Daily Worker
February 5, 1925
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~ 4 4 * > 7 af . 4 26444 1 5 7 ** * 12 i 5 ‘ andi a’ * — . e . . 1 af 7 * - ’ 4 {> a rae. + Epa * — oad a * * n N 75 rye 4 2 ee . . 9 1 bt 7 ‘ , * " * 3 * 5 a „ 1 * Py the sary. pre-requisite to qualifica. tion for that honor. It should not be - forgotten that Britain recently helped f the bandit who is now premier of that ‘ | geuntry, to oust Bishop Van Noli, for- mer premier, who was somewhat li- offer to supply the Al- throne with dagger food fol- ; to the order é . * a ’ tallsm,“ he went on, - | uprisinitot the proletariat 4 an ett +f Pr Phe eRe ret! | PP ee taper ey stew as se Lon * othe 1 i 1797 1 1 the shop and farmers in the field, Filipinos under capitalist Impet and the Negroes under ploftation. Hay “A movement based on science and conscious understanding challenges capitalism in the United States. It broke down and destroyed: capitalism in Russia and will do the same in every country on the globe.” Lenin Still Leads. “Tho dead, Lenin is. still leading,” said»Ben Gitlow, chairman, in his . - - * (opening remarks. We are living in the most imperialistic period “but we are of we the 1 in the epoch New International Created, Kemember years ago, the year of the great trayal ‘of of the: Second ‘International. J ished and never will. will create a new international’ And the new international has been creat- ed. We understand that seven, bour- geois organizations tried to prevent this meeting. You know their names. (Continued on Page 4.) 6% a Pere . Toa ” & 4 > aA as | . 41 2 “ae * ii — „ c 21 ant. ale a EN n. UD | WORKERS OF NEW YORK DEGLARE ~ SOLIDARITY WITH RUSSIAN LABOR Bes he resolution adopted at the Lenin Memorial meeting in New York + Feb. 1, at Madison Square Garden, was as follows: Whereas, this first anniversary of the death of Nicolai Lenin marks the intensive mobilization of all forces of reaction against the first workers’ and peasants’ republic of Soviet Russia, and Whereas, these enemies are the world imperialists, the social traitors, the agents of the bourgeoisie, and all oppressors of the working class and what happened ten be- the workers by the leaders many it seemed that international prole- tarian solidarity perished forever. Then sounded the voice of Le proletarian international has not per- The, workers The It would be very bad if they could Wa &? 1 5 ¥ 1. R „ aes > 4 4 — N 4 my 9 * _ 1 , Ot ee ae ae hr 5 + SF 1 * 9 1 il 17 H against the oppressors, Mobilize the children and inspire them with the spirit.of Lenin. First we must have a party, then the Young Workers’ ö and as important as these are who spoke in Jewish was : received, and pointed out ‘that when ike workers in Germany and the workers of Poland and of all other countries get their Red army, , and disciplined, they can against the capitalists. He show- how the workers in every walk of Ute and in every part of the globe have taken Lenin as their friend, Comrade and leader. Katterfeid Speaks for “DAILY.” L. E. Katterfeld, New York agent for the DAILY WORKER, reminded the audience of the significant words ot Lenin when he said, “The most im- portant weapon of the workers in America is a Communist Daily in the English language.” “We can honor Lenin best by our hearty support of the working class press, and the DAILY WORKER is now here to be | Used. and spread. It is on the news ss in New York and all workers ould buy it,” said Katterfeld. ab oi was represented splendidly q „ Nishimura, who told of the of Lenin in Japan, and said only Japan is accepting Com- igm fast but China and the islands Of ne sea are coming on rapidly. ‘Whenever the working class takes its * fight,” said Nishimura, the * Milk Visiting Throngs The building at 5830 Blackstone Ave., which burned down Saturday, snuffing out the lives of seven ten- ants, was ecanstructed as a world’s fair buliding ain 1893, when present fire laws were mot yet passed, George Erickson, one of the tenants in the building, told the DAILY WORKER yesterday. Even when: constructed thirty-two years ago, the ‘building was a flimsy fretrap, hastily constructed for worl¢ fair purposes, Erickson said. Old and in Bad Repair. The building was old, and badly re- paired, with faulty plumbing, worn wooden floors, inadequate fire escapes ahd small flimsy apartments, the testimony of the tenants revealed at the coroner’s inquest yesterday. George Erickson, who rooms on the first floor, testified that he had to go thru a room stored. with furniture tc get to his apartment. “None of the walls or floors» were well finishéd,’ Erickson, a mechanic, testified. “The floors were old and worn. There had been varnish at one time but it was all rubbed off.“ B. Yaeger, al laborer in a ware house, who occupied the apartment in he second floor, told how his sister Mrs. Elizabeth: Pryor, was trapped on the third floor. (Contiriued on Page 2.) 1 f the colonial peoples, and Whereas, Soviet Russia represents the hope of the working class of the whole world and despite all attempts of the capitalist governments to destroy her, is consolidating her forc-+— es and broadening her influence, and Whereas, all the important govern- “= © = * * 7 _ shortly in subsequent issues. THE REAL STORY OF HERRIN The DAILY WORKER its sending a corresponde Williamson county to get the real story of Herrin—inter- views, sketches, investigations of the forces at work and the background story of the struggle that has the name of “Bloody Williamson” to the coal district - round about Herrin, Illinois. The stories will appear t to = : : 7 hs dies ~~ ments of the world realizing the im- portance of Soviet Russia for inter- national intercourse have been com- pelled to recognize her, Be It Resolved, that we, the work- ers of New York City in mass meet- ing assembled, do hereby strongly condemn those elements which are seeking to undermine and weaken the power of the first workers’ and pea- sants’ republics in whatever guise | they may appear, whether as capital- ist exploiters, ezarist counter-revolu- of the Second International, and Be It Further Resolved, that we hereby declare our full solidarity with the workers andi peasants of Soviet Russia, and pledge ourselves to sup- port them wholeheartedly in their struggle, and Be It Further Resolved, that this meeting calls upon the United States government to put an end to the bar- riers now existing between the Sov- let government and the United States, and to recognize the Soviet govern- ment as represetiting the will of the workers and peasants of that coun- Ser a tiomaries, or social democratic agents 4 * . Be u a ‘ 1 9 . m4 . 1 1 N ö 2 , . 5 2 * ay - | 1 ay 7 2 N s 5 2g 72 5 i Sey a got Aaa 1 om 2 nr) 8 . id =e ig, > ING CO, 1 . 2 * „ . 5 1 ne * * 4 lle ig only a waste of good money and they are looking around for a pian to a stronghold of sociakdemocracy and was one of the boasted conquests of the Second International. — — It’s your paper Bund on it! hp BOONE, IOWA, TO HEAR ‘REDS’ FEBRUARY 19 (Special to The Daily Worker) BOONE, Iowa, Feb. 3.— A brief visit to this little town of 14,000 population, a farming, mining and railroad divi- sion center, reveals many things of interest. Perhaps the most remark- able is the many different crafts that have unions here, Hodcarriers and Teamsters. Boone, being a railroad division point, all the brotherhoods have lodg- es. The miners have also got a local union that meets at the Boone Labor Temple. The temple is in the center of the town, and has two halis on the second floor. N These are occupied every evening of the month almost, for outside of the railroad brotherhoods, there are eight- een locals meeting at the Labor Tem- ple, among them the teamsters, with forty members, and the hodcarriers. Then we learned that “Bob” Lyons was up from Des Moints last week and lined up a few for a new cooks’ and waiters’ local. | Farmers and Women Join Up. Boone trade unions are ambitious politically, so practically all locals are , 12 + f * N * e 4 ~ 4 : 1 ‘ mare Prt ee? es 1 da. 1. FHA Aub Sopot ene „ 1 * * aes at said the president was with t is of Ford's ¢ that there was “a possibili- „An e might find oc- @ advantage of it.” n * the White House ommunist, asking for the — e. 1 Pog . 8 * — 2 gf * ae * aA 123 * v= U . rue 1 > ae rr 41 tony 15 ‘ e te the ah se Tf ee : 12 eee a ol, ee r Nen * ee a> : Luther Gave Millions to Indastrialists (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Feb. 3.—The Kaiserite gow ernment of Hans Luther is ne sooner in office than it finds itself involved in a scandal surpassing even that of the famous Barmat case in which the social democrats: were proven to have extended state credits to an enter prising concern that had been one of the socialist party's most generous financial supporters. What the Lutherites are charged with is having turned over the gigam tie sum of $150,000,000—almost ag much as was loaned to Germany under the Dawes plan—to the big industriab ists of the Ruhr in compensation fos their losses under the French occupm® tion. These payments were made, When Luther was finance minister and Stresemann was chancellor. The re publican papers and particularly the Communist press is demanding that Luther and Stresemann be tried before the supreme court. It is um likely, however, that anything of the kind will take place. K Compensating the Plutes. „ submitted b the courage to support it in the open. Besides Miller, Represen- tative H. F. Swett, of Kidder county, spoke in favor of the resolution. D. L. Peters, of Pierce county, a blind tool of capitalism, spoke against it. On a viva voce vote about twen voted in its favor. Muller said that “twenty-one coun- nations of the world, had already re- cognized Soviet Russia and the United States is losing valuable trade to oth- er countries because ft refuses to deal with the Russians. The result is,” he continued, “that our factories are not working at full capacity, and in some instances, shutting down altogether. with thousands of workers in this country walking the streets looking for work and getting into the bread lines. Shiploads of tractors are be- ing sent to Russia from Germany, while we who are manufacturing the best tractors in the world, cannot find a market for them.” Working Farmers Favor Recognition. H. F. Swett, working farmer from Kidder county, urged consideration of the measure, saying that “Miller was looking at things in an international way and that he could see farther than most of us and I am convinced,” he said, that there are communities all over North Dakota that are in fa- vor of recognizing. Russia.“ Representative D. L. Peters showed his utter ignorance of the subject he was trying to discuss, stating that “Russia owes the United States 3800, 000,000 which the Soviet government har repudiated. It is morally wrong for any government to recognize a government founded on bloodshed and represented in the legislative council, | murder,” he said. which is “non-partisan,” and extends | out into the county, with the afiilia- tion of four farmers’ organizations as well as two groups of the women’s labor bureau, No. 2, and No..5. The last named is a ward group about two miles from town. This political council is a loeal or- ganization, but all its affiliations are linked up thru their state councils or bureaus, including the women, who are now an auxiliary to the state fed- eration. The Boone county legislative asso- ciation, their full name, will also put up candidates for election in the coun- ty this spring. Fire Fighters and Street Car Men. Then there are two locals not usual- ly found in small towns, fire fighters and street railway employes. Many large towns cannot boast of such or- ganizations, but apparently every craft that has a dozen workers is or- ganized in Boone. They have fairly good control on the job and now aspire to run the politics of the tewn and county. There | (Continued on page 4.) Upholds Soviet Before Legislators. Miller, replying to this ignorant as- sault on the first: workers’ republic, said that Peters evidently read only the. capitalist papers Time and again the Soviets have offered to dis- cuss the debt question and the coun- terclaim of the Russians amounted to more than the whole debt,“ Miller said. “There was Bakmetiev,“ he con- tinued, “who for a long time repre- sented the non-existent Kerensky gov- ernment in this country and to whom this government paid $187,000,000 this money being used to pay capital ists in the United Skates who had money coming from Russians in the cays of the czar, and much of this vast sum was also used for counter- revolutionary purpot!s. The farmers and the workers ot Russia are stand- Miller added. Many non-partisan league represe: t- atives congratulated Miller upon his talk. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” I tor the DAILY WORKER. ‘Miller, but lacked |: tries, among them some Of the leading ing solidly back of their government,” | SOVIET RUSSIA The payments were supposed to be Made im accordance with the goverm N to thé French ipvasion.. All the beneficiaries under the pa; ments were members of the people’s party or supporters of the extreme right. Hugo Stinnes, Fritz Thyssen, the. Mannessmann group and Hert von Hoesch were among the lucky ones. The coal trust received 3137, 525,000; the chemical trust, . $12,500, and the Rhine shipping trust, 511, 275,000. SPLITS JAPAN FROM LEAGUE PARIS, Feb. 3.—The consumation of the Soviet-Japanese treaty is caus- ing considerable flutter among the gentlemen of Versailles who look upon the league of nations as an instrument especially designed to oppose Soviet Russia and all it represents. Breaks Up League of Nations One of the many points of a more technical character in the treaty which absorb French interest is the reported agreement by Japan not ta engage in any hostile combination against Russia. Japan is one of the original mem- bers of the league of nations and ag such is. bound by the articles of the covenant to take part with other nations in the coercion of Russia should she engage in any act of ag- gression against other members of the league, as for instance the Baltic states or Poland. : But by this treaty the Japanese gov. ernment seems to have accepted an entirely contradictory engagement. Worrled Over Red. Navy Hyacinthe Philouze, iatimate per sonal friend of Premier Herriet, close. ly allied with the Herriot govermment, and editor of the Sans Fil, signs an erticle, in which he states pointhlank that Russia ceded a part of Sakhalin island containing enormous petroleum deposits, to Japan in return for the Tokio government's pledge to cons⸗ truct the latest and most formidable warships for the Soviets. — House Win aiden Alleged Illegal Acts Of Illinois Judge WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—An investi gation into the alleged official miscon¢ duct of Federal Judge English, eastern district of Illinois, was ordered today by the house judiciary committee. It will be made by a sub-committee consisting of representatives Boise, Iowa; Christopherson, South Dakota; Hersey, Maine; Michener, Mi republicans; Summers, Texas; Till man, Arkansas, and Weller, New Yerk, democrats, „ n
