Daily Worker
May 27, 1925
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titan ~~ 2? a ow. Can ae ae ee, ae of ' ther ; : ‘ H - 3 @ ; sittin Drive bet: on in Full Blast! — ) GET IN ON IT! a w + 5 ed se ar Pt ae _ _Batered as second-class Vol. Il, No. 115. —, Pa peng 00 per ~~ SRde cee jee _—_—— 4 ie Tog _ oe ee a a Wo NEW YORK |. EDITION ” a ree - , 4 5 . y eee Ae ‘aa i ° = By O. R. ST. PAUL, Minn., May 25.—The membership of Capitol Ci i No. 459, International Association of Machinists, are solid- to the capitalist court martial of Privates Crouch and and demand their immediate release. The following resolution was signed and introduced by twenty-two members and was a gt by unanimous vote: Frumbit, VoTAW> AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O’FLAHERTY. rpue liberals may not be good for. much, but they do a lot of harm to the revolutionary movement. liberal is liable to~be a pacifist in the piping days of peace, tho he usually | finds some excuse to turn jingo when the bugles of war begin to blow. It ioes not take an extra good memory to remember some outstanding ex- amples of the truth of this cqnten- tion. When the late war broke out, most of the pacifists suddenly discov- ered what the house of Morgan knew right along, viz. that it was in the interests of democracy that the allied powers should win. * oF * IGHT and left wing liberals began to throw themselves at President Wilson. Oswald Garrison Villard, was willing to talk peace but he placed his pacifism on the shelf un-. til the war was over. Upton Sinclair got out a magazine to boost the war and advertise his literary concoctions. any other liberals did worse, if pos- gible. Liberals have their uses to he capitalists even in the intervals etween wars. ~ « Y HE China Press, an organ of Ame- rican imperialism, published in Bhanghai, quotes gratefully from the New Republic of New York a lengthy article written by a liberal on the question of civil liberty in Russia. No- body, least of all a Communist will claim that there is democracy in Rus- pia, that bastard sham which pride..of. the bourgeoisie. where they. are still virile enough to afford such | & luxury. What exists in Russia is a dictatorship of the workers and peas-, ants and not only do Communists make.no attempt to hide this fact, but they glory in its existence 50, much that they advertise the fact -and insist on its acceptance for tiie | transition ‘period between the seizure of power by the workers and the flow- ering of Communism as a cardinal principle of Communist policy. - a *” ICTATORSHIP is not democracy. ‘But in actual practice what is the difference ,between the dictator- ship in Russia and the thing called democracy, that exists in the United States and in England? In the Sov- jet Union the great majority have de- cided to run their own country, at the game time taking all governmental power away from: the minority which previously owned and governed. This is majority rule, but it is not democ- racy, tho it sounds very. much like it. It sounds good to the’'ears of the exploited Chinese workers, therefore, the canny capitalist sheet publishes the article against Russia from the liberal New Republic, and says to the (Continued on page 2) Arrest for Violation of State Law Banned by Strike Injunction NEW YORK, May 25.—Unlicensed engineers scabbing in the strike of union engineers against a group of big \\ fee companies are protected by an in- fanction issued by supreme court Justice McCrete of Brooklyn, against arrest for violation of the law requir- ing engineers on stationary engines and steam boilers to pass examina- tions and take out licenses. The injunction was obtained by the Knickerbocker Ice Co., the Putnam Coal and Ice Co., the Ice Services Co. and the Reubel Coal and Ice Co., that serve Brooklyn with 80 per cent of its ice and that are now fighting their employes’ demand for the $9 and 8- hour day and the 6day week. ; years and A| ‘|'Harry Emerson Fosdick case. “WHEREAS, Privates Crouch and Trumbull of the U. S. army have re- }ceived inhuman sentences of forty twenty-six years at the hands of a military court martial at Schoffield barracks, Benge Hawaif, and “WHEREAS, The only offense of wh these soldiers have been ac- cused is that of holding opinions dif- fering from those of their accusers and those whom they serve, and of possessing literature and being mem- bers of the Hawaiian Communist League, all of which they openly pro- claimed, and ° | “WHEREAS, These soldiers by their actions have violated no law either civil or military, and were entirely within their rights as Ameri- can citizens, and “WHEREAS, Crouch and ‘Trumbull were convicted on the evidence of a spy sent purposely to gain their con- fidence and perfect a case against them, and “WHEREAS, The sentences are of a severity seldom inflicted upon even hardened criminals for violent crimes, and the whole proceeding is a plain case of suppression of freedom. of speech and even of opinion by mili- tary officers who have grossly abused their authority to prevent the spread of intelligence in the ranks of the army; therefore, be it “RESOLVED, That we, members of Capitol City Lodge No. 459, Inter- national Association of Machinists, in regular meeting assembled this 21st day of May, 1925, protest the unjusti- fiahle, savage court martial that con-" rdemned Privates Crouch and Trum- bull to sentences tat amount to a living death in military prison; and ‘{STEPHENSON, GHARGED WITH RAPE AND MURDER, ~ TAKEN TO NEW PRISON | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 25.— Handeuffed to each other, D. C. Ste- phenson, ku klux klansman_= and manufacturer, Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry, charged with the murder of Sheriff Omer Hawkins and three deputies today were taken to Noblesville, Ind., the trio will go on trial at Noblesville, probably in Oc- tober. The case was venued to Hamilton county by Judge James A. Collins In criminal court here Saturday fol- lowing filing a motion for the change by defense council. Miss Oberholtzer took pbison af- ter an alleged attack by Stephen- son. Stephenson refused her: medi- cal aid she said, before her death. |MINERS’ PARADES BREAK NON-UNION Alex Howat Leads the Fight in Kansas (Special to The Daily Worker) _PITTSBURGH, Kans,, May 25.—The open shop drive against the United Mine Workers of District 14 have been stopped by mass demonstration of parades by union miners led by Alexander Howat, fighting chief of the Kansas miners. Yesterday at Crowberg camp, the non-union stronghold, six hundred au- tomobiles each loaded with union min- ers turned out and paraded around the non-union camps while out attend- | ing a picnic. At the picnic Howat, Phil Callery ahd board members of District 14 talked to a crowd of 5,000 miners and their families. Alex Howat received an ovation when he took the platform and he was enthusiastically support- ed with repeated applause as he years and one year, we will be aat- -isfied with nothing less than immedi- ate release of these soldiers on the | grounds that they ‘vere acting entire- ily within their rights; and be it fur- ther “RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to the labor press and to our senators and representa- tive in congress.” Nominate Left Wing Candidate. At the same meeting the lodge una- nimously nominated for re-election as business agent of District No. 77, Brother Herman Husman, who is one of the left wing machinists of this district. The machinists’ union locals of the Twin Cities are making a drive for organization of all machinists and automobile machinists, and in this are led by the left wingers. Oil Trust Exploits Teapot Dome While Courts Delay Action WASHINGTON, May 25.—The fed- eral grand jury today resumed con- sideration of the government's case against former Secretary of the In- terior Fall, Harry F. Sinclair and E. L. Doheny, accused of conspiracy to. defraud the United States in leasing Pof oil lands in California and Wyo- ming. Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Rob erts, the government’s special oil counsel, said they hoped to obtain in- dictments before the end of the week. The first indictments were dismissed by the supreme court on technical grounds. No Action On Fosdick. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 25.—The presbyterian general assembly, in ses- sion here today adopted the report of | the committee on bills and overtures recommending that no action be tak- Presbyterian Church, New York Lity, for approval of its action in the Dr. ANOTHER STANDARD OIL CO. WORKER KILLEB BY “LOONEY GAS” POISON NEW YORK, May 25.—Lead poisoning has taken the life of another Standard Oil worker, Dr. Alexander O. Gettler, city toxicologist at Bellevue Hospital revealed, after autopsy on the viscera of Anatose Levanus, laborer on the Bayonne docks of the oil company. Supplementing Gettler’s report, Dr. Charlies Norris, chief medical exam- iner, said there was yet no certainty whether the lead poisoning came from handling tetraethy! lead but further examination of the man’s organs will be undertaken to find out the exact cause. pany'’s plant at Bawway, was shipped by way of the Bayonne docks. Eleven workers had previously been killed by lead poisoning. : Tetraethyl lead from the com- what. battered, the open | shop and the en relative to the request of the Firat | oper shop operators were roundly de- meer | ARREST OF UNION MEN “FOLLOWS FAKE BLAST WHICH HURTS NOBODY . ty pase PPLE = (Special to The Daily Worker) MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., May 25. —Mine strike trouble broke out anew here early today with the bombing of two houses of miners at Glendale, a smill mining town just outside this city. No one was in- jured} Five arrests followed of union minefs altho it can hardly be said that coal miners are not able to use explosives with more eZective results. North Pole ong Still Missin one: Se rom Oslo Reports (Special*to The Daily Worker) LONDON, May 25.—Hope for the safety of Captain Roald Amundsen and his companions on the polar flight gave way to apprehension today. The steamer Hobby, one of the two patrol ships that preceded the air- planes to the rim of the polar ice, has returned to Wellman Bay without word, according to news agency ad- yices from Spitzbergen via Oslo. ‘@ommander K. Prestrud, naval at- tache of the Norwegian legation here, who.accompanied Captain Amundsen to the south pole in 1912, said in an interview today: “There is as yet no reason for anxi- ety. Amundsen won't come back without getting observations to prove jhe actually reached the pole, other- wise his results would be practically valueless. Taking such observations might require three or four days as in the ease of the south pole. ‘If something has gone wrong, we might have to wait three or four months without hearing from the par- ty, but the members are fully equip- ped to make the 400 mile walking trip to Cape Columbia and can do it.” Try tron Manufacturers. WASHINGTON, May 25.—-The fed- eral government was successful today jin the supreme court fo the United States in a movement to have removed from Illinois to Ohio for trial F. C. Rutz, R. R. Fountleroy, J. R. Steneck and Harry C. Wanner; indicted with 43 other persons and 47 corporations with having violated the anti-trust laws by forming an illegabcceombina- tion in restraint of trade in malleable iron castings, a ati of Madge Oberholtzer, in custody OPEN SHOP DRIVE pleaded for a united front of all labor of against the assaults of capital and for oo Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING ©O., 1118 W. Washington Blvd. Chicage, TIL Price 3 Cents WASHI ¢., May 25.—A. petition wu general election of membe s Mi tian legisia- sid , 1926, has been presented of State Kel. logg by urt, represent- ing the U tique D’ Haiti. Hudicourt char ‘Louis Bo “president” of 1 t@ government of Haiti, is con by the United States army i . He asked that American millmmiry forces be with- drawn. . | in jail in Haiti, fe order of “Presi- Six jou says Hudicourt,# dent” Borno, whe eld by Ameri- can machine gums) These news writ- ers and editors Raye dared to point out that Bornes gime is one of force, that it SHeonstitutional and in deflance of the, Will of the people. One of them Wi ailed after print- ing an account: he fate that be- fell a Swedish, J “four centuries ago, when he ¢ fe ad his people. This reference t sdish history was called an ite to murder of Borno. No indic has yet been lodged against { the prisoners, who were December and January. , Sen ~ Hudicourt wem£ tg the state depart- ment, and ke With Kellogg. He handed K was followed by a heavy fain. BELGIAN POLITICIANS UNABLE TOC FORM A STABLE BOVERNMENT BRUSSELS, May 25—The Bel- gian parliament will probably be dissolved following the forced res- ignation of Premier Van De Vyvere last week, when the chamber of deputies voted no confidence in his government. A tabinet formed: outside the po- litical parties, or a ministry re- cruited from cathatics, liberals and . socialists were talked of as other alternatives. The Van De Vywere cabinet fel! when Burgomaster Max of Burseels leader of the liberals, withdrew his : support. | i F ASKS BOYCOTT OF DANISH SHIPS TO AID BIG TRANSPORT B. & 0 BILL TRIKE (Special to The Daily Worker) , NEW ‘YORK CITY, May 25.—The International Marine Workers’ Amal- gamation Committee, Joseph Stone, secretary, has issued the following call to the marine workers of this country, emphasizing the need Te action internationally in aid of the Danish transport strike: To All Marine Workers in the United States! ad Comrades: The marine workers in Denmark are on strike. wegian marine workers are out in a sympathy strike with the workers in The German and all other European transport workers will, all probability call a sympathetic strike. The International Marine Workers’ Amaigamation Committee calls upon all the American seamen to boycott the Danish ships. must not discharge cargoes on vessels under the Danish flag. No seaman Denmark. shall sign on a Danish vessel. The Danish seamen are striking for better conditions and we must help To load a Danish vessel, while the Danish transport workers are on strike means that you are scabbing on the Danish workers. The international Marine Workers’ Amaigamation Committee is for inter- it is for the amalgamation of all marine workers in the United States into one industrial union of marine workers. transport industry we stand for an International Marine Transport Workers’ International unity is a necessity. them. national unity. Union thruout the world. For united action, HIS E DEFEAT Report I 370 Lead fos Anderson in I. A. M. (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25.—Al- tho the votes are all in and counted since Friday night, May 22, the Johns- ton machine in the International As- sociation of Machinists are trying to cover up the unquestioned election of J. F. Anderson, his centrist opponent supported by the left wing, while the Johnston gang calculates what move to make in stealing the election. 16,323 Against Bill’s 14,953. On Thursday night, May 21, the The Nor- in The longshoremen In the marine JOSEPH STONE, secretary. PENNSYLVANIA STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR CONVENTION SHOWS UP BANKRUPTCY OF THE OFFICIALDOM count stood 16,323 for Anderson and 14,963 for Johnston. But about that time the Johnston machine declared a sort of martial law and announced that no results would be given out un- til May 27. Evidently Johnston figures ean during the meanwhile some way 4 By J. S. OTIS. May 25.—Out of the 180 delegates to the Pennsy!)- vania State Federation of Labor which has recently adjourned, a large por- tion were either business agents or paid officials in some capacity. convention was another demonstration of the bankruptcy of the trade union PITTSBURGH, Pa., officialdom. At no other time after the first day’s session were there more than 125 Of course a convention hall is a mono- tonous place’ to be when there are nice clubs where a card game or a pre- delegates out of the 180 present. be discovered. In preparation for this steal his gang is officially claiming that Johns- ton won “by about a thousand” over Anderson. Apparently it is going to require a demonstration of foree to pry Johnston out of office even tho he was beaten in the election, and the left wing is determined that no stone li throwing out Anderson votes can The + Volstead drink will not be interfered BLACKLIST SCHEME IS TRIED ON THE DOWELL, ILLINOIS COAL MINERS DOWELL, ILL, May 25.—A notice has been put up by the Union Colli- ery Company at their Kathleen mine at Dowell, Iil., to the following ef- fect: “All men looking for employment at this mine shall sign an applica- tion card, which shall be forwarded to the office in St. Louls, Mo. The hiring- of men shall be done thru the office in St: Louis, Mo.” | “he is gai more iHiet 0c “At thelr Pe office in Po Loulé they ‘will procure the record of each applicant. And if the applicant has been a “good fellow,” never caused any trouble to his former employer, he shall.be consigned to the job. But if he tails to come up to their standard,’ hav- ing fought for his rights—das; ‘jal! workers should do—then he will’ be turned down, The local union has put up'a no- tice at the mine, stating that a fine shall be put on all men signing the application for a job. ANTI-EVOLUTION LAW FOUGHT AT DAYTON HEARING Grand Jory’ tedicte John | T. Scopes for Teachings DAYTON, Tenn., May 25.