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The Washington times., 1924-05-08

those that are under the Union
Jack; and In theory, on paper, and
perhaps in practice on the water
our ten are faster even, by q. mar
row margin, than those four.
Nevertheless in scout cruisers we
are badly outnumbered and in tutaI
badly outclassed; and scout cruisers
are critically important. Even more
than airplanes they are the eyes
OF a fleet. Without them in ade
quate numbers and at adequate
speeds the American navy nigh:
not know the location and the dis
position and the strategic intention
of the British fleet till too late to
fight it with knowledge sufficient
for success.
Arguments Unanswerable.
The argument for more scout
cruisers in the American fleet is
believed by virtually every impair
tial student Of the matter here in
Washington to be unanswerabIe.
The contention in our navy Is
that If we exceed the British on
any point not covered by the treaty
Of equality between us. then the
British have an absolute legal and
moral right on that point to build
until they are equal to US.
Thus, IL they should build more
destroyers we would have no reason
to regard it in any way an un.
friendly act or as in any way cal.
culated to break the peace which
both navies in fact would like to
see always existing between them.
Similarly, il we remedy our dc
ficiency in scout cruisers, 1t il 10
lieved that it should not be regard.
ed by Britain as In any way an un.
friendly act; and this writer lie
able to state from many interviews
with British authorities that a
strengthening of American naval
power Is not regarded by the mass
of British governmental opinion as
in any way a menace to the peace
Of the world, but on the contrary
as an increased assurance of gen.
eral world strength, against all
such menaces.
Condition IL Serious.
In sum then, for vessels navigat-
ing on the surface of the sea, the
American navy, in order to estab-
lish a workable equality with the
British navy, needs essentially only
two things; one, the moderniZation
in certain respects of our older
battleships; and, two, the building
Of more scout cruisers. This is a
situation about which two things
may be said. 1t is not worth hys-
terics. 1t is positively worth seri.
Gus attention and action. "&%s.E'
Copyright Washington Press -Service.)
British Criticize Wilbur.
LONDON, May S.-American Sec.
rotary Of the Navy Wilbur's state
ment that he wants to make the
United States navy the most pow.
erful "has rather sinister signifi-
canoe" commented the Daily News
today.
Secretary Wilbur's proposed pro.
gram of increasing the American
navy along unrestricted lines is
attracting widespread attention in
the English press.
Secretary Wilbur" said the
Daily News, wants to outstrip all
competitors, then call a conference
to prevent the competitors from
catching up. Unless Mr.. Wilbur
is gravely misrepresented he is a
moralist who would better serve
the cause of peace by holding his
peace and devoting all his energies
to his chosen task of restoring the
American navy to its dominating
situation"
The Washington times., 1924-05-08
NAVY OFFICER ARRESTED
AS RATHENAU ASSASSIN

MUNICH, May S.-Naval officer
Guenther Brand was arrested yea.
terday. charged with completely in
the assassination Of DR.. Walter
Rathenau. German foreign secre.
tary.
The Washington times., 1924-05-08
Jasper Post Election.

Sergeant Jasper Post. No. IS. Of
the American Legion. will meet TO.
night at the City Cub. Delegates
20 the District COW entIon will be
elected.
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EXICAN COUNTER
REvOL UTIONA ARIES
BACK IN wall ST.
Fail in Elections; Cry for
More Help
(By Federated Press.)

NEW YORK, July 13.-Mexican
Observation-Disclosures following the
assumed victory of the Obregon re-
gime in electing Gales to the presi-
dency, have moved their headquarters
to New York and changed their tao
tics, according to Mexican officials
here.
Stirring Up Trouble.
Propaganda in the form of inter-
views and magazine articles are sent
out purporting to describe a Bolshe-
visit reign of terror existing under the
Obregon-Calles regime. Such mis-
leading article recently featured by
the New York Times in it's Sunday
edition has called forth long reply
by Alberto Mascarenas, Mexican con-
sui genral for New York and vicinity.
The Times article was supposed to
have been written by business man,
neutral so far as politics was con-
cerned, who had been robbed by the
Mexican government of his banana
plantation. His purpose in writing
was to warn bankers and investors
against Mexican financial corruption
and alleged dishonesty.
Victim" Paid de la Huerta.
Consul Mascarenas in reply shows
that the Times so-called neutral vic
tim, DR.. Adolfo Ferrer, is the notori-
GUS de la Huerta counter-revolution
airy agent. The consul gives a photo
static copy of receipt from Ferrer
to Heredia, de la Huerta agent in
Cuba, for $24,14O payment for NUM-
lions used in the unsuccessful putsch.
Having failed to overthrow the
mildly progressive regime of Oregon
and Gales either on the battle field
or at the ballot box, the reactionary
interests of Mexico are now concen-
trating their forces on Wall Street in
the hope that they can prevent loans
to the liberal Mexican government.
This at any rate is a description Of
the plot as given by Mascarenas.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-14
STRIKE THREAT WINS
BACK OLD WAGES FOR
MICHIGAN ELECTRIC men