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ay Sal 5 raren S 1 * — N * ere * = * 22 — b MILITANTS Local No. 181 Demands That Hutcheson Act Harry Jensen’s strong arm men failed to prevent the Illegally expell- ed members of Carpenters’ Local Un- lon No. 181, from attending their un- lon meeting last Monday night. The rank and file insisted that the raib roaded militants get inside and so they did. As usual, the chairman refused to open the meeting until the expelled members retired, but as those mem- bers have been illegally deprived of their membership and consequently of their means of livelihood at their trade, they refused to comply with the autocratic chairman’s orders. He was acting under the instructions o Harry Jensen, local satrap of “ezar’ Hutcheson. “Hutch” Is in Florida. It was learned at the meeting that Hutcheson is now enjoying the balmy breezes of Florida, and has no time to comply with the demands of Local No. 181, that he give a speedy de- cision on the appeal from the ruling of the chair in expelling the five mem- bers. " The meeting did not open until 9:30 p. m. The chairman wanted to “ad- journ” the meeting before it opened, but the rank and file insisted on do ing business. When the chairman decided that | he had better open the meeting, a motion was made demanding that Gen- eral President Hutcheson of the in- ternational give a speedy decision on the appeal from the illegal ruling of the chair in declaring the fiVe mem- bers expelled without complying with the laws of the brotherhood. Jensen ts Furious. The chairman consented to put the motion, .despite the frantic appeals of Harry Jensen, who raved around the platform and tried to incite others to use violence. He was advised by the indignant members that if ne started any trouble, they would see it thru. He therefore, calmed down and was chagrined to see the motion pass- ed unanimously. The members are extremely angry over the cold-blooded manner in which the general president refuses to consider their appeal for justice for their fellow workers and they are more determined than ever to see that the officiala are not going to make a laughing stock out of the laws of the organization. ‘ Report 30 Drown in Wreck MARSBHILLES, France, Feb. 3.— Thirty passengers and members of the crew of the steamer Saigon were drowned when the vessel foundered, according to captain of the steamer Jerusalem, which docked here today. THUGS, TAKE NOTICE! You can generally know a thug By the nose upon his mug. These gangsters, you can plainly see Are ready for some de- viltry. The gatman with the bright red nose Is sure some pippin; to- night his toes Will slide along the pol- ished hall At the Red Revel Mas- querade ball. HEROIC DRIVER TELLS STORY OF RACE WITH DEATH IN BLIZZARD TO SAVE NOME VICTIMS tes (ners ö 14 0 1 * 7 re * * = — 8 WILD It was my dog’s intelligence and greatest odds. I wish I could tell you the By GUNNAR KASSEN. NOMD, Alaska, Feb. 3 My big black dog Balto must get all the credit as far as my part of the journey goes. In the long trek across the snow covered and biizzardy trail it was Balto's eyes that saw when human eyes failed. Balto ts the leader of my 13 black Siberian malamutes and I do not think any other leader in Alaska could have brought me in safely. 4 bravery that won in the face of the story of the whole race but I am so sleepy. Leonard Seppella finished his run,+— 120 miles from Nome, making a 40 mile mush, near Bonanza to deliver the packet of serum to Olson of Bluff at Golovin. Olson gave the package to me at Bluff and my leg of the race was on. I left Bluff at 10 night. It was a storm all right. I took four hours and 20 minutes for the first 20 miles. I had to travel in a fierce storm, a regular blizzard. There was eight feet of snow on the ground at one point. Then how dark! I passed Solo- mon’s road house at Saftey without seeing it. I could not see the trail or the trail marks. Just Balto was there going up and down, up and own. I was supposed to meet Ed. Rohn, another relay man there, but it was so dark I missed him and so decided to continue on to Nome. I thought it best—better than cause delay lock ing for him and changing dog har ness. Now the blizzard was abaiing some what but still I could not see. I decided to trust to fate and Balto. I was sure he would come thru. He did. But my dogs were just in the last act. To the other drivers and dogs most credit is due. They had the harder mush—more difficult- les. ; And for them I know I can say ae for myself—we were glad to serve. > „ Nome More Hopeful. (Special to The Dally Worker) NOME, Feb. 3.—Despite reports p. m., Sunday less and that the epidemic was bring ing new cases, Nome faced its plague with a strong heart and for a time forgot its sufferings to pay tribute to the men who made the fight against death. Gunnar Kassen, the musher who drove the dog team in the final dasb here and his 13 black Siberian dogs were the heroes of the camp. Kassen was forced to tell again and again his story of the race and re vealed that the outstanding driver of the battle against the elements was John Sommers, veteran mail carrier Sommers, Kassen said, left Kalta- gat on his leg of the dash at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon and reached Unalkleet at 3 o’clock Saturday morn. ing after driving all thru the night. His lap of the course was thru heavy timberland over deep anc drifted snow with huge avalanches ot snow blocking the trail. It was the most difficult leg of the race, yet despite the great difficulties he en- countered Sommers pushed on and on and finally triumphed. None was happier in Nome than Kassen’s bride, formerly Miss Anne Carlson. She was among the first te greet the musher after his arrival. Kassen is employed by the Ham- mon Consolidated Goldfields com- pany. He is a friend and associate of Leonard Seppella, the champion musher and with him has made many perilous treks on the trail. None of the containers holding the serum were broken, Dr. Welch said. He planned to thaw out the serum that the new serum may prove use gradually. Firetrap Relic of World’s Fair Days | (Continued from page 1) J tried to save her but I couldn't make itt thru the smoke and fire,” he said. Yaeger hurried away immedi. ately after his testimony to attend th. funeral of his sister at Hammond Indiana, No Way of Escape. J. Roberts, told how he carried Mrs Eart out of the building dying. “Mrs. Earl had no way of escaping from the bufiding except thru my door, whic) was locked,” Roberts testified. “Her screams woke me up. I unlocked the door, but could not see Mrs. Hari thru the smoke. After taking my wife to a safer part of my apartment, I again looked for Mrs. Earl, and under the smoke saw her lying in the hall. dragged her out, and took her to the yard. She died yesterday morning. She was trapped.” Doors Locked. Ray G. Overall, a chauffeur, told how the water was not working on the night of the fire. The tenants had to flush the toilets from the hot water faucets, which were the only ones working, Overall said. J heard a man scream, and then saw the smoke,” said Overall, whc rooms on the third floor. “I tried to get my wife out the back way, but th door was locked. I then escaped from the floor below.” Couldn’t Get Work. Overall testified that he had been unable to flind work for severa months. “I had not paid my rent fo: three months,” he said. “I couldn’! get any kind of work.” Gordon Galloway, a milkman whc roomed on the third floor, told hov the fire escapes were filmsy and in adequate. “From my room the onl: fire escape was a ladder, whicr reached only as far as six feet below and to the side of my window. I hac to jump the distance.” Galloway first took his wife to a fire escape ir a different apartment, but after goins for his clothes, found that he coulc¢ not get thru the flames to reach hi) wife again. He then jumped to the ladder below his window. C. L. Batley, a railroad machinis' working for the Illinois Central rail road, advanced the theory that leaky gas pipes became ignited and caused the blaze. “It was a very old build ing,” Bailey said. “The gas pipes were old, and perhaps a leaky gar pipe became ignited.” There are many firetraps in Chica Look for it every day beginning with next Saturday's paper. A series of short sketches on outstanding characters in the American radical and labor movement. Skidmore, Wietling, Sorga, Silvis, Powderly, Parsons, Most, De Leon, Debs, Mitchell, Gompers, St. John, Bill Haywood, Joe Hill, Frank Little and John Reed are some of the interesting personalities in the labor movement that will be treated in this series. go as bad or worse than the 32-flat tenement at 6830 Blackstone Ave that snuffed out the lives of sever people when it burned down las week, fire department witnesses testi fied at the coroner’s inquest. Similar blazes are liable to break out at any time, with just as fatal re sults, Horace McLane, chief of the 16th battalion declared. The fire de partment can do nothing, as the fire- ordinances are inadequate he said The flre department witnesses asked for more stringent fire ordinances. Bulding Like Many Others. The known death toll was increas: ed to seven when Mrs. Alice Earl, 56 died at the Tilfmois Central hospital [Two other women who were tenant of the building have been missin; since the fire and are also thot t have perished in the fire. They were seen after the fire; according to som. of the witnesses at the inquest. “Is this old building materially dif ferent from a large number of othe: buildings?” McLane was asked at the inquest. “No, it is just as well constructee as many others. It was inspected ir 1920 and the fire laws were compliec with.” The building was construtec as a world’s fair building in 1893 when the present fire laws were not yet passed. Business Men’s Jury. The “business men’s” coroner’s jury consists of Frank F. Holmes of the Insurance Exchange, C. C. Taylor o the Central Actuarial bureau, E. C Fischer, of the Employers Liability Assurance corporation, G. A. Mavon L. F. Menard of the Standard Acci dent Insurance company and Dr. El dorado Scott, 6343 Kenwood avenue There is no worker on the jury. The buildings and zoning commit tee of the city council declared tha‘ they will ask the board of education to delay starting its new building program until all preventable firs hazards are eliminated. The commit tee will visit the scene of the Black stone Ave. fire today. Maritime Labor Herald Gets Big Advertising By Steel Co. Expose HALIFAX, Can. Feb. 3.—Invaluable free publicity for a labor weekly ap- peared in two Halifax newspapers as a double page advertisement paid for by the British Empire Steel corpora- tion. One page of the ad was a full page reproduction of the Maritime Labor Herald of Jan. 3, edited by J. B. McLachlan, and published at Glace Bay, N. 8. Im that issue the Labor Herald gave considerable space to pointing out to the miners that the best weapon avail- able to fight the corporation is the 100 percent strike. The minimum circulation of the two dailies—The Halifax Herald and Morn- ing Chronicle, in which the ad appear- ed, totals 50,000. It is reported that the advertising thus accorded the labor paper has increased its weekly | circulation by 1100 copies and that | subscriptions are coming in from points never before touched by the paper. nesty has to all those who during the Sion war ailied themselves with the Wrangel and Deniken anti-Soviet army, Premier Rykoff announced at the first con- gress of the Soviets of the northern Caucasus. All who returned to Russia after the collapse of the counterrevolu- tionary campaign will have their election privileges restored. In announcing amnesty, Premier Rykoff sald: 3 2 “The past must be ‘buried; we must establish greatér unity among all nationalities In this! district; we must lighten the labors of the peo- ple; we must forget”all that ocour- red during the oclvil War. We must establish the electoral rights of the whole population, “The government has sufficient proof that those who opposed the Bolshevik regime are ready now to engage in peaceful labor, having recognized that thelr hostility to- ward us was a mistake.” M. Rykoff announced further that certain categories of peasants and workmen would also be liberated from prison and that the govern- ment would annul the greater part of the old agricultural tax which had remained uncollected for sev- oral years past. “tn doing this,” continued the premier, “the government wishes to create In northern Caucasus a situa- tion which shall bring all into closer contact for the welfare of the Soviet Union.” SUFFERERS FROM IRISH FAMINE WELCOME DEATH children Are Shoeless DUBLIN, Feb. Z. — Relief associa- tions began sending oll stoves and oi! to the famine districts of west Ireland today. Depressing reports. way. Travelers tell dren with hunger indelibly imprinted on their thin eet a hers wit! babes at their b ‘showing signs of under-noufishin pressed men, all unemployed and liv. ing in miserable stone and sod roofe: hovel. Death has not Made any grea inroads on these people, but man) would welcome death, travelers said rather than continue to endure the daily pangs of hunger and suffering from the cold. , Seven in Two Rooms. One tiny hut houses a family of seven in two rooms. All day long they crouch about a heap of smolder ing wet peat which gives off so little heat it could be picked up from the hearth. | Another cabin of two rooms holds e family of twelve who sleep in tw: beds and on the flag#tones of the hearth. Even the hovel-like homes o! these people appear to add to then discomfort, for the rain-soaked sod roofs and stone walls hold moisture until the sun dries it out. The daily fare in the famine dis. tricts consists of tea and bread fon breakfast, tea and bréad at midday In the evening dry, unbuttured bread Some families have a small store of be-dwarfed potatoes which represents their year’s labor. Thése potatoes are harbored closely and are rationed carefully. ; POWERS ANXIOUS come from Gal- shoeless chil TO AVOID FIGHT OVER PATRIARCH (Special to The Dally Worker) PARIS, Feb. 3.—The British, French and Italian governments are anxious to avoid getting involved in hostilities because of the rupture between Tur- key and Italy over the expulsion of the Greek patriarch’ from Constan- tinople. The three goveruments are en- deavoring to prevent the crisis be- tween Greece and Turkey from developing into an open break. Greek Workers Cool. Reports of indignation over the ex- pulsion of the patriarch come from Greece, but the Greek workers are keeping quite cool and have no inten- tion of shedding any of their blood tm order to salvage the dignity of the bourgeoisie which may have been wounded when the Turks advised the religious leader to take up his bed and walk. As England and France, the two nations most interested in the doings of Greece and Turkey, are not now ready for war, it is likely that the in- cident will become part of history with no more horrible results than several scare headlines. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” is 22 newsles. we — editor and owner of the Chie has ublication to its 3 OURNAL 3 LOYES,” says the big ne in the Journal itself, which should leave no doubt about xk. On the face of things, this would cate that Ch oe | . have ‘a y paper of thelr ove. By employes ene visions | Pan ve a da ff caged ir own. By employes one vis a vote of 1 to the printers, the stereotypers, the — the pressmen, the train trom voting on Herrigf’s propos- office staff, the workers in the editorial rooms, even the fal to establish an Alsasce-Lorraine eee But no one is kept long in doubt as to behind the misleadin headlines. The paper doesn't go to the employes at all. he workers on th: e Journal were never in the mind of the publisher, Eastman, when he made his will. high officials of the Chicago Journal company; Zastman's closest businoss associates. H. C. Deuter, treasurer. | The Journal had to be continued after Eastman’s death. It wasn’t in the nature of things that he could take it along with him. Someone had to have the ownership of the paper. The “employes” certainly didn’t get it. The workers, all the way from reporters to pressmen, have no more proprietary right in the Journal today, than they had before Eastman died. This title is lodged, according to the best traditions of wege ownership, in the hands of the business trio, to whom astman turned over this property. It isn’t written in the e game, no more than in any other industry, that the workers should get control under capitalism. The business of publishing newspapers is being monopolized just like the running of the steel industry. Hearst is the greatest newspaper monopolist. His Chi- cago Herald-Examiner has grown because of the sustenance it won from the graves of The Chronicle and The Herald, two morning dailies that it drove out of Its field. Its sole competitor is The Tribune, a giant corporation, alone taking millions of dollars annually in profits. The Journal prides itself on two ne It claims to be the oldest daily newspaper in Chicago. It is also Chicago's only democratic newspaper. But things that are old are ready for death. There is really no reason for the continued existence of The Journal; no more than there is for the property, thoroly cover the field. They give the master class ail the service ies eally needs. It should, there- fore, nat bs surprining Journal should in time decide die. Then the other al spay aly x mol gp Beg long news articles and editor relating the failure of turning over such a delicate 9 90 a per, to mere em- ployes.” They would merely be publishing the sequel to the fiction they have already set afloat. 1. * ¢ The consolidation of the various capitalist newspapers, however, increases the necessity of the workers buildin their own press. The Journal proclaims that it has “stead- fastly fought on the side of law and order, public decency, official honesty and civic reform.“ Every other capitalist sheet, if it cannot say as much, can at least claim it. What the workers, in city and country, need are néwspapers that will fight for the working class against the capitalist class. There is only one daily newspaper in the English lan- guage, published in these United States, that is d that at the present time. That newspaper is the DAIL RK- ER, the official organ of the Workers (Communist) Party. The DAILY WORKER welcomes the consolidation of the forces of its enemy. It sees in the growing capitalist press monopoly, the developing solidarity of its enemy, that must become apparent to city and land workers, forcing them into a realization. of the necessity of building their own press. * The DAILY WORKER belongs to workers. It is their weapon; wielded by the organized American Communist movement. Its triumphant record shows that the workers can successfully conduct a class organ of their own. The DAILY WORKER is the forerunner of many DAILY WORK- ERS, to come in all the big centers of the nation. John C. Eastman’s death marked the passing of the last of the private owners and personal editors of an American newspaper. The DAILY WORKER marks the joint effort of work- ers to build a press of their own; one of the chief weapons, not only in crushing the opposition capitalist press, but in helping to abolish the whole capitalist system; When the workers will take over the world. . os." The much heralded “employes” consist merely of three Take a good look at them: W. Frank Dunn, president; O. L. Hall, vice-president, and diplomatic mission to ‘Vatican. ‘|The \socialists however aides that tue) would vote for Herriot in the WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, wants Italy to pay her war debt to the Unit- ed States. As a step towards bring- ing that delicate question to public attention, Borah addressed a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, a well-known admirer of the fascisti, de- manding information regarding the amount Italy owes to the United States government and when the cre. dita were granted. The amount of the Italian debt, with interest added is now about §2,- 000,000,000. It is known that pro- posals looking toward a settlement of the Italian indebtedness are not popular with Benito Mussolini. “Big Five” Packers Violate Law and (Special to The ‘Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Charging the “big five” packers with continual violation of the government ant trust” degree, Senator Frazier, rep., North Dakota, this afternoon called upon the senate to enact his bill plac- ing the packing industry under the direct control of the federal trade commission. Frazier urged haste, he said, be- cause it was rumored the consent. de- gree, forbidding the packers from en- gaging in “unrelated industries” was to be set aside, leaving them free of government regulation. Tinker with Leaky Law to Restrain New Jersey Bosses NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 3—An amend- ment to the disputed no-night-work- for-women bill providing penalties of $50 for first violation and $200 for second is being prepared for present- ation to the New Jersey state legis- lature. The new law was inoperative for lack of penalties. It provides against work by women between 10 p. m. and 6 a. m. and is being fought by a group of textile mill, laundry and glass fac- | TURK GAPITALISTS Syracuse, N. Y., Had Big Memorial for APOLOGIZE TO RUSS WORKERS AWD PEASANTS Karl Liebknecht SYRACUSE, N. Y., Feb. 3.—The tories. ~ Pull Guts Out of Eight Hour Bill; Plutes Let it Pass SPRINGFIELD, Uni., Feb. 3.—pros- pects for passage of the women’s eight-hour law at this session of the Ulinois general assembly became bright today with the announcement More Grabs 2 ee. a ee | 3 a ee ee ee (Special to The Dally Worker) CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 3.—As a result of the insulting conduct of Turkish police, who surrounded the Soviet steamer “Lenin” a few weeks ago at this port and would allow no one to land or go aboard, the Turk- ish capitalist government has been forced to apologize to the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. Raise Day Laborers to $6. SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco’s 300 municipal day laborers, will re ceive $6 instead of $5.50 a day. The raise was granted unanimously by the board of supervisors. HAVE A HEART! Put Your Interest For Our COMMUNIST CHILDREN INTO ACTION Come to The JUNIORS’ DANCE FEB. 14, 1925 Workers’ Lyceum coming to Ashiand Auditerium Feb. 6. Ar NOW iT ONCE Young Workers’ League held a me- morial meeting for Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, in Educational) Club Hall, Syracuse, N. Y. A one-act playlet, “The Schoolgirl,” written by Comrade Fanny Gardner was wel’ given. Comrade Chalotte Moskowitz took the part of a working clas: mother and Comrade Elsa Duane, that of a schoolgirl. There were also a piano solo by David Durfsky; interpretative dances by Caroline Duane; memorial songs by Y. W. L. choruses; three memoria poems by Comrade Charlotte Mosko- witz and a talk on “Why you should join the T. W. L.“ by Comrade Doroff. The meeting was very well attend ed and several joined the league David Perlmutter gave a talk on Marxism at the last regular meeting. The Workers’ Relief Committee ir running a moving picture Feb. 9. matinee and evening of “From Death to Life” giving a story of Russian farmers. This will be at the Alcazar — ́ Theater, — aed 5 that many objectionable features that caused its defeat two years ago had been toned down. Terms of the bill were agreed to at a conference in Chi- cago and the measure is now on its way here, Repersentative Mrs. O’Neil of Du Pape county said. Get an “Ad” for the Daily Worker. 2,381 COAL MINERS KILLED DURING 1924, MORE TO COAL MINED (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 4.— Coal mine accidents cost the lives of 2,381 miners in 1924, which, al- though a slight decrease of 77 from the 1923 total, shows an increase in the number of deaths to the coal produced. The death rate per mil- lion tons of coal mined in 1924, being 4.27, compared with 3.74 dur- ing 1923. This is a re of the Bureau of Mines 1 | 3 1 — — D „ — ——
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amend- it-work- Ities of 200 for sresent- e legis- ive for against m. and a group iss fac- * es that go. had the bill in Chi- on its O'Neil Vorker. — depends entirely upon the | in the labor movement, the 2 the Workers Party and the T. U. L. The T. U. K. I. is attempting to organize a corps of correspondents in every industry. So far only the Det- roit and Chicago league have n the editor of the T. U. B. L. sectio that they have selected reporters w will be held responsible for sending the news of these cities for the sec- tion, 8 8 Let's Hear From You. At the next meeting of your indus- trial or local general group take up this matter and see that some one in each industry is selected and held re- sponsible for the sending in of reports on strikes, election campaigns, shop conditions and shop activities, trade union activities, political activities, injunctions, child labor, criminal syn- dicalist laws, etc. In fact, give us news of all the struggles of the workers, no matter how small they may appear to be. Irregulars Also Welcome. If you are located in places where so organization exists, or you belong to none, yet if you know of such events as mentioned above, if you have a story—send it in. We want regular correspondents, but we ac cept “irregular” ones if they have labor news. One local comrade should be se- lected to cover your city and should be responsible for the reports of the industrial group reporters. We do not reject articles, they are welcome, but it is not necessary that your feport should be in the form of an article, ‘Send us notes on things as they hap pen, gives us dates, figures, results, the part played by the left wine in the struggle, no romancing—just - facts. Just jot them down as they happen and send them into the T. U. E. L., DAILY WORKER section and we will do the rest. All material should arrive not later than Friday ot each week, for publication in the following Tuesday's section. LEFT TURNS | Since joining the T. U. E. L. we have learned that it isn’t the worst thing in the world to get what's left. 8 * * F’R INSTANCE— Take our left wing group in the orinting trad there’s a fine crowd— hey always true * type. * * Sr If you are ambitious in the building rades, promotion is sure. Even tho yn every job you must start from the yottom, you soon work yourself up. > * ® While the Minneapolis central la- vr body expels Dan Stevens of the Jainters and Mauseth of the Machin- sts, both Communists, Walter Frank, iso Communist, is elected from an- ither local union to be seated. The local unions in that town just nsist that there should be some brains n the central body. — * — S'FUNNY Figure it out for yourself if it isn't funny world: When you are in the left wing, you re right—and yet in the right wing ou “get left.” * . * Hutcheson probably figures that : ood carpenter is one who says noth. ag and will “saw wood.“ But the left wing carpenters just in ist on nailing his ideas. > % —· The WORKERS MONTHLY is the ficial organ of the T. U. E. L. Play heavy with subs and you will note new tone in the league. COULD IT BE HALITOSIS? “In union there is strength.” ome unions the leaders are so rotten lere is lots of it. “RADE UNION CROSS WORDS A four word letter meaning: Wm. _reen, the new A. L. of L. leader is lad to accept the left wing program jah, Bunk, Bull. pick your noice. TAKTIKS If you are in the needle trades— ok sharp; keep an eye on events; iwread heavily on the labor fakers; m't seam afraid; don’t button things mum shouldn't waste time on—and ‘ess any matter that will cut the re ‘tionaries loose from leadership— at’s T. U. E. L. work! — 8 * If you want to be on the right roa turn to the left— WALT CARMON e rr . SL A members | Intion passed 2376, U W. ot A., Christopher, III. Nesolutlon on Unemployment. Whereas, we the members of the Miners’ Union of America, are face to the most severe crisis in the history a8 an industry, and an in- dustrial union due ty unemployment, and starvation resulting from same, which is eating at the very foundation of our very life and union, and caus- ing ‘unspeakable misery and hard- ships, and Whereas, according to reports many places are falling out of the ranks of our union because of the economic pressure by the magnates of industry ably backed by Wall Street and the 11 cial condition of our organization, and Whereas, no educational policy is being conducted by any branch of our organization to educate the workers to the real cause of the crisis, which is an outworn economic system that can no longer function to the wel- fare of the people, and Whereas, the miners all over the country are organizing unemployment councils and a demand is made to pur sue a policy and campaign to educate the rank and file of our union, rela- tive to: First, a six-hour day and a fourday week; second, an intense campaign for nationalization of the coal mines; third, an intense organ- izational campaign in the unorganized field and to further that end we the members of Local Union No. 2376 do hereby petition and RESOLVE, first, that the officers of our international and districts at once commence to educate the rank and file along the lines of the above policy thru the official organs of our organization and in every other way advisable; second, that a special in- i ternational convention be called to 0 bring together the representatives our union to council and advise, to de- vise ways and means for carrying the above policy into effect and for any other business relative to the same, and be it further RESOLVED, that a copy of this re- solution be forwarded to the Milinois Miner and The United Mine Workers’ Journal. Committee on Resolution, Alex. Reid, Sec. Arley Staples, Adrian Delforge, Leon Gremling, Pres. Pres. I. U. 2376, Ed. Johnson, Rec.-Secretary, Rec.-Secretary L. U. 2376. Cleveland Cooks Strike Against Lockout and Cut (Special to The Dally Worker) CLEVELAND—The cooks and wait- ers of Webber’s restaurant, a food em. porium catering to the fat-bellied poli- ticians in this city, have been locked out and their jobs given to more docile slaves when they refused to accept e cut in their already miserable wages. The locked-out workers, who are members of Locals No. 106 (Waiters) and No. 167 (Cooks) of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ Internationa. Association, are picketing the restau- rant and are fully confident that Web. ber’s will be forced to adhere to the union agreement and maintain the union conditions. The wages of the waiters in this establishment which the owner has for a long time been trying to cut were but $18.00 per week, and the proprie tor has claimed that he is unable t pay even such a wretched pittance and has even refused to present his case to a mediation board. The lockou was initiated without warning and in face of the government mediator’r 1 proposal that action be deferred for thirty days. This lockout is an illustration of the bosses’ real views on the sanctity o! contracts. They raise a howl if any workers seek to engage in a sympa- thetic strike, but a contract is nothing but a scrap of paper if it suits their purpose to violate it. Webber's agree. ment covering the workers now locked out does not expire until July 15. The cooks and waiters involved in this controversy are taking great en- couragement from the fact that the waitresses employed by the big May Department Store, who were locked out in violation of the agreement with the joint board of Cooks, Waiters, and Waitresses, which is also handling the Webber case, were successful in enforcing adherence to the agreement by the May Co. after being out sev eral weeks. