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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-21
Glue Us a Mussolini

Among the powerful financial agencies and
in the spheres of influence dominated by the
manufacturing interests of the country, there
is developing a strong feeling Of revulsion to
the manner IN which their government agents
and defenders have been handled in recent
months. The upper crust of the capitalist
class is getting tired of being on the defensive.
There is talk in the air of counter-offe nsive
to line up all shades of employing class opinion
in defense of the common capitalist interests.
The way in which congress has manhandled
the president of late is particularly irritating
to the big business groups. The Capitalization
Of executive power in the hands of the presi-
dent is one of the most favorable features of
The present government to the employing class
This position of the capitalist stronghold has
OF late been challenged bit.
1t has been a mighty long time in American
history when congress dared give so little con-
s4deration to the recommendations and de-
mands of the president. The more Coolidge
mas tried to appease congress, the less concern
the House displayed for him. The way the
Coolidge tax ukase was kicked into oblivion
affords case in illustration Of this attitude.
Naturally, this state of affairs rises out of
he conditions at hand, out of the balance Of
class powers and inter and intra economic and
political class relationships. Is is precisely for
this reason that the leaders of the big capital
.sts are showing signs of alarm and are calling
upon their class watchdogs to get on their hind
EGGS and fight back.
Thus the Wall Street Journal in an article
by Guy NJ. Walker, one of its reputed writers,
throws out the slogan for battle. Discussing
the tax bills before Congress- Mr.. Walker
talked in this plain language:
IF they do not give US economic tax
reduction at once, it is time for the Wig
ilantes to start for Washington. Surely
there is somewhere in America Mussolni
to lead the American Blackshirts to Wash
ington."
We wonder whether the New York State
Criminal Anarchy Law will be applied to Mr..
Walker and the Wall Street Journal for calling
upon their followers to overthrow the govern
ment by force and violence. If an organiza-
ton of the working class were to make a far
less bold appeal to the workers to organize
military march on Washington the accused
would surely be sent to the darkest state
dungeons. We recall the conviction of several
Communist leaders in New York for merely
propagating the need of working class political
and economic organization.
This appeal of the Wall Street Journal must
be taken heed of by the workers and farmers.
1t gives the lie to all the hypocritical cant of
the employing class about the sacredness# of
their democratic government This Walker
outburst is a challenge and warning to the
dlspossessed farmers and workingmen of what
they will, sooner rather than later, have to
face from their capitalist enemy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-21
An Inspiration to Heroism

tory Of the Roman state. And
you cannot understand John
Brown unless you understand the
history of his times.
John Brown, until the age of
fifty, had lived the peaceful, La
borious life of a Yankee farmer
with a large family. He hated
war, and was almost a Quaker;
had never handled fire arms, and
was a man of deep and silent af-
rections. He was deeply religious,
read the Bible daily; Christianity
imbued all the acts of his daily
existence.
This man, nearing his sixtieth
year, assembled a GROUP of young
men. with rifles and took the field
to wage guerrilla war on slavery.
He became a warrior. an outlaw.
What drove him to this desperate
stand?
/ think the answer is: Respect
ability. There is nothing more
maddening TO a man Of deep
moral feeling than to find that
slavery has become RESPECTABLE,
while freedom is considered the
mad dream of a fanatic.
The slavery of black men had
become the most respectable IN
stitution in America in John
Browns time. It had had dark
and bloody history Of hundred
years in which to become firmly
rooted into American life.
There had been slavery in Eu-
rope for centuries before the dis
covery Of America--but. it was
white slavery. Each feudal baron
owned hordes of serfs-white
farmers-who were as much a
part of his land holdings as his
castles, horses and ploughs.
With the invention Of printing,
gunpowder and machine produc-
ton the system Of feudalism de-
clined. The French Revolution
helped deal it a death blow. The
last country where this ancient
slavery of white mon was not
dead was in Russia; but African
slavery, the slavery Of Negroes,
who were heathens, and therefore
could morally be bought and sold
bv Christians, had been reintro-
duced on the northern Coast Of
the Mediterranean by Moorish
traders. IN the year 900 these
Moors from the Barbary Coast
first reached the cities of NIGERIA.
and established an uninterrupted
exchange Of Saracen and Euro
pean Injuries for black slaves.
Columbus tried to introduce
Indian slavery into Europe but
the church forbade it. for Indians
were accounted Christians when
converted. The unhappy NEGROES
were not considered convertible;
their slavery was sanctified by
the church. And for the next
few centuries the African slave
trade was the most lucrative traf-
fic pursued by mankind. Black
slaves were to be found in the
whole vast area Of Spanish and
Portuguese America, also in Dutch
anu iAClln 0ulACd tAtlQ the w cot
Indies. It was black men who
cleared the jungles, titled the
fields, built the cirles and roads
and laid down, in their sweat and
blood. the foundations of civiliza-
ton in the New World. Great
Jealous and prosperous monopolies
were formed in this traffic Of
slaves; and its profits were greed
lily shared by philosophers, states
men and kings.
In 1916. the American colonies
we're inhabited by two and half
million white persons, who owned
half a million slaves. Many of
the most rational and humane
leaders of the Revolution saw the
inconsistency of slave holders
making revolution in the name
of freedom. There was some early
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-21