Especial to the DAILY woRkER)
DETROIT, July ia restoration
Of the wage scale in force prior to
June I, eliminating cut of 2Ia cents
an hour, was granted to the car OPP
orators of the Michigan Electric
Railway company and the Michigan
Railroad company as the result of
an ultimatum announcing strike
July q. The strike would have tied
up lines at jackson, Lansing, Battle
Creek, Kalamazoo and Owosso and
interurban lines involving Grand
Rapids, Saginaw, Flint, Bay City
and other cities. Buses owned by
the companies also would have been
affected.
Operators of one-man street cars
were receiving so cents an hour, OPP
orators of two-man cars As cents
and interurban operators 50 cents
"a decrease of 21a cents an hour
from wage rates in force prior to
June I.
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But You Arrested
Workers, Merrick,
Not Wealthy Patrons

NEW YORK, July 13.-Federal pro-
hibition forces moved to stamp out
drinking in the fashionable gathering
places frequented by New Yorks 400.
Following raid on the aristocratic
Ritz-Carlton roof garden, r. Q. Mer-
rick, federal prohibition director, said.
"The Ritz-Carlton raid is but the be-
ginning. We are going to stamp ont
liquor drinking wherever we find il.
The more fashionable the place. the
quicker.
Rich and poor must be equal In
prohibition enforcement.
People who bring their own TO Ink.
urious roof gardens are no better than
the longshoreman who violates the
law by buying liquor in waterfront
dive"
Merrick said five employees OF the
Ritz roof, arrested in last nights raid
were to be arraigned before a United
States commissioner. II they are
held paddock action against the roof
garden is planned. \
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-14
BERRY NURSING
WOUNDS He GOT
AT DONKEY MEET
Cries Because Morgan
Wouldn't Run Him
BY LupWELL DENNY,

Federated Press Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, July 13.-The demo
cratic cocks have come home to the
old Wall Street roost. Papa Morgan is
satisfied. Apparently he was never
much worried John w. Davis was
his candidate from the beginning.
John has the advantage of being not
only Morgan lawyer, but also a pro-
British ex-ambassador to London.
That simplifes matters, since Papa
Morgan is the financial agent of the
British government in the United
States.
Heads we win, tails you lose" say
the international bankers. 1t is I'M
thinkable that Gary's Rock of Gibral-
tar" Cal Coolidge, and Morgan's repa-
rations agent, Open Shop Dawes,
should be defeated in November. But
you never can tell. So if they vote
out Coolidge, they will vote in Davis.
Morgan should worry.
The democratic trade union leaders
and the American Federation of Labor
non-partisanists are nursing the
wounds they received at the reaction
airy anti-labor convention After los
ing their fight to get mild platform
promises out of the convention, they
were not prepared for the final insult
of the Wall Street candidate. Then
in despair they combined and visited
Davis with the request that he accept
the labor and legion official, Berry, as
his running mate. Altho Berry quail
fled as a conservative, he never even
got look-in. The convention picked
w. ]. Bryan's brother instead. He is
supposed to stand in good with upper
class farmers, an important item to
the politicians. They are not sufi.
GENTLY afraid of the labor vote to be
even interested in it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-14
DAVIS TAKES
MORGAN SIGN
OFF front DOOR
But Wall Street Has
Key to His Cellar

