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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12
Enter the Liberals

In the interview with Burton K. Wheeler, pub
lished in the news columns of this issue, is dis
closed that gentleman's conception of where the
LaFollette movement is going Only a short so
days ago, Mr.. Wheeler stated very emphatically,
II am still democrat" at the moment he was
accepting the LaFollette-V anderlip invitation to
for vice-president. But it is very, very hard,
indeed to make campaign against the democrats
and republicans while still protesting ones pure
democracy republicanism, and the logic of the
situation is driving Wheeler to talk of some sort
of party organization for his hybrid movement
The party" that Wheeler forecasts is described
in the name he suggests for it-Liberal Party. He
wants bankers and manufacturers in a leading
position in it, he doesn't want to have anything
to do with Communists, and he confesses that he
"does not like the term industrial workers." In
asmuch as he does not even mention what the pro-
gram of such party would be, it must be assumed
that he proposes nothing further than the present
proposals to put salve the blisters of the work
ing class and regulate Wall Street for the benefit
of the small capitalists And Wheeler shows a fine
instinct for reality when altho wishing to corre
labor party sentiment by kind words for the British
Labor Party, he picks out the name rather of the
party of Lloyd George and Asquith That is what
he wants-the party of the middle class and small
capitalists.
When Wheeler says hewants exactlywhat the Brit
ish Labor Party is, he confuses two things-the
party and the Labor government. What he wants
is party that is the as the British Labor
government of Ramsay Macdonald. And that is
so indistingushable from the Liberal governments
that preceded, except in its greater lack of courage
that Wheeler should be excused for confusing them
But the British Labor Party because it is based
upon the trade union movement is something big
ger and more important than the Labor govern
ment with which it is already profoundly dssatis-
fed As crude and compromising, mudded and
reformist, the British Labor Party is, it cannot
escape going forward to sort of struggle with
capitalism which is already developing left wing
leaning towards the Communists. Wheeler's pro
posed "liberal party" could not develop in that
way, because it would be Organically petty bour
geois party
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12
BY ALEXANDER TRAcHTENBERe.

BY ALEXANDER TRAcHTENBERG.
THE Russian press carries bit of
/ news which, / believe, is Of inter
est to the readers of the DAILY
WORKER. The General Council of
the British Trade Union Congress has
sent a letter to Comrade Dogadov,
Secretary of the. All-Russian Council
of Trade Unions inviting the council
to send fraternal delegate to the an
nual British Trade Union Congress
which convenes September 1, at Hull.
The letter points out that the only
other fraternal delegates will be from
the International Federation of Trade
Unions Amsterdam internationally +,
the Canadian Trade Union Congress
and the American Federation of La
Dor. Albert Thomas, head of the In
ternational Labor Office of the League
of Nations, we read in the letter, will
also grace the occasion.
Considering the fact that the Amer
lean and Canadian labor organizations
have been officially exchanging fra
ternal delegates with the British
Trade unions for over twenty years,
the present invitation to the Russian
unions singles out the Russian labor
movement among the labor move
ments of all other countries
Towards Unity.
Why this sudden desire of friendly
relations with the Russian unions +?
Various international labor unions
have during the past year or two,
triad to enter into cordial relations
with the respective Russian unions.
We all remember the activities of Edo
Eimmen last year in trying to bring
about rapprochmont between the
Russian unions and Amsterdam. To
show that he meant business, Finn
men brought the Russians to the in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12

ternational conference of transport
workers. At the recent meeting Of
the Amsterdam International at Wen
ma, the British delegates were particu-
larly active in championing the idea
of opening negotiations with the Rus.
sian unions for their admission into
the Amsterdam organization. The in
fiuence Of the British unions in the
international organization at the pres
ent time is commensurate with the in
fuence which the German unions used
to exercise before the war. Forming
with Fimmen's and other organiza-
tions left" block on the question of
cooperating with the Russian unions,
the British unions have made it the
biggest issue in the international Ia
Dor movement today. The invitation
to the Russian unions to send fra
ternal delegate to the Hull congress
can be looked upon only in the light
of this general campaign.
Conservatives Fear MiIItants.
Just as tho various capitalist gov
ernments had to give up their policies
of isolation and come to an agreement
with the Soviets, so the conservative
labor movements are realizing that
they cannot effectively organize an in
ternational labor movement without
the militant Russian unions as an In
tegral part of it. In addition, and
which has particularly brought about
this feverish action, the revolutionary
wings Of the labor organizations are
growing more menacing every day
and the conservative leadership be-
lieves that it win neutralize the op-
position by including the Russian un-
ions in the international family of or
ganized labor.
When the representatives of capital
list governments meet the delegates
of the Soviet Government to negotiate
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12

