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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06

ne role played by the three fiendish en-
emles of organized labor, Palmer, Daugherty
and Burns, is one of the outstanding revelations
of the oil scandal, in so far as the working
class is concerned.
In the annals of the American working class
there could not be found three more notorious
foes of the workers and farmers than this
galaxy of strikebreakers. Yet, it is these very
individuals, who have overworked themselves
suppressing the labor movement in the name
OF law and ORDER that have now been caught
doing the dirtiest work in the whole filthy
Teapot mess. Former Acknowledgement
Palmer who proclaimed his anxiety for the
security of the country far and wide and threw
into jails hundreds of innocent workingmen,
has been shown to be the guardian angel of
Mclean and Sinclair, two of the most daring
plunderers of the country's resources.
Harry M. Daugherty, the encouragement
who threatened to call the whole army into
action against the railway workers, and who
organized an army of 5000 strike-breaking
deputy marshals and perhaps an even larger
number of nondescript detective-gangsters in
order to smash the shop craft strike, has now
been exposed as the arch-protector of the
Doheny clique.
William j. Burns, whose name spells infamy
and disgust to every workingman in this coun-
try, has been compelled to confess publicly his
crooked relations with the oil thieves.
The next time that any officer of the govern
ment whether he be democratic, republican,
or liberal, takes any steps against the workers
and farmers movements in this country it will
be very much in order for the workingmen to
find out who are the real masters of these self
proclaimed saviors.
On the basis of our past experience, par
ticuarly with this strikebreaking trinity of
Palmer, Daugherty and Burns, we can safely
say that it will invariably be found that those
who are most vociferous in their declaration
of loyalty to the government and in their in
sistence on law and order, are the most ener-
getic defenders of the millionaire capitalist
criminals and the most dangerous enemies of
the working ~'""-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06

where and when the cooperate with
the Communists. Socialists for many
months have not been heard from
except as factors in crushing work.
ing-class discomfort.
The little gathering in Moscow
that founded the Communist Inter-
national on March 5, 1919, has faith
cred a giant. The great World Con-
crosses of the Communist Interna-
tional are the most important events
in present-day history. They over
shadow all the attempted world
conferences" of capitalist govern
ments, which always adjourn with
out accomplishing their aims. The
Congresses of the Communist Inter-
national, and the Executive Commit
tee of the Communist International
between Congresses, are the factor
that decides historical questions.
Now we must know that the Com
munist international is destined to
be the instrument thru which the
working class takes possession OF
the earth. To it alone belongs the
loyalty of working men and women
in all lands. 1t alone can free man
kind. 1t is fast developing the
strength to do so. All shoulders to
the WHEEL Long live the Commun-
list International!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06
Why Hide?

The investigation Of the Fall leases OF the
naval oil reserves involves the most vital inter-
ests of the working and farming masses OF the
country. Big as the natural resources at stake,
in the crooked transactions between clique Of
government officials and the Doheny- Sinclair
band may be, there are infinitely more import
ant phases to this investigation.
No one can seriously dispute the fact that
the disclosures to date have already made it
clear. even to the most cynical, that the Tea
pot Dome affair has brought into bold relief
the whole question of the role of government
in our economic class society. More than ever
before great masses of workers and farmers
are beginning to be convinced that the whole
Governmental system of this country is untitled
to respond to the interest of those who work.
Under these circumstances, the workers and
farmers must demand that the Teapot Dome
investigation proceed in the open. We must
force the Government to hold the hearings OF
the Walsh Committee openly, so that the labor
ing and farming masses can get as much lntor-
nation and enlightenment as possible out OF the
proceedings which concern them more vitality
than any other social group.
1t is crime for the Government to permit
the continuation of secret sessions by the Public
Lands Committee The investigators have no
right to conceal any information from the
workers The committee should go to the root
of the matter and stop holding sessions behind
closed DOORS There is no room for secrecy IN
dealing with the fate and resources OF the
hundred million workers and farmers OF the
nation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06
Hughes Purity

