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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-11
The Tribune Parks its GaIIOws

Whenever murder is committed in the city of
Chicago or anywhere within the limits of the
Chicago Tribune's main circulation area, that
paper bowls for the blood of the murderer. No
extenuating circumstances are allowed to stand
in the way of speedy hanging, provided the killer
happens to be poor The Tribune spares neither
age nor sex. In fact it takes particular delight
in bowling for the blood of members Of the fe-
male sex, just to show what masculine organ
the Worlds Greatest Liar is.
People have wondered why the Tribune has not
called for the blood of the two millionaires sons
who murdered the son of another millionaire
just for the fun of itn 1t is true that the crime
was played up in its news columns but that helps
circulation and circulation brings in more money
per inch for advertising space. But editorially,
since the murderers confessed, the which the
Tribune usually bangles from its editorial pages
is missing The Tribune had parked its gallows
in the basement
Why? The answer is obvious The fathers of
the murderers are wealthy Because of their wealth
they are respectable No doubt they advertise in
the Tribune They might withdraw their adj
vertising should the Tribune indicate its custom
airy desire for more sacrifices to glut its Unsuitable
thirst for human blood So, instead of provocat-
i've halter, the Tribune published an editorial
eulogy of the fathers of the two murderers and
praised them for their public spirit in allaying
the alleged fear on the part of the public that
the LoebLeopold families would spend their com
bined millions in saving their sons from the death
penalty.
It is not surprising that the two young murder
ers should feel that their wealth could save them
from the consequence of their crimes, when the
standard organ of capitalism in this city displays
such unabashed partially toward the rich, while
it froths at the mouth whenever jury frees a
female killer, who must depend mainly on her
pulchritude to dodge the gallows. Yet we are told
capitalist justice is blind Yes blind to the crimes
of the rich.
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Orders were given to the street car men in
Cleveland by their own international union Off
GERS not to carry thru the strike called for last
night to enforce the decision of arbitration
award. The workers are left holding their award
with the powers of their own union turned against
its enforcement. A more fragrant sell-out has not
been seen.
1t is of no consequence whether the officials who
gave this outrageous order did so for payment of
money or whether they did it for political fayors
from the G. o. p, or whether it was done merely
for the purpose of demonstrating the ''respecta-
blity" of these officials. The point stands out in
any case-the 10orkers lose, while the politicians,
the capitalists, and the union officers gain.
1t remains to be seen if the street car men will
quietly obey the orders of the officials If they do
not, rifles, machine guns, armour, private armies
and public police, are all ready-in cooperation
with the union offcials-to opacity" the men who
want their wage increases that were granted by
arbitration.
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Beg Pardon, Mr.. Morgan!

an. Herriot prime-minister-to-be of France for
the Bloc des GGuches, Graves the pardon of Mr. j.
p. Morgan if any word of his may have created
the impression that M. Herriot feels that NJ Nor
gan is anything less than the purest incarnation
Of international philanthropy"
Thus would run free translation of the apology
Of Herriot given to Morgan in order that nothing
may prevent the advent of this latest socialist
adventurer to rulership in France Thus does the
nblock Of the Left announce that its rule will
differ in no essential item from that of Poincare
and Bloc National.
All Of which will stir the unruly French workers
to make more of those troublesome demands of
which the leaders have been complaining since the
election. 1t is indeed troublesome to have rank
and file that makes demands indications are that
the French politicians viii have, before long, a
rank and file that also acts For the French work
ers are swinging toward Communism.
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cases, is to secure something better
than digging coal Usually they are
known by the officials for what they
really are. However, many Of these
men have a considerable local follow
ing and in order to win support for
themselves, the officials will promise
jobs to these candidates If they will
drop out of the race and throw the
support to the candidates selected by
the official family. The result of these
and divers other tricks to retain pow
er prove very expensive to the mem
bership and with the present deplora-
BILE condition in the industry getting
worse instead Of better, the feeling
against the officials has been inten-
sified.
Victories in Two Districts.
1t should cause no wonder that the
rank and file Of the U. NJ w. of A.
have fought so consistently for the
abolition of the appointive power in
their union. They now have victories
in two districts to their credit and be-
fore long every tyrant holding office
in the miners union will be stripped
Of his autocratic powers. With the
advent of that day the removal Of
themselves from office will be accom-
plished, for the chief function of the
men appointed to office in the past,
has been to. see to it that the big chief
got the votes and it mattered not how
they were gotten, as long as they could
claim that the president had been re-
elected.
That has been the real mystery to
the outsider, "how does the president
retain his office, if the membership
is against him?" 1t has been possible
just as long as he retained his APP
pointive power. Without the appoin-
tive power the votes of the member
ship will probably be counted as they
are originally cast and then the pres
ent day autocrats of labor will pass
on to oblivion, to be replaced with
men who have the welfare of the
movement at heart, men who are will
ing to fight to make progress and
bring to the toiling masses the things
to which they are so justly entitled.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-11
Burton KeynOtes for Coolidge