agitation against slavery, but the
humanitarians We're in a minority
Even then slavery had become re-
spectacle and profitable. 1t would
have been easy and cheap to have
freed the slaves then. It would
have been the most practicable
thing the young nation could have
done. Not a life would have been
lost; and the development of the
country might have been even
more rapid. But it was not done;
such acts need more far-sight.
edness than the average man
possesses.
Slavery grew by leaps and
bounds, as the country was grow
ing.
rhe slave trader, shrewd, in
telligent and rich, kidnapped
young men and women in Africa
and did huge business. His
markets became the feature Of
every Southern town. The plant
ers lolled at their ease, and de-
vised ways and means of forcing
their slaves to breed more rapid
ly. The slaves were treated as
impersonally as animals. Mothers
were sold away from their chill
dren, and husbands from their
wives. Generations of black men
died in bondage. and left their
children only the sad inheritance
Of slavery.
The South developed an aristo-
GRAFT class of INDECENT white men
and women who looked down on
all work as ignominious, and who
used their minds, not in The arts
and sciences, but to find new moral
Qualifications for slavery.
Slavery was respectable. at
is an act of philanthropy to keep
the Negro here, as we keep our
children in subsection for their
good,' said Southern statesman.
Slavery was moral. Even most
of the respectability of the North
enlisted in its defense. In 1926,
Edward Everett, the great Massa-
chusetts statesman, said in Con-
gress that slavery was sanctioned
by religion and by the United
States Constitution.
The churches Of almost every
denomination were solidly behind
slavery. The Supreme Court
ruled that it was constitutional. A
pro-Slavery President occupied
the White House, and Senator
Sumner, lonely abolitionist, was
beaten down with loaded cane
on the senate floor because ne
dared say brave word against the
nations crime.
In 1888 William Lloyd Garrison.
founded the Liberator, frst of the
abolitionist journals. He said that
"the constitution is a covenant
with death, and an agreement
with hell" and he fought slavery
with all his power. "Our coun-
try is the world, our countrymen
al mankind" was the slogan of
his journal. Garrison was beaten
by a mob in a northern citv for
Nho NOut dSC3 anu Quiet dDOllLlO0-
lists were tarred and feathered,
lynched, and attacked by mobs of
respectable northern merchants
and churchgoers, much as paci-
fists were beaten by mobs during
the late war.
Slavery was respectable. Negro
field hands sold for $1,000 each,
and innocent black babies were
worth 500 each to the white
master as they sucked at
Negro mothers breast.
To attack slavery was to attack
the constitution, the church, the
government, and the institution Of
private property. To attack re-
spectability has always been the
crime of the saviours, and re-
spectabilitv is the cross on which
they are forever hung.
ITO Be Continued Saturday,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-21
BY MICHAEL GOLD.
FoREWoRD.