NEW YORK, July 13.-With
a fine sense of the fitness of
things, John w. Davis, Morgan's
candidate for president on the
candidate, announced his in
tended withdrawal from the law
firm of Stetson, Jennings, Rus
sell and Davis, which represents
the House of Morgan. This an
nouncement is taken as one of
the best jokes of the season. Its
only serious competitor is the
association of Charles w. Bryan,
the so-called progressive on the
same ticket with the reactionary
representative of big business.
Mr.. Davis may officially sever
his connections with the House
of Morgan as an election stunt.
But it will no more serve the
purpose than did McAdoo's re-
pudiation of his client Doheny
after the oil investigation began
and it was discovered that VIII
sons son-in-law drew heavily on
the,money bags.
The democratic candidate, provid-
ed he lands in the White House, will
be the dutiful servant of big business
and will represent not alone the
House Of Morgan, but the House of
Continued on page -
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Communist Electors i'm AT Important
SKULL CAP CURE FOR
JUMPING NERVES SAYS
JUMPING BRYAN

Especial to the DAILY WoRkER)
WASHINGTON, July 10. - The
tiny black skull Gap which Governor
Charles w. Bryan always wears
isn't sartorlaI hobby.
The democratic vice presidential
nominee wears it because he has to,
and for no ether reason. Today he
confided his secret to newspaper
men.
Twenty years ago the bald pate
of the governor was seriously i'm
jured by the sunlight streaming into
his office. The nerve centers were
broken down, and as result he
suffered from severe headaches and
eye trouble. He was becoming dan
gerousIy muddle-headed.
Doctors advised him never to
leave his head unprotected even in
artificial light, and so since that
time he has always worn his hat
whenever possible -in his own
home, in his office, in the elevators.
But when social necessity forces
him to remove 1t, on goes that black
cap that he carries in his vest
pocket. 1t is coIIapsible-Iike his
antipathy to Wall Street.
at may not look so good" said
the governor, "but Pm just a plain
fellow, anyway. No style for me-"
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support" and announces that
he will take part in the cam
paign.
The McAdoo Endorsement is hailed
with delight by the Davis managers
McAdoo is the idol Of the railroad
brotherhood chiefs and large section
of the officialdom of the American
Federation of Labor. They have been
McAdoo men for years. He repre-.
sents their ideals and stands for the
things they stand for. McAdoo's
declaration of an entente cordiale
with the king Money Devil" is cal
culated to have far reaching effect
The reasoning is that if Davis is
good enough for McAdoo, who fulfills
the vision Of these rail union leaders
to such an extent that their official
organ Labor" has given him full
pages Of publicity, then Davis will
not be very offensive to McAdoo's
followers. The Davis managers are
hopeful, at least, of friendly attitude
from the rail chiefs, which would
amount TO a sympathetic neutrality
even tho they are officially committed
to LaFollette. Needless to say they
expect still more from the Gompers'
element.
Aid and Comfort to Morgan.
To the extent to which rail labor
leaders and Sam Gompers look with
kindness of the candidacy of Davis,
to that extent they are lending aid
and comfort to Wall Street. That
must be admitted. However, such a
liasion between labor leaders and
Big Business is not strange. Not to
speak of the Civic Federation where
Gary and Gompers dine together,
there are other and more significant
things which show the capitalistic
bent of the labor leaders for whom
the McAdoo endorsement is expected
to appeal. The railroad brotherhoods,
which the McAdoo supporters at
Madison Square Garden head, are pri-
marily business organizations ~rather
than labor unions. The brotherhood
chiefs, likewise, are primarily bust
ness men rather than labor leaders.
Continued on next page.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-14
WORKERS PARTY ORGANIZERS
PLAN TO PUT FOSTER-G|TLOW
TICKET ON NOVEMBER BALLOT

Organization work to place presidential electors for William
z Foster and Benjamin GIow, Party candidates
the ballot in all the most important of nation
planned at meeting of the Paty District Organizers held
Saturday at the Party's headquarters in Chicago.
Reports made at this meeting show are from
fifteen to twenty states mostly those of the industrial
of the and the Pacific states the Workers
Party ticket can be placed the ballot
Conferences will be called in all these states during the
week and petitions will be in circulation
after The whole Workers Party organization
this task the first big the campaign place
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-14
J. p. Morgan's Rule
Breaks Little Banks;
Farmers Lose Again

CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 13.-On the
day the weary democratic donkeys
nominated ]. P. Morgan's attorney for
the presidential race, two more banks
went busted here. The First National
bank and the Citizens National bank
closed their doors, while the biggest
banker Of them all tells the "asses"
who they must name for their candi.
date. The International banker runs
the government, while the farmers
lose what little they had left in the
breaking of the little banks.
Farmers! You have nothing to
lose but your mortgagesl" is getting
to be the new slogan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-14
Nice ORMICK HARVESTER COMPANY
UNION CONTROLS WORKERS LIVES
TO PROFIT SQUEEZING BOSSES
BY A HARVESTER TRUST SLAVE

The Industrial Council which company union run bv
officials OF the International Harvester company times
enacts only those rules which reduce the
and get more work out of the The constantly
running Americanization ockseng safety CAMPAIGNS
which aim to Undue the worker with that the
looking after the interests the employees same time This
propaganda makes the workers the will of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-14

communist candidates before
the workers of this country.
Begin Drive for Funds.
At the same time plans are being
worked out to raise 100000 for the
campaign. Millions of leaflets are to
be printed, setting forth the Commun-
ist campaign platform and the issues
involved in the campaign. A general
distribution of campaign leaflets at
least every two weeks after Septem-
Der 1st is the program. Arrange
ments are also being made for coast
to coast tour by Benjamin Gitlow, can
didate for the vice presidency.
William 2. Foster will begin a
speaking campaign later and besides
the two candidates at least ten other
speakers Of national prominence are
to be toured beginning in August and
up to the end Of the campaign.
Enthusiasm Greets Communist
Candidates.
The nomination of Communist can
didates to make the class fight against
the candidates Of Big Business, Cool
idge and Davis, and the candidate of
little business, LaFollette, is being
welcomed both by the members of the
Workers Party and the militant work
ers generally.
Membership meetings of the Work
ers Prty which are being held are
unanimous in their support of the Cen
trail Executive Committee and the
Party Conference which adopted the
new policy.
The lineup of political forces is con-
sidered the most favorable for a real
fight and mobilization of the radical
forces of the country in support of
the Communist candidates. With all
other political labor groups, except
the Communists, lining up behind La
Follette's campaign for the "indepen-
dent manufacturers and bankers" as
Chairman Johnston put it in his key
note speech, the Workers Party will
become the rallying point for those
workers and exploited farmers who
have advanced beyond the point of be-
ing misled by LaFollette's program of
trying to Dust the trusts" in the in
terest of the small business men of
the country.
William e. Foster and G. e. Ruthen-
berg will continue their series of
meetings to mobilize the members of
the Workers Party for the campaign
during the coming week, speaking in
the House of the Masses, 2101 Gratiot
Ave-, Detroit, on Thursday, July II, at
5 p. M; Engineers hall, SO w. Huron
St., Buffalo, Friday, July Is, p. m;
Dudley st. Opera House, 113 Roxbury
ST., Boston, Mass, Saturday,
July 49, Labor Lyceum. 3S Howe ST.,
New Haven, Conn, Tuesday, July %,
8 p. m; Stuyvesant Casino, 142 Sec
ond Ave-, New York City. Wednesday,
July 90; Breth Sholom hall, sos Pine
St., Philadelphia, Thursday, July "a;
Pittsburgh, July rs; Cleveland, July
26.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-14
Injunction Showered
On 100 Unionists in
Rock Island Strike

ROCK ISLAND, ILL.,, July 13.-The
Daniel Boone Wooden Mills strike,
conducted by the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers in Rock Island, has
drawn the usual crop of Illinois anti.
labor injunctions. Over 100 unionists
have been cited for contempt of court.
The strike has tied up production so
badly that complete shakeup OF SUI
peftntendents 10 in progress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-14
Fly From Turkey.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 13.-The
American around the world airplanes
left here at 8 A. M. for Bucharest.
Led by Lieutenant Lowell Smith, the
three big army planes circled over
Constantinople and then disappeared
TO the west.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-14
Farm Reactionaries
Form Lobby Council
To Seek Protection