—A speci- al session of the Rhea county grand jury in session here today returned an indictment against John T. Scopes, high school teacher, for teaching evo- lution to his pupils in violation of a state law recently passed by the Ten- nessee legislature. The trial of Scqppes will probably begin on June 15. The law under which Scopes is to be indicted, de- clares, “Be it enacted that it shail be unlawful. for any teacher in any of the universities, normals and all other public schools of the state which are supported in whole or in part by pub lic school funds, to teach any theory that denies the story of the divine creation of man as_taught in the bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.” At the grand jury sitting ave the defense, which is to be represented by Clarence Darrow and other prom- inent lawyers, will appeal to the state constitution, which declares that the legislature ‘shall foster science.” The defense will charge that the anti-evo- lution law is a violation of the state constitution. The court room here holds only 100 people, and the Dayton business men, many of whom supported the law which abolishes the teaching of evo- lution, are devising ways and means to accomodate the huge crowds which are expected to attend the trial. The yard around the court house will be fitted with chairs, and electric ampli- fiers are to be installed to carry the proceedings to the auditors. The business men have held a meet- ing at which they discussed ways of housing the crowds, _— . - , shall be left unturned or unthrown to drive “B. & O. Bill” out of office. Tries To Split Anderson Group. Johnston, while claiming the elec- tion for himself, is trying, as reported previously in the DAILY WORKER, to split the Anderson forces by con- ceding the election of Hannon of the centrist opposition to the vice-presi- dency and Fry as delegate to the A. F. of L. convention. Johnston’s gang also clajm that Secretary Davison of malodorous banking fame has won by over 2,000 and Editor Hewitt by about the same number and that Hannon would be the only one in the new executive council not of his own gang, and by handing Hannon the job Johnston ex- cts to win his more or less open support. The while family of interested of- ficialdom is swarming into Washing- fen to fight the matter out in hotel lobbies. with. Lots of Words—Littie Action. To an observer the opening speech of President Maurer would lead one to believe the convention would go to bat with the employers and capital- ist class in general on the daily needs of the workers. He warned the con- vention that it would either build or go backward and that standing still is a backward step. International capitalism, along with the unemploy- ment in the coal and textile indus- tries, was brot to the attention of he delegates. But the written report touched on none of these problems. The report contained a long summary of the ac: tion of the last legislative session, the | manner im which» the. child labo fainedidtient “was ed, the steal- ing of the workmen’s compensation in- crease bill but that is where it ended. The struggle that the miners are wag- FOUR BLACKSHIRTS IN QUAKER CITY NOW NURSING SORE HEADS PHILADELPHIA, May 25.—Four Italian fascists are mourning the en- trance of italy into the world war, today, as a result of a clash with Italian workers who did not see any reason why they should rejoice because their ruling class saw fit to support the one set of capitalist plunderers against the other in May 1915, almost one year after the opening guns were fired in the world war. The Philadelphia fascisti, backed by the local capitalists, advertised a parade in honor of Italy’s entrance into the war. The papers carried adver- tisements for two weeks prior to May 24, the date set. But only seventeen Italians showed up. Those were attacked by anti-fascist workers and four blackshirts were taken to the hospital. The parade continued with the aid of police. One radical worker was arrested and is still in jail. ing against the “open shop” coal op erators, the unemployment in both the coal fields and other industries the official report had no mention of, and recommneded no organization meas- ures to rally the workers against the above. Need Labor Party to Solve Problems. To effectively meet these problems also necessitates an independent po- litical party thru which the workers can express themselves—a Labor Party. In place of methods to ‘organ- ize for a fight against the “open shop- pers” the attention of the convention was drawn to the dangers of Super- Power. The left wing severely criticized this report, to which Maurer replied the criticism was justified, but went | on to claim that super-power was a | bigger and more important issue 4 | WAGE GUT ANTHRACITE OPERATOR WHIPPED BY MILITANT COAL MINERS The Worker) SCRANTON, Pa. May 25—Mana- gers of the big Jermyn coal mine in Old Forge have surrendered to their union workers and resumed operation at the wage scale called for in the contract. (Special to Daily The miners quit four months ago when told to load a half a carload extra per day without pay. Several weeks later the company offered a flat 10 percent cut instead. A small group of pro-company men voted to accept the offer but two days later a much larger meeting rescinded this action and the mine remained closed till the company ylelded. the workers. In the meantime as far as Maurer is concerned the workers can go hungry, and have their organ- izations weakened or destroyed by the “open shop” campaign. Such destruc- tion to be legalized by legislation. Two whole days out of the four dur- ing which the convention proceeded (Continued on page 2) “AID THE NOVA SCOTIA MINERS” [S APPEAL OF THE PROGRESSIVE MINERS TO LABOR OF ALL LANDS — Statement of Progressive Miners’ Committee on District 26, United Mine Workers of America. The struggle against the wage cuts in this district led by the Progressive Miners against monumental obstacles, such as company gunmen, soldiers and the government agencies, has received the open admiration of fair-minded people thruout the world. The open betrayals and pittance of financial support by the international officials of the United Mine Workers of America and the refusal of militant _ — —_ ~-—— — Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or two. will make ~ you. a better Communist (Continued ‘on page 2)
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The order stated that “certain articles in the newspaper have tended to provoke French soldiers to disobedience during the present operations, and are of a nature to threaten the discipline and safety of the troops, The Communist Party organ has been widely read by the French soldiers in Morocco and much sympathy with the native Rifians who have been at- tacked at the behest of French imperialists has been expressed thruout the army. French Retreat. French troops under Colonel Frey- denburg are fighting the Rifflans along the Ouergha river, especially in and around the town of Gara des Mezziat. Ih report on the military situa- tion Lyautey admits that the offensive has not been checked. fe now admitted that the Bibane heights have been cap twice in one week, only to be lost again. The outposts have also been left to themselves, after being revictualed are again surrounded by the Rift- | Gen. de Chambrun has been sudseeded in command by Gen. Dau- French have retreated to — says the French commu- Chamber Postpones Discussion. PARIS, France, May 25.—By a vote of 312 to 178 the chamber of deputies 'todiky postponed until Wednesday the ‘discussion of voting credits for the Yrench military campaign in Morocoo. Premier Herrioot has declared that he approves the government’s inva ston of northern Africa, and will throw the support of the radical so- cClalist deputies to a continuation of the imperialistic invasion. Ben Ghabrit, the Mohammedan lead- er, who was made minister plenipoten- tiary of France, has been commission- ed by the Painleve cabinet to conduct negotiations with the Riffian leader Abd-el-Krim, in the name of the “sul- tan of Morocco.” The sultan has giv- en France the mandate to rule Moroc- co, and France considers Krim “tech- nically in revolt against the sultan.” The chamber of deputies opened to- day. The Communist deputies will oppose granting credits for the Riffan campaign, and will condemn the en- tire project as a move of the French capitalists to subjugate the native Africans in order to exploit their labor and natura] resources. Premier Painleve has drafted a bill for added appropriations for the Mo- roccan war, and it Is this bill which will be discussed Wednesday. FOSTER SPEAKS WEDNESDAY EVE. AT YU, EL, MEET The British Left Wing Subject of Lecture All workers interested in the labor mwpyement are invited to be present to- momow evening, Wednesday, May 27, @ the lecture of William Z Foster, secretary of the Trade Union Bduca- tional League, at the league’s monthly meeting in Northwest Hall, corner of Worth and Western avenues. There is no admissoin charged. Foster will speak upon the Minority Movement of the Trade Unions of Hingland, and as he attended the last comferemce of the English left wing amd recently returned from Europe, Vouter is able to give intimate pic tures of the great sweep of radical- ism now rising thru the English work- ing class. Besides this, the T. U. BE. lL. regular business at the meeting will include an interesting report from the T. U. BE. l. needle trades section upon the situation in that industry. Similar meetings are held every month, on the last Wednesday of the month Militants should miss none of tHese valuable assemblies. Mussolini Visits D’Annunzio. ROME, May 25-—The question of the whereabouts of Premier Musso lini was ended today when it was learned he was visiting Gabriele D’- Annunzio, poet aviator. It was thought the visit was in connection with the celebration of Italy’s entrance into the world war. Bankruptcy of Labor Officialdom Exposed in Penn. (Continued from page 1) were wasted with speakers on every- thing but the problems the workers are confronted with. A representa- tive of the Workers Health Bureau who was one of the few that spoke on e daily problems was given time near the adjournment hour when a convention is restless and most of the delegates gone. Resolutions Hastily Handled. Only a few hours were devoted to resolutions. One was introduced by the militant miners who realize the need of unity with the railroad work- ers calling on the federation to use its influence with the ralroad unions to stop hauling of scab coal and scabs. This resolution was adopted. But the resolution introduced by the left wing that had for its purpose to put the federaion on a fighting basis by inaugurating a free speech cam- paign in front of the mill gates at McKeesport was referred to the A. F. of L. thereby passing the buck onthe grounds of no jurisdiction. Nothing Practical Done to Beat Gag Law. A state wide campaign for the re- peal of the Flynn anti-sedition law proposed by the left wing delegates was accepted. It is not the first time however, that the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor has accepted such resolution and the method of lobbying with capitalist legislators utilized for all it was worth to put it into. effect. No less than three hundred labor rep- resentatives at one time went to Har- risburg to plead. It availed nought. The law still remains in force, the past exeprience showing that the time is rotten ripe for a much more aggres- sive form of campaign based on the'| mass power of the workers if results are to be obtained. Another proposal to put the federa- tion on the map as a fighting organ- ization was defeated. This was the holding of the next cunvention ir the city of McKeesport, one of the hel! holes in Pennsylvania. After the business agent and paid official dele- gates heard of the good beer in Erie, the beautiful lake, the beach and that Canada was only 26 miles away they almost put the convention into a tur- moil. Left Wing Grew. It is such conventions as this where highly paid delegates come to look for pleasure instead of taking up the problems of the workers that is building the left wing. As the con- vention proceeded the left wing grew in numbers and became more and more a factor. Altho it was small it passerted itself and challenged the pleasure hunters. This left wing may prevent many a nice party next year. Worker. Killed While Pulling the World’s Fastest R. R. Train SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 25—The Twentieth Century Limited, fastest train in the world, hurtled through Amboy today at a mile a minute clip, headed for Syracuse. As the locomotive roared through the village, Edward H. Peck, 55, of Buffalo, engineer of the crack train, leaned out the window of the cab. watching the escape valve as he push- ed the injector to force water into the oilers. He was struck by a water plug and fell back into the cab unconscious and dying. —_—_ Street Meetings. Tuetday—Wilton and Belmont. D. EH, Earley, Ida Dailes and others. Wednesday—Madison and Karl Reeve and Harrison George. Thursday—22nd street and Troy. Thurber Lewis and William F. Kruse. Patronize our advertisers. Lincoln. SL AO Cae OO A Te ; | . , (Continued from page’ 1) Chinese masses: “See, what even the liberals think of the Soviet regime!” HB liberals are very useful to the capitalists. At critical moments, with very few exceptions, they flop over to the side to which they really belong. ‘Take the tribe who profess to be so much concerned about civil liberties! Naturaly, in a capitalist state the workers are always the suf- ferers, and most of the efforts of the civil libertarians are directed towards making the master class live up to their own laws. But everybody who understands anything about sociology knows that there is a constant strug- gle going on between the possessing class and the dispossessed class. In this struggle it is impossible to be neutral. One must take either one side or the other. *> * ®8 HE capitalists have the govern- ment on their side. They make the laws and obey them or violate them, according to taste and requirement. The Communists say there cannot be any real universal freedom as long as class rule exists. Governments are organs of repression, even the Soviet government. It exists to pro- tect the workers and peasants rule as the governments of England and the United States exist to protect capi- talist rule. That’s all there fs to it. The liberals want to lift the workers into the cloud lands of fancy, where they picture an imaginary world, They want to convince them that what is wrong with our present state of so- ciety is not capitalism, but certain capitalists who have not learned to do their robbing painlessly. 7 ” OVIET RUSSIA is engaged in the difficult task of laying the basis for a socialist economy. The rest of the capitalist world is in opposition. The bourgeoisie of all nations, no matter how they quarrel among themselves are united against the workers’ and peasants’ government. They know that the Red Republic is a standing challenge to them and a beacon light to the rest of the proletarian world. Therefore, they are burning up money in financing plots to overthrow the Soviet power, and placing every ob- stacle in the way of Soviet progress. They have their conspirators inside Russia as well as outside. What is the Soviet government going to do about it? Throw away its defensive weapons and allow the czarists who have trodden over the workers and peasants of Russia for centuries to re- turn to power? > . ® done this, snow white lilies would now be sprouting over the graves of every bolshevik leader whose name is today anathema to the capitalist class, and the liberals would admit that the bolsheviks were nice fellows but were not “practical.” Fortunately for the working class the Russian revolution kept their guns and used them on the enemy. The result is that today they. are governing one sixth of the earth’s surface. They have proven them- selves to be “practical” but they are not “nice.” + > . HE “Anglo-Saxon” New Republic claims that the Russians never ex- perienced freedom of speech and of the press “as they exist (except in wartime) in Anglo-Saxon countries.” This is ku klux klan, Nordic hokum. Ask the Irish, Egyptian, Hindoo and other oppressed peoples of the British empire what civil liberty means under the Union Jack? Ask the Hawatlians, Filipinos or Cubans, what civil liberty means under the American flag? Even in England today, Harry Politt, Com- munist, is kidnapped by a fascist gang and the court laughs it off as a good joke. In the same “Anglo-Saxon” country, Communists get six months in jail for making a speech against capitalism. The liberals will not fool the revolutionary working class with their protests against the absence of civil liberty for the bourgeoisie in Russia. This is but a smoke screen to hide an attack on Soviet Russia. Freight Crash Blocks Traffic. HARRISBURG, Pa., May 25.—With thru passenger trains running hours behind schedule, and freight traffic at a standstill over the middle division, wrecking crews today were working frantically to clear away the debris of last night’s midnight crash that killed one and injured two other train- men, piled an engine and 21 freight ears in kindling wood, and tore out great sections of rails on all four tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad at Bailey station, 20 miles west of here. THE D F the Russian revolutionists had | ALL wa o,f + Seo pan) SCOTIA MINERS !’ APPEAL ISSUED Call Goes to Labor in All Lands ¥ (Continued from page 1) action by the Canadian Trades Con- gress, have madé the fight keener and harder in every respect. All Ald to Nova Scotia! The miners must be supported by the Canadian workers of all trades, to- gether with the workers of the U. 8. Their fight is out fight and if they are defeated it willbe our turn next. A militant stra@ggle properly con- ucted must be cemtinued, and to con- tinue it must bedimanced. All work- ers are requested to send financial aid to the address given at the foot of this article. 6 mols { 25>, 3 monte W SUBSCRIPTION TO B&B THE DAILY WO UILD RKER .