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” for the DAILY WORKER. ) OH, FEDERATION FRONT IN UNITED FOR PRISONERS Ves 99591 Hostile Committee Report Lodges 337, 84, and also Painters’ Locals 275 and 637, ae the resolution supporting the Labor Defense Council in its fight to free the Communist victims of the Michigan criminal syndicalism” gag law. The resolution, in part declares: ~ Solidarity For Defense. “Whereas, the sustaining of Ruth- enberg’s conviction by the United States supreme court will make easier the railroading to long terms in prise on of William Z. Foster, Robert Minor, William F. Dunne, and 28 other well- known fighters in the ranks of the labor movement—and would also en- courage high-handed suppression by the capitalist-controlled government of all and any working-class organiza- Coolidge regime, and because of arn tions who dare oppose their open shop al financial support due to the finan rule, and “Whereas, the solidarity of the en- tire working class is essential to its welfare and requires that those in the forefront of the struggle must es- pecially have the support of all work- ers, therefore be it “Resolved that we protest against and condemn the action of the Michi- gan state supreme court, record our- selves as in support of the Labor De- fense Council in these cases and call upon all labor organizations and working class bodies to take the same stand,” Chicago Federation Stands True. This resolution came up for action in the Chicago Federation of Labor at their meeting Sunday, February 1. In spite ot the recommendation of the resolution committee to file the resolution an amendment was made and carried: by an overwhelming ma- jority that the federation reiterate its former position. The Chicago federation was the first central 10 r body to condemn the Michigan ids and to come to the support ot Foster, Ruthenberg and the 81 Communists. „ Moendtlonarſes Lose Leadership. Since then the Chicago Federation of Labor has repudiated its former stand on amalgamation and indepen- dent working class political action, but it is not yet ready to follow the lead of its reactionary resolutions committee. All Ill, Coal Fields Are Stirred by League Unemployment Program When the Illinois coal operators at- tempted to use the clause of the exist ing working agreement providing for division of work during unemployment as a means of forcing down the throat of the miners a “Yellow Dog” contract, they calculated without the militants of the T. U. E. L. It could not be put over on them. But when the miners’ union official: practically sided in with the operators instead of proposing something for the relief of the unemployed miners the militants decided it was about time to take some action by themselves. Now the whole Illinois coal field has become stirred with activity. The needs of the unemployed ‘have become formulated into concrete demands upon the state government to enact legislation providing relief for the un employed and for the industry to bear the burden of maintenance. Repeatedly the rank and file coal miners have demanded action from their officials and proposed that con ferences be held to work out measures for relief but they failed to respond Under the leadership of the T. U. E L. and Workers Party militants, the rank and file are now laying the basi: for organization of these unemployer workers to bring sufficient pressure t- bear in the struggle for the demands The basis is solidarity between em. ployed and unemployed, between al unions in the territory no matter wha trade they belong to—united workin¢ class action. So. Bend Prosperity Only in Newspapers SOUTH BEND, Ind.—The local capi. talist papers have ben raising a cry about the prosperity that is gripping this city. Let us examine. Informa tion I have received from a person closely connected with health depart- ment has this to say: “We have a present three hundred (300) families living on charity (the city feeds them) and there are more coming every day.” The local press tells us that Stude- baker Auto Co. has not reduced wages of the workers, which is another lie I believe the workers could tell bette about that. Most of them are working only part of the time, many are laid off indefinitely, and those who are working have their wages reduced to a starvation level. > : N 7 ~ — th fog —— bee PP ˙⁰ A BE CP ede cine et 1 * 9 A Round Trip, Told by One of em — The L. B. Myers Co. is construct- ing an extention to the L“, planned to connect with the Chicago & Pvan- ston “L” at St., and run- ning from there northwest to Niles Center. Several hundred men are employed out there now: 40 cents an hour being paid those laborers who live in the company’s camp (board $8 per week), amd 45 cents an hour to those who live outside,—in Chi- cago mostly. Here, every mofning before day- light, a motley crowd of widely tra- velled men begin to gather, to whom for the present the 40 cents or 45 cents looks like u life-saver. They are all “Micawbers”, too,—something better is bound tq turn up in a week or a month. 0 The Scissor’s Ambition. In the street car going north some luckless worker hantis the conductor a transfer all nicely folded up and is admonished to do his own unfold- ing. Arrived at the check window one minute past seven, the worker is docked half an hour for his minute's tardiness by the hard-faced slave back of the wicket, who has doubtless been dreaming a little while since of rising to be the head of the company. Hustled into a work train or truck, the workers are then rushed out to the job in the bitter morning air and perhaps put at unloading cinders for @ does carry those dirt into and through and over oné, and how one’s eyes especially ¢ hurting The job is nota is being done on a percentage st-plus basis, so the work is not = on very stre- nuously, but is cold and tedious. The “| Am oss” Mind. ‘The walker n bunch of know-nothings I ever saw. Chinks or Japs are nothing to these.” The foreman says, “Go on, damn it, move up the line. Too many men here. Go on, take a walk.” Their psychology’ is that ot slave drivers, but the es respond only slowly; some s and scowl and | swear, others oke. The lack of al al organization for getting work d is apparent to all. Nearly everyo @ does as little as possible, and 1 from getting too cold. No class llaboration here. The Stiff’s Daily Treadmill. Owing, perhaps, to a late train, they get back to the office at night half an hour or more late but the morning’s penalty is not remitted. Home? In the darkness, to eat and sleep awhile, and then up and at it again, on the job n 7 to 6, 7 days a week. 0 4 g Ge. 1 Milwaukee T. U. E. L. Gives Berger Hell and Battles Bob The Milwaukee T. U. E. L. group, have been successfully exposing the local C. P. P. A. Which is composed chiefly of republican party politicians, bankrupt socialists and a few labor fakers. Most of the unions in the city have refused to send delegates to the local conference for Progressive po litical action. N The purpose of sig ror was to solidify the so-called “progressive” forces and to elect d@legates to the Chicago convention ot the C. P. P. A. Several railroad, building trades and other unions turned down this propo- sition. The Machinists’ Union No. 66 at its last meeting voted down the in- vitation to send delegates by a vote of 31 to 1. 5 Socialists Protest. Even the membership, of the social- {it party is beginning to seriously pro- test against Berger’s class collabora- tion policy. In open violation of party instructions, the membership in Mil- waukee are refusing to support this move that has the official endorse- ment of their party.’ Notwithstanding the idle boast, made to keep up their ebbing courage, that 1,000 delegates will be at the convention, all indications are that the whole thing will be a flat failure, and that the delegates will be com- posed of. politicians of the socialist party, republican party and labor fak. ers of the Johnston type. Break Bob’s Grip Thru Unions. The members of the Workers Party and the T. U. E. L. are active in the unions and are succeeding in break ing the LaFollette illusion. The progressive workers in Milwau- kee are sobering up from the LaFol- lette intoxication, they are beginning to see the correctness of the position taken by the left wing. One can clear- ly perceive the growing influence of the left wing movement in Milwaukee. NO WAGE CUT! Empire Steel corporation. CANADIAN DISTRICT SAY MINERS OF NOVA SCOTIA Militants Remind Miners of Their Power The coal miners of District 26 Nova Scotia have been asked to ac cept a cut in wages by the British The rea sons advanced by this blood sucking octopus are: 1. “The steel trade is so depressed that the Sydney Steel plant cannot operate at a profit. 2. “The coal trade has become un- satisfactory, owing to the ability of the United States producers to under- sell our coal in Canadian markets.” Sounds Like Farrington. This is the samé argument put up by Frank Farrington at the Illinois miners’ convention when he urged the coal so that the Illinois mine operat- ors could successfully compete witb the nonunion mines of W. Virginia and Kentucky. The miners in District 26 are deter. mined to fight against any attempt to cut their wages. The following is one of the militant calls for action: Brother Rebels. Brothers, rebels of Cumberlane miners to produce more and cleaner tecting hand saves the grinding, crushing millions of tons of earth pressure from destroying Besco prop erty in your county. Besco looks longingly at your breakfast table and sees your children with less than one half glass of milk for breakfast. Besco and Wolvin want to snatch thr children’s milk away from them and take one-tenth of it to pay profits on idle junk. Can you not see the trump card you hold in your hand to stop Besco and save the children their morning milk? Then use it to the limit! “Brothers, rebels of Cape Breton county, your protecting hand saves every day the destruction of Besco property from flooding. Besco look: longingly at your thinly clad, poorly fed family and says that $17.50 per week—if you get work enough to earn that much—is enough for you and yours. Besco wants some of the food off your table and some of the clothes from your backs to pay dividends to idle stockholders—some of whom are now in jafl for bank smashing. No Defense Council Meeting on Saturday There will be no meeting of the Chicago Defense Council this Satur- day, Feb. 7, but there will be one held the following Saturday. All dele- gates should be prepared to settle for tickets and advertising at that time. Complete settlements should be made if possible, but all available cash county, day in and day out your pro- should be turned in. HOW TO DOT.U.E. I. SHOP AND REACTIONARY UNION WORK IN By A RED UNIONIST. The A. C. W. of A. is living its past reputation, the only thing re- volutionary about it at present being the phraseology of its leaders, A union, to be militant and revolu- tionary, must have a class conscious membership and a revolutionary lead- ership. In the A. C. W. of A. only a minority of the membership can be designated as revolutionary or class conscious, If the balance of the mem- bership lacks these qualities, it is not their fault. They are not as dumb as the fake leaders try to pic- ture them, to serve as an excuse for their conservative attitude. The blame rests upon the shoulders of the offi- clals who do not attempt to lead and teach the members the class strug- gle. Patience and Sincerity. When I first came into my shop and started to agitate, asking the workers to fight for the betterment of their conditions, they looked upon me as a professional kicker. They used to tell me that I found fault with everything. It took weeks of hard work to prove to them that I was their comrade, and my aim their aim. I did this by actually fighting and helping them gain improved working conditions. When I had gained the confidence of my fellow workers, it was easier to explain that in fighting for them I! fought for myself as well, as I was a part of the working class, while the boss belongs to the class of exploit- ers, our enemies. Talks With the Workers. During working hours in my sec- tions, we discussed many questions pertaining to shop conditions. I found one conception prevailing in my shop which was the hardest to combat, and which even exists to this day, and that is this: To the workers the union seems but a dues collecting agency: They claim they were better off before un- ion took control. For example, the boss would give them cheap lunch rates, visiting nurses, and once in a while, a wedding present. My hardest task was to show up this fallacy. To show them that all the so-called “good things” of life with which the boss used to favor them, are nothing in comparison with what can be gained thru their solidari- ty. Their standard of living and their working conditions being much bet- ter than when they were accepting “charity” from the boss, and only by their organization can they hope to still get more. Unions and Officials Different Things. Another difficult job is to show the workers that the leaders and the un- ions are not always swynonimous. We fight and expose fake leaders because boss, they collaborate with him; for example, the recent “readjustment,” which benefitted only the boss. One day, while we were sitting and | waiting for work (and as we work piece work this means a waste of time) I called the foreman over and asked him why it was not arranged so that the boss should suffer this loss of time as well as we. As usual, he told me that if the boss would suffer, I would too; that less profit for the boss would mean that I would get less. I told him not to talk such nonsense to me, that I had nothing in common with the boss. Teaching the Workers of Russia. After the foreman left, some of And the fight is only i — — — 9 % ris Zy — ee they neglect the union and its mem- bership, and instead of fighting the say that we don’t need the boss? What would you do without a boss? Where would you get work?” So I explained to them that a boss is not necessary, the workers in Rus- sia having proven this. I showed them that the boss knows nothing about our factory, anyway, all the work being carried on by men to whom he pays wages, from the man- ager down. and many bosses die, and still things go on without them. If we workers could win the factory for ourselves, the difference would be that the boss would not exploit us and get the pro- fits, etc. Discrimination Futile. When the boss, or foreman, saw how my propaganda was influencing the workers, he thought it necessary to transfer me to a different shop run by the same firm. But in the new shop it did not take long for me to gain the confidence of my new fellow workers. One of our comrades used to be chairman in this shop, end carried on active propaganda, so it was not so difficult to liven up the progressives in the shop. Take the T. U. E. L. Seriously Yes, the workers understand not on- ly nickles and dimes, as the fakers say, but when proprely informed, they understand the necessity for revolu- tionary action. And I am convinced that if all our comrades would take the T. U. E. L. work more seriously, the success of our cause is assured. All the boss does is to clip coupons, | The Progressive Miners of District Five, Pittsburgh, reports that the tabu- lation of the election returns in 48 lo- cals of that district, shows a 3 to 1 vote for the progressive candidates. The following is an example of how the vote runs: For general president: Lewis, 1,000; Voyzey, 3,097. For district president: Fagan, 1,364; Guiler, 3,492. Ot course we must not forget that Lewis and Fagan do the final counting and have quite a few blue sky locals up their sleeve. Fakers Foiled by Militants At the fist meeting tn January of Lodge 671, I. A. of M. (Auto Mechan- ics) of Pittsburgh, Pa., the nomina- tions were held over until the last meeting of the month in an effort to try and put over the Anderson slate. The T. U. E. L. militants, how- ever, were on the job, and the entire left wing slate headed by Julius Em- me, and Tim Buck, received the en- dorsement of the local. Dowell Miners for United Front Work The miners’ local union of Dowell, Illinois, endorsed the resolution sub- mitted by the progressives demanding a new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti. They also endorsed a resolution sup- porting the child labor amendment, with provisions for full support by the government for the child while at- tending school. Lodge 311, I. A. M., Puts Up Part of Left Wing The Machinists’ Union Local 3811. of Los Angeles, Cal. nominated A Overgaard for editor, and P. Jensen John Otis and McNamara received the nomination for vice-presidents, all running on the left wing slate. Valier, III., Miners Did Not Elect Lewis VALIER, IL, reports the following on the miners’ election in Local 3613: For president: Lewis, 411; Voyzey, 672; vice-president: Murray, 387; Staples, 656; Secy.