John BROWNS life is a grand,
- simple epic that should inspire
one to heroism. No one asks for
dates and minute details on hear
ing Of the life of Jesus or So
crates. There are men who have
proved their superiority to the
pettiness Of life, and who seem
almost divine. John Brown Is one
of them. i, / think he was almost
our greatest American. I know
he was the greatest man the COM
mon people Of America have yet
produced.
He did not become a President,
a financier, great scientist or
artist; he was a plain and rather
obscure farmer until his death.
That is his greatness. He had no
great offices, no recognition or APP.
plause of multitudes TO spur him
on, to feed his vanity and self
righteousness. He did his duty in
silence; he was an outlaw. Only
after he had been hung like
common murderer, and only after
the Civil War had come to fulfill
his prophecies. was he recognized
as a great figure.
But in his life he was a COM
mon man to the end, a hard-work-
ing, honest, Puritan farmer with
a large family, a man worried
with the details of poverty, and
obscure as ourselves. Now we
are taught as school children that
only those who become Presidents
and captains Of finance are the
successful ones in our democracy.
John Brown proved that there is
another form of success, within
the reach Of everyone, and thu
is TO devote ones life to a great
and pure cause.
John Brown was hung as an
outlaw; but he was a success, as
Jesus and Socrates were sue
cesses. Some day school chii-
dren will be taught that this had
been the only sort Of success
worth striving for n his time.
The rest was dross: the personal
success Of the beetle that rolls
itselR a huger ball of dung than
its fellow beetles, and sxults over
it.
John Brown is a legend: but I
still see him in the simple, OBJ
scure heroes who fight for free
dom today in America. That is
why I am telling his storvI It
is the story of thousands of men
living in America now. did we but
know it. John Brown is still in
prison in America; yes, and he
has been hung and shot down o
hundred times since his first
death. For his soul is marching
on; it IS the soul Of liberty and
justice, which cannot die, or be
suppressed.
When Slavery Was Respectable.
ITO understand any OF the out.
4 standing mer Of history one
must also understood something
of their background. The Roman
Emreror Marcus Aurelius perse-
cuted and burned the primitive
Christians; yet he is accounted
one of the most religious and hui
name Of historical figures. and his
Meditations are commonly con-
sidered book Of the gentlest and
wisest counsel toward the good
life.
You cannot understand this
paradox unless you know the his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-21

having to criticize this book. It is
ike criticizing Jesus. Yet want
new philosophers to write, who will
see what / and millions Of other
men have seen and who viii not
leave the world Of living men out
of their books. Too long have the
wise men lived with their dreams,
leaving the ignorant to wrestle
with reality. Too long have phil
osophers and esthetes adored the
mystic dance of life, while other
men have suffered in its brutal
drama.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-21

Beginning "The Story Of John
Brown" by Michael Gold. Pub
lished by the DAILY WORKER
thru arrangement with Haldeman-
julius Company, of Girard, Kans.
Copyrighted, 1924, by Haldeman-
Julius Company.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-21

William Jennings Bryan Is getting
old but he is still willing. He may
accept the Democratic nomination if
nobody else does. The self-sacrificing
attitude Of these capitalist politicians
is really admirable. II Mr.. Bryan is
as successful in making votes for the
Democratic party as he Is in fighting
the theory Of evolution, we suggest
that the donkey crowd nominate
Edward Doheny.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-21
What Good Are Kings7

Jackie Coogan too is now making
propaganda for the Workers Party
Listen to this from a letter by Com
rade George Kraska Of Boston:
my little boy Leonard went to
the movies the other day to see
Jackie Coogan in Long Live the
King" after he came home he was
very much enthused with the pic
ture and related what a wonderful
picture il was. / replied TO him,
0oking) that it was a poor picture
and that there was nothing to il
and this was his reply, "You ought
to like II, because 1t has a little bit
Of Workers Party in II, because
Jackie Coogan says in the play,
What good are Kings anyway
Well, is not that good7 My young
ster is only seven years DID,
George Kraska.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-21

While striking cooks picketed the Hotel
Adlon, in Berlin, against which they were on
strike, socialist president Ebert calmly ate a
dinner cooked and served by scabs, on the in
side. It is not surprising that member of a
party that has betrayed the entire working
class OF Germany should patronize scab
hotel.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-21

Hindoo Socialists advise the British Labor
Party that unless their Indian Viceroy, Lord
Olivier, ceases lying about India, the Hindoo
workers will lose confidence in British ROYAL
Socialism. It's about time they should.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-21