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iver- aeaede Hi baneee: 7 : & bas ccREPAFEs reEVite el s called evening .. plenic Itenhelm OBESE POD Pre OR THIS TradeUnionEd (T. U. (R. 1 Is Devoted to the Activity and Interests of the . North American Section of the RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS PAGE ucational League BE. L.) L. U.) | Represents the Left Wing ers’ Government. Ld THE T. Purpose Is to Strengthen the Labor Unions by Amalgamation of Existing Unions, Organization of the Unorganized, and by Replacing Réactionary and Class Collaboration Policies. with a Unified Program for the Transformation of the Unions Into Organs of Revolutionary Class Struggle for the Overthrowal of Capitalism and the Establishment of a Workers’ and Farm- U.E.L. of the Labor Movement. its LOCAL PREFERS CHARGES AGAINST) ‘RINO’ GAPPELLINI! Masses of Miners in Hot Resentment ~ SCRANTON, Pa.—Local Union 699, UW. M. W. of A. of Edwardsville, Pa., at a special meeting held last Thurs- day adopted a motion unanimonsly to prefer charges against Rinaldo Cap pellini, distrist president, and the majority of the district executive board on grounds of flagrantly vio lating the district and international law by ordering the duly elected of- ficlals of the local deposed and a spe- clal held. This action is the aftermath of the trouble existing at the Woodward colliery. Cappellini revoked the local charter some time ago and deposed Stanley Hdmunds and his set of: offi- .Clals as the legal local officers after an outlaw strike had been called by Edmunds. At the same time, Adam Dunn, who had sought office on sever- | al occasions, broke away from the lo- cal with a set of followers, held “reg- ular” meetings, collected dues and assessments, and classed themselves as the local administration. Real Dualists Recognized. Of a membership of 1,700 Dun has but 20 followers. Cappellini recogn- ized Dun as the local President, re gardless of the fact that he and his followers “elected” themselves secret- ly and without the knowledge of | ‘the’ bulk of the mambership. . The district board, after several riots occured at Edwardsville, held a three hour session and ordered a spe- elal election at the local. Dunn and Edmunds stated their respective’ Cases before the board. The board decided that Dann and Edmunds shonu'd. sub- ‘mit a list of candidates and the elec- tion should be conducted by the dis- trict board. Edmunds refused on the grounds that such action was uncon- g@titutional, as the constitution spe difically states charges must be prefer ed against the local officers in their local union and that the local shall act on these charges. The “election” was held. Cappelli- ml was in the camp of Dunn. Dunn’s followers voted while Hdmunds men paraded thru Wilkes Barre and vici- nity in protest. Over 1,000 miners of the Edmunds fraction refused to vote and paraded in protest. Voting Made No Difference teat The “official tally” shows that Dunn and his slate received 1022 votes and Edmunds group 1104. (It must be re- membered that the membership is but 1700 according to dues payments prior to the trouble, and that Edmunds sub- mitted no slate) On the face of the so-called official returns it is evident that the Edmunds faction were the victors, but Cappellini thinks other- wise as he officially states that Dunn and his group of candidates are the legal local officers. +s Edmunds appealed to Lewis and after an intolerable day that well- known faker telegraphed that Cap pellini was the district president and any action taken by Cappellini would be concurred in by the international officialdom. Cheer Attack on Cappellini Fully 1500 miners packed the Pa- hukis Hall to hear the latest develop- ments of the case. Great cheers broke forth when the motion was carried that charges be preferred against Cap- pellini and three of the board mem- bers. Wm. J. Brennen, ex-president and now a candidate opposing Cap- pellini spoke before the local and made a typical fakerish speech. He told the miners that the fight they were waging was a fight to uphold the union laws and to retain the prin- ciple of trade unionism in the anthra- cite coal flelds. George Isaacs, district vice-presi- dent also spoke and assured the miners that the Edmunds group was the duly elected officers and urged them to support these officers, urged them to pay their dues to the Ed- munds officers and worry about noth- ing. Cheer Toohey Pat Toohey, heading a delegation from another local sent to investigate the Woodward trouble was given an ovation after being introduced as the one who assailed Cappellini, and de- |WHY NOT THIS, IN PLACE OF BILL GREEN’S MOVIES? Detroit huke uto Workers > . > in Union Campaign DETROIT, Mich., May 25. — Police again appeared on the scene at the Briggs Manufacturing plant at Harper Ave. when the organizers of Auto Workers Union No. 127 opened up the noonday organization drive before the thousands of workers whose interest in the campaign is at a high pitch. But there was a difference. At Thursday’s meeting the factory dicks attempted to disrupt the meet- ing and went down to defeat. Police, arriving immediately after the speak- ers had finished, insisted that the in- spector be approached for a permit. They were informed that the drive would continue and that no eres would be asked for. Federation President Pinched. At Friday's meeting a squad of po- lice were there before the speakers ar- rived and when the meeting opened they arrested Frank Martel, president and Frank Brunton, Secy. of Local 127 Auto Workers’ Union. While they were taking them to jail Alfred Goetz got on the chair and continued the meeting. Some fifty cops soon arrived and attempted to disperse the crowd. Goets and four others were arrested and held at the station for an houpan a half and then | released. Cops Not Popular—There’s a Reason. At Saturday’s meeting some twenty- five or thirty cops were very much in evidence. When the workers left the factory to get their lunches and saw the cops, their anger mounted and they hooted and jeered. They were prepared to take any action that might become necessary to see that the meeting was not disrupted. However, it was a chastened po- lice department at the meeting. In- stead of disrupting the meeting they were there to maintain order and “to keep a passage way open for fraffic,” as the officer in charge explained. John Edwards Speaks. John Edwards was the first speaker and as he mounted the chair the crowd cheered. Thousands of workers lis- tened attentively and showed their ap- preciation of every point made by the speaker. Frank Martel followed Ed- wards, and when he stated that the Detroit Federation of Labor would back the right to carry on organiza- tion work with all the strength and power that it cotld muster it was greeted with a roar of approval. Then Goets took the chair. He scored the dicks and police for their past interference and pointed out that this meeting was going forward largely because the Briggs workers had expressed indignation in a very material way because their right to listen to union organizers had been violated by brutal police methods. Dig In for Big Job. The campaign to organize the auto workers of Detroit will go forward with increased energy. Hverything possible will be done to stop the dras- tic process of wage reductions, and to improve the situation within the shops. This is one’ of the most notor- fous open shop towns in the entire country. The union is not deceiving itself about the enormity of the task be- fore it, but advantage will be taken of every situation that may arise by Lo- cal 127 and there is reason to believe that the union will again become as effective a fighting machine as it was immediately following the world war. safety engineer, of the Detroit Federaiton of Labor,} , t-Syvad oe Sy fla a - ’ . Les SY ee OES ot A ibe OE, Ves ee ee r oS ee ty. OR AR eae a a bay 3 3." Reh» ! 4 “a6, RELIANCE, W ca “MINE. HUNDREDS ARE KILLED YEARLY! PORTS — f MINERS THE U. S. (Special to The RELIANCE, Wyoming, May 25—The mine given in this article show very clearly Daily W nh reports which are why it is dreds of miners are blown up and burnt to death every year in so-call@@ saccidents” which are, in effect, murder. Recently the Union Pacific Coal company imagugurated a system of in- specting their mines, by which the miners were to select a man to repre- sent the miners and the company to appoint a mim@r to go along with their and to make a report ——E of their findings direct to the higher officials, showing the condition of the mine and any recommendations This was done and reports were subniltted. But, coincidently, the newly appointed deputy mine inspec- tor made what he called an inspec- tion. This appointee of the capitalist government, as is customary with his tribe, submitted the following two re- ports, the first on Reliance Mine No. 1, and the second on Reliance Mine No, 4. These are the sort of “safety” reports whcih send miners to their death without there being anyone hung for murder. The first report says: “Office of the Chief Inspector of Coal Mines, Rock Springs, Wyo., May 2, 1925. “TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This is to certify that on May 1, 1925, I visited No. 1 mine at Reliance, Wyo., property of the Union Pacific Coal company, accompanied by Mr. William Pryde the foreman of the mine. “We entered. the mine manway and visited every working place in the fol- lowing entries: No. Seven South Pntry, No. Bight South Entry, No. Three North Entry, No. Four North and four and one-half entry, No. Five North Entry, No. Six North Entry, No. Bight North Hntry and the first panel No. Ten North Entry. These entries as they are enumer- ated represent separate air splits in the system of ventilation. Visited the places where electric hoists are instal- led and the generator sets furnishing the electric power for the inside workings which were in good condi- tion and cleanliness and very com- mendable. Rock dusting the haulage roads well applied which in addition to serving the purpose for which it is applied materially aids in the illum- ‘ination of the mine haulage ways. “The working places well ventilat- ed and adequate supply of timber kept on hand convenient for working places. “T exmained the stoppings on No. = south, No. 1 north entry, No. 2 north ‘entry and drift entry where fire is sealed off. These stoppings are in good condition and regularly exam- ined day and night. eg mine was idle when the ex- amthation was made and I am advised has been working but one day per week for some weeks past. “Number of men employed 142, Stock 18. “Air measurements, main 156,260 cubic feet per min. 161,860. “Respectfully submitted, SIGNED— John L. Dykes, Deputy Mine Inspec- tor.’’ Then the second lying report In- spector Dykes submits: “Office of the Chief Inspector of Coal Mines, Rock Springs, Wyo., May 2, 1926. “TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This is to certify that on May 2, 1925, I visited Mine No. 4, Reliance, Wyo., property of the Union Pacific Coal Co., accompanied by Mr. William Spence the foreman of the mine. PEntered the mine and examined the working places and haulage roads of the fol- lowing entries: No. 1 South, No. 1 North, No. 4 South and Main Slope workings, No. 2 North entry, No. 3 North, No. 4 North, also visited the hoist room and generator set, which are in good condition and commend- able for cleanliness. Ruck dusting in this mine is well under way, and in a short time will be completed. The ventilation is in good condiiton and well cnoducted. “The timber is used when necessary and the supply adequate kept on hand for working places. Electric lamps are used exclusively in the Reliance mine and all blasting by shot firers when the regular shift is completed. “This mine also has been working but one day per week for some weeks past. The examination of the mine when the mine was idle. “No. men employed, 87, No. stock 9. “Air measurements, intake 68,000: return 63,189. “Respectfully submitted, 8SIGNED— John L, Dykes, Deputy Mine Inspec- tor.” But, in flat conflict‘ with the above false reports, the inspection commit- tee, consisting of two miners, one rep- resenting the union and one appoint- intake Return fended the Woodward miners at a meeting of his local at which Cappel- lini appeared several weeks ago. Toohey pointed out that this policy being enforced at Hdwgrdsville was not one of a local character but was the pet policy of Lewis thruout the organization. Recounting the charter revocation of the Kansas miners, Nova Scotia and other instances he urged the miners to view the issue from another angle than that of a lo- cal case, but to view the situation nationally and they would find that a their own trouble is due to the Lewis policy of charter revocation, over- riding the will of the membership and of class collaboration, and that before turmoil in the union dies down that policy of Lewis must be smashed, smashed by the rank and file. 1,500 rebellious miners rose to their feet and applauded. when officially speaking for the 900 men of his local. Toohey stated they would go all the way down the line with the Edmunds faction. ed by the Unio brot in the f “Report of Mine Pacific Coal company, wing: pection Committee, Reliance, Wyo., April 21, 1925. “14th NOP Entry: Rooms 44 and 45 are 100 t6)380 feet ahead of cross cuts, Crosstiits between rooms 43 and 44 too small. “9.4% Noekth Entry: Room 38 is 150 feet ahemivef air, need curtain. “3—5th North Entry: Rooms 49 and 50 need ventilation. Room 43 is room driven into pillar, between rooms 42 and 44, both of which have caved in, and this room haa broken into caved rooms On @aGh, side. This place is dangerous and;should be stopped. “4—-6th Nomtinentry: Room 44 ahead of air and ergsgeut to connect air has been “5—8 North entry—Top entry 100 feet and back entry 70 feet ahead of air and no Grosscut started. “é—Northside, manway and escape- way: Here we found a naked copper cable carrying 260-volts electricity, un- protected. This is not a manway but is marked as “Manway,” and “Escape- way.” This line should be fenced off. “7—-As a general rule in Mine No. 1, old cross cuts are not blocked so as to force air to crosscuts at the face, and deflecting brattices on entries are in bad shape, “8—8 South Entry: Room 19 has bad top and timber of proper length not furnished. Air in rooms on this entry in bad shape, because crosscuts have not been. driven. “SIGNED-—Tom Cowan, A. L. Zei- her.” vacate “Genera 1 Suggestions. “Shots were found tamped in var- ious places in both mines, and also in places shota were found wired to- gether. There is some danger in this practice and we recommend that all shots be tamped and connected up by shot firers, after the men are out of the mine. “Mine No. 4: Rooms and entries in this es re very dry and dusty. @ be sprinkled, and also of moistui -. be sprayed into the alr. .' Age at safety requires the powder and « at.the mine when all men are en the mine. Air Measurements. “Mine No, is Imtake exclusive of rock slope, 132,800 feet. “Air return at manway, 165,600 feet. “Mine No. 4: Return, 66.600 feet. “Intake, 61,660 feet. “SIGNED—A, L. Zeiher, Tom Cow- an.” “Report of Inspection Committee on Mine No, 4, Reliance, Wyo., April 15, 1926. “1—There is no manway from main parting to outside, nor thru tunnel. man trip is loaded are exposed. These should be properly guarded at all points where men pass under them. “3—Main hoist is not properly fenced off. “4——-Room 1, first south entry, ward slope manway have no means of ventilation. “6—First south entry, first main plane, crosscut driven only every 100 feet and no means of ventilation sup- plied in place of cross cuts. cuts should be driven at 48 foot inter- vals. “6—Second south entry, to pentry 140 feet ahead of crosscut, and 90 feet ahead of bottom entry, and no ar- tificial ventilation provided. “7—Third south entry, rooms 7-8-9- 10—are from 180 tho 170 feet advanc- ed with no crosscuts, and no ventila- tion. Room 6,is also ahead of air. These places should be connected with air at proper intervals or some other means of putting air to face should be provided. “8—Fourth south tap entry, 110 feet ahead of crusscut with no venti- lation. “9—Main Slope, ahead about 160 feet of air with no curtain of brattice to furnish ventilation. “10—Fourth north top entry, 105 feet ahead of, grosscut, and no venti- lation, slant from top entry to back entry started Bt) feet from heading. “11—Third north entry, room 8-9-10 not connected with cross cuts and not ventilated. “12—Third north entry 135 feet ahead of crosscuts, no ventilation. “13—There is a practice all over the mine of connecting ground wire with rails and laying exposed from entries into rooms. These should be protect- ed in some way so as to eliminate pos- sibility of men or horses from trip- ping on these wires. Recommendations. “1—That na/places be driven fur-|s ther ahead of gir than distance pre- scoribed by law ot oe be provided, ie pe eee Venti places where a le we oe SIGNED— ® for a proper amount, to the ; of the present method. of men carrying both “2.