-Treas.: Green, 501; Nearing, 312. | Movies for Workers “Beauty and the Bolshevik” and “Russia in Overalls“ will be shown at the following places: Chicago, Ashland Auditorium, Feb. 5. Pittsburgh, Pa., Music Hall, Feb. 7. South Bend, Ind.—White Dale Theater, 1125 W. Division St., Feb. 11. St. Paul, Minn.—444 Rice St., Feb. 20. Milwaukee, Wis.—Pabst March 7. San Francisco, March II. N. 8. Carnegie Theater, Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD FIGHTS FOR COMPANY UNIONS IGNORING RAILROAD LABOR BOARD ORDER That the Pennsylvania Railroad will make a determined stand for its labor policy of fostering company unions is indicated by the mailing out of notices that an election of employe represent atives will be conducted as usual in February. The election is for the teleg- raphers on the system. This action is taken despite the re- cent vote ordered by the Railroad La bor Board, in which the telegraphers employed on the Pennsylvania voted four to one in favor of representation by the Order of Railroad Telegraphers a national organization. is Rabid Open Shop Road. According to those who are familiar with the labor policy of the Pennsyl- vania, any failure to carry out the election in the case of the telegraph. ers, notwithstanding the vote recorded by the Railroad Labor Board, would have been a virtual withdrawal from its policy of dealing with its employes | thru the company unions. The Pennsylvania has made a strong fight in favor of this policy for ‘several years, even tho it has been opposed seriously by the national un ions and at times by the Railroad La. | ‘bor Board. Must Not Represent Union. One provision of the notice of the election mailed to the telegraphers is that any one accepting the nominatio: must be an employe representative ard not a representative of the union. In the election lust year the em ploye representatives appeared before the Railroad Labor board and declared that they were representatives ot the the workers asked, Do you mean to n tional union, It is said that this! clause was insertad in the nomination bank this year to prevent a repetition ef this casa. The stand of the Pennsylvania on employe representation has made ‘t one of the railroads most closely watched in its dealings with the rail road board. “A Fair and Impartial” Count. Under the system employed on the Pennsylvania the ballots will be sent to ali telegraphers. They will be in- viiled to register their choice for em- r.oye representatives and return them in sealed envelopes. All of the ballots are to be counted by a committee of tellers represent- ing. the management and the em- ployes” now in the company union. Patronize our advertisers. see eee 44444444444 4% SSS S The Mexican Workers are developing a movement that merits real interest. Read: “A Pan-American Fig Leaf” By J. W. Johnstone in the February issue of the WORKERS MONTHLY to get a most interesting picture from a reporter to the Pan-American Labor Convention. SUBSCRIBE ‘io fet such features every
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| GRAFT! BERLIN, Feb. 3.—One of the most efficient means of propaganda of the German Communists is the so-called “Wander Theater.” It was first used during the last election campaign and received big approval on the part of the workers, since the wishes, hopes and the hate of the masses are being expressed The Communists rent halls in workers’ districts, and ' Offer their performances in 14 scenes. In staging these scenes, two men— of whom the one represents the pro letariat, the other the boufrgeoisie— give suitable commentaries. In this manner they take the place of the chorus in the ancient Greek tragedy. One scene shows a Communist who is sentenced to the penitentiary be- cause he had his own opinion about the present system of society. He felivers a speech to the jury that ex plains the principles of Communism. In another scene an inhabitant from Mars comes down to the earth and finds to his surprise that there are people who toil and starve in order to make it possible for some others to wallow in luxury. He can only ex plain it in that the producers of the wealth are too backward yet to use their power in order to gain contro! of the means of production. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O°FLAHERTY. = (Continued from page 1) lowed. Both English Moslems while appreciating the honor, suggested that they were not immune to injury from sharp weapons, this being one of the favorite polemical methods in Al- pania. One of them, in order to make the Albanians realize the hazard at- tached to the job, demanded half a million dollars cash on the spot and an annuity of $50,000 as tong as he lived. They kicked against the spot cash payment. They were not afraid of the annuity. * . „ OME hotels are empty and pro- prietors are engaged in cut rate competition in an effort to steal guests from each other. This is due to the chaotic conditions in Italy caus- ed by the fascisti dictatorship. The vatican is hard hit by this situation. 250,000 visitors had made reservations in the official pilgrimage to Rome dur- ing Holy Year, but it is feared that they will not show up because of the reign of terror carried out by Musso- lini’s cutthroats. The pope expected to make a big cleanup this year when the “faithful” visit the Eternal City and are shown around the papal household. * + * ONSIDERABLE mystery has en- shrouded the death of Lord Kit- chener who was drowned while on his way to Russia in a cruiser during the early part of 1917. Some people claim that he is still living, but that for some mysterious reason, his whereabouts are kept secret by the government. This is a pure yarn on a par with the one which insists on placing the czar among the living. The latest story about the manner in which the Germans got wind of Kit- chener's intended trip to Russia is from a czarist general in New York. He says that one night while the czar was drunk, he informed a general in command of the imperial palaces of Kitchener's proposed trip. The czar’s drunken indiscretion finally reachec the ears of the Germans with results | not altogether to the advantage of Kitchener. for what it is worth. * ¢ * HE amalgamation movement is making rapid progress among the owning class, if not among the craft divided trade unions. Plans are now under way for one of the biggest merger of coal properties ever brot about in this country. The properties are valued at $100,000,000 and are lo- ited in the bituminous coal region vt northern West Virginia, with an annual capacity of 21,000,000 tons. comes under the witty lashes of T. J. O’Fiaherty (nationally known editor of the “As We See It” column in the Daily Worker) in the February issue of the Workers Monthly. This article, “The Fine Art of Grafting” is only one of the many splendid features in the February issue which you will surely get—if you subscribe! > BPP BBP PPB BPP PPP Res. 1632 S. Trumbull Ave. Phone Rockwell 5050 MORDECAI SHULMAN ATTORNEY-aT-Law 701 Association Building 19 S. La Salle Street CHICAGO Dearborn 8657 Central 4945-4947 „ _ 1 8 PPP PP PLP nen — This story can be taken eed 4 (Continued from last issue) After the July defeat, it is true a difference of opinion did arise be- tween the C. C. and Lenin as to the fate of the Soviets. It is well known that Lenin, who wished to concentrat« the attention of the party on the prep- arations for the insurrection outside the Soviets, warned it against allow ing itself to be seduced by the Soviets as in his opinion, the Soviets which had already been rendered nauseous by the social patriots, had become hopelessly barren. The C. C. and thr 6th party session took a more cautious line and decided that there was no sufficient reason for thinking it im- possible to revive the Soviets. Kor nilov’s adyance showed that this de cision was right In any case, this dif- ference of opinion had not actual sig- hificance for the party. Lenin sub- sequently admitted that the line tak en by the 6th party session had been the right one. It is interesting that Comrade Trotzky did not cling to this difference of opinion and did not ex- aggerate it to a “monstrous” degree. A united and consolidated party which stands in the center of the rev- olutionary mobilization of the masses this is the picture of the situation of our party at that period. 3. The Period of the Organization of the Attack (September-October). The fundamental facts of this period are: (a) the summoning of the demo- cratic council and the collapse of the idea of a block with the cadets; (b) the going over of the Soviets of Mos- cow and Petrograd to the Bolsheviki; (e) the Soviet Congress ef the north ern district and the resolution of the Petrograd Soviet against the transfer of troops; (d) the resolution of the C. C. of the revolutionary military committee of the Petrograd Soviet; (e) the resolution of the Petrograd garrison regarding the system of the commissoners of the revolutionary mil. itary committee; (f) the formation of armed Bolshevist fighting forces and the arrest of members of the “provin- cial government”; (g) the seizure of power by the revolutionary military committee of the Petrograd Soviet and the formation of the Soviet of the people’s commissioners by the second Soviet Congress. As the characteristic feature of this period we must regard the rapid growth of the crisis, the complete con fusion of the ruling circles, the isola- tion of the S. R. and of the menshe viki and the wholesale going over of the vascillating elements to the Bol- sheviki. An original pecularity of the revolu. tionary tactics of this period must be pointed out. This peculiarity consists therein that the revolution attempted to-carry out every, or almost every step of its attack under the appear- ance of defense. There is no doubt that the refusal to permit the trans- fer of troops was a serious aggressive act of the revolution; nevertheless this attack was undertaken under the slogan of the defense of Petrograd against a possible attack of the ex- ternal enemy. There is no doubt that the formation of the revolutionary military committee was a still more serious step in the attack against the provisional government; nevertheless is was carried out under the slogan of the organization of the Soviet control over the activities of the military staff. There is no doubt that the open go- ing over of the garrison to the rev- olutionary military committee and th. organization of the network of Soviet commissioners indicated the beginning of the insurrection; nevertheless these steps were taken under the slogan of the defense of the Petrograd Soviets against possible attacks of the coun ter-revolution. It is as though the revolution had hidden its acts of aggression under the cloak of defense so as to attract all the more easily the undecided ele ménts into its sphere of influence. This must also explain the apparent defensive character of the speeches articles and slogans of this period which none the less, in their intrinsic | value, bare a throughly_offensive char. vores Were there at this period differences of opinion within the C. c.? Yes there were, and those not unimport- ant ones. I have already mentionee the differences of opinion as regards the insurrection. They were fully ex plained in the minutes of the C. C. of October 10, and 16. We must now give more attention to three ques- ions: the questions of the participa- tion in the “preliminary parliament,” ot the part played by the Soviets in the insurrection and the time for the insurrection. This is all the more necessary because Comrade Trotzky, in his eagerness to put himself in a conspicious place, unintentionally mis- represents Lenin’s attitude towards the last two questions. There is no doubt that the differ- ences of opinion as to the question of | the preliminary parliament were of a ‘Serious nature. What was, so to | speak, the object of the preliminary parliament? That of helping the bour- geoisie to push the Soviets into the background and to lay the founda tions of bourgeois parliamentarism. Whether the preliminary parliament. in the revolutionary situation which to carry out this task, is another question. Events have shown that this object was unattainable, and the pre liminary’ parliament itself represented had become so complicated, was able WOW IN PREPARATION This installment is part of a pam- phiet“Leninism or Trotzkyism” now in preparation. it includes articles by three outstanding figures in the Russian Communist Party: G. Zinoviev, 1. Stalin and C. Kamen- ev, to form a most timely and im- portant contribution to a discussion of world interest. The pamphiet will be of 64 pages, selling at 20 cents and will be ready at the con- clusion of this serial publication. a miscarriage of the Korniloviad. There is however, no doubt that this was the aim pursued by the menshe- viki and the social revolutionaries when they created the revolutionary parliament. What can, under these circumstances, have been the share of the Bolsheviki in the preliminary parliament? Nothing else than the in tention to deceive the proletariat as to the real charactetr of the prelimin ary parliament. This. chiefly explains that passion with which Lenin, in hie letters, scourges the adherents of the preliminary parliament. The participation in the prelimin ary parliament was doubtless a seri- ous mistake. It would however be wrong to take for granted, as does Comrade Trotzky, that the partisans of participation entered the prelimin ary parliament with the object of or- ganic work, to “guide the labor move ment into the channel of social dem ocracy.” This is quite wrong. Thir is not true. If it were true the party would not have succeeded. in correct. ing this mistake by the demonstrat ive exit from the preliminary parlia ment. The living force and the rev- olutionary power of our party were ex- pressed, among other ways, in that it was able so speedily to make good its mistake. And now allow me to cor rect a slight inexactness which has crept into the report of the “editor” of Trotzky’s works, Comrade Lenzner. concerning the committee of the bol- shevist fraction which decided the question. of the preliminary parlia- ment. Comrade