Reports of Burton's keynote speech in Cleve-
land agree that upon the subject of the Senate
Investigations 'the speaker unburdened himself
without restraint" The keynote of the Republi-
cans is ''to call a halt" to all exposures. To this
add a rebuke to Congress for weakening under
popular clamor for the bonus act, demand for
drastic tax reduction on big business, opposition
to farmrelief measures, warning against the
menace of 'third party movements and Coolidge,
as the great leader-we have the Republican party
campaign issues according to its official spokes-
man.
1t is a program 100 per cent Wall Street. j. p.
Morgan, Judge Gary, John D. Rockefeller, all will
find complete comfort and joy in the speech of
their servant at Cleveland.
Which does not mean that Coolidge will neces-
sarily receive all their support. Not at all. The
Democratic keynoter will praise the Investigations,
approve the bonus, demand tax reductions for the
small business men, sympathize with the farmers,
and warn against third party movements-and
laud the greatest leader, whoever that may happen
to beAand the Democratic keynote and candidate
will please the masters of the nation perhaps more
because it will have more power to blindfOld and
lead some disconnected masses.
And then when LaFolette finds keynoter at
Cleveland we will hear curious thing There
will be a note sounded there also that rings in
purest harmony with the G. o. P. and Democratic
keys-the menace of third party, the sanctity of
the private property of capitalism.
And in every one of these gatherings, will be
denunciation of the Communist movement, of the
Workers Party of the Third International.
Burton's speech is, therefore, not alone the key
note of the G. o. P. convention. On every issue
Of fundamental Importance he sounds the key for
the Democrats at New York. and for the G. p. p.
A. at Cleveland. also.
But Burton did not sound the keynote for st.
Paul. June 17th At st. Paul alone will the key
note be the struggle of the working and farming
masses against the exploitation of big business.
Only. at St Paul will the clarion call 60 forth for
the organization of working class power.
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How Mine Cars Hold Power

fact secret, in fact when one of the
officers of that district was admon
ished recently for having such a char
acter on the payroll, he merely an
swered that it was necessary to keer
track of the Bolsheviks. For two
weeks pay and expenses the first half
Of January, 1924, Reese collected $500
Much has been done in the past
recent months to encourage the rank
and file in their fight for abolition OF
this misused appointive power. In
District H. Kansas, and in District 12
Illinois, the appointive power has now
been taken away and from now on the
men will decide who will fill these 20.
sitions Like every other great
change that has ever been made
there are reasons for same and when
taken into consideration the righteous.
ness of the move cannot be ques-
toned.
How 1t corrupts Men.
Let us recount some of the abuses
of this power and try to analyze the
effects such power has had on the
labor movement. There are many
who fail to see the effects of appoint
ments, on the men who are now hold
ing elective positions, but it has to
a large degree the effect of retarding
their efforts in behalf of the men who
elect them, and in this respect: Many
men holding office by virtue of their
election to same, often find them
selves in position where they must
fight, not only the coal operator, but
also the officer higher up, and rather
than do this they begin to cater to the
desires of the latter. Usually it does
not take long for such an arrange
ment to react against the men of the
picks and when election day rolls
around they usually decide to elect
someone else to serve them. If the
defeated candidate has, during his
tenure of office, served the high Of
ficer well, he is invariably appointed
to some job and if none is available it
is an easy matter to create one so as
to make room for him.
In addition to this method there
often exists an army of aspirants to
office, whose only desire, in many
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-11

