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terest. IL | had no other reason for
supporting your candidacy, your indie
pendence of boss dictation would be
sufficient to induce me to do so, but
do have other reasons. :"
Admlres Rich Men.
Col. Smith was real estate owner
and banker. Note how Harrington
congratulates the banker on his rise
in the world! This proves that to
harrington the acquisition of wealth is
the greatest achievement that any
body can claim.
Not also what Harrington says
about the "Thompson-Lundin crowd"
and the "Deneen-W West crowd" who
were then as now lighting desper-
ately to control the political destinies
of the state" In 1916 Harrington op,
posed those people-for a considera-
ton. Today he is lined up with
them, also for a consideration.
Caught with Goods.
The Illinois miners caught Earring.
ton with the goods in the 1915 deal
with the democrats. But it is reason
able to assume that the price of his
support of the Lundin-Thompson-
Small crowd and the "Deneen-West
crowd" is more considerable than
even the privilege of appointing the
members of the Illinois industrial
relations commission, thus creating
jobs for his relatives, and his bench,
men who aid him in keeping a
stranglehold on the Illinois Miners
Union.
But it appears that Colonel Frank
L. Smith did not come across with
the long green to suit Frank. He sent
a telegram to Smith demanding that
he come across with the rest of the
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Gently in the attempt to institute
something like pretense of decency
in the affairs of the department of
justice.
Thrown out of job, the resourceful
Spolansky bethought himself Of the
numerous Red scares and bomb plots
which he and his Burns associates had
used so proftably in the days gone
by. He decided to be a great feature
writer, an expert on "the Red men
ace" With the help of someone more
literate than he, he quickly worked
over the mess of junk. And so the
series Of articles on the Chicago plots
of the reds was born. He peddled
trash from newspaper Office to news.
paper office, but his stories had long
since been thoroly discredited. No
body accepted him, nobody would
trust him.
Read the DAILY WORKER.
It remained for the Chicago Daily
News to purchase and publish these
silly mystery stories" which had
been rejected everywhere else and
which were known to be as notorious
la collection Of fakes as has yet been
conjured up. That the News could
do this proves to what lengths a cap
italist newspaper will go to confuse
the workers. Workers will never find
their interests reflected in the cap
italist press. They should read the
DAILY WORKER, a labor newspaper,
pledged to the interests of labor.
In my previous article l pointed out
that fakery is no new thing with
Spolansky, nor with the school of
sleuthing to which he belongs. In
January, 1919, he tried to establish
himself as an anti-Red hero by pull
ing off fiashy raid on the Technical
School maintained by the Society for
Technical Aid to Soviet Russia, an
organization of Russians which has
done praiseworthy work in sending
tractor units and other technical help
to the Workers Republic. The school
was then located on Robey street,
near Division. Spolansky had 100
members of the school arrested and
over 900 Russians turnout Chicago,
whom he swore were members of
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the Communist Party. After thoro
investigation, involving repeated visits
to the school and examination of wit
nesses, every one of the prisoners
taken in Spolansky's personally con-
Quoted" raid was discharged. Sam H.
Holland who was called by the gov
eminent as a special witness during
the investigation, declares that the
Technical School affair was a plain
attempt at frame-up.
Labor Must Fight Frame-up.
Frame-ups such as the ones spe-
cialized in by ex-fink Jacob Spolansky
are among the most dangerous OBJ
stacles which the workers have to
face in their struggle against tho
bosses. There is a whole tradition Of
frame-ups, by secret service men and
private stoolpigeons, for the purpose
of getting militant working class
leaders out of the way. The we'll
known case of Jacob Dolla is one of
the most recent. The Labor Defense
Council is at present collecting funds
for the defense of six steel workers
five of them members of the Workers
Party, who were framed at Farrell
Pa, by government agents working I'M
der the orders of the steel trust With
the assistance of fake witnesses, an
attempt is being made to railroad
them to jail on trumped-up charge
of "sedition against the state of
Pennsylvania" AS always, the work
ers are at disadvantage. The prosecu-
ton has behind it the power Of the
steel trust, while the defendants must
rely on the small sums sent in by
their self-sacrificing fellow workers.