Lenzner states that at thig meeting there were two re porters, Kamenev and Trotzky. This is untrue, As a matter of fact there were four-reporters: two for the boy cott of, the preliminary parliament (Trotzky and Stalin) and two for par. ticipation (Kamenev and Nogin). But, Comrade Trotzky is seen in a stil! worse light when it comes to Lenins attitude towards the question of the form of the insurrection. Com- rade Trotzky makes it appear as tho had Lenin been followed, the party would in October have seized power “independently of the Soviet and be hind its back” (Trotzky “On Lenin,” page 71 of the Russian edition). In the subsequent criticism of this non- sense which is ascribed to Lenin, Trotzky “dances and plays” and final ly ends with the condescending sen- tence: “This would have been a mis- take.” Comrade Trotzky here tells a lie about Lenin; he misrepresents Lenin's view as to the part of the So. viets in the insurrection. We quote a heap of documents which prove that Lenin proposed the seizure of power by the Soviets, by-those of Petrograe or Moscow, and not behind the back of the Soviets. For what purpose did Comrade Trotzky need this more than strange legend about Lenin? Comrade Trotzky comes off no bet- ter when he “expounds” the attitude of the C. C. and of Lenin to the ques- tion of the date for the insurrection. Comrade Trotzky communicates facts with regard to the famous meeting of October 10, and maintains that at this meeting “a resolution was passed to the effect that the insurrection should take place not later than Octo- ber 15” (Trotzky “On Lenin,” page 72. Russian edition). It looks as tho the C. C. had fixed the day of the revolu- tion for October 15, and had then it- self made the resolution of no effect by postponing it to October 25. Is this true? No, it is untrue. In thie whole period, the C. C. only passed two resolutions altogether concern- ing the insurrection, one on the 10th, and one on the 16th of October. Let us look at these resolutions. The resolution of the C. C. on Octo ber 10 is as follows: “The C. C. finds that for the follow- ing reasons an armed insurrection is on the agenda: the international sit- uation of the Russian revolution (mu- tiny in the German navy, the increas ing growth of the socialist world rev olution in the whole of Europe, the fear that the imperialists would mak peace in order to choke the revolu tion in Russia), the military situatior (the unquestionable determination of ithe Russian bourgeoisie and of Keren- sky & Co. to hand over Petrograd to the Germans), the conquest. of | maderity in the Soviets by the prole — party, all this in connection with the peasant insurrection and with the transference of the confidence oi the masses of the people to our party (elections in Moscow), finally the ob vious preparations for the second Kor niloviad (removal of the troops from Petrograd, transfer of Cossacks to Petrograd, the encircling of Minsk by cossacks, tec. ). b . + > > | tory, the removal of troops from Petro- grad, the coming Into action of thos« point of view.“ ber 25. posed the seizure of power before Oc tober 25 for two reasons. revolutionary grad Soviets. from Moscow, Minsk, etc.) from this of the confercnce The between the C. C. and the responsible functionaries on October 16 is as fol- and calls upon al organizations and all workers and soldiers to support the armed insurrection in every way and with all intensity and to support the ventral committee which has been ap- the C. C. and the; Soviets will in due time make knowm the right moment and the una means for the insur | rection.” You see, that Comrade Trotsky’r memory played him false as regards the date flxed for the insurrection and the resolution ot the C. C. concerning the insurrectiom Comrade Trotsky is absolutely ir the wrong when’ he maintains tha Lenin underestimated the legality o the Soviet, that Lenin had not under stood the serious significance of the seizure of power by the All-Russian Soviet Congress on October 25, that just for this reason Lenin had insisted on the seizure of power before Octo This is untrue. Lenin pro Firstly, be. cause it was to be feared that the counter-revolutionaries might at any moment hand over Petrograd to the Gerrians, which would have cost the rising insurrection blood, and that therefore every day was precious. Secondly, because of the mistake o the Petrograd Soviet in fixing and pub- licly announcingythe day for the in- surrection (Octeher 25), which coul¢ only be made good by the insurrection actually takingteplace before the day legally fixed. ea The fact is that Lenin regarded the insurrection asse art and must have known that the enemy who (thanks to the lack of caution of the Petrograd Soviet) was informed as to the day of the insurrection, would undoubtedly make every effart to prepare for this day, that it was therefore necessary to steal a mapchion the enemy, i. e. to begin with the insurrection neces. sarily before the day formally fixed. This. chiefly the passion with which Lenin in, his letters upbraids those who the date, October 25 as a fetish. 511 Events have shown that Lenin was entirely in the right. It is known that the insurrection’ was begun before the All-Russian Soviet Congress. known .that the power was actually seized before the opening of the All- Russian Soviet Congress, and that it was seized, no It ig y the Soviet congress but by the Petrograd Soviet, by the litary committee. The Soviet congress, only took over the power from the hands of the Petro “Por this reason Com- rade Trotsky’s; long dissertations on the significance of the legality of the Soviets are certainly quite superfiu- ous. A living and powerful party, at the head of the revolutionary masses, whc storm and overthrow the bourgeois power, this is the condition of our party at that period. This is the truth as to the legends regarding the preparation for October. (To be continued.) Coolidge Ready to Veto Second Postal Workers’ Pay Bill WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Strong in- dication was given at the White House today that unless the proposed postal rate and wage increase bill emerged from the house and ultimately from congress with revenue raising pro- visions adopt, od to meet entirely the contemplated ,..wage increases, the measure again will meet the presiden- tial veto. The house today refused to have anything to do with the senate’s postal pay House leaders con- tinued plans “rebuke” the senate for invading the house's constitutional right of originating revenue legisla- tion. 2 A — bill will be brought out before Friday, but there has been no determination today as to what form it will takes. House leaders said | they would make their produce the entire $68,000,000 revenues needed for the postal workers’ raise. The senate bill raises revenues amounting to $40,000,000. Talk it Over With Cal. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.—B. B. Burnquist, of Fort Dodge, republican national committeeman for lowa, and H. E. Spangler, of Cedar Rapids, re- cently appointed legal representative of the lowa,state republican commit- tee, in congection with the commit- tee’s intend@d election contest ove the seat of Senator Brookhart, called on President Coolidge today. They lunched at the White House. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” is coming to Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5. 7 en EST —d Stan W. rc a * * 4 5 1 . KP 5 2 * 3 = . q 5 * (Special to The Daily 8 MARION, III., Feb. 3—Coming out of a “peace conference,” in Cleveland unionist, whom the govern- ment wants to return to Italy, are * , ger. ie A ) , 11 5 4 | i ae 0 ree im 2. 3 7 ' a 7 D #7 5 ‘10: 1 i Conn.; New Haven, Conn.; Stamford, Conn. Conn., vl Conny: English’ . . . . 5 v 26 . * a conn., Finnish .. eee. ee 1 —— 4 9 „Conn., " ꝗ—„(— 4 nk N Bridgeport, ö ’ Jewish. Ren, Cae 15.00 Hartford, Conn., Jewish ... —— SEH ˖ ũꝶꝶꝛk: 2 SRE ES 52.00 rt Waterbury, tervur Conn., Uithuan 2 fa G—œ—[ꝓSEʒ—* 333333 13.00 Bridgeport, Conn., Polish PO ]—öä—ä ũaAci ! —G ⸗—2ꝛũe 8.00 e * adie neee 28.00 : faterbury Conn., n ů—U— :·:i:z 17.00 Bridgeport, Conn., ee j5„5„%%%%%%%„ „ „„„„„„„„„„„„„„„„ — 6.00 . ; J. K. 51 Hudson St, Hi rd, eee N.. eee 12.00 7 ‘> . N deported, the Labor Det b f ‘Total ene 0 annehnoen from 168 W. , +2 oe St., its Chicago’ headquarters. Pro- ceedings in Duluth resulted in ai “These Branches Have Loafed: oa the deportation warrant against ENGLISH—New Haven, Lenn. Stamford, Conn. FINNISH—New Haven, Conn. _Bugene Vajtauer, Czech “editor, GERMAN—Hartford, Conn.] New Haven, Conn. scheduled for deportation, un being HUNGARIAN—New Haven, Conn.; 8. Norwalk, Conn. coon Om, ne, See eee ee , ITALIAN—N Conn.; New Haven, Conn.; Stamford try to stay the ousting from America. augatuck, * 9 , John Lassen, editor of Uj Elore, the| Cong. Torrington, Conn. \ Hungarian N paper, also N JEWISH—New Haven, Conn.; Stamford, Conn. while government red tape unwinds POLISH—New Haven, Conn. itself 3 on ers sc aig Springfietd, Mass. : SCANDINAVIAN—Bridgepo onn. eee eee eee UKRANIAN—Ansonia, Conn.; Greenwich, Conn.: Hartford, taking shape with the collection of evidence that he participated in he Michigan convention of ‘Communists in 1922. The John Schedel case is under ad- visement in Washington the Defense Council reports: Publicity favorable to allowing him to stay with his wife and children in this country is appearing in many quarters, including the ma- gazine Christian Work and The New Republic. Boone, Iowa, Is to loyalists among them. Peace e e on it out of existence. In Williamson County Between Klan and Foe (Special to The © Daily: 8 one knows his townspeople. county factions. of reaching an. ‘agreement which would disarm the.county’s hogt of ku klux klan and anti-klan feudists Hear Communist Talk c continued from page 1) are but few socialists or LaFollette Unemployment Growing. The national problem of unemploy- ment has also struck Boone and, in proportion to population, this is seri- ous, altho little business tries to talk One worker went to the police sta- tion last week, said his family was starving and that if food was not brought there by noon he would take it. The food was supplied in a hurry, but this shows how really acute the ON, II., Feb. 3A conference} situation is, as law breakers are | x peace scarce in a small town where every- |e leading position in organizing Bolsheviks Enter Boone. Altho Boone county gave W. Z. Fos- ter and the Workers Party a big vote, there are no “honest-to-goodne tained his seat as deputy. Bol- rested in a committee of five ap- pointed from the board ‘of supervisors. This committee was to meet with Sheriff George Galligan to work out a peace plan. sheviks in town.” were cast for Foster. Almost Forgotten WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Woodrow Wilson died a year ago today. The first anniversary of the president’s death passed almost unmarked in the national capital. * eee This monthly magazine, containing the best work of international leaders and of well-known writers on the history and theory of the world revolutionary Labor movement, appears simul- taneously in English, Russian, French and Ger- >a > >4 >4 No worker and student of the world Labor move- ment should miss this journal of great interest and importance, 2 It is the ONLY publication of its kind and the N DAILY WORKER is sole agent in this country. * 7 LaFollette lost the county by 27 votes while 265 votes In an effort to locate these poten- tial Bolsheviks, the Workers Party | has rented the Labor Temple at Boone for Thursday night, February 12, when J. E. Snyder and David Coutts will try to permeate the atmosphere, with Leninism in American style. Build the DAILY wURKER! the him. WASHINGTON, charges of monopoly” in the el der terms of a resolu commerce committee. 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„ r A. Ar r 8 > ee 2 n 7 Fe op V e En l. EN, MAGNUS OPENS de BETRAYED AND SENT | FIGHT FOR SEAT va DEFEATED, WANT AMAL 2. ott tat a ae as ai peur. 1 fo ony 5 at 9 WILLIAM siMo ds. 1 | — os e Nghe e to The Dally Worker) — . HAVEN; Conn., Feb: 8—Shopmen called together by a press notice Makes Host of Charges | yesterday ‘were tntormed at Seetag in Trades Council Hail that thet Bl ae aa) Against Schall pepe sang eng aang About a hundred were present. u read from the , „ B. M. Jewell, president of the Railway By LAURENCE TODD, 1 F. ‘ot a arbitrarily ending: the str ke at very de y unter ue. meee vee, will learn net only a 9 Federated Press Staff Correspondent. , ractica | 5 fo accomplish more for OUR paper. Tell us what YOU are WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—Sen. Mas OA i 30 ing—and we will “tell the world.” nus Johnson of Minnesota, announces gf i 2 b the filing of his contest against the 14 seating of Rep. 25 Schall as his 5 ' SE BEAUTY AND cause there roman no other way of Paria ) gress. Schall hen a ‘the. certificate of «x. re ö * THE BOLSHEVIK | setting a for the 300,000 OME locals really feel that they are doing quite well for the official election, his republican votes peing 8 . 414 — a — ostomee — 112 9 organ of their partys They do—until the monthly list of subscribers Page Ae .. * 3 1 part of hie. his dauer 88 e 14 5 ae ares 04d! for their territory: arrives amd then they are—actually—shocked! This” gut there FN surround- 1 schools ‘of the city: om a: business: 1 N has happened even in 0 % a little Communist center as Liverpool, ing the winning of those fepublican 30 | — . end: Ohio. Hidden In the “sticks” of Ohio, Local Secretary Mary Waters is A by Schall that may Bi yey 0 ey 6° th idl irit of this that just ingists on action. And just en .00 7 tect. , the’ r @ guiding spir thia, section returns when the senate 2 00 } school aren. notice the constructive ;suggestions in her letter which follows: . 2 privileges and elettions 00 ; » Many Teachers Idle. “Dear Comrades:—t was. shocked upon recelving the mailing list of ed them: . 00 0 There are 216 mid-year. graduates: the DAILY WORKER for this Immediate herritory, to see how few sub- he Charges Laws aer 00 | of the Chicago Normal school. who scribers there were about “here. First of all, Johnson. alleges that 00 ; are waiting for teaching. positions. “Well, we will do alt we tan to remedy that in the near future. Still, | Schall violated the election laws of 0 These will have to wait until at least an 5 * padi f out of that list we got several new names and sent them invitations to Minnesota by insinuating. that. John- 1 aa N pe — 3 0. a our Lenin meeting. HAD RESPONSE FROM ALL BUT ONE). son had been bribed to support the 11 In addition there are 600 experienc: |™ e Wonderful fight they had 7 > ae die . b our branch organizer will call upon them very soon. Our DAILY ee r alsa, aes 8 50 d teachers from other citi ho Put up, but that was all. Not a word 1, 2 nl ee WORKER agent le now tied up at home nursing a very sick husband. oben ie ö 2 9 es. wae of criticism of the craft form of or- “But what is thevalternative? Four ** having been removed from the direc- | have passed examinations but wlio but we will get some one else on the job right away. Our branch has f torate ot th erativ ain el g f ganization that kept many crafts years of poverty and suffering and 0 @ co-operative gr ele- N are forced to fill in at substitute working, while others were on strike.| want on the partrof these government instructions to hand in to the branch organizer, the names and addresses vator concern in St. Paul “for steal- work. | bi id WORE 2 hare even stated, that the | employes; four geurs of injustice, of| of all radically inclined nigra as fast as possible so he can call upon ing the farmers’ money.” t 1 170 f denial of relief td men who are denied them, or see that some one else does 80. Secondly, Johnson charges that Build the DAILY WORKER! 