—Trolley wire at parting where Rooms A and B turned into pillar to- Cross- ILY WORKER_ FARRINGTON IN. VIOLATION OF THE AGREEMENT With Lewis Puts Him- self Out of Court By ALEX. REID Desperation and panic are seen in the latest move of the fakers of the United Mine Workers. The militant rank and file refuse to be silenced or cowed by the unconstitutional and desperate methods of threats and ex- pulsions of themselves by the fakers. After a campaign of rule or ruin, Farrington, in abject fear of the rising tide of revolt against his treason to the mine workers, appeals to the “king” of labor fakers, Lewis, to come to his aid and the aid of the bosses generally and the Illinois mine own- ers in particular. True to his contemptible reputation, the “king” faker grants to his brother louse, Farrington, the right and pow- erer to expel the membership by a local at a time or a sub-district, if ne- cessary, to carry his policy into effect. Demand Farrington’s Impeachment The expulsion of Thompson and Watt, the duly elected president and secretary-treasurer of Sub-District 4, Springfield, and the appointment of a tool who is not even a member of the U. M. W. of A. has created a feel- ing of disgust thruout the state, and the membership are demanding the impeachment of Farrington, as a re- sult. The constitution of the U. M. W. of A. is. being torn a sunder by Farring- ton in his mad effort to place the militant miners on the defensive and at the same time draw the attention of the miners from his own actions, and to establish his class collabora- tion policy thruout the district. R. R. Clearks Hissed Farrington Farrington has no time to go into the miners’ locals to discuss the un- employment question, or any of the miners affairs, but does have the time to go to Kansas City to the clerks con- vention. But, be it said to the credit of the clerks, that they hissed and booed him and brought it plainly home that even a clerks’ convention is no place for such labor fakers as he. The miners are demanding of you, Farrington, to tell them what propo- sition you made to the Johnston City miners about the 12 cents per ton reduction. What kind of a proposition did you received from the Old Ben? And why did you advise the accept- ance of the reduction when you knew it was plainly a violation of the dis- trict agreement? How About it? Farrington, the contract specifically provides that existing conditions can- not be changed during the life of the agreement, that would add to the cost of production to the operators or de- crease the é¢arning power of the miners. In‘ the face of this fact, in your treasonable class collaboration policy you ask the men to accept what amounts to a large reduction in wages. The men in the mines now are not receiving a half turn, due to overcrowding the mine, and they are averaging about two days work per week. The pittance they get for laying in a wet, damp, gas-ridden, foul atmo- sphere for eight hours, subject to all the dangers of gas and dust explo- sions, black damp, roof dangers, and occupational diseases, which are many to a coal miner, seems to be too much in view of your advice to accept a 12 cents per ton reduction on the drilling question. Tried to Break the Wage Front Don’t you know, Farrington, that if the men in Johnston City agreed to accept this reduction the miners over the state would be asked to do like wise wherever conditions would per- mit? And if this class collaboration policy would succeed, it would be followed by other measures that would soon have the miners of Illinois down to the 1917 scale and standard, or be- low it. Not only does this attempted reduc- tion affect the men in Johnston City, but it affects the men in the less eco- nomical mines, the miners that are unable to compete now due to physi- cal conditions within the mine, would be further handicapped, and thous- ands more of our brothers would be | thrown out of employment. However, all this is nothing to the fat salaried and heavy expense ac- counted gentleman. And it is nothing to him, either, that the constitution provides a penalty for the creation of a condition that makes impossible the carrying out of the terms of the agreement. “To hell with the consti- tution!” What does it amount to if it stands in the way of Farrington and the coal operators? The Fight of the Miners The militant miners of Illinois have refused to accept the class collabora- tion policy of Farrington, and, led by Brother Thompson, Watt and Par- ry, have kept up a continuous agita- tion for justice for the Illinois miners and against the treasonable class col- laboration of the fakers, with the re sult that the miners are demanding a special convention. In fear of this move, Farrington, ably backed by Coolidge’s campaign, committeemang is expelling right and left to save him- self from being pried loose from his pie-counter. In the Lewis letter to Farrington, he er to the militant miners as ~ _ Muahas,” when po maa knows bette, : RED INTERNATIONALISTS OF I. W. W. ‘* HAVE NEW ADDRESS IN CHICAGO ee ooo avenue, Chicago, Illinois. * The. Red International Affiliation Gommittee, appointed by the executive bureau of the Red International of Labor Unions to represent the R. L L. U. in its negotiations with the I. W. W. and to bring about harmony between the two organizations and advocate the affiliation of the I. W, W. to the R. L L. U., has moved its office from 1514 West Madison street, to 618 S. Hermitage than Lewis that the most bitter ene- mies of dual unionism are the Pro- gressive Miners of America. And in face of the fact that the officialdom has tried in every way to create a condition that would provoke the militants to form a dual organization and give the bureaucracy an excuse to expel them and because the milit- ants refused to do this, but beat them at their little game, they now in des- peration and in brazen open defiance of constitutional law, are expelling the militants. We're Sure They Won't Be Missed Lewis’ long list of treasonable ac; ions crowned with the latest to hold himself in office, the refusal to com- ply with the constitution and send out the last vote of the international elec- tion tabulated local by local, as pro- vided therein, and the Farrington butchery of the constitution puts those two birds completely outside the pale of the miners’ organization. Lewis will be tried in the forth- coming convention in Indianapolis, in January, 1926. And the miners are preparing to rid themselves once and for all at that time of the greatest labor faker in history. The Illinois miners are preparing the slide for Peabody’s Prince, the faker Farrington, and Lewis will not be able to save him. They will go to- gether, and we will be rid of two nuisances. WORKERS COULD STOP STEEL MILL CRIPPLE FACTORY Correspondent Tells How to Start By SANDE (Worker Correspondent) PITTSBUNGH, Pa—Many workers are killed or injured at the Jones and Laughlin Steel company plant: here. This plant is one of the largest units in the steel industry. It is quite a contrast to see the long line of in- jured workers who visit the company “hospital” and the weary line of work- ers seeking employment at the em- ployment office which is located next to the “hospital” It is not an uncommon sight to see the ambulance carrying away an un- fortunate worker who thru the com- pany greed for profits has been killed or seriously injured. What is happen- ing at the Jones and Laughlin plant is quite common in the steel industry as a whole. More workers are killed in a year on the battle fields of in- dustry in this country than were lost or killed and injured in the world war. The Reasons For it The abové »onditions are due to the following causé.* 1. The dangeroOws machinery used in the manufacture of steel and steel products. Machinery properly guard- ed and proper precautions taken would cut down the terrible loss of lives and limbs of the workers. 2. Officials are not strict in closing down defective equipment. 8. The maze of railroads tracks | running thruout the plants makes | walking dangerous. 4. Long hours of labor. 5. The wages paid the workers are so low that the men are constantly quitting to search for better paying jobs. New men hired are inexperien- ced and are not acquainted with the dangers confronting them victims of circumstances which they cannot foresee. These are just a few of the princi- ples causes of accidents. The comp- any’s remedy for this condition is to shop, tack up ineffective advice on safety and to send a handful of work- ers to safety committee meetings. How To Stop it The workers to remedy this condi- tion must organize shop committees to demand: 1. That all machinery must be carefully guarded, regardless of ex- pense. 2. That abl defective equipment must be either repaired immediately or abandoned. 3. Watchman must be placed at all places were workers must cross tracks. 4. A six hour day for all danger- ous and exhaustive work. An eight hour day for the rest of the workers. 5, Pay higher wages so that the workers will not have to continually seek new jobs. If the workers think they can get these conditions without organizing, they must be affected by the heat in the mills or in the furnaces. Only or- ganisation can remedy these ills. PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for thels money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. ‘DR. RASNICK DENTIST | i 645 Smithfield Street, MINERS’ LOCALS. PROTEST POLICY OF EXPULSIONS District 5 Aroused at Persecution By STEPHEN (Worker Correspondent) PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Miners in all parts of Western Pennsylvania are protesting against the expulsions of two well known progressives that was ordered by the officials of District 5. These protests in some locals aré mo tions or resolutions while others call upon their officials to explain their resaon for these persecutions, The whole district is alive to the situation. Here is one of the resolutions passed by Local 280 in New Eagle, Pa, Resolution: “WHEREAS, the executive board of District 5 United Mine Workers of America has illegally ordered the ex- pulsions of James Oates, president of Local 4546, and Thomas Ray, of Lo- cal 2012, and “WHEREAS, Thos. Win who pre sented the charges against James Oates admitted that the charges had been framed and written by the dis- trict officials and found so flimsy that Local 4546 refused to even give them any consideration, likewise in the case of Thos. Ray, when charges were pre- sented against him he was completely vindicated by an overwhelming. Vote of the membership of Local 2012, and “WHEREAS, the district executive board proceeed to order the expul- sions of both James Oates and Thos. Ray in direct violation of the letter and spirit of the constitution bat on the charge of having attended a miners meeting which clearly demon- strates that if such rulings were to stand members of our union may be- come expelled for the crime of attend- ing a moving picture show whenever the officials see fit to interpret such attendence as unauthorized or non permissible, and “WHEREAS, it is well known that the true underlying reason for this autocratic action by the executive board is the fact that both Oates and Ray have at all times fearlessly taken a,progressive position, fought for the building of our union and for militant opposition to the attempts of the oper- ators to impose wage cuts and lower our standard of living, in view of which this expulsion act becomes a deliberate attempt to split and de stroy our union, therefore be it “RESOLVED, that. Local Ko. 280 vigorously protest this arbitrary act- ion of the district executive board in ordering the expulsion of Brothers Oates and Ray, demand thag they be immediately reinstated to their form- er position and standing. Signed: Geo. Doty, Pres. Wm. Hodgson, Rec. Sec’y.” In addition to protests, the locals are getting together in the different sections of the district arranging mass 'meetings of miners at which Oates and Ray, the two expelled miners are ‘trict officials come them, making | invited to speak, in order to sequaint ‘all of the miners of the actiofia of their officials. Expelled Members to Speak Local 3365 of McDonald, Pa. et its last meeting demanded that the dis- before the local and give reasons why they ordered the expulsions of Ray and Oates. The two expelled members were invited to refute any lies the officials try to put over. Another local in McDonald 8486 de o manded that a stop be put to the per” ‘secutions of the militant minerg and scatter hospital stretchers thruout the | that the two that were expelled be im- mediately reinstated. _--—— Does your friend subscribe to the DAIL YX WORKER? Ask him! Live in St. Louis, Eh? Then Look Over This! ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 26.— Please announce in our Daily that the T. U. E. L. and the St. Louis local are go- ing to have an open air banquet with music and speakers at the Labor Lie ceum, 1243 N. Garrison on Sunday, June 21, 1925. All sympathetic om ganizations are requested to keep the date open. Committee— Mihelick, McMillan, Stolz, Mink, Goldberg, Bella, Jurke vich, Gusich, M. Levin, Wm, Lemguik and J. Frank. Give your aoa this copy of the DAILY WORKER—bat be sure to see him the next day te get his subscription. FOR RENT—iN NEW YORK 3-Room Apartment, nished until O a FP. ae ite ‘ : a ¢ . q x . + - ee bs: . if : A we Ee