Nevertheless, the Labor Defense
Council intends to fight the Farrell
case thru. With the continued help
of Spolansky and the Chicago Daily
News, the whole caboodle of profes-
sional finks and frame-up men will
soon be so discredited that every in
telligent worker will see the need of
springing to the aid of his comrades
when they are attacked
Chapter II of Spolansky's lying
expose" will be treated in . sub
sequent article.
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Back to 1776'' in Wisconsin

The names of Communist electors go on the Wis
consn ballot in spite of the opposition of the La
Toilette forces and their open attempts to dis
franchise Communists in the homeland of La
Toilette democracy.
This incident occurs shortly after the courts had
ruled LaFOllette electors off the ballot in Calf
ornia and the injured champion of democracy for
every place but Wisconsin emitted loud walls
LaFollette and his clique are for democracy
and constitutional provisions as long as these pro
visions work for their interests.
When the issue of the class struggle is clearly
raised by the appearance of a revolutionary work
ing class party in the field the LaFolletteites con
yeniently forget the democratic principles whose
sole defenders they claim to be.
''Back to 1776,o the LaFollette slogan, has new
significance if we only remember that in those an
cient days the whole working class of the thirteen
colonies was deprived of the franchise.
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learn about 1t. 1t was in no sense a
secret meeting; nor was the American
Communist movement founded there
because the movement had already
been founded, in the shape of an or.
ganized left wing inside the socialist
party. Some Of the socialist party Of
fices were located in the building, and
the meeting was get-together of So
cialists opposed to the reactionary
Hillquit-Berger leadership. while a
number of those present never be-
came part of the regular Commun-
list movement in this country, the
meeting resulted in the formation of
the Communist Propaganda League of
Chicago-in no sense an under.
ground" organization.
Spolansky's fairy tale is absurd
from start to finish. He speaks CON
fidingly Of Alexander Stoklitsky, as a
man who "had been sent here by
Trotzky for the express purpose of
spreading propaganda and furthering
the Communist idea turnout Ameri-
ca" Stoklitsky had been living in
New York for eleven years before the
appearance of even a trace of the
organized left wing movement.
Lloyd Doesn't Smoke Cigars.
Even the minutest details of the
story are out of harmony with sober
reality. For instance, Lloyd's cigar.
Lloyd never had cigar in his mouth
He smoked cigarettes, one after an
other-and when Spolansky declares
he had been following Lloyd for
weeks, he certainly does not do credit
to his own powers Of observation.
Those who read the present series
of articles in the DAILY WORKER
will agree that its capitalist contem.
porary, the Daily News, deserves
scant praise for hooking up with such
discredited sneak as Jacob Spolan-
sky. The News refers to Spolansky
as a former agent of the department
of justice. 1t does not say that he
has been kicked out of the depart
ment as an undesirable character.
Spolansky was one of a group of 60
finks and gunner, followers from the
vicious Burns-Daugherty regime in
the secret service, who were fired re.
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(Continued from page II

HUH Pd6C -
Michigan, that his career as detect
i've began in July, 1919, when he be.
came a special agent Of the depart
ment of justice, going from the army
directly into the secret service.
Il have been special agent since
July, 1912" he repeated.
@: "You have only been a special
agent since the war;"
A: II have been special agent
since July, 1919"
@: How long were you in the
army?"
A: 81 believe from April 1918 to
July 1919"
Chapter l." Of Spolansky's Daily
News narrative starts off like the first
chapter of a ten-cent thriller.
Strangers embraced each other in
wild abandon and passed on, singing
and shouting. No time, this, for
gloom or proprieties." 1t was ARMS
tice dayl No doubt in the world
about the date. Armistice Day, No
vember IL, 1918. Spolansky repeats it
number Of times to make sure.
The entire scene is depicted with a
vividness that fixes it definitely in the
memory.