a treaty for the resumption Of diplo-
matte relations, one Of the cardinal
conditions usually presented to the
Russians is a promise not to carry
on revolutionary propaganda. That
the urge toward a revolution is ever
present in each country on account of
prevailing economic and political 'con-
ditions, seems to escape the agents of
the capitalist governments. Similarly
the reactionary labor leaders who
hope that the inclusion of the Rus
sian unions will call of the attacks
upon them forget, that the rank and
fle opposition is caused by the very
nature OF their leadership and the in.
herent weakness of the organization
for which they are responsible.
Russians For Unity.
The Russian unions have long
evinced a desire to aid in unifying the
shattered forces of organized labor
To prove their sincerity they propose
that all existing labor organizations
shall be brought together at an inter
national conclave where an all-inclu-
sive labor international shall be built.
Realizing the present attack of inter
national capital upon labor the Rus
sian unions propose an effective unit.
cd front Of all labor organizations.
This project would not only add the
Russian unions, but all revolutionary
labor organizations included in the
Red International of Labor Unions
which are now independent of the
Amsterdam International or its COM
ponent organizations. The Russian
unions which are the backbone of the
r. !. L. U. will only then heed the
opportunities of the Amsterdamers
when they are convinced that they
are really interested in building a
militant labor international. The first
step in this direction is the calling
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12

of a constituent international con-
gress to which all labor unions should
be invited. The Russian unions are
pledging themselves to belong to the
international organization which will
be formed there. The recent r. l. l..
u. congress at Moscow has approved
this policy. The Amsterdamers must
now act.
Forced Towards Left.
Whatever the outcome of the pres.
ent development in the international
labor field, one thing is certain.
Thanks to the growing urge from be-
low, some of the Amsterdam leaders
who have been struggling for some
time between an orientation toward
the A. F. of L, and the Russian un-
ions, were forced toward the left.
With British trade-unionist, Purcell,
president of the Amsterdam Interna-
tional, the invitation to the Russian
unions to the Hull congress looks as
though these Amsterdamers want to
have the door between them and the
Moscovites open.
1t is we'll that that Peter Brady, the
Tammany politician, sailed ignorant
Of this Russian invitation. If the A.
F. of L. fraternal delegate to the Brit
ish Trade Union Congress thought
that he would have as co-fraternal
delegate Tomsky, who, as president of
the Russian unions, is a member of
the Central Committee of the Com
munist Party( member of the Cen
trail Executive Committee of the Sow
let Government, ETC., etc, he would
have taken sea-sick before embarking.
AS it is, he might have a pleasant voy-
age and the exchange of delegates be-
tween the A. F. of L. and the British
unions was never meant to be any
thing else but a junket for the lucky
fellow who is sent across the water.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12

do the dirty work, or the mechanical
work, or the dangerous work." .
Conditions in Russia are certainly not
ideal yet, and thousands of men are
doing disagreeable and unhealthy jobs
on account of mere lack of money for
improvements. But, once you take the
social stigma away from manual Ia
Dor, and give the worker pride in
his group and his organization, and
men will not only do work, but will
LIKE it, even work that is dirty and
unhealthy and dangerous. They will
like it because they are skilled in it
and because they get out of it the
sense of achievement.
Across the table is tall, handsome
man in white trousers and white Rus
sian blouse. He tells me his "spe-
cialty" is making window glass. He
announces it just as doctor might
say that his speciality was nose and
throat, or internal diseases. He wants
to know all about me, because l am
an American.
Only Learning.
Don't you find it very lonesome in
Russian" he says. 1--WE are so much
less cultured than you Americans"
I gasp at this and ask him what he
means. -. I'VE have only just learned
to read and WRITE" he tells me. 1.-The
things that come after this, science
and technique, and art and how to
behave courteously to each other-we
have hardly begun with those things
yet But your American workers-they
know how to read and write since
they were children. They must be
much more civilized than we are. You
must find us very dull and crude"
Quite the contrary is the case, l
assure him. For what good is reading
and writing II you spend it reading
comic supplements and trashy stories.
The average Russian worker, l tell
him, has much wider interest in the
world at large than the average Amer
ican
Russia "Not So Bad"
Politically. suppose that is true,'
he says, because Of our Revolution.
But in all other things you must be
far ahead. And l think of the
excellent symphony music which the
workers in Sverdlov Sanitarium en-
Joy both in the park and in their
own "veranda concerts" and assure
him that even in other things Russia
is not so uncultured as he thinks.
Four or five women and girls sit
also near at hand at our table. A
stenographer from the Ural Metal
Trust at Ekaterinburg, a textile
worker from near Moscow, and an
Office employee from the War In
valids Organization. Two OF them have
their babies with them; babies seem
to be less in the way in Russia than
in any other country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12
AS WE S EE 1T