Ogden Reid, owner of the VIGOROUSLY reac-
tionary New York Tribune, has purchased the
New York Herald from Frank Munsey.
well matched pair. More groans and new
lectures from Oswald Garrison Willard.
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Victor Berger. is satisfied that Senator R.
Lafollette is now radical. He has adopted
plank for the public ownership of RAILWAYS
After we get that, says Berger, socialism will
have easy shedding That is Berger socialism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-21

Strange things are supposed to
happen in Ireland. A few days ago
several generals of the Free State
army objected to the policy Of dis
banding a large section Of the army
and forwarded an ultimatum to the
government demanding a cessation Of
this policy within a very limited time.
The government did nothing. A cab
met minister offered his resignation,
but later agreed to withdraw it. The
situation became so serious that q
special minister of defense was APP
pointed. On the day before yester-
day, Richard Mulcahy, defense min
lister raided a house in Parnell street.
Dublin and arrested several Free State
officers who were holding a meeting
in the house. A cabinet minister was
reported to be present. 1t now APP
pears that President Cosgrave has
sided in with the mutineers, that
Richard Mulcahy, Minister Of Defense
and others have resigned and that the
mutineers are to form military die
tatorship with Cosgrave at its head.
The Republicans on the other hand,
who refuse TO take part in the Dali
Eirean proceedings are featuring the
work Of Benito Mussolini in their
papers and proclaiming him as .
second Napoleon" and the deadly foe
Of the British Empire. In the mean
time, Thomas Johnson, leader Of the
Irish Labor Party is making eloquent
speeches in parliament defendina
democracy.
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~ JOIN THE WORKERS PARTY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
CHICKS WALLOP ATLANTA SQUAD Carlyle, Smith And An dersOn Lead In
 Hitting

MEMPHIS, Tenn.,. July 12.-Taking step forward while the Pelicans were idle, the Chicks nOsed out Atlanta in 10-inning contest here today, winning, 5 to A.
 Manager Niehoff of the Atlanta club, protested the game as the result of decision at the plate in the first half of the second inning. The bases were full with the Cracker manager on third.
 NiehOff Kicks Up
 Niehoff attempted to steal home while Rogers, who was pitching, apparently was watching the men on first and second. Rogers shot the ball to Kohl becker, however, and Umpire Pfenninger called the Cracker manager out. There was a protest and during the argument, the other two runners completed the circuit and crossed the plate. Pfennin- ger later reversed his decision as to Niehoff and permitted him to score.
 Niehoff then demanded that scores of the two men who crossed the plate behind him while the argument was under way also be counted. This de- mand was refused by the umpire and Niehoff protested the game.
 McCabe was ejected from the game a short time later for protesting de- cisions of the umpires.
 Protests Game
 Manager Niehoff of the Atlanta club, protested the game as the result of a decision at the plate in the first half of the second inning. The bases were full with the Cracker manager on third.
 Niehoff attempted to steal home while Rogers, who was pitching, apparently was watching the men on first and second. Rogers shot the ball to Kohl becker, however, and Umpire Pfennin- ger called the Cracker manager out. There was a protest and during the argument the other two runners com pleted the circuit and crossed the plate. Pfenninger later reversed his decision as to Niehoff and permitted him to score.
 Demands Scores
 Niehoff then demanded that scores of the two men who crossed the plate behind him while the argument was under way aslo be counted. This de- mand was refused by the umpire and Niehoff protested the game.
 McCabe was ejected from the game a short time later for protesting de- cisions of the Umpire.
 Score:
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GOOD PITCHES GREAT . BALL AS BARONS COP
fStewart's Take Last Game, To 0, In Little
 Rock-Brausen Stars