105 tine tae ‘international om 1 a protest against “The improvement in the Tool Boxes | suggest is a bunch of per- | powerful legal aid was promised to a * helped eid ty birch oat ot | their go Se action. forated blanks on which to place such addresses, these to be then de- | jailed bootleggers, in return for large 5 ' 2 the men was the recent betrayal om om) Pollce Strike Justified tached and turned over to the branch organizer. If you ask the comrades | Payments of money, by men identi- , Theater Is Hit By the part of Joseph Tone, formerly or-|’ ‘Dia you ever see how the fire is At the eats Service were a priv-| at a meeting for such addresses, they cannot on the spur of the moment aR ype 4 N * Pec ad a samovar? The soldier t ; 5 a g $2,000 Judgment for —— h 1 h 3 — . He removes a boot and W — — . sient he soa 1 2 ae ‘a — * Lomas — ; . ee, or | which were understood as gr wh Denying Negro Rights pages Ploy with the, New. York, Gu-|ases it instead of a bellows. Come|employn? e . = te ee ee ir tario and Western railroad which re and see how it is done in The ployes—the policemen of the city of ANSWER—The Tool Boxes already have address sheets in th n Judgment for $2,000 against th Beauty and Bolshevik” to be shown Boston. I saw men strike and commit ! : om Sohal te Stent. udgment for $2, agains e moves him from the: working clas: altho they are not perforated. They could be used for this purpose by rd, Tivoli Theater company of Chicago fight, and lines him up on th? other at Ashland Auditorium and Van Bu-| a very serious offense by striking, but a Under the laws of Minnesota a libel b has been wog by a colored man, Leon side of the fence. ren, Thursday, Feb. 5, from 7 to 11 who were obliged to strike in order to just tearing them out. For after all, we are always glad to send another | uttered or published by a candidate W. Headen, en tase fought J “a | : p. „ awaken public officials to the know- —or even many others. Altho we haven't made this our Tool Box slogan against his rival, is sufficient ground p Shien thik taiitee “Thru With the Union. ledge of their demand and the neces-| you can abopt It: “Go ahead, tear right into the Tool Box, we'll send tor setting aside the election returns. on the ground of color, and.for assault They go back licked. Some are sity for an mereased wage—for the you another!” The suggestion by Comrade Waters, however, to have Rep. Kvale, farmer-labor, was denied and battery committed in ejecting disgusted with the unions. The effect: untrained and inexperienced men who] perforated sheets for this purpose, is a good one. Something tells us the certificate of republican nomina- him. of the 4 — to oe many took thelr — 8 that you will see it In the next improved Tool Box which will carry addi- — N . 15 pn he pur men out of the unions, discouraged wages than the men who u in] tional feat last! N ecause it was he at he had ac- 3 ood 9 a disgusted. The reporter advised the police serves for years. ee nk, ae Bars cused Volstead of being an atheist. the theater and when the tickets wert them to stay in the union, and fight am not gal to wait until the | 7 Johnson will present amdavits that presented, it was endeavured to make the fakers; to defeat the B. and O. postal employes@trike. I am going to 5 5 Chilean Workers in many speeches Schall stated that 5 e companion, Miss Lillian Plan, and the officials who sponsored | it AGO MOVIE place the responsibility. of increased Y our U Mon Meeting R ul ed b F cate * roa 1 him with an of- S. Proctor, sit in another part of the it; 1 1 woop rs 5 ee A it — spon — Bx Med Cl A for R 1 — a Seana oust ania 4 than that to which their tickets malgamat ppea oun. = : airy amor ror Nevo ‘ — them Upon their ane t. | Unless this issue is raised, there is e tor the gala motion pieture ment.” 1 First Wednesday, Feb. 4, 1928. that Johnson, who until that time had change stacks, theater attendants, it i; little hope for the shopmen. As te show, “The Beauty and the Bolshevik,” Rents High No * — 4 leon ond (Special to The Dally Worker) ee — a eps W Tae charged, assaulted them, severely beat the union leaders they acknowledge to be ogpven at Ashland Auditorium, Walsh declared that he knew that : Amadgamated Food Workers, 214 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Feb. 4 3 will an ing Mr. Headen. no. mistakes; “The present craft | Thurs February 5, continuous from | a Negro family in the city of Washing- No. State St., 3 P. My, 1 U . son allege, : 38 Amal amated Clothing Workers, —Chile is at the mercy of armed Schall declared in this connection, 1 torm ot organization 1 correct. 7 p. M. 40 11 p. m., will be on sale at ton cannot hirehia tenement for less ee N n the trial two actions, one brought Robey St. forces dominated a that he guessed that Johnson was under the civil rights 1 d th Strike, lose, and go back; but leave aboutyforty ticket stations in in all parts than $60 a month or $720 a year, and| 17 8.4 8 W., Stone Derrick, 180 by army and navy | “ under C 8 aw, an e W. Washin ton St. ffi d getting a nice little kage ev r , the union as it is.’” of the city. Anyone wishing to estab- etna ana ert and fascist elements. pissy yy Rhee’ other for assault and battery, were 5 ‘dom aur 9 : 1 ederatian, an The sentimetit ct the nisscee for 9 month.” An affidavit as to Schall's merged. And Now. the R. . he sh. additional ons, or who needs Brick. and Clay, Viflage Hall utterances on that occasion will b 0 7. ge , 1 be This case against tho Tivolt'théater;| dhe Mew Haven railroad: more.tigkets should get in, touch with | thought Lansing. workers’ revolution is growing. The furnished by a former Heute will Serve notice uhom a ſannůounced that the — a (Conference. for Detense nnn WeaterniaheyiLexing- rleh exploiters. now dominating the ernor of — * or neutenant gov- umber ot theaters in Chicago that them ten million Aollars; Ha” that ‘ond 19 8. Lincoln St., Chicago. Carpenters, 5443 S. Rist Ave, |SOvernment are regretting that they a rhe Carpenters, Slacker, Hen, Lake forced the workers to undergo com ey cannot discriminate against col- they had kept on the job those who jos? viBowntown Stations Ww Wash Forest. ns Our Kids Are Having ONE BIG JOB . bored people with impunity. For some: respondsd 18 the ca to take the e en Council, 166 W. Wash- | other household items rn St. |Pulsory . military | training, as. large! carrying Their Communist Me Meee | ee — T time a considerable number of the@-|striters’” places. They reward the Party, 166 W. Washington St., ' 1784 Saroaneens, 1608 Halsted St. H. numbers of workers whose condi- To the Children of — some Firemen's Asen., 159 N. State St., N 2888 —— a tru, n e ‘Workers’ Aid, 19 8. Lin- wing — ; 7 N outlining the achfévements of the co- 81 1 and Engine men, 9118 com- Stes OUR D AILY P ATTERN 5 2 ee eee — tor the last year, and tell- Hod Garriers, District Couriell, 814 II t E P r ess | Ow L interstat —| |: Rraftidlt Singing Society, Roosevelt near| ing of plans to bpen a new store in 10 Janitors (Mun.). Kedzie and gel- ¢ . DOLLS iw DRmvS— |ECEinarant, sn w. Reo | te Det fate, The tatement sen] UGE ee cara, an w-(B ate Ts Atramarich and a honda of ther counterrevauton | Road. y acker, follows: — > be. 7 g tide of sentiment for the recognition of — ¢ : l, 511 N. 8 “ of all stock ; 4 Russia makes Kallen Balt 3 5: Guifoy'o™ bellen v. de ce Sher company 1 Ef ge Witsoe. |f 5 Lettish Hall. 4358 Thomas st. rue pe 830 Machinists, 1182 Milwaukee Ave. 7 a ¢ en 22 “Book Store, 1806 South | of this city, held last week, the finan-| 515 1 of Way, 5324 8. Hal- . 6 8 rs / . cial report of the company for 1924 Marine Cooks. 367 N. Clark 8 ‘ ‘Th . 85 8. 8. 8. A 1411 126 w. 18th § St. showed a marked improvement over 23 Moulders, 2800 W. Madison 81. . E e El 2 orists . „ ~Belnicke, 1523 19t a i the previous year. 54 8 — 141 and Main Sts., ; iW. ~ Mey. St. g. ins, “Book * “The board of directors of the past] 624 Painters, 180 W. Washington st. 99 ; | Viinis, 2518 8. Halsted St. year were re-clected with exception| $72 Painters; Odd Fellows Hail, blue | f ry or ercy | North Sid bers ‘ | | N “Store, A151 Belmont ave "The reports of the various officers 18883 plasterers, 910 me, 200 Water’ St. | , imperial. Fall, 2409. N. Halsted St. were received enthusiastically with | 346 Railway Clerks, 165 W. Washing- | ¥ By MAX BEDACHT ; Cosy Lunch, TAncoin near Halst the result that the board’s recom- } é German Headquarters, 1655 Bissel St. ites tee the an ake oie $00 Railroad Traian, 612 W. Seth St./ Hs pamphlet of great interest. The treasonable activities of “sociallete” Hungarian Headquarters, 1500 North] mendation Open ity ; hief aid , Sedgewick St, a dee store on July 1, Was accepted. The 93; vers pay ann as chief aids to capitalism are exposed by this splendid pamphlet ¢ : we Street, 1: m. A | Workers Lyceum, 2738 Hirsch Biva. work of selling age thousand dollars /*->, °. Street, 1:30 p.m. The first publication of the DAILY WORKER precedi . $797—Here is just the right style Cushinsky Book Store, 2720 W. Piristen] worth of addifiotial stock for the ‘723 Teamsters (Soda), 220'6. Ashiand| others of timely and lasting value. * { |for Dolly’s best frock, ond one that Oriental Restaurant, 2011 W. North Ave Ananeing of this new store was gone 7 Tea dhgters, 220 8. Ashland Ave. : ; „ the little mother can readly fashion Soviet School, 1902 W. Division St. into thoroly and started immediately | 769 Teamsters, 6359 8. Ashiand Ave. OFF THE PRESS THIS WEEK! R . . in silky batiste, dotted: Swiss, as well , Co-operative Restaurant, 1734 W. Divi-| with the result that ten per cent of| e Paper Crafts, Chicago and | ¥ Rush in Your orders NOW! } as in calico, or gingham, if she wants Go-operative Restaurant, 760 Milwaukee | ‘he amount was subscribed at the | ; 1 7 voile was used. 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Let us go forward with this in- 4) i¢ trom iy Literature Department. ; % yardiof 24 inch material for: ards): | ra Si > inch size. ew Crisis Account, | stitution as we n annere ‚ ot, this, this institution a Be of benefit to 4) “A Conference of Pr es- 247 — 8 E „ 440 yee eel No Delay Demand the revolutionary | roletariat some? ive Reactionarles“ „ Enclosed 3. 1 —— copiés of The White Terror. to dress on receipt ot time.“ ‘ by Alexander Bitteiman 1. date: O foe Marey” by Max Bedacht. N. ; Poses urbe signit: in silver oF stamps. GENBYA. Feb. 3—A new crisis 3 47 ? 4913. .The. busy, practical house | Send 12 in silver or stamps for our | faced the international opium confer- St. Louls ‘Goes Up. In the February issue of the an’ 7 eeper wil welcome this simple frock | UP-TO-DATE SPRING & SUMuERence today when the American del-| ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 3.— The gaso | 1 Workers Monthly. 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od by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING un w. Washington Bivd., Chicago, . fig Sh (Phone: Munroe 4712) : SUBSCRIPTION RATES ~, mall: ~ $6.00 per year $3.50....6 months ; 2 .00...8 months By mali (in Chicago only 8.00 per year a 34.50. 6 months 42.60. months Adress all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 1118 W. Washington Bivd. Chicago, Ine 3. LOUIS ENGDAHL N : | WILLIAM F. DUNNE} Editors Entered as second-class mall Sept. 21, 1928, at ‘Post. Office at Chicago, III., under the act of March 1875. > Advertising rates om application. The Miners’ Pay aa Semi-starvation is a chronic condition for some 20,000 men, women and children in the mining regions of West N of the richest states in the union. „ out by the coal companies and have suffered untold hardships. Lately there has been renewed activity on their behalf and food and clothing is being col- lected. In this district the strikebreakers are work- ing for $2.50 to $4 per day while the union scale is $6.90. The complete collapse of union organiza- tions in this territory is seen.in the fact that since the desertion of the miners by the officialdom of the United Mine Workers of America but 10 per cent of the coal companies are paying the union scale. It is largely from the non-union mines of West Virginia that coal comes which displaces union mined coal in other markets and it is this non- union territory that furnishes the ammunition with which the coal operators“ association bombards the United Mine Workers of America. The commonsense policy would be to put the whole strength of the union behind an organization drive in this state, but the reactionary Lewis ad- ministration prefers to revoke charters in union territory and disrupt the once splendidly organized United Mine Workers of America. Persecuting and expelling Communists has replaced organiza- tion work and West Virginia affords a fine example of the result of this policy. It is doubtful if the misery of the West Virginia miners would have been brought to the attention of the labor movement at this time at all if it were not for the fact that non-union mines owned by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers are located in this district and the Lewis administration can find plenty of time to fight this gang of cockroach capitalists with whom it has a personal feud. Ac- cording to reports the Brotherhood mines, managed by Warren Stone, one of the original LaFollette boosters, has just evicted 86 miners’ families in the best steel trust style. Hence the new publicity campaign of the Lewis administration. Here is a cross section of the American labor movement as it is in the hands of the crooks, cockroach capital- ists and politicians. One section of it owns mines and uses the most infamous methods of the bigger capitalists. Another section of it supports Cool- idge and the blackest group of capitalists and tries to discredit the smaller fry. Meanwhile the rank and file with whose lives both groups play, exists in tents in the bitter win- ter weather and starves. This is one of the conditions that makes for the growth of the revolutionary left wing movement. It is a condition that will vanish only when both sets of betrayers have been kicked out neck and crop, and the American labor movement rallied to the program of the Trade Union Educational League. Poincare Speaks Thru Herriot The French chamber of deputies by a vote of 541 to 32 approved the posting of Premier Herriot’s reactionary speech in relation to Germany. The socialists at first announced that they would vote against the posting on the ground that the speech was too reactionary. Herriot threatened to resign and the socialists promptly changed their minds, The burden of Herriot’s speech was that Ger- many was not disarmed, that France’s allies and associates had not kept faith and that France had made all the concessions she could afford to Ger- many and in the future must consider the question of her own security against a German attack. He intimated that France would not withdraw her troops from the Rhine unless satisfactory guaran- tees were forthcoming. Only the Communists and a few other deputies voted against Herriot. Some of the socialists outdid the nationalists in jingoism. The Poin- careists declared that Herriot was a convert to their side, so they voted unanimously to support him. The advent of Herriot to office was hailed by pacifists as a victory for peace and liberalism. But as the Communists pointed out, even a man with the best of intentions cannot bring about peace under the capitalist system. It is impossible. “As far as labor is concerned,” declared Mrs. Philip