Many people ask why our Secretary of State,
Mr.. Hughes, has not yet been drawn into the
oil The failure to subpoena hughes
whose State Department is notorious for its
services to the Standard Oil interests, has
given many the belief that this bewhiskered
savant of international capitalist oil dlplo-
macy has clean hands.
If the Norris resolutions are ever complied
with by the State Department the country will
be treated to substantial information about
the extent to which Mr.. Hughes has oil on his
hands. But we believe that there is already
sufficient evidence at hand to warrant the call
ing of our Secretary of State for thoro cross
examination by the Teapot committee.
Some time ago Mr. Hughes recommended
the acceptance of house for the American
embassy in Mexico City at the hands of Mr..
Doheny. In view of the fact that oil has been
the major factor in the foreign policies OF our
State Department, we feel certain that this
Mexican incident necessitates the immediate
examination of Mr.. Hughes. The conduct of
the government in Colombia, Turkey, Mexico,
and in the question of Russian recognition be-
trays stranglehold by the most powerful oil
interests on the State Department. The rela-
tons between Mr.. Hughes nd these oil mag
mates and the dealings between other cabinet
members and the .Sinclair-D oheny group are
closely interlaced.
The Public Lands committee has summoned
witnesses for less substantial reasons than are
present in the case of Mr.. Hughes We de-
mand that our Secretary of State be imme-
diately subpoenaed and that full light be shed
on his dealings with the Doheny and other
oil interests.
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Are You Reading "A Week"
caught ain BIZ the hand.

caught him by the hand.
"Comrade Repin, why are you
torturing him? He wished we'll to
the people and to all of YOU"
she cried, turning to the bandits.
''He was on your side, for the
peasants and workers. :"
Laughter and curses drowned
her words.
And Repin, the elegant Repin,
so handsome and kindly, pushed
her away with his full strength,
so that she fell against the wall
while he cursed her cynically and
at length.
ITO the devil with this foolery!
Take him out, lads, into the street,
and there get rid of him at once,
sharp now"
The crowd poured out Of the
door; Lisa, holding her head, got
up from the floor.
"You showing your nose in too"
cried Madam Senator. "She. Mr..
Officer, is a Bolshevik." And Mr..
Senator shook her by the shoulder.
Just then a shot sounded in the
yard. Lisa knew they were shoot
ing Robeiko, and screamed so
piercingly that even Repin was
startled and shaken, and, breaking
from the clutching hands of Sena-
tor, she ran down the staircase into
the dark court. On the steps she
ran into a heap of clothes, in
which, with groans and sobs a
human body was struggling. She
stopped, and on the stone thresh-
hold saw -the face Of Robeiko,
dripping with blood. Screaming
still louder, she rushed from the
yard into the street. Two shots
crashed in pursuit of her.
Lisa ran to the end of the block,
turned into a quiet side street,
ran to the middle of the long
block, and stopped, breathless. She
listened. No one was coming after
her. The little houses were quiet
and dark, only, from somewhere
far away, she could clearly hear
the sound of rifle fire. Now and
again came the regular tapping Of
a machine gun. From time to
time the wind blew and Lisa,
with nothing on ever her tunic,
grew cold, and shivers ran down
her spine and thru her arms.
She walked en- mechanically,
and wept quietly, the tears pour
ing down her cheeks and falling
in the snow. The fit of horror
caused by contact with the squirm-
ing body of Robeiko had now
passed.
In this way, forgetful of herself,
she walked for a very long time,
mechanically hiding her hands in
the opposite sleeves. 1t was al
ready growing light when she was
walking by some grey palings
over which dropped the naked
boughs Of trees.
Suddenly she shivered and stood
still, as if nailed to the spot. On
the blue snow, close under the
railing, she saw some sort Of
formless heap. 1t seemed to her
that again she saw the outlines of
a human body.
ITO Be Continued Friday
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06
By ROBERT MINOR.