' LITTLE ROCK, July 12.-Seraphin
 handed branch of the Birmingham pitching staff, had so much fun licking I the Little Rock Travellers Thursday that he begged John Franklin Stewart ] his manager, to give him chance to ythave some more fun today. John ] Franklin was willing, so Sep" licked I the Travellers again and made his vic 2 tory quite impressive by allowing only six hits and shutting the Travellers out. : Such pitching made it a simple matter for the Barons to cop the deciding
 game of the series, 5 to 0.
 Although the Travellers swung harm lessly against the pitching of MT. Good with the result that they didn't give 3 their south paw, Lefty" Greene, as , much as one run, they were consider ably more liberal in the matter of hand ' ing runs to the Barons. All five of the sBarons' scores were pure gifts, pre- [ sented with the compliments of various members of the home club. This Greene boy added another well pitched game to his record as Traveller, but the sort of support that he drew made it i'm possible for him to win.
 The Travellers got three men on base during the first five innings, but two were walked and one landed on an er- TOT. It was not until two were down in the sixth that the first hit was reg istered off good. It was a resounding blow to right field by Joe Guynon for three bases, but of course, Joe was left on third. The Travellers got two hits in the seventh, one in the eighth and two more in the ninth, but were help less in the pinches.
 4 The Barons got their first run in the second inning and scored it without a hit. Camp walked and went to third when Herman booted Cancels ground CT, and then made a wierd toss to first Hartford hit a long fly to deep center and Camp scored after a brilliant catch by Morrison.
 Burney Action gave the Barons one in the fourth, when he made a two , base huff of Cancels fly to right. Camel scored on Hartford's double by third.
 "Stuffy" Stewart stole a run in the seventh. With one gone Brausin sin
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gled and so did Stewart, but Pete strayed too far from second and was picked off by Greene. Stewart then stole and went to third, when Her mans slow work gave Rhode scratch hit on his ground ball to first. Stew art and Rhode then pulled double steal, the manager taking the plate.
 The Barons closed their days work by scoring twice in the ninth. Spencer led off and walked. Good bunted, but Greene threw Spencer out at second. Brausen hit single through the box, his fourth hit of the afternoon. Stew art also hit through the box, scoring and advancing Brausen to third. Pete and the manager tried a double steal, but Brausin was caught at the plate. Stewart went to second on the play and stole third a minute later. Lory threw low and the ball got by Philbin, allowing Stewart to score.
 The hitting of Brausen and Stewart and the base running of the boy man. ager were unusual features. Stewart also played sensational game in the field, handling 10 changes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
CARDS TO USE
 PLAYING FIELD
Permanent Injunction Issued To
 Stop Browns Suit

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 12.-A perma- nent injunction restraining the St. Lsuis Americans and Dodier Really company from busting the St. Louis Nationals from the use of Sportsmans park here was issued today by Circuit Judge Frey.
 The decision is an outgrowth of a suit instituted by the Browns and the Dodier Realty company against the Cardinals seeking forfeiture of the ten year lease granted the National League club on the grounds that they had failed to maintain the proper kind of liability insurance and neglected to pay asquarterly rental installment of $5,OOO at the time it was taken.
 Sportman's park is used by both local major leagues ball teams for playing all their home games.
 In his decision, Circuit Judge Frey asserted there was no valid ground for demanding forfeiture of the lease and asserted the purpose of the defendants in demanding its forfeiture was a de- sire on the part of the Dodier Realty company to secure an increased rental
 The Cardinals leased the park in 1920 for ten years at annual rental of $20,OO0.
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Totals ..........3T X2S 1b xOne out when winning run scored.

.......'..06 T
 xBatted for Morrison in eighth.
 xxBatted for Kremer in ninth.
 Score by innings:
 Phiiadelphia ......... BIO 900 O10 O-5 Pittsburk .............. O20 900 030 1-6
 Summary: Two-base hits, Holke. Maran- vile, Harper. Three-base hits, Williams Wright. Home run. Harper. Sacrifices Parkinson. Knox. Morrison. Double play, Ford to Holke. Left on bases, Philadel- phia 6. PittsburS g. Bases on balls, off Mitchell 8, off Morrison B. Struck out. by Morrison 3. Hits, off Morrison 6 in s in nings, Kremer 1 in 1, Stoner none in 1, Couch 10 in s (none out in ninth). Mitch ell in (none out in tenth). Oeschger in l-S. Passed ball, Knox. Winning pitcher, Stone. Losing pitcher. Mitchell. Empires. O'Day. Sweeney and Quigley. Time, 2:10.