bitterly
for the slightest amelorations, nor among the mil
lions of unemployed for whom nothing whatever
has been done that would rouse the ire of the mos
reactionary Tory.
The British government is labor in name only
1t is without policy, without backbone, withou
any definite objective except to hold on to the ia
Jobs to make their government as like as possible
TO a liberalconservative one. II fighting polio.
cannot be developed over the heads of the Mac
Donalds, Clnes ct al, there will soon be many wh'
will not care how soon the bankrupt party j
thrown out For the British workers are goinl
'evelop fighting party-the Communist part
est Britain.
The daily worker., 1924-06-25
by MIKE GOLD.
written for the Daily Worker.)

written for the Daily Worker.)
AS | look back at the st. Paul con
vention, where was what Daisy Ash
ford would call, friendly visitor,
and wore guest badge big as an
ostrich egg, one Of my pleasant mem.
ories is that the convention was con
Quoted in the American language.
MARKHAM thought formed the spinal
column of the convention and stiff.
ened it into an integrated organism.
But the flesh and muscles of the con
vention were corn-fed, flivver-using,
pioneer American products of the best
native brand, as authentically Ameri-
can as ham and eggs.
Ham and eggs may not seem like a
great step forward from the pretzels
and sauerkraut Of the old Germanic
Socialist party, or the kasha and vod-
ka of early Communism, but one must
respect the customs of ones country.
American workers and farmers like
ham and eggs in their diet, and st.
Paul gave it to them, plenty of it. 1t
seems to me that they ought to be
able to digest their favorite breakfast
food more readily than they have the
more unfamiliar foods Of the past.
Any American trade unionist or any
mortgage-ridden American farmer
would have understood every word
spoken at the convention and would
have understood what it was trying to
do for him. The convention was down
to brass tacks all the time, and
seemed as realistic as a convention
of wobblies bent on organizing the
wheat fields, or convention of cloth,
ing workers or machinists. It met
for concrete object and it accom-
plished that object. 1t was not a con-
vention cluttered up with badly writ
ten, rubber-stamp manifestoes or
wordy and useless resolutions. 1t
was convention met to form a class
farmer-labor party in America, and it
did the job simply and thoroly. Even
the capitalist reporters, who are paid
for their successful misunderstand-
ing of such conventions, had a hard
job trying not to understand. Any
one must recognize a plate of ham
and eggs when it is set before them,
even when a capitalist boss has in
structed one to regard it as wiener
shnitzel or borsht.
l pitied some of these capitalist re-
porters. One of them was an old and
discouraged friend of my youth, and
others, like Leary of the New York
World, / have seen at several labor
conventions, where, like smart and
cynical vultures, they cabled thou
sands of words of carrion to their city
editors.
The labor reporter is new figure
in American journalism. do not re-
member many of these people in the
days when l first entered journalism
as a cub newspaperman. Any one
~ s',a the office was sent to cover
The daily worker., 1924-06-25
Workers Sports on
Class Basis Under
Rules of Alliance

NEW YORK, June 24.-The Work
ers' Sport Alliance Of America, which
was born here last week, has sent out
its program and constitution. II.
Winter, Charles Kavalin, John Daimo-
vich, Emil Toikka and l. Fralkin are
the leading spirits" in the new move
ment for encouraging workers sports
contests.
The purpose and main points of the
organization are as follows:
"The purpose of this organization is
to unite the new existing working
class sport and athletic organizations
of this country to work for the phys
ical and mental development of the
working class men and women on
class lines. One Of the main objects
is the development Of mass sports
against individual stars.
"All workers athletic and sport or
ganizations that accept our program
are eligible for membership in this or
ganization. Each organization pays
So affiliation dues. The w. S. A. of A
charges to its affiliated organizations
cents per capita tax for each mem
ber per month.
"All members and units must re
frain from taking part in the affairs
games or contests arranged by organ
izations that are antagonistic to or
ganized workers and their cause"
All communications should be ad
ldressed to Emil Toikka, secretary, IL
Brook Ave-, Bronx, N. Y.
The daily worker., 1924-06-25

that LaFolIette is not going to take
chance. Even if he had, he would
have been liability and not an
set to real Farmer-Labor party.
would have obstructed it's real tasAs
In every way; obscured the issue, and
led this new wave of American in
surgence into the swamp where Bryan
and Roosevelt had formerly led it.
It is better to be patient and thoro,
and to build from the bottom up, and
to work with time. The Communists
saw this at ST. Paul, and they made
the non-Communists see it. They
chose to build the new house Of labor
on the difficult rock Of class, rather
than on the easy sand of the passing
popularity of an individual politician.
l believe in the foundation of rock,
as well as in American ham and eggs.
The daily worker., 1924-06-25
Slaves untII United for Power.