ON the 9Th of March, 1919, came
~ together in Moscow the group
that founded the Communist Inter-
national. Russia was beleaguered
at the time. The kind of men and
women who go to Moscow for revo-
lutionary purposes could not have
easy passage to the borders of that
country. The great capitalist ma
tions had just finished the war and
were planning to clean up its debris
in crushing out the revolution.
Russia was practically sealed by a
sanitary Gordon" The little gath
ering which formed the Communist
International was, therefore, not
made up entirely of persons sent
there for the purpose. But all were
men and women known to be repre-
sentative in some respect of the
revolutionary workers of their re-
spective countries.
1t was little handful. But it was
initiated by party that had revo-
luton to it's credit-the Russian
Communist Party.
1t was the fashion among the es-
tablished leaders Of socialism thru
out the world TO jeer at this little
new international. Grown fat and
given the illusion Of strength thru
their support by bourgeois govern
ments, the socialist" party leaders
Of all countries were contemptuous.
"Why form another international ?"
they cried. Haven't we already an
international a thousand times as
strong as this contemptible gather.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06
MENTIONING THE MOVIES
THE vIRCINIAN.
BY PROTECTOR.

Owen Wister's novel is made into
one of the most insipid pictures ever
screened, an. impossible hybrid, a
polite western" The noble cow
boy from Virginia woos the Puritan
schoolma'a am but almost loses her be-
cause Of his addiction to slaughter
and profanity. The lady agrees to
overlook these minor faults and the
clinch in the last scene is absolutely
cut to pattern. There have seldom
been two more artificial theatricalists
in leading roles than Kenneth Har-
Ian and Florence Vidor in the "Vir-
ginian" leads. The sole redeeming
features Of an otherwise insane
effort are the gorgeous natural set
tings. The picture would be infinite
ly improved If all subtitles and set
shots were cut out. AS two reel
nature-study film it would be q real
feature"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06

counsel could show that Fall and DENLY acted
entirely within the law and that "the Govern
ment actually made profit on the leases" Let
no one fear that Fall will not have Competent
counsel"
To those who are not aware of the primary
function of capitalist government this might
sound strangely incomprehensible. However,
we have seen the government too much at
work to forget that the role of the State under
capitalism IS to maintain and perpetuate the
present private property system and its at
tendant exploitation of the great mass of ex-
propriated rural and city workers. The great
steal perpetrated by our cabinet officers with
the able assistance of several senators and
congressman is perfectly legal because it very
we'll falls in line with the general capitalist
purpose of securing iron-clad control of the
natural resources and the means of produc-
tion and exchange.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06
CHAPTER X-Continued.

. OBEIKO, in his underclothes. a
ANbloody veal cutting across his
face, stood with his hands bound,
barefoot on the cold floor.
Repin was Immediately in front
of Robeiko; Lisa saw his eagles
nose in profile. AS always, he was
clearly shaved, but, instead of his
Red Army helmet, he was wearing
a black fur hat with blue ribbon;
he was smoking and slashing with
a nagaika (whip) at his polished
boots. Lisa, glancing at the ma
gaika, knew at once the origin of
the veal on Robeiko's face.
And there, from Repin to Ro-
beiko, from Robeiko to Repin,
shaking his fists in Robeiko's face,
shouting and gesticulating, was
Senator, little and fat, in a blue
waistcoat without~a coat. 49,.
"Ha! Comrade Robeikol Now
can talk to you. +. Once more,
as an equal to an equal. Do YOU
hear, you convict, as an equal to
an equal? Your robber band
requisitioned my shop. l said
nothing. You searched me, arrest
ed me for speculation. +. / said
nothing. You forcibly planted
yourself in my house and did not
pay rent. Still said nothing
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06
The Communist international

ing of nondescript outlaws in Rus
STA? We want no oriental socialism.
Lenin's attempt to build a rival
international can only fail"
But those who formed the Com
munist International knew the in
durable corruption of the old Inter-
national and the hopeless cowardice
of its leaders. TIE Communists
knew that the Second International
was an empty shell, sucked dry by
the capitalist governments. Know
ing that the workers inevitably
would have a revolutionary prole-
tartan International, they foresaw
that their efforts could and would
bring this about.
In the five years that have fol-
lowed, the Communist International
mas grown to be the one and only
revolutionary force in every impor-
tant country in the world. The
yellow socialists Second Interna-
tional has ceased to be a factor in
history except as very dangerous
counter-revolutionary machine for
the use of capitalist governments.
Everywhere now as a matter of
course revolution" means commun-
list revolution. Even the stupidest
of press dispatches never use the
word socialist" in description Of
revolutionary manifestations and up
heavals. The whole world UNDER
stands that there is no kind of revo-
lutionist in the working class except
a Communist. Anarchists an already
a harmless and even half-respectable
philosophical sect in many countries,
and are dangerous to capitalism only
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06
Perfectly Legal