Only one man took no Joy in the
celebration. With SOUR look on his
surly face he alighted from his auto
mobile, dismissed the chauffeur with
nod, and, after pausing to light a
cigar, picked his way carefully across
the sidewalk to the building entrance
Here he paused again and looked
about, then opened the door and went
quickly inside
This was William Bross Lloyd, the
villain in the piece, ito whom" says
the erudite Spolansky, may be at
tributed in large part the founding OF
the Communist movement in the Unit
ed States"
The Truth About the Meeting.
AS a matter of fact, there was a
meeting in the Mid-City Bank build
ing that day, but it was not the sort
of meeting written up so luridly fol-
the Chicago Daily News. Spolansky
did not have to do any shadowing to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-16
Communist Journalism

One of the important tasks of a Communist
daily paper is the development of Communist
journalists. fhse
We have made some progress in this field but
not enough. In this connection we wish to call the
attention of our correspondents to what we con-
slider as fine an example of Communist reporting
as we have ever published story of a Berger
meeting in Kansas City, carried page four of
the DAILY WORKER for Tuesday, October IA.
No name is signed to the article but in sporting
parlance "it has everything else" 1t gives the
facts it analyses them, it contrasts the reformist
and the Communist viewpoint, it has punch and
color and--it contains less than 500 words.
1t is good writing and can be studied with profit
by most of our contributors. :. fts
1t is not un-Communistc to write plainly and
in an interesting style.
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claimed that Wisconsin has given the
workers of that state ideal conditions
which placed it as an example for the
rest Of the country, also that LaFol.
lette had always supported all labor
bills that had ever came before him.
| questioned her at the end of the
meeting during which she made a
patriotic flag waving speech about La
Toilette as the only man who will
save the constitution and bring de.
mocracy back for the people of this
country.
/ asked her what about the low
wages Of Wisconsin workers, also the
fact that there are more childworkers
in that state than in the state Of New
York in spite of the fact that the lat.
ter has a much larger population.
! also called her attention to the fact
that LaFollette had opposed bills sup.
ported by the Wisconsin State Fedora,
ton of Labor which had as their pur.
pose the adjustment of the national
guard and private detective agencies
which are used to break strikes.
She did not answer my questions to
the point but evaded them all by say,
ing was misinformed or she never
heard Of what said before. And let
little earlier in her speech she
boosted of the fact that LaFollette
had been a personal friend OF hers for
many years.
LaFolletteism has not leg to stand
on! Spread the message OF Commun.
isml-Sylvan A. Pollack.
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money. This telegram is dated July
10, shortly before he issued the en-
dorsement. Harrington would not de-
liver the goods until the coin was paid
over.
The telegram reads as follows:
July 10, 1916.
Colonel Frank L. Smith,
"LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Ill.
"Ames has not yet returned report
Of committee on industrial relations.
Need it for letter am to write you.
Nor have you fulfilled your promise
made me while in Chicago week be-
fore last. 1t is necessary that l have
remainder of amount agreed to at
once so that l may go on with the
work of organization.
Frank Harrington"
Took Precautions.
Realizing that this action would
produce storm in the miners union
he sends another telegram to sfriends
in Seattle urging them to invite him
out there, The telegram is addressed
to Robt H. Harlan, care Grand Union
Hotel, Seattle, Washington, under
date of July 20, 1916, and reads as
follows; would like to get wire from
you urging me to attend your joint
conference.
frank Harrington"
All these kilograms are charged to
the Mine Workers. Even when Far
rington is transacting private bust
ness of a particularly delicate ma
ture he insists on making the coal
diggers pay the incidental expenses.
The next article will follow the
trail of this notorious labor faker a
bit further. AS the comic strip artist
says "the worst is yet to come"
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call for aid has been sent by the Paterson silk
strikers to 200 working class unions and raternal
societies
In these bodies there are many Communists and
wherever the call is read il must be made issue.
1t is in this manner that the fighting front Of
the Paterson strike can be extended and thousands
of workers In other districts brought into the
struggle.
that counts.
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love with the bosses as the officials
of the union and they gave the mill
tant Nick clean bill of health.
Farrington's explanation of how
Perkovitz violated the union rules was
nauseating, and disguised many who
until then had some respect for him.