To the DAILY WORKER have
not been a subscriber of your paper
long, as you know, but the few copies
l have read have made me feel that
the workers have a real paper at last.
There is one question that is not
clear to me, and that is, Are we really
dangerous or are we industrial slaves!
| have asked my brother workers,
and some say we are slaves; some
differ in opinion.
The reason l ask is last year about
this time, when the factories were all
in need OF help, the police were given
orders to arrest men in parks and
poolrooms for not working. If l un
derstand the South Bend daily papers
correctly, they either had to work OF
leave town. They claimed they had
sufficient law to enforce this order
and a number of arrests were made
so the paper reported. There are
large number Of unemployed this year
but have not heard of any such ar
rests being made. neither have heard
of that 'law" being modified or re
pealed.
1t is my humble opinion that wher
law does not work both ways i
makes slaves of us. If not, why not
/ do not believe there is any more
crime in South Bend this year thai
last, altho they said men not working
were dangerous.
Yours truly,
AMOS EARL KIRK.
South Bend, Ind.
The daily worker., 1924-06-25
Farmers Food RottIna.

To the DAILY WORKER-How
about the following views OF life?
You like to hear from the outposts
sometimes. Well, here it is. Our
dock in Fort Landsdale, Fla. Is
glutted with about 2,400 crates OF the
finest potatoes. Lake Okechopee re
ports about IL shiploads stacked away
besides thousands of hampers Of
beans and tomatoes. II looks like the
unemployed and the poor generally VI
north must be gorged with food, fol
you must understand this is only Q
report from one county in Florida
Brossard county.
Why don't your poor fish up there
eat more? It's a shame to see all the
potatoes rot here, and onionsl Oh
The daily worker., 1924-06-25
AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. }. o'FLAHERTY

The Chicago Journal of Comm zee
informs us that Dawes will open
campaign for the presidency in Lin
coin, Nebraska. Nebraska happens toi
be the home Of Senators Norris and
Howell, who are considered radicals
because they are not as reactionary as
Dawes. Why has Dawes selected
Nebraska to open his campaign in?
Because Dawes is the darling of the
farmers, says the Journal Of co,
merce. The G. o. P. has picked "a
General" to line up the farmers while
Calvin can reach the industrial work
ers from the back porch. Dawes will
do the great open spaces and Coolidge
will do the porch climbing. A fine pair
Of burglars. The only qualification
Dawes has as a farmer candidate is
that he smokes pipe upside down.
Perhaps we are taking liberties with
the farmers. If they take Dawes
seriously we will believe that they toe
are hitting the pipe.
The Journal of Commerce was con-
siderably disappointed that the Farm
er-Labor convention at st. Paul did
not endorse the candidacy of Senator
La Toilette. 1t was predicted before3
hand and it was darned shame td
spoil perfectly good prophecy. B,
that is the way these confounded cor
munists act. According to the ]. of
La Toilette is just as radical as
communists but he does not want
world to know it. The ]. of C. is ei
cockeyed or crazy in the dome, ell
is darned liar. We bet on the l.
diagnosis. +
1t is a dirty Democratic trick to
hold over the Daugherty investigation
until the cool fall days preceding the
election, comments the same sheet.
The committee knows that during the
hot spell the American voter will he
The daily worker., 1924-06-25
"Turn the Other RascaIs Out"

Senator Pat Harrison's keynote speech to the
democratic convention yesterday was even more
empty than expected. There was hardly yaria-
ton from the old theme, "Turn the republican
rascals out, put the democratic ones in" care
you dissatisfed?" it asks the Masses ''if SO, you
want change. We offer you change from the
republican label to the democratic"
But those who may have expected note of mid
dleclass revolt (of course there were none foolish
enough to look for the slightest working class
tendency, were disappointed Apparently the
jackass politicians are not going to compete with
the elephant keepers in angling for any class
group that is in the slightest antagonism to Wall
Street, but rather to outbid them for the support
of the big check books. Money will bring more
votes than platforms and speeches; that seems to
be the attitude.
Never before has it been palmer to the working
class that the Republican and Democratic parties
are Identical that they are the deadly enemies of
the working class and the exploited farmers, that
their rivalry extends only to seeing which can
serve the big bankers most efficiently. The speech
The daily worker., 1924-06-25

menu. 1 Deneyeo LnaC VilaoPs 49,
only way class Farmer-Labor party
could be established would be by nom
mating the Wisconsin liberal, and rid
ling on the wave of his popularity. The
convention decided otherwise. Think
ing over its decision, and reading the
latest reports from the Democratic
convention, 1 am now convinced this
attitude was correct.
The chances are about fifteen-to-one
The daily worker., 1924-06-25