ploitation and oppression of the work
ing class, thousands of Communists
and revolutionary workers are thrown
into prison and many of them MUIR
dered. Their wives and children are
prosecuted; from town to town the
capitalists follow them, denying them
bread and work. In the prisons are
also hundreds of syndicalists and left
democratic workers who have not yet
freed themselves from a false philos-
ophy and false leadership.
These tens of thousands Of revolu-
tionIsts and their families must be
helped. Taft declared that political
prisoner is more dangerous than an
ordinary criminal. For capitalism he
is more dangerous; for the working
class he is invaluable. Tens of thou
sands of political prisoners in all
countries and their families are
waiting for help from the workers out
side. To aid these prisoners is to aid
the revolution.
international Organization.
Capitalism is internationally organ
lied. The working class movement is
international in form. The struggle
is not local, not national-it is inter
national in scope. The ranks of the
revolutionary workers are interna
tionally organized. Hence the helr
for the revolutionary political prison
+ rs must also be international in
form. The INTERNATIONAL RED
AID is the realization of this idea.
The International Red Aid is mill
tant, fighting organ of the revolution
Wherever revolutionary workers and
peasants are thrown into capitalist
prisons the international Red Aid mo
bilizes the workers in protest and ex'
tends its helping hand.
100000 Russians in |. r. A.
Where does the International Red
Aid get its funds to assist the tens of
thousands Of political prisoners? The
Russian workers and peasants, who
have passed thru seven years of strug-
gle and suffering, in combat with the
conference.-the and against hunger,
Iare giving of their weekly pay to help
the revolutionary workers all over the
Iworld.
One million and a half Russian
workers and peasants are enrolling in
the Russian section of the Interna
tional Red Aid, never faltering, never
Ihesitating to give even tho it means
Ito give up meals. Five hundred thous
nd workers and peasants in and about
II.eningrad are in the International Red
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-11
BY ISRAEL AMrER.

Reaction dominates the world out
side OF Soviet Russia. Having sur
vived the war, capitalism has sue
ceeded in reconstructing its forces,
even tho it may only be for a short
period. 1t has succeeded in breaking
up or weakening the trade unions to
such an extent that, for the present,
they offer no great resistance to cap
italist designs.
In this work the capitalists have
been aided by the trade union Official
dom, who are upholders of the CAPT.
talist system against the workers.
Millions of workers have left the
trade unions, but the trade union
bureaucracy has made no efforts to
get them back Tens of millions are
outside the unions, scabbing on the
organized workers in strikes, but the
trade union leaders remain indiffer-
ent. The purpose of trade union or
ganization is FIGHT-and the lead
ers are opposed to fight. Hence the
opposition to capitalist schemes is
weak.
Socialist Treason.
The Social-Democrati parties, with
out exception, have placed them
selves on the side of the capitalist
system. Long the preachers of the
Socialist commonwealth" when the
moment for action came. they fiunked
and supported the capitalists against
the revolution. Since 1914 it has
been one systematic campaign of be-
trayal, until today the Social-Demo-
cratic government in Germany and
now in Denmark, and the so-called
(Socialist) Labor government in Eng
land, are the best opponents Of CAPT
talist and imperialist oppression. The
methodical campaign of Islander
against Soviet Russia by the Social
Democrats the world over demon
strates conclusively that social trea-
son is class treason without mitiga-
ton.
Altho the hands OF capitalism have
been freed for any acts Of vandalism
against the working class, the capital
lists and capitalist governments do not
feel perfectly secure. They no longer
trust to democracy" to keep the
workers peaceful. Equality before
the law" no longer impresses the
workers. Hence, the rule OF Musso-
lini in Italy, and the Fascist dictator
ship in Hungary, Bulgaria, Spain and
Germany. Capitalism has shown its
real nature-"FORCE WITHOUT
STINT"
10000 Red Prisoners in Germany.
The application Of this force has
cost the working class many victims
In Germany 10000. Of the best prole
tartan fighters are behind prison
doors; in Italy, thousands have beer
slaughtered and thousands more Al
the dungeons. The Bulgarian hang
men have not hesitated to murder the
leaders Of the workers and peasants
In Poland, four thousand workers; In
Roumania. Jugo-Slavia, Greece, Tur
key. Finland Esthonia. Latvia, Lithu
ania; in Spain, Francs, in Palestine
India, Java, Japan and China-tens OF
thousands of workers and peasants
are languishing in the prisons, where
they are beaten and tortured-and
suddenly disappear. This, we are
told, is CIVILIZATIONS
Communists Lead Fight.
Only one power raises its hand and
voice against the dastardly savage
deeds of the capitalists, the capitalist
governments and their executioners:
the Communists. For these protests
and struggles against the further 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-11
War Vets Strike
Against Graft and
Abuses in School
BY {. J. IRVINE.
special TO The Daily Worker