GO Charles Evans Hughes does not
- spend all his time plotting
against Soviet Russia! According to
DR.. Sun Vat Sen, Hughes and Ramsay
Macdonald, avowed capitalist and al.
legged socialist are putting up a united
front to get their puppets in control
of that rich country. There are rich
pickings in China for the capitalist
robbers OF the world, but unfortu.
nately for them they are so greedy
that they cannot agree among them.
selves. Japan wants all there is to
be looted out OF China for her own
capitalists. therefore the Hughes
game is meeting with obstacles. So.
Wet Russia alone is taking friendly
interest in the welfare of China.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12
Public Benefactors

What would we do without the thieves who, by
stealing the pretty jewels of our rulers, give
look in upon how the "better classes" live by
making news of the loss of their toys. The public
benefaction of such thievery is shown by a couple
of jewel thefts, totalling half million dollars,
calling attention to facts that would otherwise
entirely have escaped our attention.
Here is the unfortunate Lady Montbatten mem
Der of the party of the Prince of Wales on Long
Island, who once had $25OOOO worth of gems to
hang upon her aristocratc body but who has them
no longer because wicked thief in the night pur-
Joined them. OF course, the jewels lost were only
an inconsderable part of the wonderful collection
of Lady Montbatten, who has to compete with
several rivals in this field of extravaganza.
And then there is the $25O,000 pearl necklace of
Mrs. Margaret Save which was stolen from that
estimable lady while she was in Paris not, the
American Embassy hastens to inform palpitating
world, to get divorce, but apparently to show
off her Jewels Another $4,000 worth of Jewels
that under the same pillow not stolen,
and we are given all sorts of delicious thrills by
the wide field opened for conjecture as to who and
why slipped his or her hand under the pillow of
the wealthy and arstocratic lady, thereby making
her Jewels matter for our entertainment as well
as that of the small circle who could enjoy them
on the lady's person.
We certainly are good providers for our rulers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12
CONTINUED from page ~

Continued from page ~
GOVERNOR GENERAL LEONARD
" WOOD of the Philippines is COM
ing to the United States to testify be-
fore congress on Philippine affairs.
Before he makes his report to con-
gress, however, the general will have
a nice chat with the Wall Street boys
whose servant he was In the islands.
Is It surprising that Wall Street is In
terested In defense tests" and mo
bilization days? In case some other
capitalist nations make an attempt to
grab the islands or the natives make
vigorous fight for freedom from the
United States imperialist government,
Wall Street will need help to hold the
place.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12

Mayor Dever finally called on the citizens of
Chicago to observe defense day, rebaptsed from
mobilization Day. The mayor did not like to do
il, but when backbones we're handed out His Honor
drew a string of spaghetti, and Mr. Deyer is just
a nice little tool of capitalism who does what he
is told even tho it may rub his conscience the wrong
way. Anyhow it was Deyer's democratic political
conscience rather than the original article that
gagged at the defense day proposition 1t is a
Coolidge scheme and Cal will get much publicity
out of it,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12
Going Up in Smoke