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FS their method, their purposes, their ea acts.” Bullard quotes this statement . from his diary, in a series of articles he is now writing for the capitalist newspapers. “It was a part of the preparation,” Bullard says, “It was necessary. I deemed it, with our men, especially necessary because without such teach- ing, many of our soldiers might think the enemy had been lied about by the English and French and there Was a consequent danger that in com- ing in contact with the Germans, American soldiers would be almost ready to fraternize with them.” A Good Slogan. Showing that even the military lead- ers who were capitalizing Woodrow Wilson’s hollow sentimentalities in their war propaganda, did not take the president’s utterances seriously. Bullard says, “More powerful and of wider reach as a hate maker was the impression produced by the presi- dent’s far published idea that the war was nothing else than a life and death struggle of democracy on the side of the allies, against autocracy on the side of the Germans. Tho I could never see it myself nor divine its truth from the origin of the war, it was, nevertheless, a catching idea. Altogether the hate making produced some effect upon our men.” Japanese “Quake” Death List 1,000— 10,000 Homeless TOKIO, May 25.—Reports trickling into Tokio indicate that the earth- fishing boats off Murmansk, whcih of the Pyoge prefecture northwest of Osaka took a toll of 1,000 dead and many injured. Rescue ships attempt- ing to land at Tsulyama were driven off by the flames. Roumanian White Guards Murder Two Russians at Border (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, May 25.—A Roumanian patrol has killed one Russian and wounded two others who were walk- ing on the Soviet Union side of the Dniester river, near Tiraspol. ee ee ‘ Norwegian Boats Illegally Fishing, - Seized by Soviets OLSO, Norway, May 25—The Soviet Union has seized seventy Norwegian fishing boats off Nurmansk, which were illegally fishing in Soviet wat- - et oie hile he Sig > ort British Slaughter Kurd Rebels. Bagdad, May 25.—British cavalry in flicted heavy losses on the Kurdish tribes which are in revolt. The Kurds fought with the cavalry near Sulai- mani. : The British stirred up the Kurde to rebel against the Turks near the borders of Irak, and the Kurds are now in rebellion against those who taught them how to revolt. Talk it up—your shopmate will - subscribe! | Our Readers’ Views Birds of a Feather. To the DAILY WORKER: DAILY WORKER of May 18, contains an article dated at land, Ohio., which critcises “Scabby” Bill Lee and written by “Scabby” T. C. "Acashen, president of the Switchmen’s » Union. There are 20,000 switchmen in this ostntry that will say, “That Cashen bas got lot of guts to say anything about Bill Lee.” In 1920, when the gwitehmen of Chicago, and the rest Of the important terminals of the U 8. went on strike, what did ‘Cashen do? The 1925, Cleve- cles and sent scabs to all parts of the country, so did Bill Lee, Lee and Cashen worked hand and hand then and are today. Grand lodge presidents are friendly enemies, as are all of the fakers of labor. Lee and Cashen are both strike breakers, in 1920 the S. U. of N. A. had a chance to prove what kind of a union it was and it did, by doing the B. of R. T. a brotherly act and joined with them to scab thousands of old men off the railroads, they were as- sisted by all of the grand presidents of the various brotherhoods, The spirit of industrial unionism has not made great headway among the railroad workers yet, generally speaking, they are too selfish, made that way by seniariiy, a brotherhood teaching of brotherhoodism, which cuts the brothe-s off the board instead of dividing the work, as the word brothood would imply, yours truly, H. E. Whiteman, Switchman. © Revealing the methods of the United States army authoriites in mant- ring propaganda to make the soldiers hate their enemy, Gen. Robert 6 Bullard tells how the American — in France during the world war “Am engaged in a hate campaign agianst the Germans,” Gen. Bullard who led the first division of the A. BE. F. into the slaughter, wrote on Jan. 8, “TI am trying to imbue our soldiers with a determined hatred of them, He opened up strike breaking agen- | | pany, | States army, } NEW YORK CiTY Party Activities Bronx Notes NEW YORK, May 25.—The class in the Principles and Tactics ‘of the Communist International, will take up for discussion at its next session, to be held at party headquarters, 1347 Boston Road, Tuesday, May 26 at 8:30 p.m., the question of “Our Tactics in the Trade Unions.” This is a burning question, and every student interested in the Trade Union Movement in America should attend this session. Dr. Stamler, as usual will lead the class. a 7 . Bronx Library. NEW YORK, May 25.—The Bronx comrades invite you all to come to the party headquarters, 1347 Boston Road, Bronx, any evening during the week to inspect their library. Pictures have been brot and hung along the walls; the rooms have been freshly decorated and cleaned; library tables and com- fortable chairs igve been purchased; many hundreds of volumes have been contributed, and more are coming in every day; shelves have been built, book cases have been contributed; pa- pers and magazines are being brot*in and subscribed for by the Bronx com- rades; enthusiasm is rife every- where; the headquraters are a-hum and a-bustle with commotion—the connection of achievement and ac- complishment. The Bronx library is a fact. That which the Bronx com- rades have hoped for and worked for so long, has actually come to pass, and the Bronx library promises to be one of the finest in the country, where comrade will meet comrade to collaborate on educational matters, on thesis and learned scripta, or in re- search work to help the Communist work along. All are welcome. The library is open every night in the week, com- mencing Monday, May 25; and is free to all party members and. sympath- izers. Books and donations will be thank- fully ‘received by the committee in charge each night of the week. Come and bring your friends along, and also your old and used books. Look ‘em over comrade. You surely have a couple of books that your are not us- ing, and the Bronx library can use everything that makes good reading material. Don’t be bashful. Bring ’em along; the old as well as the new, and we will inscribe your name on our honor roll. TP te The library committee meets Tues- day, March 26. If your branch has a delegate see that he attends; if the branch has none, elect 6ne, and in the meantime come yourself. Workers Party—Local Chicago Activities For Chicago Group Leaders. A section leaders’ meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 26. All sec- tion leaders must be present. Hence- forth these meetings will be held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month. The group leaders’ meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Both group meetings will be held at 2613 Hirsch Blvd., un- til further notice. Group leaders, take notice! Filipino Bank Saiiler Suicides. MANILA, May 25.—Fred W. Kenny, cashier of the Philippine Trust com- former captain in the United committed suicide here today, according to police authorities, following an alleged plot on the part of the bank subordinates to make it appear he was responsbile for a $50,- 000 shortage. Vice-President MecFer- ren of the bank, declared Kenny was entirely innocent of any connection with the shortage which, according to McFerran, was caused by a plot be- tween a Filipino clearing house clerk and a petty government official. Foreign mi a NEW YORK, May 25.—Great Brit- ain, pound sterling, Secenad 4.85%; cable 4.86%. France, franc, demand 5.11%; cable 5.12%. Belgium, franc, demand 4.99%; cable 5.00%. Italy, lira, demand 4.03% cable 4.03%. Sweden, krone, demand 26.73; cable 26.76. Norway, krone, demand 16.81: cable 16.83. Denmark, krone, demand 18.79; cable 18.81. Shanghai, tael, de- mand 756.00: cable 75.50. Boris May Abdicate. VIENNA, May 25.—King Boris, of Bulgaria has demanded Premier Zan- kov’s resignation, and the establish- ment of a coalition cabinet, accord- ing to reports here today. The king backed his demand with a threat to abdicate if Zankov refused. GET A SUB AND GIVE ONE! A By GREGORY zinoviny? (Continued from last issue.) VI. The Task of Bolshe- vization and the Road to its Achievement. The road to Bolshevization isthe proper organization of the Com- munist Parties and their conduct of a correct policy. HESE, then, are the circumstances in which the work of bolshevizing our parties commenced. My theses on the question of bolshevization are drawn up in sufficient detail, so that all I do need now, is to make just a few supplementary remarks to them. First of all, I wish to touch upon the theme of “organization and poli- tics.” After the publication of the theses of the Fifth International Con- gress, many comrades began to inter- pret the slogan of bolshevization as implying, merely the organizational reconstruction of the party on the basis of factory nuclei. The basis of the theses we present to you now, is the idea, that the fundamental task of bolshevization is to draw up and con- duct a correct line of policy. Of course, one must not contrast organ ization t6 politics as two opposite things. A correct policy is impossible without’ proper organization, and a good organization is not worth a farthing, if it does not carry out a correct policy. I repeat, the essence of bolshevization is to draw up a cor- rect line of policy; the correct ap- proach to the questions of the trade unions, the peasantry, the colonial question, work among the youth; among women, etc. Nor should we minimize the significance of organiza- tion; the reorganization on the basis of factory nuclei. I would like to warn you against this very strongly, for in order to conduct a crorect policy, it is necessary to have a proper organiza- tion. HE conference which has just been held on the organization question is of enormous importance. Comrade practical interest from the point off terial of the conference and what caught my eye was an extract from an article in “Rude Pravo” of the 15th of February*, which is of considerable practical interest from the point of view of the question of the bolshevi- zation of the parties and their recon- struction. It is not necessary to write long theses, but to start from the most sim- ple things, to follow the prescription of this workingman, first to gather together four men, then another four men and then distribute the work among these. This is Leninism and the practical organization of the work. I want to recall to your mind a let- ter written by Comrade Lenin in 1902, at the time when our movement was still very young. That letter contains a plan of organization. What Com- rade Lenin, more than 20 years ago, recommentied to the Russian workers at the time when the proletarian moyement in Russia was only just commencing, the workers themselvés are doing now, but on a larger scale, under other circumstances, on their own initiative and in covfntries where the labor movement has existed. for many years. That is precisely how we should proceed in the question of organization: step by step. We must say to the workers: we do not need Communists merely for festivals, we do not require Communists merely for parades; every geuine revolutionary *See “Inprecorr” N. 312. 21, Vol 5, page ~**% *%* 4% 444% 44S SESS ESE HEHEHE SESH ESHESHSHESHEHESHEHE SH SS SS SSH SSH HHS SHOES SS JUST OFF THE PRESS! At no time has there for the working class—and ing class literature. . —s >> 244444444644 ST Story book size 9x12 type and cover in color. 4 of bolshevization must strive to bring « and enlist into its work rades from among the workers. This work tinued unceasingly. ape the party new com- k ahd file t be con- _——_ 2 | “Live and—Boljheyize.” | EORGANIZATI ot be brot about mechanically, is has now become perfectly clear. Numerous obstacles are met with on the path a in the form of social-democratic ng that have not yet been outlived, and partly of a purely objective character. In con- ducting and developing the campaign for bolshevization, wé must transfer the center of our activity to the fac- tory nuclei. The best heses in the world are valueless # ‘there is no proper organization to" carry them among the masses Whd@ to explain them and make them® popular. Sim- ultaneously with con@ueting a cor- rect policy we must learfi to construct a proper organization! o What does bolshevization mean in the conditions in which we now exist? First of all we must never forget the wise proverb: “Live learn.” We should be merely d g& ourselves if we believed that f€ f@ possible to introduce gentuin®é Wolshevization withfn a few months,or that it could be done at all in any Gefinite time. The genuine bolshevigation of the mind of the party, of the labor move- by is a continuous process. Bolshevization a > implies the cor rect study of the experience, social classes and conditions in ever country. T must not be lost sight of, that the mechanical application of Russian experiences to other countries is im- possible. The bourgeoisie, in its way, has also studied the “Lessons of Octo- ber.” > This must not be forgotten. We imagined at first, that other coun- tries also will pass thru the Kerensky period. Now it is o es us that other countries will not s thru this period in the same f _ Let us re- call the episodes of Be. civil war, in Hamburg, or Reval for example. These show that we Thay expect any- thing in the world in 1ese countries, but not a repetition e our Kerensky period. Bolshevism means, to draw from the Russian revolution, as, well as from the struggles in other countries, the most essential lessons and combine them with the con conditions and brequirements of the given country. First of all, we must Study the social classes, and the “eapgaR in the country. In defining the ‘thie dictator- ship of the proletariat im various coun- tries, it is necessary;first of all, to study the specific features of the. so- cial classes in these countries. It is necessary to know the! numerical pro- portion between the proletariat, the petty-bourgeoisie and«the capitalist class, what strata exists among the petty-bourgeoisie, etc, It is first of all necessary to make an elementary social analysis. Not everywhere have we learned to per- form even this prelimimary work. For example, we imagined that the con- ditions in this respect were the same in America, Bulgaria and Germany. We must never forget t correct pol- icy presupposes the ability to differen- tiate, to calculate the “peculiarities of a given enviornment on the specific character of a given country. I must say, to our shame, that I have had occasion to meet “leaders” who in reply to the question: how many peas- ants are there in your country, re- plied in confusion: I cannot tell you country a book of children’s stories like these. ~ Thru evéry story runs the warmth and” will hold the deep interest of both child and grown-up. Don't let your little boy or girl—(or t of any worker you know)—be without this c of working class stories written by an autho work so distinctly proletarian, and of such standard, makes the book a real contribution to Wwork- Get this book for the boy or girl you m id also will be delighted with it. on exactly. As you see, some of us can- ever been issued in this ling the sheer beauty them child ose high inches—with large clear 75 CENTS Duroflex Cover $1.25 Cloth Bound With four full page two-color drawings and cover design by and BY HERMINIA ZUR MUHIEN TRANSLATED BY IDA DAILES from the original edition. THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd. » not reply even, } nals an elementary, altho very important question. In this case, no theses on Bolshevism can be of any assistance. If you do not. know the social composition of your own country and the numerical relation of forces in it, it is of no use to pretend to be Bolsheviks. At best, you may be courageous champions of the working class, but to think of leading a revolution, of winning over the peasantry under these conditions, is absurd. enin taught the necessity to figh for penny-an-hour increases a well as ultimate aims. V E must now discuss, not what is a Bolshevik, but what is a Bol- shevik in the concrete conditions of the present period—the period of the retardation of the whole revolution. When Lenin wrote his book, ‘‘What is to be Done’’:—This “Bible of Bol- shevism,” the book which lays down ‘the foundations of Bolshevism—the Russian labor movement was living thru the infancy period of its develop- ment. But already at that time, Comrade Lenin covered the complete scope of the work in saying that we must fight equally for penny and hour ingreases in wages as well as for the achievement of our ultimate aims. Simultaneously with the most minute affairs of everyday work, we must strive to achieve our great aims, That is our task. Comrades, it must be stated, that at the present time, a number of our parties are passing thru a period in which the study of Bolshevism, par- citularly of the pre-war period, is especially necessary for them. Sev- eral of our parties are entering that phase of the struggle and