The way he lit into the coal digger
and defended the boss robbed him of
every shred Of working class decency
in the eyes Of his audience. Now it
is our turn to prove that Harrington
holds the laws of the union sacred
only when he can use them against
political enemy who is anxious to
fight the boss. When the laws stand
in the way of his own material inter-
ess, they go by the board.
Violated Constitution.
There is a provision in the miners
constitution which reads as follows:
Local unions, individual members
and all other persons are hereby pro-
hibited from using the name of our or
ganization for the purpose of further
ing the interests of any political party
or aspirant for political office, except
for such legislative offices as are pro-
vided for in the International consti-
tuition"
This is quite explicit No doubt the
paragraph was originally inserted to
prohibit union officials from trading
their influence over the rank and file
of the miners to the capitalist par.
ties. But Harrington honored this
law in the breach and not in the OBJ
servance.
Sold Out to Democrats.
In the year 1916, Col Frank L.
Smith of Dwight, Illinois, was'a candi.
date for governor on the democratic
ticket. Harrington saw here an op-
portunity to make some real money
by selling the miners votes. He sent
out letter endorsing Smith and con-
demning Lowden, Smiths republican
opponent.
The letter was written on the Off
cial stationery of the United Mine
Workers of America, District IL, with
Frank Farrington's name and address
at the top. 1t was dated July 26,
1916 and reads in part as follows:
COLONEL FRANK L. SMITH,
Dwight, Illinois.
Dear Colonel: l employ this
means of endorsing your candidacy
for governor. trust you will be
nominated in the primary that will be
held Sept. 10. There are many rea-
sons why | do so.
Having lived the greater part OF
my life in the county adjoining the
one in which you have lived the
greater part Of your life, know OF
your struggles from common
worker with your hands to position
in life that makes you a worthy can
didate for governor of our great state
Born without a patrimony, com
PEELED from your earliest youth tc
depend upon your own Drawn and
brain. with no heritage but an abun
dance OF courage, an honest heart and
clever BRAIN you have forged ahead
from a farmland. telegraph linemar
and railroad man to dealer in lands
banker OF deserved repute and innu
entail man OF affairs. This is a long
hard road for any man to travel;
only the most competent could make
the journey. But you have done IT,
and you did It without any asset OK.
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Trips Up Kate o'Hare.

To the DAILY WORKER good
example Of the bankruptcy OF the La.
Toilette movement insofar as ideas
are concerned is to be found in the
experience I had today in listening to
LaFollette meeting at Columbus
Circle addressed by Kate Richards
O'Hare.
In the course Of her speech she
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Exposed!

We breathe a long sigh of relief.
The first installment of the Daily News exposure
of us has appeared. We were a little afraid that
Jacob Spolansky, the author whose name shows
him to be of the purest American stock would spoil
the effect of his articles by Immediately telling such
thrilling secrets as the publication of the DAILY
WORKER right here in Chicago and the candidacy
of William u. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow for the
presidency and vicepresidency a Communist
program.
On the contrary, it is all too intriguing for
words. We are especially interested in the remark
able knowledge of Communist activities displayed
by Spolansky when he writes of Dennis Bait "a
member of the executive committee of the Com
munist Party who is now lecturing on Communism
thruout the country"
This will puzzle somewhat the republican party
machine in Detroit, Michigan because Bait is run
ming for congress on the regular republican party
ticket. He is not member of the Communist Par
ty but of the republican party.
This slight but obvious inaccuracy has shaken
our confidence in the veracity of the author Of
the articles We may be unduly carping in our
desire for truth, but We must confess that the ex-
posure has been spoiled for us. We hope SpOlansky
will be more careful in the future and we warn
him that if he tries to link the Communists up
with Charley Bryan will sue him for libel
provided we can get permission from the Com
munist international to use the capitalist courts.
There are few things that even we longsuffer-
ing Communists will not stand for.
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The New Orleans chamber Of commerce claims
that white worker can live for $l53 per year
and Negro worker for $119. After all the efforts
made by the capitalists to foment race prejudice
and create division between white and black work
ers, it appears that they figure the difference is
only $34 This ought TO make ii easy for both races
to get together in the fight for higher wages and
better working conditions.
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