Norfolk, Virginia, will be the scene of a very
interesting event when 21S wooden ships, built by
the government during the war at aecost of $685.
100000, will be burned. A salvage company has
an option on purchasing the ships for 1852, 900,
provided the metal in the first ten ships destroyed
shows the purchasers fair profit on their invest
ment. Oil to the value of $4,000 will be used in
starting the bonfire. The bonfire material listed
above is only part of the big fleet that has been
floating idly in the James river for several years.
Who said wars did not pay? 1t is true that APP
proximately one hundred thousand young men,
the flower of Americas manhood, laid down their
lives the CORY battlefield of France and Flanders,
and several hundred thousand were gassed,
wounded and broken in mind and body in order to
protect the millions with which the House of Nor
gan backed up the allies in the late war The only
compensation these victims had was the satisfac-
ton of dying for the glory and profit of Wall
Street!
But what about the shipbuiding firms that
turned out these wooden tubs at an enormous
profit? What pity the war did not last few
more years Our patriotic capitalists were just
beginning to learn how to do their tricks. But a
bigger and better war is coming and a portion of
the swollen profits made in building wooden ships
that hesitate to go beyond their depth, airplanes
that refuse to fly, and submarines that either fail
to submerge else once submerged stay in that
condition-coud not be more proftably invested
than in patriotic" movements to jazz up the can
non fodder for another war. Some of the dough
made in turning out the wooden ships will pay the
travelling expenses of the atavistic generals who
will bech forth on Defense Day" for prepared
ness.
BY the time the last wooden ship is burned with
the aid of whatever oil Albert B. Fall overlooked
while he was Secretary of the Interior, ship
builders may be called upon to start turning out
another flock of wooden ducks to carry our cannon
fodder within shooting distance of the japanese
guns And when the show is over, the navy depart
ment will be careful that the millionaire junkman
who buys the cast-of navy does not get cheated on
his purchase. It's grand and glorious system
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12

The ChicagoTrib wanted war with Mexico be-
cause the life of the land pirate Mrs Rosalie Evans
was lost in battle between the gentle lady and
persons unknown without the killers being brought
to Justice" Now it is Mexico's turn to threaten
war On the United States for the latter's failure
to break the necks of Loeb and Leopold for muir
der which calls for the death penalty. All up-to-
date wars are fought for civilization and how can
civilization be preserved unless the old Mosaic law
is lived up to?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-12

Every day get "sub" for the DAILY WORKER
and member for the Workers Party.
The Washington times., 1924-03-13
THE WASHINGTON TIMES PAGE OF NEWS FOR MUSIC LOVE

trouble with modern dancing is
perhaps that its real value as O.
stimulant Of the best impulses and
Of religious feeling has been OBJ
scured, and 1t has come to be
looked upon as a pastime rather
than an art, more as an enter
tainment than as a ceremony,
But. If it were danced properly,
as you see 1t danced for the most
part in the better hotels and the
bathrooms, it has its advantages
and its uses, in that 1t revives
the spirits and makes older people
feel young again. But as it is
danced in the public dance halls,
you know what I mean, the
cheaper dance places, then IL be-
comes a thing Of vulgarity, az any
dance can IL the people who dance
1t do not understand, do not have
the education and the mentality
with which to appreciate 'it.'H
The Washington times., 1924-03-13
MENTAL EXPERT
EMPLOYED BY
PRISON
Pennsylvania Penitentiary to
Try innovation With
CriminoIogist.

PHILADELPHIA, March ia
departure from the usual treat
ment of convicted criminals has
been inaugurated by the State vel
fare department with the appoint
ment of DIR. David P. Philips, jr.
as criminologist in the bureau OF
mental health, with the duties OF
mental health officer in the
Eastern Penitentiary.
According to DR.. Ellen c. Potter,
director of the State welfare de-
partment. Doctor Philips duties at
the Eastern Penitentiary will be to
make a study of each criminal com
mitted to the institution at the time
of his entrance and before his ids
charge, in an attempt to under
stand each convict's mental con
dition, and ANY peculiarities OF
disabilities which are liable to make
it difficult for him to adjust him
self outside the institution"
In addition to his duties in the
Eastern Pentientiary, Doctor Potter
said, the State criminologist will
serve as consultant for other cor
rectional institutions in the State
Doctor Philips is a specialist in
the field Of criminology, and q
physician who has had special
training in the diagnosis and treat
ment Of mental diseases. After ex
perience gained in a number OF
mental hospitals, he spent recent
years as the mental health officer
IN the Illinois State Penitentiary
lat Pontiac; the Southern Illinois
State Penitentiary, at Chester, and
the Illinois State Penitentiary, al
Joliet.
The Washington times., 1924-03-13
us. ARMY BAND
TO PLAY IN
CAPITOL
House Caucus Room Will Be
Scene of Brilliant Concert
March Fl.