WASHINGTON. d. c., June TO-
About $50 students are on strike at
the U. S. Veterans Rehabilitation
school at Perryville, Md, in protest
against graft, maltreatment, insanita'
ton and lack of medical attention
The charges are said to involve sew
eral OF the highest ranking officers
at the institution.
A few OF the charges are: That
tainted meals. and insect infested food
is served In the mess hall; that in
structors are incompetent; that the
tubercular students are not segregated
from the others.
A riot resulted in $500 worth OF
dishes being broken In the mess hall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-11
with Stop-Watch in Hand"

eve stand with stop-watch in hand, observing
the performance of the Republican and Democratic
national conventions says statement issued by
the publicity bureau of the Conference for Prog
ressive Political Action
Time-keepers for the oldline politicians-yes
there is no doubt that the publicity bureau has
properly characterized the G. p. p. A.
Observers, who look on with an eye to the pick
ings that may fall by the way in the struggle be
tween two sets of jobholders for the privilege of
acting as the guardians of private property-that
is the c. =. p. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-11
By THOMAS MYERscoUoH.

The long fought battle between the
rank and file of the Miners union and
the officials over the question of the
appointive power-the power to hand
out organization jobs--is one that
prompts the average person to won
der what it is all about. On the one
hand the men of the mines say that it
is because of the abuses to which the
appointive power is put (and they
are right while the officials will
blatantly yell that it is because there
are so many men in the ranks with a
little influence who want appointive
jobs, but who, because there are not
enough jobs to go around, begin to
make accusations against the officials.
In brief they say that the "outs" want
to get lin"
For long time the officials were
able to make their explanation stick,
because there were such people in the
ranks of the miners union, but the ex-
PLANTATION never carried the informa-
ton that these people had been pur-
posely advised to make a fight with
the real progressives in the ranks, so
as to discredit the effort being made
to put the control of the union in the
hands Of the men who pay the bills.
So encouraged were the officials with
their success in planting such people
here and there, later appointing them
as organizers or field workers or Civ
ing them some other portfolio, so as to
be able, thru their henchmen, to point
them out as examples, that they now
openly put men on the payroll for no
other purpose than to play spy on the
members Of the union.
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Detective on Payroll.