Snowden, wife of the chancellor of the ex- chequer in Ramsay MacDonald’s government, “the throne is established forever.” It is only necessary to say that Mrs. Snowden is a leading British so- cialist and is dead set against the Communists She dearly loves her king. 4 — — 0 — 2 * ** way aS . ore oe A Set eee 1 Lee. Foret patriots who | come. neo-connection Fr landlords and agencies of the capitalist ‘state power like the courts, for instance, are having their eyes opened in New York. , A federation of rentpayers’ associations who have been battling the landlords for some time have been advised, thru the conviction and ‘sentencing of one of its officers te a year in the penitentiary, that courts and judgés are institutions and indi- id fords, Coat viduals functioning for the protection of landlords |° and other thieves whose profession is legalized. Captain Harry Allen Ely, president of a tenants’ association, called a certain judge a “numbskull” in an article in the official organ of the association and the association of landlords took care to see that the article was brought to the attention of this ornament of the New York bench with the result above set forth. The courts, of course, are not im- ‘mune to criticism we are told, but we notice that ‘most of those who indulge. in searching criticism of the judiciary land in the hoosegow as did the captain whose long record of service in war time which he naively reasoned would save him, failed to keep him out of the Tombs—the first stop on the way to Sing Sing. It is to be hoped that this experience will have the effect of convincing the members of the tenants’ association, in spite of théir middle-class character and leadership, that-any fight against landlordism and kindred evils is useless unless it recognizes that all the legal appéndages of capitalism, legis- latures, courts, judges, police and military, are back of the landlords and the private property in- terests they personify. The frenzied fear that even the mildest form of protest against landlordism and its kept courts arouses in the parasitic element is shown by the severe sentence handed out to the worthy captain who in, all probability looks upon American capi- talist government as the supreme achievement of the human race. When the captain gets out of jail he should take a walk to the New York headquarters of the Workers (Communist) Party and find out the real reason why he was 2 The 1 Debacle Austria, the little county that has been used as a laboratory by the league of nations and whose working class has been 3 into the role of guinea pigs by the impel alist experimenters, has collapsed. Even the injections of gold serum and the cow- ardly submission of the'sotial-democrats to Zim- merman, the receiver 1 inted by the league, Has failed to do the impossil &—hepair the damages of war, rebuild industry and feed the population in a country stripped of its and partitioned among the allied nations.’ * The working class of. * has gone thru hell while the experiment was: i progress and today stands as a living—barely ‘tiving—example of the hopelessness of a working ‘lass that allows itself to have faith in capitalism. The Austrian breakdowh ¢feates another serious problem for the imperialists and this problem cries for solution at a time when political crises hold the stage in almost every important European nation. Three avenues of escape all of them of a tem- porary nature, re open to the allied powers. First, Austria can become part of a Danube federation that would strengthen the little nations and in all probability upset’ French plans in that sector. Second, Austria can become again a part of the German nation with a resultant strenghtening of the working class forces which neither the German or allied capitalists view with anything but fear Third, Austria can become an Italian protectorate and thus arouse an implacable enmity in the Balkan states that might mean a new war. The Communists alone can look at the new situa- tion created by the Austrian debacle with equani- 2 “ae ~~ — Me e — of the miners union and his policy 1 rulership. spontaneous affair, caused by the fail- ure of the regular union machinery to secure redress. bf the many griev- The strike mission, * grievances of the a week be taken up by the e board. Abolish Fake ‘Conciliation sisting of three —— ot the operators and three of the miners and an umpire paid by both sides, has little power to settle anything. Its chief function has been to create the illusion among some of the miners that thru it they G6@ld-get redress for their grievances, But there is a grow- ing conviction amongst the rank and file that the conciliation board is but one of the cogs in the wheels of the giant machine that is destroying their hard won gains ofcether days. A de- mand is arising for its abolition. . Had a militant leadership been at head of this strike it would have taken an entirely different turn. Such a militant leadership would have rallied the strikers in meetings; it would have understood the power, both economic and political of the anthracite trust. To fight this power it would have organized a general strike of ALL the gompanies.“ By such methods the struggle would have gained real conces half the time sylvania” strike. By its lack of militancy and its tacit acceptance of ,. Class-collabora- tion policies, the dership of. the recent strike doomed the strike to its a ve oe * 2 9 N 3 D 1 8 7 _ — ~~ * * . N 5 . r . aS - i 45 5 ny 7 * * N — 1 4 ee oy „ ö 2 K . ~ i +» 4 ‘ 2 N is 4 as the iron grip of the anthracite cH opoly. nee be successfully opposed by the of leadership that accepts a — of of leadership has not come to th front in the anthracite region. : are many reagons for this, . which are: The sharp racial foreign population. haat ive economic conditions ha become sharp enough to have had a leavening effect upon the old fashion- native population. 254 Wages have in the past been enough to foster the illusion of, owa-. ing one’s own home. In addition, the many textile mills 22 f the anthracite region, have jobs for the mifiers’ daughters w their sons worked in the coal bree ers. 1 All this is changing. The are now rebelling against, not their own miserable working co tions, but against this system 6 labor exploitation. They are. upon a better education for their chil. |) dren than they themselves received. With this change will also come that other product of American capital-|' ism—the modern American militagt revolutionist. In the anthracite region the Work ers Party and the T. U. B. L. and their policies are the hope of the miners for the future. Their analysis of both the objective | try and subjective factors in the only one that rings true to the existing situa. tion. The call of the for militant policies and militant} leadership is the outstanding feature of the present situation in the 85870 eite region. ein The Party and 7. U. E. L. e To more effectively carry ton this struggle an important conferfense has just been held at which was repres- de teins vey WHY CO-OPERATION IS NOT ExOU CH {SF Stk n By EARL R. BROWDER. HE reason thatee-operation” (in the sense of the“epnsumers’ co-op- erative movement) not enough to solve the problems of the working class; is that we a living under capitalism, which, under the forms of parliamentary democracy, imposes a dictatorship of the Bygapitalist class upon the toiling masses. Until this dictatorship of the bourgeoisie it broken, and the power of the working class made supreme, the working class must concentrate itg / main attention upon crystallizing itggelass leadership and mobilizing its cisss forces, for the struggle against capitalism. Co-operation Can Help in Class Strughfe. The co-operative Movement can be used to the advan ot the workers in their struggle, ded it is or- ganized and led on, e basis of the fundamental class struggle. Co-opera tion between the workers—struggle between the workers and the bour geoisie; this is the formula for a suc. *\cessful co-operative. movement. Unfortunately the co-operative movement is largely dominated by middle-class ideas. These exercise a confusing and pernicious influence over the workers. They set up the false goal, the reformist Utopia of “co mity, confident that it is additional proof that cap- italism cannot solve its post-war problems and that with the growing strength of the Communist par- ties in all European nations, that continent steps closer and,cloger to the path blazed by the revolu- tionary workers and Fenn of Soviet Russia. Get a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. More Trouble for Fascist Spain Raisuli, the Spanish government’s only conse- quential friend in Morogco, has surrendered to Spain’s most redoubtable enemy, Abd-el-Krim, whe has inflicted defeat after defeat on the Spanish forces. His latest conquest renders the position of Spain in Morocco untenable. The chieftain Raisuli was purchased by Spain last October for a large sum of money. He took to the hills with his treasure and remained there ever since, feigning illness. Krim, however, was more than a match for the forces of Dictator Primo de Rivera. The Spanish directorate allocated 1,000,000 pesetas for the purpose of “demoralizing and cor- rupting the enemy.” This means bribing the native chieftains. Thru his victory over Raisuli, Abd-el- Krim bas access to whatever part of this million is still untouched by the recipient. Spain’s treasure turned out to be a gift to her foes. ‘The prospects for Spain retaining her precarious hold much longer on Morocco is not bright. But as soon as Spain quits the other and more pow- erful capitalist nations will step in. The continued robbery and exploitation of the people of Morocco and other undeveloped parts of the-garth can only operation” between the workers on the one hand and s@etions of the bour- geotsie on the other hand. This co- operation of classes is the very worst poison for the labor movement in all its phases. It must be combatted everywhere by alt means, and particu. larly in the co-opefative movement is it strongest. * The cooperative can become in- struments of wor hing class emanci- pation only to the extent that the philosophy of cli collaboration is driven out and destroyed, and the co- operative movement drawn into the whole class struggle. Task of Revolutionary Workers. What should rebhlutionary worker do when they fa a workers’ co- op- erative movement Which is dominated by these harmful of class collab- oration which poigo the minds of the workers? Shoul Bes refuse to par- ticipate, or ron er enter the co- operative movement? The answer is, that revolutionary workers should always take part in every activity which engages large numbers of workers. And it is pre cisely there where the bourgeois ideas are the strongest ¢hat the revolution- ary workers will find the most fruit- ful work to be @one—in combatting these wrong ideas. All revolutionary workers shoul join the workerg!:co-operative move ment, engage e in its work and energetically_advocate the follow. ing program: (I.) The 2 must always consider itself an organ of the work- ing class in its struggle against cap talism. ‘ (2.) Draw the co-operatives inte elose contact and united actions with be prevented by the working class. the trade unions.. (3.) The cooperatives cuntbot be neutral in the political struggle, but must always 8 the olass ** r e Fx. ee struggles 4.) The co-operatives should as sist in mobilizing the masses ff direct struggle for control of markets, prives, N Tanke fn (5.) The co-operatives Hel’ sup port the political and industrial strug gles of the workers moral cially, and must take an jally active part in relief of rts. tog tims. we bebo 6.) The co-operatives mist ¢ontin uously renew their. 5 FROM THE RANKS OF TH WORK ERS IN THE SHOPS AND FACTOR | IES and prevent at all costs the de velopment of a controlling Bureau exacy. Fight “Business Moraigiin — (7.) A continual ideological — gle must be carried on against the current “business morality” of the: with the technical experts who serve the co-operatives. The co-operative while they must use the technique of capitalist business, must reject at al ways more and more united with ‘th working class struggles against capi. talism and its instruments of sup pression and exploitation. : Co-operation is therefore not enoug! and its current philosophy is positively harmful. But when it is imbued witt the ideas of the class strug le, and when it accepts the Communist recon: struction of society as the. common goal of all workers, then it’ may be- come a valuable and powerful ment in the arsenal of the Working class. ers to enter earnestly into. the erative movement with this program |: always before them as the guide. te their practical activities. . ame Pinioned Under R Rock. In Kentucky € Collins Nears One hundred and | fifty teat. below the entrance to Land Cava, m the darkness and mud, lies Floyd Col which holds him pinioned in the cave. and made a plea for death. Even should Collins be rescued within a few hours, and this appeared unlikely, physicians say he probably will not survive the shock. Klan Senator Gets His Seat WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—The senate today unanimously dismissed 21 contested election case against Earle B. Mayfield, dem., Texas. whole action in seating Sen. Mayfield, was taken by the senate in less than two minutes. There was not even a A collaboration. The class struggle type . existing especially since tte 1 1 (Tae WORKERS only and left wingers in the Aae bourgeoisie which constantly comes ir costs capitalist ideas, becoming al-“ It is the task of revolutionary work Uns who for more than 80 hours has watched the engineering skill ot the state pit its craft against the boulder: Today for the first time he gave Way |, : Te : * at 7 * 4 , 7 * pee 1 . ain 0 rn ok * 1 7 * 3 Gis * * * . Ae er ed ideas of property righta of the a e . 1 1 0 — N committees. hs Men eae r — 1 * * N ‘ 4 — r al “ ~ 1x2 : van: . 3 Jer : 5 iv n — ie > * 5 7 * n * * 4 . 8 ™ ö * 5 * 8 ‘ * b “2% 5 1 . : 7 nue 9 ot N 9 7 oa * 7 7 ‘ 8 ge r * In Sx. j 2 “a * x 35 : 5 X „ > N * 0 — 2 Rs “> * 2 ear — R ‘view ot the present atrugeles of the left wing milit- A n ticle by vast Foster in the e the We ‘Workers gee ras e . and made ; paccessful this coun- * — . Comrade Foster 3 the readen thru the recent elections of the miner, ‘earpenters and the te] metal and needle trades. One teels the growing in the left wing ‘hes country in the cold figures of ~ 5 a * ve 7 are included do justice in few Congress of ‘we U. e title alone gives ‘hint of its value. It is an inter- esting die e ot labor in the first 8 timely one in ye of rene persecution—it | your interest with malty new ‘angles he presents. o SS 5" “Th a dae ‘es 4 . demand for à record vote. : 13 be 3 birds-eye view taking Those who are following: a instru: developments in‘: the. political’ activ: | that has receive, | the February issue established ory Monthly as the source ot And then an interesting article From Anarchism 0 munism“ by Jay Fox, a pth a leader of the anarchist im America for thirty year, labor movement since 1886 8 1 joined the Knights of Longe, 805 ‘| Twelve interesting article Ae “ER, ts sparkling in this rauben es "Cn international moa" Warrying About Anything Else But The C. . —In of the able and not, as many fn f ö clothed with gobs of ima “The Pan American Fig Ia W. Johnstone. Written er at the recent generous installment in “this. ‘Jeune alone gives value to the, — 1 2 * a ae 9 . e 1 Rosie. I Will Not Have Vampires In My shop? 90 —In the February issue of the Workers Monthly that makes „ee v and inthe tior