develop- ment, in which it is particularly im- portant to master the principles of the politics, tactics and roganization of bolshevism of the period prior to 1917. q Work Among the Peasantry. E have achieved definite results both in the field of trade union- ism and in the field of work among the peasantry and in the colonies. The organization of the work in the rural districts, it seems to me, is a matter of special importance. . We must, however, distinguish between the spontaneous peasant movements on the one hand, and systematic work and Communistic initiative in the ru- ral districts on the other. Spontane- ous peasant movements are observed in different countries and frequently they arise without the initiative and work of the Communists. The oppo- site is also the case. There are cour- tries in which beginnings have been made in Communist work among the peasantry, but where there spontaneous peasant movement. The Communist International places great hopes in these first efforts towards; embracing the peasantry. We can say that, at least the ice is broken. We are passing from words to deeds. « I recall to your mind the peasant con- ferences called by the Communist Party of France. The same was done in Germany; similar preliminary work is being conducted by the Communist Party of Germany. Successes can be recorded in this direction by the Com- muhist Party of Italy. Attempts to commence systematic work among the peasantry are observed also in Czecho- Slovakia. The workers of Berlin, Hamburg, and other towns, frequently spend their Sundays in the country. They drive to the surrounding villages in motor lorries, distribute party litéra- ture, organize meetings of peasants, etc. This is of enormous importance. We, Russian Bolsheviks did this kind of work. Prior to 1917, the Russian va + A ooecose TALES FOR ERS CHILDREN LYDIA GIBSON many smaller drawings Chicago, Ill. is BO 32h re” Th a wi i soo Lae at a oh) OS, ° Communist Party was a “town party.” Only commencing from 1917, did it be- gin to penetrate into the country. This was made possible first of all, by workers sending their delegations to the villages and the expenses for these trips were covered by collec- tions made among the workers in the factories. Since such work is now being un- dertaken, the slogans which summar- ize it, acquire enormous. im One such slogan is “The Workers’ and Peasants’ Government” as interpreted by the Fifth International Congress. Where ‘this slogan has not yet been issued, it should be issued now, ac- companied by extensive propaganda. It would be a mistake to abandon this slogan, simply because Brandler and Radek have discredited it. This cir- cumstance is not an argument against this slogan, for Brandler and Radek tried to discredit our slogans. In all probability, Brandler has never suc- ceeded in bringing over a single peas- ant to our side, but he was well able to discredit our slogans. We, however, in working to bring the peasantry over to our side, will strive to popularize this slogam~In its revolutionary inter- pretation, The Tactics of the United Frant. COME now to the tactics of the united front. These tactics not only do not contradict Bolshevism, but on the’contrary, represent an es- sential part of it. There can be no bolshevization without these tactics. A Bolshevik, first of all, is a man of the masses, but in order to be a man of the masses he must keep continu- ous contact with the masses of the workers, including the -social demo- crats and non-party masses. I think comrades, that we are only just beginning to apply the tactics of the united front properly. In the period when great social changes are taking place in England, when one trade union after another is being drawn into the discussion of the ques- tion of the united front, the applica- ‘tion of these tactics must be definite, resolute, vistic. revolutionary and Bolshe- The Policy of Partial Demands. WILL deal in a few words with the question of partial demands, which the parties must advance in carrying out the every day work of leading the struggles of the workers. This ques- tion also belongs to the sphere of bol- shevization. It must not be supposed that we have just entered the period of re- form. We understand perfectly well that the period of the retarded de- velopment of the revolution is not at all a propitious period for-obtaining reforms. A period such as this does not fa- vor reforms’ and reformism. We shall get an outbreak of “right sickness” but we see no symptoms of serious reforms. But this does not mean that, on these grounds, we must abstain from putting forward partial demands. It is precisely in periods such as the present one, that we must conduct cor- rect, sensible, systematic and care- fully thot out tactics of «partial de- mands, without however, departing from the revolutionary struggle, and taking care not to dilute bolshevism with reformism, We must consistently raise the rank and flie worker above the plane of petty questions of the day. We must demonstrate to and convince the worker by facts in his Own experience that he can never lift himself out of his present poverty by means of petty demands. Precisely at such a moment as this is, partial demands eve a definite plan of our tactics. (To be continued.) $ ATTLE ut Proves F utility of Mac- Donald-Leadership By AARON FISHERMAN. (Special to The Daily Worker) + SEATTLE, Wash., May 25.—An- other debate was held on Sunday evening between a spokesman of Communism and a representative of social-democracy. Stanley J. Clark, assistant .district organizer of the Workers Party, and W. D. Lane of the Seattle Labor College, From beginning to end the audi- ence was with the spokesman for ~ Communism, if we are to judge by the applause accorded him by the audience. And the audience was cor- rect. In .merits, logic, arguments and presentation Stanley J: Clark has proven to be the master of the two. Liberal Praises MacDonald. W. D. Lane, liberal and a former city councilman, who represented the affirmative side, opened the debate with a 25 minute speech in, which he tried hard to prove the wonderful ac- complishment (7?) of the British La- bor Party and minimize the tactics of the Communists. The subject of the debate was: “Resolved, That the producers of Am- erica will achieve greater success thru the methods of the British La- bor Party than they will thru adopt- ing the tactics of the Communist Par- ty.” Each one of the debaters was given 25 minutes for argument and 30 min- utes for rebuttal. Clark Shatters Socialist. Comrade Clark battered and shat- tered every argument and point of his opponent into pieces. He proved by uncontradictable facts that the Brit- ish Labor Party was one of the most sérvile ‘governments of the ruling class and that the oppression of other nations under its regime, was at least as severe as under the Tory . government and in fact the same of- ficialdom remained in power; and that no particular achievement for the interests of the working class was brot about. The dictatorship of the proletariat is the only possible hope of the working class by which it can bring about its emancipation, he con- cluded. INTERNATIONAL PICNIC. The Russian, Ukrainian and Polish Branches of the Workers Party have arranged a joint International Picnic for Sunday, June 14, at Marvel Inn Grove, at the end of Milwaukee Ave. All friendly organizations are re- quested not to arrange other affairs on that date. TAKE NOTICE! The Workers’ House has arranged picnics for the following dates: May 30, at National Grove. June 28 and August 9, at William Rimek Grove, Lyons, Ill. All friendly organizations are re- quested not to arrange other affairs on those dates. Move to Trustify Churches. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 25.—Pros- pects for union with allied churches, including congregational and reform- ed, were expected to stir up another battle between liberals and conserva- tives in the presbytertan general as- sembly here. Fundamentalists will try to block any move looking toward organic union with the congregational church, it was expected. “se ee Fees 88TH SH HEH HHH SH HHH HHH HSH SH HHH SHH EHH HS ™ ‘ Se eo 2 ¥
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—— at 2 Se ORs aovVTe FF ow Fr eee — ee ee ——— ~ ia ee ore -——_—— we - NO UNION IERS AROUND | TEEL MILLS F ayette Miner Discovers Something By YEAGER (Worker. Correspnodent) PITTSBURGH, Pa—The Carnegie steel mills at Clairton, Pa., offers 44c an hour, 10 hours a day for skilled men, while others, having received a higher rate, are being laid off. A minet, formerly working in the Fay-' ette County district near Uniontown, after many futile efforts trying to get into some mill, finally succeeded in getting a job at the Clairton plant. Before getting this job he looked for work in other steel] mills in Ohio in other places. When asked what his previous work was he was very thuth- ful, stated that he had been a miner. After the company had gotten this in- formation he was gently pushed aside » and told there were no jobs open. After several. such tailures he de- cided to try another method to get a job. When he came to the Clairton and was asked what he had worked at before he told them he had been a helper in a boiler shop. It worked, and he was given a job at the rate of 44c for 10 hours. Why was he turned down before for simply stating that he had been a miner? The Carnegie Steel company desires no former miners working for them as they have practically all more or less participated in union activities. The Carnegie Steel company wants no talk of organization going on in its mifls, hence the precaution when it comes to hiring: former miners. It’s a Nice Country—For Millionaires. No wonder Carnegie could make his millions and be a philanthropist, do- nating libraries, while the men toil for miserable wages, scarcely enuf to live on. The miner who just secured the job in the Clariton mill had formerly worked in Fayette County coke fields: During the strike of _1922 he was evicted with many others. He Was compelled to move into one of the barracks in which eight families ‘with 32 children lived in six rooms. Wnder these conditions his wife gave birth to a child and he went in debt $1,100 but kept on fighting to the last: Our Daily Patterns | “ENSEMBLE” DRESS. WME OF - ' r fy == a —_— “=. . ¥ ait BUILDERS AT WORK Philadelphia Takes Leadership from Milwaukee Minneapolis and Detroit Threaten : , Due to the splendid work of the Philadelphia local led by City Agent Comrade Lena Rosenberg, they have succeeded in displacing Milwaukee as the leaders in the campaign for subs among those locals having a quota of 100 subs or more. While this battie is going on between them, others and especially Minneapolis and Detroit are threatening to overtake both leaders in the last three weeks. Here is THE RACE in the Second Annual Sub Campaign THE BIG ONES: Subs Percent Sent In Quota Filled Philadelphia, Pa. 109 250 44 Milwaukee, Wis. 54 128 43 Minneapolis, Minn. 72 200 36 Detroit, Mich. mi wet 500 33 Buffalo, N. Y. 30 100 30 San Francieco, Calif. (Bay Distrit) 50 170 29 St. Paul, Minn. 37 135 27 Boston, Mase. 51 200 26 Los Angeles, Calif. 38 150 25 Toledo, Ohio 39 200 19 New York, N. Y. 254 1500 17 Kansas City, Mo. 17 100 17 St. Loule, Mo. 16 100 16 Pitteburgh, Pa. $4 250 13 Cleveland, O. 52 450 11 Chicago, Ill. 159 T5300 11 Monessen Still Leads the Little Ones North Cohoes, N. Y., Fills Quota Another focal among those having a quota of less than one hundred subs In the Second Annual Sub Campaign, has filled ite quota. Mean- while Pottsville, Pa. and West Allis, Wis., lack but one more sub to com- plete their share... while others are nearing their goal. In the last three weeke of the campaign many changes In leadership are possible. Meanwhile Monessen, Pa., still leade the procession in The Second Annual Sub Campaign ti Subs Percent Sent In Quota Filled Monessen, Pa. 11 10 110 North Cohoes, N. Y. 10 10 100 Pottsville, Pa. 9 10 90 West Allis, Wis. 7 10 90 Pittsburgh, Kan. . 8 10 80“ New Orleans, La. 7 10 70 Frankfort Heights, Ill. 7 10 70 Eureka, Calif. 6 10 60 Jamestown, N. Y. 6 10 60 Omaha, Neb. 29 50 67 Lawrence, Maes. 5 10 50 Kansas City, Kan. 10 20 50 Pocatello, Ida. 5 10 50 Providence, R. I. 13 30 43 Revere, Mass. ......... 13 30 43 Kincaid, fil. a 10 40 Stamford, Conn. 5 15 33 Springfield, Ill. 16 50 $2 Frederick, S. Dak, 3 10 30 indianapolis, Ind. 3 10 30 Sioux City, la. a 15 27 Worcester, Mass. 12 40 27 Canton, O. 9 30 27 Pontiac, Mich. 6 24 25 Cincinnati, O. 11 50 22 Bentleyville, Pa. 2 10 20 Endicott, N. Y. 2 10 20 Utica, N. Y. 2 10 20 Taylorville, Ill. 2 10 20 Superior, Wis. 12 60 20 Schenectady, N. Y. . 2 10 20 Rochester, Minn. 2 10 20 Tacoma, Wash. 2 10 20 Biair Sta., Pa. 2 10 20 CHISHOLM, MIM. ........ccccccccrceeerencesreernes 2 10 20 ININIR TIL TID . o. 2io sneeepeetaneccccocsbooocceneoes 2 10 20 INOEEIIRS, TIPTIA oc cenccansncncnbanqooccconcessqneees 2 10 20 Springwell, Mich. ......ccccccccccccreeeeeerenees 2 10 20 Coscob, Conn. ..... 2 10 20 Portiand, Ore. ........ 12 60 20 PAMPETOPE, COMM cccccercccesecccccccovccsccessocceee 5 30 16 Shristopner, 810. .....cccecorcccccscossccrcreccrseese 6 40 16 PHARMA, WYO. crccccccccrcccccrsrccecessrseeroresenees - 50 16 SINE | IL LT oso sccssesnsepnsonsoenasenenasszes 8 50 16 VOUNGSEOWN, ODIO crrcccccccccecercesereneeree, 4 25 16 Sl RE Te Oe Oe 5 30 16 Ne TUIRORIDUN.> MERINO... sceccsncssensouncoceonens 5 30 16 RenON SURGE, TORE” 2 cacccnsecssstbettooens 6 40 16 SUPINE TEIN, oo. ohdcssansipecencesoececcsecseaptnascooses 4 30 14 DOMVOP, COO, ........ccccrcrsscrercccsscrvessrssesees 6 50 12 MUSKEGON, MICK. 2... .ccccccecccceseeeeeeeenerers 3 30 12 SE, TERS AT 9 75 12 Washington, D.C. .n.rccccccccecreeencnnrenenenes 5 40 12 a wappennnncnnte r 50 12 Grand Rapids, MICK. ...........ccccccccceseceees 7 60 11 I US ee, rineccsniedilnccens 3 26 11 Elizabeth, N. J. .......... 3 30 10 West New York, Nu de ....ccccsercccccescssses 2 20 10 The following cities have 1 10 10 Galveston, Tex.; Easton, Pa.; Hilton, N. J.; Mansfield, O.; Boise, Ida.; Johnston, Pa.: New Brunswick, N. J.; Coverdale, Pa.; Madison, Il!.; Brule, Wis.; Zailto, Md.; Sunrise, Wyo.; Woodlawn, Pa.; Miami, Fia.; Sisterville, W. Va.; Port Vule, Pa.; Pa.; Hibbing, Minn.; Alliance, O.; San Antonio, Tex.; Passaic, N. J.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Cheswick, Hancock, Mich.; Tuolomme, Callif.; Dayton, O.; Red Granite, Wis.; Wil- mington, Del.; Dilles Bottom, O.; Kenosha, Wis.; Faribault, Minn.; Sey- mour, Conn.; El Paso, Tex.; Decatur, Ill.; Roseburg, Ore.; Des Moines, la.; McDonald, Pa.; Max, N. D.; Mt. Vernon, Wash.; Gary, Ind.; Holli- days Cove, W. Va.; Colchester, Conn. IR: Bin Bs. bhccctbiadieentiinsetseencensr + 50 8 Richmond, W. Va. 1 15 6 I eo scdbetbenghen 1 20 5 SS I re eee 1 20 5 Pen, « BG jnnscsscennsintincsiinthanctreees 1 25 + BridGgPort, COMM. ..........cccrccrreserecesseees 1 30 3 McKeesport, Pa. 1 40 2 West Frankfort, Ill. 1 35 2 Ziegler All. ........ 