ST. PAUL, July 13.-The new Ma.
tional Council Of Agriculture. launched
here yesterday, will work for the en-
actment by congress OF legislation en-
bodying the principles of the McNary.
Haugen farm relief bill, $50 that agri-
culture may be placed on an equal ba-
sis with labor and industry under the
protective system"
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the managers Of the Harvester
Trust and prevents them from
rebelling against the slave con-
ditions imposed by the manage
ment and the Industrial Council
upon the men.
In announcing to the employees al
the May meeting Of the Harvester
Industrial Council that they must look
forward to being laid off, J. d. Grant
superintendent for the company, did
not talk from the standpoint of the
hardships to be worked on the EN-.
ployes On the contrary. he asked
those who were not laid off TO cut
down expenses in the plant still fur
Their, and announced that the, piece
workers would be paid on stricter
basis.
Hold Workers closer.
1T is evident that the forces will
have to be reduced this summer" said
Grant, land this leads us to another
thing about which have talked to the
foremen at considerable length. That
is--the reduction of burden expense.
Now when we have less to do in the
shop there will have to be less men
employed in the productive depart
Continued on next page.)
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Imperial America
Tells Nicaragua to
Withdraw President

Especial to the DAILY WoRkER)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 13.-
The United States legations note to
Nicaragua has caused the withdrawal
OF President Martinez from the race
for reelection. The American note
alleged that while the United States
government desired the people to
have absolute liberty at the polls, il
would recognize only a president
elected in conformity with the Mic
araguan constitution" which is sup
posed to bar reelection of presidents.
Send In that STANDARDIZATION Taa~..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-14
RAIL CHIEFS, WHO BACKED OILY
LAWYER, NFLOP TO LA TOILETTE
CAN'T BREAK WALL Street TIES
lspeoIaI to rhe DaIIy worker,

NEW YORK CITY, July ia working agreement has Just
been established between John W. Davis Morgan attorney
William G. McAdoo, former Morse and Doheny
favoe of the progressive and railroad labor union follow
ing at Madison Square Garden
After declaring horoy satisfactory to pro-
gressive democrats Wilson's pledges cordial
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-14
FIFTH CONGRESS
HEARS vARGA ON
ECONOMIC CRISIS
Capitalism Is Facing
New Difficulties

Editors Note: The DAILY
: WORKER is running a brief sum-
mary Of the proceedings of the
Fifth Congress of the Communist
international from day to day. This
discussion is educational and inter-
esting and our readers should not
miss it. In view of the desperate
condition in which European capt.
taIism finds itself, and the growing
miItancy of the workers led by the
Communist Parties and the Com
munist International, the speeches
of the delegates from the various
countries are of special interest to
American workers in general and
to Communists in particular. These
articles from our Moscow cores
pondent will be a regular feature
Of the DAILY WORKER until the
last report of the sessions is pub
lished.
Especial to the DAILY WoRKER)
MOSCOW, June 20 (By MaiI.)
Ion the fourth day Varga re-
ported to the World Congress
on the world economic situa-
Eion. The speaker stresses the
fact that the period Of crisis of
capitalist society continues UNI
changed. The building situation
IS still tagging behind the out
| put before the war; the world
Production of coal hardly
caches the quantity mined be-
ore the war; in the production
II iron and steel we are still far
ehind. The unemployment
Mutation has remained practic-
H lily unchanged during the en-
Hire postwar period. Accumu-
H alton of wealth has taken place
\ My in America. Capitalism is
Il OF in a position to bring about
real accumulation of capital.
he world economic situation
ill be well illustrated by the
IDllOwing facts:
L !. The unity of the capitalist econ
mic world is no more and there is
Lib uniformity in capitalist countries.
FL Particular crisis OF the old cen
'r Of capitalist world. 3. Agrarian
isis. The American orientation
foreign policies was an absolutely
plated phenomenon, built up purely
home production. The possibility
unification in France in connec-
bn with reconstruction has vanished.
re money exchange is getting worse
d worse. There is a complete stag
mon of capitalist credit.
.N Agrarian Crisis.
4 Irhe DISQUALIFICATION Of the coun-
!. les across the sea was going on
bidly during the war and during the
Fiod after the war. The agrarian
sis is diminishing quickly the pos
.Itiity Of Improvement in industry In
harlan countries, and for this reason
Ne is stagnation of the export trade
kV Continued on Page 30
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THE DAILY WORKER
RAISES THE STANDARD
FOR A WORKERS AND
FARMERS GOVERNMENT
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For Vice-President:
BENJAMIN GlTLOW.
Evening star., 1924-08-26
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