factured lie. They were not weak
men, they were not foreign intellec-
tuals or MARKHAM students, or the
orists, or any of the things capitalist
newspapers like to call American rad
icals.
The delegates were real American
workers and farmers and their lead
ers. They were no mans dupes; they
were there because they wanted to
form a class Farmer-Labor party, and
The daily worker., 1924-06-25

labor stories at that time, and it is a
testimony to the increased Importance
of American labor that these experts
have been developed.
Let me digress for a moment and
explain these new reporters. They
are experts who have been developed
to fill a real need. The casual labor
reporting of former days was done by
happy, care-free young booze hounds,
who were often quite cynical about
The daily worker., 1924-06-25

more interested in base bail and on
piece bathing suits than in investiE
tions. Therefore the diabolifS
plot is to hold up the alta
on poor Daugherty until businl
can be mixed with pleasure. q
remaining details of Daugher1
abuse of his office will be poured I'M
the ears of a receptive electoral
and the G. o. P. will have to grin ar
bear it. 1t is mean politics, says Il
]. of G. 1t really is. The capltalii
grafters should hang together or
separately. Either way would suit.
taste.
David Karsner, former managir
editor of the New York Call used u
few pages of the New York Timf
publication, Current History, proviD
that the Socialist Party was dead a~
why. David took occasion while
ing the obituary to sling a i
at the labor Goliath. He snet
radicals and at the work
movement. The working cl
ment will get along very we
Karsner. He was neither fl
nor good red herring while in
cialist party. When he took o
management of the New Yo'
the Abe Cahan gang war
atrocious MacCullagh, N
Herald articles against So
published in the Call a.
weakly surrendered. tt
party had too many hungry
hanging around so Karsner
into exterior darkness, where
now weeping and gnashing his
in the New York Times.
James Oneal uses up considt
space taking the side Of little De
The latter in his article says that
attacks made on the Communist
the Socialist party were no doubt
ly responsible for the raids Of thu
partment Of Justice and the impr
ment of many communists. It Is
true that the S. P. took pains
point out that the Communist P
while underground was an outlaw
ganization and that its members
liable to arrest. The Socialist pa
outdid the capitalist press in pli
the role OF stoolpigeons on the
munists. No doubt this testi
from one Of those responsible 70
united front with Burns and DauL
ty irritated Oneal who was one Of
worst offenders. Hence his angel
The daily worker., 1924-06-25
Strike of Havana Raj
Men Spreads; All c.
Tied Up Tight as Z

HAVANA, June 24.--All tram
Cuba is completely paralyzed. !
railroad workers OF the island HI
gone out on sympathy strike "
the railway workers OF Havana. M
than 10000 are out. The pineaf
crop remains untransported and 4
danger Of delaying.
The daily worker., 1924-06-25
THE VIEWS OF OUR READERS ON
LIFE, LABOR, INDUSTRY, POLITICS

myl They smell all over the dock!
Some say they cannot be shipped
on account of the freight being so
high. l think that's lie. Railroads
never have high freight rates. It's
those poor and unemployed up your
way. They get so much to eat that
us poor farmers here have to quit
raising things. l will never raise a
potato again until l see some photos
of a group of unemployed getting lean
and thin after they voted the Demo
cratic and Republican tickets. No
never! A LAlD-BY FARMER.
Fort Landsdale, Fla.
The daily worker., 1924-06-25

Elaborate staging Of the old party conventions
has reached the condition that stage directions
are written out in advance for the exclamations
from the audience. What would happen If some
one should ever fail to follow directions? And
how long will it be necessary to hold the conven
tions at all, when it would amount to the same
thing to send out the accounts prepared before
hand?
Government by blockheads' is universal con
Idition of humanity outside Of Russia.
The daily worker., 1924-06-25

OF Pat Harrison, more sonOrous IMAM InaG On Duo-
Ter in Cleveland, equally devoid of all meaning
except this-that the old parties stand ready to
fight against the working masses and for the main
tenance of the rule of capital. The workers can
see the whip of their masters in the New York
convention
The daily worker., 1924-06-25
ereetinas Wlth SUB.

To the DAILY WORKER inclose
you a sub which took from my fell
low-worker, who sympathizes with the
Communist movement in America,
and he promises me that very soon
he will be a member of the Workers
party.
This is the product of my propa'
ganda by giving him the DAILY
WORKER regularly.
I send my best wishes to the work
ers and farmers of America.
Yours forever,
JOHN PAPANICHOLAS.
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