1 40 2 Seattle Wash. 1 60 1 | | t q ; ) ‘mended him for his “fearless” action. ‘the Westinghouse plant, in comment. COSSACK GETS BOD'S REWARD FOR MURDER Klux Sky Pilot Vetos “Shall Not Kill’ Bf By SANDE w (Worker Correspondent) PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Rev. Charlies P. Irwin, pastor of the Wilmerding Pres. byterian church and a group of “citi zens” from the ku klux klan control led town of East McKeesport, Pa., has presented state cossack Teofil Cavaleski with a silver loving cup for murdering Michael Kraynik, a mach- inst who was employed at the West- inghouse Airbrake company. Cold Blooded Murder. On Feb. 22 a gang of cossacks em- tered a confectionery store in charge — of Kraynik’s wife, and without show- ing a warrant began ransacking the place in search of liquor. Kraynik demanded that the cossacks leave his place as they had no lawful right in searching the store. During the argument which followed the cossack shot Kyraynik thru the head and he died instantly. The dead worker’s wife, son and customer, who were in the store at the time, claim that there was no liquor found in the place and that the cossacks worked the old and often- used trick of planting one pop bottle of moonshine which was presented as evidence. The trick was so raw that the steel trust police of Allegheny County were forced to arrest the cossack on the charge of murder, and he is at lib- erty after putting up $7,500 bail until his trial comes up. Belly Crawling Minister of God Rev. Irwin, in his presentation speech at the state cossacks’ barracks at Greensburg, stated that the cos- sack was doing his duty when he shot the Westinghouse worker and com- One of Kraynik’s fellow workers at ing on the preacher's action said, “It is simply another case of a sky pilot showing his true colors.” Corn and Other Crops Hard Hit by Cold Weather Virtually complete annihilation of the early tomato and bean crops and great damage to corn jn the sections where the low temperatures struck over the week-end was forecast today following a preliminary survey by ag- ricultural agencies here. Damage, it was estimated, will run to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Warnings of another frost were iagued by the local weather bureau. “ ee e's jen Big Damage In Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, May 25.—Killing frosts of Saturday and Sunday nights took a heavy toll in Indiana crops, ac cording to scattered reports reaching the government weather bureau here today. A report from Warsaw stated frost early today caused thousands of dol- lars: loss in North Central Indiana. destroying scores of acres of vegeta- tion, chiefly tomatoes, onions, pota- toes and beans. Strawberries were hard hit and ev- en apple trees suffered considerably, according to the report. Arbitration in Many Different Styles; You May Take Your Choice BOSTON, Mass., May 25.—An over flowing mass meeting of the Boston Carmen’s Union unanimously reject- ed the proposal of the Boston Blevat- ed Railway to substitute a board of “impartial” arbitrators for the long established method of arbitration by a board of three, with one direct rep- resentative from each side and a third arbitrator chosen by the two. The company proposed that each side submit the names of five “disin- terested” or “impartial” persons, not connected with the industry. From the five submitted by the company the men were to pick one arbitartor and from the five submitted by the men the company was to pick its choice. the two arbitartors to select a third The union declares that it has more faith in its own direct representative than it would in an outsider. Japanese Troops Withdrawn MOSCOW, May 25.—An official cere- mony took place at Alexandrovsk, Northern Saghalien, when the Japan- ese troops that are being withdrawn from the Soviet territory of the Island were relieved by the Red army de- tachment sent from Viadivostok. The Soviet institutions have also been of- f cially anenet. Oppose Wage Cuts in Shoe Trades HAVERHILL, Mass., May 25.—The Shoe Workers Protective Union is presenting arguments to the shoe board against the demands. of the Haverhill Shoe Manufacturers Associ- | ation, representing 31 manufacturers. for wage reductions. Get a sub for the DAILY |W ORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem- ber for your branch,
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Organization Work in Detroit The news stories of the organization campaign now being con- ducted in the auto factories of Detroit by the local labor movement give the lie to the pessimistic attitude of the officialdom of the inter- national unions affiliated to the American Federation of Labor. In response of the workers to the refiferks of the speakers out- side the factory gates, the readiness with which the workers rallied to the defense of the speakers against the company gunmen and the police, all indicate that they are willing to organize and fight— providing the labor movement adopts the right tactics. We do not want to be understood as saying that the present organization campaign in Deetroit will be a huge success. Far from it. The automobile industry is organized on a national scale and only a national campaign can bring its workers into the unions. But the interest displayed by the workers in the Briggs plant is undoubtedly a sign of discontent with existing conditions which, if given am op- portunity for expression on a national scale, with the whole labor movement solidly behind an organization drive, would result in thousands of these workers swelling the ranks of the labor movement. The work that is being done in Detroit is of the pioneer kind accompanied with all the hardships that pioneers usually suffer. But it is just such work as this that lays the basis for real organiza- tion and it is demonstrating to thousands of workers that it is not necessary or advisable to continue to act as individuals in the daily struggle against the bosses. This agitational work should go hand in hand with the setting up of shop committees as the basis of future campaigns and with the whole struggle of the left wing to arouse the fighting spirit of the labor movement so that sooner or later the hesitancy and cowardice of officialdom can be overcome. “Labor” Bankers That was a fine flock of vultures gathered in New York City to celebrate the second anniversary of the banking enterprise launched by the officialdom of the New York labor movement. It proved to the hilt our ‘contention that “labor banking” is nothing more or less’than one of the methods by which the super- profits of imperialism are shared with its agents in the labor unions. Nothing was missing from the list of attractions with which the rul. ing class shows its complete domination of the labor bureaucracy. There was a letter from Coolidge, read as drooling lips of labor fakers murmered approval of the pladitudes contained therein, there ‘was a galaxy of labor-hating multi-millionaires on the job to see that their proteges kept to the line of capitalism, there were rep- resentatives of the strikebreaking legionaires and the clergy. The meeting was an orgy of class collaboration, open and shame- less. Labor leaders consorted with the worst class enemies of the workers. The miners and the textile workers are fighting with their backs to the wall while the high-salaried officials ignore their struggles and uphold the hands of the capitalists who fight them. It is going to take some time for the working class to under- stand the sinister meaning of such gatherings, but that understand- ings will come. When it does, the defeat suffered by that arch- apostle of class collaboration, William en will be repeated right down the line. Backward the American working class may be, but it is already showing impatience with businessmen masquerading as labor officials. Boston Follows Gary Five thousand laborers in Boston have voted to strike for a wage increase. Painters in Boston have been on strike for some time. The trade magazines report huge building contracts showing an average increase of 25 per cent in construction for that city and the building trades unions have had to bring but little pressure to bear on the bosses to get wage increases and the fact that the strike method must now be used shows that wages and construction in the industry have reached the peak and that the bosses, believing that the demand for labor will soon slacken, are going to fight further advances. | The lockout in Gary, affecting 3,000 building tradesmen. coupled | “with the Boston dispute, shows which way the wind is blowing. We have pointed out many times that the building trades union officials have not taken advantage of the busy conditions in the industrv to conduct active organizing campaigns and that from the national standpoint the building trades unions have simply drifted with the tide. In many cities the dissensions that have resulted in dual build ing trades councils have not been overcome and the employers have profited from the division. In addition to bringing the whole building trades section of the labor movement into action in support of the Boston building la- borers the unions should begin to close up their ranks in preparation for the attack for which the preliminary arrangements on the part of the bosses can already be seen. The eviction of 500 miners and their families by the West Vir ginia-Pittsburgh Coal company marks an offensive in a new direction by the coal capitalists. Unable to break the resistance at the miners themselves the coal operators are now making war on women and By LEO (MOSCOW) A SHORT time ago there was held in Moscow an extremely interest- ing meeting. One of the biggest halls in Moscow was almost entirely filled with so-called Nep people, as the new bourgeoisie in Russia are called, who have ventured to make their appear- ance after the introduction of the new economic policy, 6r “Nep.” A dis- cussion took place as to the role of private capital in Russia and the ways and means in order to attract it to commerce. The chairmanship of this meeting was in the hands of repres- entatives of economic institutions of the Soviet government. For Moscow, the capital of the country of the proletarian dictator- ship, such a meeting, consisting for the greater part of representatives of private capital, is quite a unique phe- nomenon. The subject of the meeting, the role which private capital has to play under the present conditions in Russia, where, on the one hand, the central and most important positions of economy are in the hans of the proletarian state and, on the other hand, the forms of money and goods economy are still retained, touches one of the most interesting questions regarding the economic construction and economic future of Russia. This is all the more so as the bourgeois press abroad and its social democratic allies are deliberately spreading all kinds of stories regarding the role of private capital and of the new bour- geoisie in Russia. , A favorite method of their is to represent things as if Communism and the commencement of a socialist organization of economy are nothing more than a mere screen behind which the economic life is rapidly developing in private capital- ist forms and in the interests of priv- ate capital. HE outward appearance of the meeting, where one saw more The Soviet Pow. ie “? | private capitaliete al in Moscow at one quite different bourgeoisie have a pearance from that associates with — type of bourgeoisie. Some ne the economic ins of the Soviet power delivered in which they sketched the problem which is implied when one speaks of the role of private capital in Russia. Comrades Smilga, the vice Ghairman of the state commission for planned econ- omy, Scheinmann, the people’s com- missar for home trade, Kaganovitch, the vice chairman | ‘the All-Russian exchange congress: Weer, deputy people’s commissar finance, and Syromolotov, deputy ple’s commis- sar for home trade ¢ y attention to the following fac The development ussian indus- try is proceeding ~ ry pace which, compared with the pre-war develop- ment, can be desc as rapid. In the pre-war period nual increase of production by 3 to.6 per cent was regarded as very considerable, whilst the increase of industrial production in the past economic year already amounted to over cent, and in the past half of w economic year 25 per cent, and im various bran- ches of industry even-to 40 to 50 per cent. At the samé tiie we observe, in consequence of the'@development of peasant agriculture, afi increased pur- chasing power and am increased de- mand for goods in the villages. It is evident that these two factors render necessary an extension of trade, and in particular an increase of the com- mercial apparatus and of the capital invested in trade. The apparatus of the state and co-operative trade, in spite of the considerable progress they have already made in racent times, does not suffice for this rapid BIO ee . é pers Ney teed ee te ee wee co a % aa” er rat Privite growth. The:Boviet state, is therefore, , faced with the question whether it will invest the net profits which it re- ceives from industry in order to ex- tend the industrial apparatus and re- new machinery, or whether it will in- vest it as trading capital. H® second method fs less advan- tageous for the general develop ment of economy. The Soviet govern- ment will, therefore, to a certain ex- tent, admit private capital in trade, in order to guarantee the turn-over of the industrial products, and thereby the development of industry, and to promote the exchange between town and country and, as a result, the al- liance between the peasants and the workers. Private capital, which is again, to a certain extent, making its appearance as a resuliof the situation created by the new economic policy, prefers to indulge in all-kinds of shady, business speculations which promise a high profit, which however attempt to evade the control of the state and of the state economy and disturb and hamper the general economic con- struction of the country. It is there fore in the interest of the Soviet state to indicate a definite field of activity for private capital, in order to have the possibility of constantly control- ling its activity. The various comrades who spoke pointed ont that if private capital would abandon its shady backstairs speculations and develop its activity in the sphere indicated by the state, there would take place a certain alter- ation in the policy of the state to- wards trade-capital. The necessity of stabilizing the valuta involved an ex- tremely sharp struggle against private capital, as the latter’s speculative ten- dencies, which were specially directed towards forcing up prices, were calcu- tion retormy which te ol: the most lated to endanger the whole stabiliza- apital important pre-requisite for economic construction. Comrade Scheinmann in Russa of certain advantages. And if it does not come, it is only because it believes it can gain more by shady specula- stated at the same time, however, that | tions. the aden me Sec for another regula- tion of the taxation of private capital is that private capital keeps its books correctly. The pre-requisite for the discounting of private trade bills by the state bank is that these bills are genuine. Some speakers who came forward as representatives of private capital, emphasized the political loyal- ty of the private’ business people, whereupon a comrade pointed out that it was not a question of political loyalty, but mainly a question of busi- néss loyalty and the exclusion of those jobbing and speculating meth which are mentioned in the pen code. a: OME other representatives of priv-\ ate capital attempted in speeches and questions to complain that in pro- letarian Russia they had to take sec- ond place to the workers as being “non-working elements.” It is diffi- cult for them to obtain housing acom- modation etc. This called forth a sharp reply on the part of various comrades, Comrade Scheinmani de- clared: there can be no talk of the government concerning itself with such questions. It is known to all that the government is conducting a pro- letarian class policy, that it will con- tinue to do so and that it will give preference to the workers in every- thing. There can be no talk that the government is calling for private cap ital. In the first place it does not need it. It can live without private capital, and if private capital does not agree to the proposals which are made to it, then the government will draw the necessary conclusions. Sec- ondly, it is here a question of busi- ness. Capital does not come when oe asks for it, but only when it is assure The above is a picture of a meeting of private capitalists in Moscow. And power of the proletarian state-is not touched. It is a different matter when, for example, social-democratic ministers “attract” Barmat