We fervently hope that the workers and
farmers will not fall prey to the loud wall
ings of illegality now being raised by many
liberal purists against the Fall leases. In these
days of history and hysteria it's no easy task
to avoid being buncoed when so many traps
are set for the initiated.
Yet we will take a chance on saying that
after the lid is put on the Teapot, the Coolidge
oil investigators won't find much evidence of
Illegally in the whole filthy transaction.
Moral turpitude and ethical corruption are
one thing and proving criminal guilt is quite
another Already, we have been told that the
committee hasn't a single document affording
it necessary legal basis on which to prose-
cute in the courts. The documents needed to
enable successful prosecution have been stolen
in the usual manner that precedes legal actions
in political scandals.
And prominent Republican has boasted to
the writer that, to date, there isn't thing
that they have got on Fall'' on which they
could convict him. AS a matter of fact, this re-
publican spelbinder and legal expert even con-
tended that he felt certain that competent
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06
Olgin Greets International as
Beacon Light to the NeU World
BY MoIssAYE J. oLGIN
(By teIegraph)

(By telegraph New York City, March 5, 1924.
nut Of destruction wrought by hatred
~ murder
failure the Socialist live the ideals of the
the Third (Communs International the
Of the working class the world
rayng all forces struggling against
capitalist Dictatorship become Of for all
world the making 1t has become Of strength
the the working
formidable II has become the headquarters of
great world party with unified ideoogy uniform line of
action clad discipline hitherto
prOletarian pride.
In the name of my greet the
national the Party the Fifth Anniversary Of the
OF International Our hearts,
admiration our devotion with proeaa
struggles Long live the Communist international
the iberaor Of mankind
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06

PRAGUE, March ga new bill,
submitted to parliament here, pro-
vides that, every laborer shall be
granted an annual vacation with pay,
the length Of the holiday being ascer-
tanned by the workers period Of en-
ployment
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06
What Do You Think
of Our First Story?

The DAILY WORKER want. to
know what its readers think Of the
hrst serial novel il offers to it's
readers. We have publiahed
many installments Of this gripping
story. Another aPpears today.
What do you think of the story.
its setting, its character, as far az
we have gone? We want our read
ers to let us know. Write down
your views and send them in to
the DAILY WORKER, 1910 N.
Halsted ST., Chicago, III. We
publish as many of these letters as
we can find space for. Don't de-
lay. Write today.
What could 1 do? Weren't you
the Vice Vice-Pres- Ex-Com
or the Vice-Pres-Ex-Sov. devil
take you together with all your
titles! A whole Governor! !"
Lack of breath interrupted
Raphael Antonovitch, but he took
breath and screamed still shriller:
Now is the end of you. They
will shoot you all, like mad dogs.
and tomorrow / shall take down
the placard from my shop Do
you hear? From my shop. Yes.
am rich. You hear, am a bour-
geois, and always will be one.
You were ragamufin vagabond
and always will be. You saw
nothing? Speak, Comrade Robeiko,
since you are such a good orator.
Make speech, please, for the last
time. We'd like to hear you. :"
Senator made an artificial, re-
spectful bow to Robeiko. Repin
smiled. The bandits laughed loud
w.. Lisa heard a malicious litter
ing and in the door of the kitchen
saw the laughing face of Madam
Senator, her grinning teeth, the
wrinkles round her eyes, and a
yellow dressing gown with purple
flowers.
You say nothing, you say moth
ing" Senator beloved. ''Take
this!" and he spat a great lump
of spittle in Robeiko's face.
Robeiko broke away, but a
Dlack-Dearded peasant caught him
by the shoulders and Robeiko
struggled helplessly in his hands,
while Senator's spittle trickled
down his forehead and into his
eyes. Robeiko could not even wipe
away the poisonous stuff, for his
hands were bound. With scorn and
hatred he looked round the mock
ing crowd, and, looking by acct
dent in Lisa's direction, caught
sight of her pale face in the door
way, and smiled. And from
this smile Lisa knew that tho Ro-
beiko was suffering from the blows
and the insults, his spirit was UNI
broken, he was not afraid arN he
scorned his enemies. It seemed
to Lisa that Robeiko was smiling
because he was remembering their
talk in the evening.
The smile woke Lisa from her
stupor, and with terrible screams
she threw herself on Repin and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06
By Jury LIBEDINsKY