The Committee on Military AZ
tairs Of the House of Representa-
lives will present the Army Band
Concert Orchestra. Parry w. Lewis,
commanding officer, William j.
Stannard, leader, and assisting
artists. in a concert to be given in
the caucus room of the House
Office Building on Friday evening,
March 81.
Owing to the limited seating ca
pacity of the caucus ROOM, admit
lance will be by card and invita-
tons sent out by the committee to
the membership of the Senate and
House and to army officers carry
the information that cards of ad-
mittance to the concert may be
obtained from the clerk of the
Military Affairs Committee.
Carolyn Boardman Mcdonnell, so.
prano, and Elizabeth Winston and
Anita Blanche Hunter, pianists, will
assist the orchestra in a well bal
anced program of classic and popu-
lar instrumental and vocal num-
bers. The program will be broad
cast by WCAP, radio broadcasting
station of the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company, accord
ing to announcement by Howard
+. Sedgwick, clerk of the Military
Affairs Committee.
The orchestra, under the baton of
William ]. Stannard, is rapidly
Of the organization within the past
two months have won praise from
critics. Composed of fifty must
clans from the personnel of the
Army Band, skilled in the playing
Of orchestral as well as band in
struments, the organization pre-
Bents programs comparable in
every respect with the musical ex-
Cellence of the parent organization.
The Washington times., 1924-03-13
CONCERTS

At tie 10. s.. Marine Institute Hall.
Eighth and streets southeast.
at lS.16t D. M, by the United
States. Navy Band Orchestra,
Charles BeAter. Director. The.
March. asemper Fldelis". sousa
Overture. "Poet and Peasant.
Boatmsn.',s o. Dance orr
Fantasia, "c ;i .Ho cSaey
Idyl' for strings. "Arabisque,"
n.ll tFsy Suite R"' R EsSpsi:a yeti "a,
Allegro non troppo. (b) AL
|. tsnuto. Gas Andante espres:
valss de, Concert "PomSne, "us'ni
Gems. from the operetta. "sari"
March. 'The Washington Times"
Benter
THE Star-Spangled Banner"
BY the U. s. Soldiers Home BANJO
Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, at
6:45 o'clock. John S. NJ. Zim-
norman, Bandmaster. The pro-
March. 1.-THE Whip. -. Holman
Overture, Golden Sceptre,"
Sohlepegrell
why Not" LOU mH SruenWald
Gems from musical comedy,
Modest Suzanne" Gilbert
Fox Trot, "Swanee Smiles Ring
Waltz Suite. "SobFe Las Solas''
cover the Waves'D ;. F. .Resas
Flna1S, Nola .Arndt
THE Star-Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1924-03-13

rendition of Brangane's Call from
the opera Tristan and Isolde She
has a rich, liquid contralto voice
which lent itself joyously to the
tonal beauty of RachnIaninoff's In
The Silent Night and excelled in
the long sustaining notes of the
two selections of Fourdrain. "Celle
Que Je Prefere" and the melodious
"Chanson Norvegienne." A Cuban
folk song which she sang with eyes
flashing and audacious lyric swing,
won instant applause.
"The Two Grenadiers" offered Mr..
Whitehill the best opportunity to
display the powerful timbre of his
voice, although not forceful or
dominant IL has fine dramatic
quality which Is deep and penetrat-
ing, as in the selection from Rubin
stein.
The group of Irish ballads were
unusually good and were supple
mented by two encores, one a Cock
ney song that was delightfully."-
humorous though 1t lacked the true
characteristic brogue.
Both artists did splendid work in
the duet from La Favorita by Doni-
zetti. Their voices blended harmon
iously and deep feeling was voiked
in the passionate outbuysts of
Fernando, sung by Mr.. Whitehill.
The final encore Hand in Hand
by Don Govinni was cleverly done.