In addition to the many men who
have been appointed from the ranks
it is known that professional detec-
tives are also employed. A glazing
example of this is shown in the west
ern Pennsylvania district, District 5,
at Pittsburgh, where a man by the
name of w. D. Reese is employed.
This man is a professional detective
and no attempt is made to keep the
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The Poor Fish Says: Senator
LaFoIIette was having good time for
himself at Atlantic City while the Com
munIsts were raising hell with
paupherty and Burns. n LaFolIette
had come to Dauaherty's assistance
In time without waiting until he was
licked he could now have valuable
assistance against the Communists.
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General Ludendorff. recently ac-
knowledged head of the German ma
tional socialists is urged by his fol-
lowers to make another attempt to
overthrow the government and estab-
lish real out-and-out dictatorship.
The General started the last rebellion
from a Munich beer hall, but his
friends do not blame him for the
fiasco. "How could a successful reyo-
luton be carried out with beer as an
inspiration" say Ludendorff's friends.
There is good whisky in Berlin and
the General spends most OF his time
guzzling II. The General holds the
party now in power responsible for
the surrender in 1918 but documents
recently published show that while
the government was sparring for
time before signing the armistice
terms, Ludendorff was urging inn
mediate and unconditional surrender.
Ludendorff Is a fraud and coward.
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Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-24
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY }
CLERK AND RECORDER. }
RIO GRANDE COUNTY. }
STATE OF COLORADO. }

In accordance with the provis-
ions Of Section 10 and 20 of Chap
ter XXxIv Of the General Statutes
of 1883 Of the State of Colorado,
being the same As Section 2142 Re-
vised Statutes Of Colorado 1908,
notice Is hereby given that Gen
eral Election will be held In the sew
eral wards and voting precincts In
the State afore said ON Tuesday the
Fourth day Of November A. D. 1924.
for the election of the following Of
ficers. to-wit:
Six Presidential Electors for
President and vice-President OF the
United States.
One United States Senator.
One United State Senator to fill
vacancy caused by the death Of Hon.
Samuel d. Nicholson.
One Representative In the Xxx
the Third Congressional District.
Tor the State OF Colorado for the
term OF ten years.
Ono Governor Of the State Of
Colorado.
One Lieutenant Governor Of the
State Of Colorado.
One Secretary of State.
One State Treasurer.
One Attorney General.
One Superintendent of Public In
struction.
Two regents Of the University Of
Colorado.
~ Tni.
Colorado to I'LL vacancy.
One Member OF the House Of Rep
resentatives. to represent the Coun-
ty Of Rio Grande to succeed Hon.
A. f. Headlee.
One District Judge for the 18th
Judicial District.
One District Attorney for the 18th
Judicial District.
One County Judge.
One County Clerk and Recorder
One County Sheriff.
One County Treasurer.
One County Assessor.
One County Superintendent of
Schools.
One County Surveyor.
One County Coroner.
One County Commissioner First
District.
One County Commissioner Third
Commissioners District.
Two Justices of the Peace In each
Of Justice Precincts 1 and 2.
Two Constables in each Of Justice
Precincts l and 2.
In Testimony Whereof. l have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Seal OF Rio Grande County. at
the Town OF Del Norte. this 18th day
Of October. A. d. 1924.
II. G. TRAPP.
County Clerk and Recorder.
(SEAL)
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-24
MAN LOSES HAND FROM
SHOT WHILE OUT HUNTING

While in the act of sliding from a
rock on a hunting trip Wednesday.
A. l.. Challis. station agent at Texas
Creek, received a shot in the left
wrist when the gun he was carrying,
was discharged. the rifle bail passing
on thru the hand. which necessitated
its amputation Wednesday night at
the Red Cross Hospital. He is get
ting along nicely. according to the
word received from the hospital.
He and companion were out
hunting In the hills below Texas
Creek Wednesday morning. He acci-
IDENTIFY shot himself thru the left
wrist. the ball ranging downward
thru his hand and tearing 1t to
pieces. His companion heard his
cries for help after hearing the shot
and went to his assistance. He tieL
a tourniquet and with great difficult
ty succeeded in getting the Injured
man back to Texas Creek: where
John West offered the services OF
his car and together they rushed the
suffering man to the hospital where
his hand was amputated.
Mr.. Cha!!;s has been the agent at
Texas Creek for several years and
is one OF the most highly esteemed
citizens OF that locality.-Salida
Record.