published by THE DAILY WORK.
FIX thru special arrangement with
B. w. Huebseh, Inc, Of New York
City: Copyrighted, 1928, by B. W.
Huebsch & Co.
WHAT HAS GONE BEFoRE)
The Russian Communist Party
branch is governing this frontier
city and fighting the counter
revolution. Earlier installments
tell of the fuel shortage that pre-
vents seed grain from being
fetched on the railroad. The Party
meeting decides to send the Red
Army far away for fuel, at the
risk of leaving the city open for
bandits and counter-revolutioni
IT also decides to conscript the
local bourgeoisie for wood cutting
IN a nearby park. Varied types
OF party members are flashed on
the screen: Klimin, the efficient
president of the branch, who still
finds time to have sweetheart;
Robeiko, the consumptive, whose
devotion is killing him; Gornuikh,
the brilliant youth of 10 on the
Cheka; Matusenko, the luxury
loving place-hunter and Stalmak-
hoy, a practical workingman revo-
lutionist. Gornuikh, disguised as
peasant, overhears talk in the
market place about plot of
counter-revolutionists to seize the
town while the Red Army is away
getting wood. The Communist
company is summoned. The last
issue ends with the counter-revolu-
tionary forces bursting into the
house of the druggist Senator,
room of which has been comman-
deered by the communists for Com
rade Robeiko. Lisa, school
teacher gazes at the mob with
horror-slricken eyes.-NOW GO
ON WITH THE Story.
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Of course this fact has nothing to
90 with the editorial views Of the
POST. Newspaper owners do not de-
termine the policy of their papers.
Perish the thought, 1t only happens
that the editorial writer and TIKI
owners have minds that run in thu
same channels.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-06

Harry Sinclair not alone received
United States government oil from
the genial Mr.. Fall but he also Sc
cured a customer. While the senate
committee is digging. up crooks in
its daily struggle with the master
crooks, Mr.. Sinclair is sending up the
stock Of the Sinclair Consolidated
Oil Corporation by telling the world
that he has built sevesal new pipe
lines and storage tanks at Ports
mouth, N. H., the cost Of which
will be paid from profits on Teapot
Dome oil. Portsmouth is naval
station. Sinclair should worry. We
are reasonably assured that no sem
ator will threaten the sacred profit
system by prosecuting a man who
could run his business in such pro-
fitable manner.
Phoenix tribune., 1924-09-20
HUMPHREY TO ENFORCE
ANTI-JOHNSON GRASS
ORDINANCE in VALLEY

According to announcement made
by County Agent Guy Hamilton, Har-
ry Humphry, of Somerton, has been
employed by the board of supervisors
to enforce the county noxious weed
ordinance and is now at work looking
over fields reported to be infested
with johnson grass.
Most of the farmers who are un-
fortunate enough to have johnson
grass on their farms have been very
careful this year to see that none
was permitted to mature seed. How
ever, probably due to the recent hot
weather, a few have become lax in
their follow up work with the result
that there are now a few fields in the
valley containing johnson grass that
is heading and if not cut at once will
mature seed in a few days.
johnson grass should never be al
lowed to reach this size on account of
the fact that its tirtiary root develop
ment only starts when the plant has
just about reached the booting Stage,
when it is kept close to the ground
its vitality is slowly but assuredIy be-
ing constantly lessened.
johnson grass has been and can be
entirely eradicated through system
attic cultured practices. Regardless
of what the future plans are, though
it will pay everyone with johnson
grass to cut it off close with a hoe
or in case the fields are badly infest-
ed, plow the fields at this time.
All who have johnson grass or
neighbors that have it are urged to
turn in such farms to Mr.. Humphry,
the county agent or member of the
board of supervisors. Thorough CO.
operation of all parties is necessary
if the grass is to be kept from spread
this fall.