and his capital, and when the Soviet government permits S| private capital under definite Mmita- tions and under a firm control, while {at the same time, as was repeatedly stated at the meeting, the state and co-operative trade is given preference and support by all means. If capital, however, indulges in shady speculations, then there exists for it the proletarian class justice and that terror of all terrors of the West Bu- ropean philistines, fhe G. P. U., or better known under the name of the Tcheka, It suffices to read the reports ‘ of the law court proceedings in the Russian papers in order to see how enérgetically and with what: severity the profiteers are dealt with in Russia, while at the time it must be remem-. bered that what is regarded as pro- fiteering in Russia, would in other countries receive the euphemistic title of “a good stroke of Dusiness.” In addition, and that‘ is the chief thing, the ruling class is and remains the working class. This is not only ex- pressed in the political life of the country, but in all the affairs of dally life, in all spheres of social policy, housing policy, educational policy etc. That is the Alpha and Omega of the entire policy in Russia. ESPONDING slowly to the pres- sure of events and the spirit of our age, a labor party has been launched in India and formally an- nounced during the session recently concluded of the All-India Trade Union Congress. Its sponsors are Messrs. Lajpat Rai, Sir Sankaran Nair, Chaman Lal. D. P. Sinha. M. N. Joshi and other well-known leaders of the Indian labor world. Reference has been made to the nature of the dec- larations made by these leaders in the preliminary conferences which led to the formation of the labor party. The prevailing spirit was that of op- portunistic nationalism seeking anew instrument to further its own pur- poses, rather than the creation of a truly working class party which would reflect the genuine interests and as- pirations of the Indian proletariat. Moderatism and excessive caution marked the speeches of these pio- neers Of an Indian labor party. The sentiment was expressed by one of them that “an Indian capitalist was preferable to a British one,” and it was further declared by another that \the newly-formed party should not over-emphasize the labor point of view! It is considered undesirable by these new-found champions of the Indian working class to introduce into India the doctrine of the class struggle, or to create such a party which’ will in any way jeopardize the interests and ambitions of Indian cap- italism. N such hands, the new labor party will not go very far. The birth of a political organization of the Indian workers is a still-birth, and no amount of theoretical schemes on paper will succeed in breathing the breath of lif« into this defunct embryo. Yet the growth Of an Indian labor party is a historical necessity, already long overdue. The position of India is the seventh on the list of indus- rialized countries of the world, and her aggregate total of 20,000,000 pro- letarian workers prove that some or- ganization to express the economic and political needs of this vast mass | of workers must S' into being sooner or later... «( The divagations, of Jndian national- ism have so far himdered rather than helped the growth of,labor concep- tions and labor ideals, for the masses have obediently followed those self- appointed leaders. who have been drawn invariably from the educated middle class, and who. are linked closely in sympathy and interest with the Indian bourgeoisie. It is the Indian bourgeoisie in con- flict with the inordimate monopoly of British capitalism fugninshing both its ideological direction anc fhe sinews of war in the shape 0 . It is but natural ft program of Indian / subordinated to the ests of the Indian nou | Bt the nenenentnen movement succeeded in one thing, in diffus- ing the idea of emaneipation with all its manifold implications, among the masses of the Indian people. An ex- pression was provided for an unrest which had hitherto remained dormant and unself-conscious among the ignor- ant and illiterate workers and peas- ants. Strikes and hartals, adopted as the instruments of the non-co-opera- tion campaign, taught the dumb mil- lions of India their potential strength and the power that lies in co-ordi- nated action on a large scale. The national movement,efrom being con- ‘ined to a small sect’of the rich and rropertied class or te the revolution- ary student groups of different prov- nces became for the first time a na- ion-wide movement of the toiling nasses, It is difficult, if not impossible, to lull to sleep those forces once awak- ened to consciousness. But it is very sasy to mislead those forces by false programs and tactics. Mr. Gandhi, once the undisputed leader of one of the mightiest movements known to history, abdicated ignominiously be- fore the battle-hrray 6f British imper- ialism and the prospects of meeting force with force, and now heads a small faction which’ seeks to lead the Indian movement alé@mg the channels Labor Party Organize -| system of government. of social reform on a program of tne boycott of foreign cloth, Hindu-Mus- sulman unity, the production and use of homespun khadar, and the abolition of untouchability and the drink-evil, The sole message which he gives to the demoralized and dispirited country is that of the charka (spinning- wheel). . R. DAS, head of the Swarja fac: tion which succeeded to the’ ¢on- trol of the Indian National Congress at Belgaum in December of 1924, has given another slogan to the nation, that of council-entry “for the purpose of mending or ending” the present He has led his own particular faction back to the folds of safe and sane constitutional- ism, away from the stormy séa ‘of mass-action envisaged in the original program of hon-co-operation. Both he and Mr. Gandhi have repudiated all forms of direct action, including civil disobedience and non-payment = of taxes, and théy have automatically cut off from themselves the very back- bone of the great mass-movement that shook the country from 1919 to 1922— the Indian workers and peasants. The inevitable slump and disinte- gration of the militant nationalist movement since the abandonment of }. mass action in favor of the “construc- tive program” and council-entry, has become patent to all. The conse- quent policy of repression, launched upon by the Indian government, with the consent of the labor government in Britain as well as of its successor, the present tory administration, has become bolder and more far-retaching. The incipient reversion to terrorism on the part of the young revolutionar- jes, who had held themselves in check during the course of the non-co-opera- tion campaign, was anticipated by the government with unerring prescience, and measures were taken to check it before it could get under way. The employment of agents provacateurs to push the rash and inexperienced youth of the country to acts of ter- rorism, previously unmasked to the police by their vile hirelings; the d In India fing the country to violence, and the or- | parties of publications of false documents incit- ganization of “inspired” terrorism, led by government spies, are but a few of the methods em- ployed by the most unscrupulous and cunning police-system in existence. These provocative measures ~ were taken and broadcasted thruout the world in order to justify the policy of unrestricted repression launched upon since the collapse of the non-co- operation movement. HE only reply to such methods is the reorganization of the national forces along new lines, conforming to the interests and desires of the In- dian masses. But so strong is the spirit of class-interest, and so selfish the leadership of the movement, that the prospects of freedom are delib- erately jeopardized by a_ policy of compromise and concession. The In- dian bourgeoisie is selling the birth- right of the Indian people for a mass of pottage secured to themselves by bargaining with the imperial overlord. Both the Indian upper classes and the British rulers have combined to pre- vent and stifle the growth. of a united national movement based upon a pro- gram of social and economic libera- tion for the toiling masses, along with political freedom. The movement is ‘divided, disintegrated and moribund, for lack of that program and those tactics which correspond to the crying needs of the overwhelming majority of the population—the abolition of landlordism, reduction of taxation, an eight-hour day and a minimum wage for labor, protective social legislation, the nationalization of public utilities and profit-sharing in large industries. Instead of rallying the nation to the cry of political independence and the establishment of a democratic fed- erated republic based upon universal suffrage Mr. Das and the Swarajists join with Mr. Gandhi and his follow- ers in repudiating national independ- ence, and accepting “home rule with- in the empire.” Meanwhile, the economic condition of the Indian working class grows steadily worse, as wages are forced down and hours of work increased to By Evelyn Roy enable Indian capitalism to compete with its British rival. The deadly competition of Indian sweated labor with British lajor in the metropolis is becoming a real fact; wages in Great Britain are being forced down to the level of “coolie labor” in the golon- ies, before the constant threat of un- employment and “the dole.” Hence the new cry in British labor circles for the organization of Indian labor to protect itself and its British confrere from extermination between the upper and nether millstones of British and Indian capitalism. Hence the new al- ance between the British labor party and. certain leaders of Indian nation- alism who pretend to see farther than the rest. UT what is needed in India is a real party of the working class and peasantry, which will reflect the vital needs and interests of their class, ir- respective of the complex and often conflicting interests of Indian nation- alism, and of certain privileged sec- tions of the British labor bureau- cracy. Until such a party is formed, under leadership which unhestitating- ly places itself in the service of the Indian proletariat, upon a program which corresponds with their funda- mental needs and desires, no mass movement is possible in India, and without a mass movement, no success can be achieved in the realization of the demands put forward. The new labor party under its pres- ent leadership will be a pale reflection of British labor at its most reaction- ary and conservative stage, strongly adulterated by the questionable in- fluences of indian bourgeois nation- alism. It may be the herald of the dawn; it cannot usher in the splendid day of the birth of Indian labor to its heritage of power as an organized and revolutionary factor in Indian na- tional life. What is needed is a peoples’ party, embracing the vast masses of India, led by men and wo- men with a revolutionary vision, who can bring the Indian movement for social, economic and political emanci- pation into line with the world move- ment for social revolution. - MUSIC - - LITERATURE - :- DRAMA } ibsen’s Attack on Conventions Stil! Goes Strong. PPORTUNITY to appreciate the sturdy pioneer qualities of Ibsen’s attack upon conventions of his time, the end of the 19th century, is again civen New York in currert production for the Workers Party. : 2s ere") DOE. be tite SO oN oe a& “eee... : , 4 ; the dent middle clas children. In the face of such acts as this we say again that there is no place in the Jabor movement for tactics based on the belief that a sense of pity or justice exists in the ranks of the capitalist | i ciass when a question of their profits or power over the workers are | concerned. The striking textile workers in Shanghai have answered the’ attack upon them by the gunmen of the capitalists by the extension of the strike to four more mills involving 7,000 additional werkers. | Such resistance shatters all the ready-made conceptions of the) Chinese workers as docile slaves which foreign capital can rob with | impunity. This is an exhibition of solidarity of the highest order and | one which American textile workers could follow with great benefit | to themselves. Every day get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER and a member | of The Wild Duck and of Rosmers- holm. The Actors’ Theaters presenta- tion of The Wild Duck, one of the season’s finest offerinzs, shows the Norsemen’s merciless exrosure of the idealist. With his “claim of the ideal’ and philosophy of sacriffee, the Ideal- St becomes a veritable flend who wrecks where he would have built. Relling, doctor of common sense. tells ne ldealist that the matter with him is “plaguy integrity-fever”’ and contin- ual “delirium of hero-worship.” He can't see life as it is. The deéetor’s sclution is to cultivate the “lifa-lie” or life illusion in his patients. The Diay is one life ever well done Rosm<« staged by the and is exceptionally Actor's Theater. ; ‘rholm Wild Duck is in strong conirast to and depicts the deca- S: the struggle of pas- tor Rosmer to escape the family tra- 1 out of the most real bits of | — | dition of religion and war. ne Stag- tne for 2 , ers, Inc., do not give such an adequate performance of the play as is given in The Wild Duck, FE t.the drama is powerful none the Jess. Conserva- tives in Isben’s time. when the liber- al party was in the” ascendency in Norway, were as bitterly reactionary and as prone to incite to violence as today, if Dr. Kroll, nie my of the school, is indication” “In my house, the very home of ob pdience and or-” der—where one will, and one only, has prevailed,” Krou finds the ring- leader of the school boy’s free-think- ing club in his own gon. And he has to admit that “the worst of it is that it's all the cleverest boys in the form that have banded together in this con- Spiracy against me. Only the dunces at the of it.” But it is Mortensgaré, Party of Freedom leader, who “can | do whatever he will” . wills more than he Gif do.” The pas- tor saps the strength of the woman who would save him*has no courage to sustain his convef#fon to the light, and finally drags Réfecca and him- ‘self into the mill rage where his wife had thrown herself, demonstrating the ineffectiveness of his kind in the - - | tered the Bulgarian Young Communist bottom of the class have kept | /where actively participated he never | Struggle. ‘OUR MARTYRS| Simeonov-Georgiev. OMRADE Simeonoy-Georgiev, a young student, has been killed in Losence by the Zankov murder bands after the house in which he lived had been fired upon. The Young Commun- ist League and the revioutionary }movement of the working class and the peasantry of Bulgaria have lost in him one of the best, most courage- ous and self-sacrificing young revolu- tionaries. Only 22 years old when he died, he had, while still a scholar, joined the Communist movement. In 1920 he en- League. The outbreak of the revolt in September found him in Plevna, in the £ After the suppression of the revolt he unwaveringly continued to work in the Young Communist League. At the end of March, police agents sur- rounded the house in which he lived along with two miembers of the Young Communist League. In order not to fall alive into the Nands of the police he defended himself heroically up to The Peasant International and the International Co-operative Alliance HE Peasant International (Interna- tional Peasants’ Council) has ad- dressed a letter to the International Co-operative Alliance in London, pro- posing that connections shall be es- tablished between the Alliance and» the Peasant International, which lat- ter body is at the same time the only international union of agricultural and peasant co-operatives. It is sug- gested in the letter that there shall be a constant exchange of material as well as the setting up of connec- tions for joint trade in the agrucult- ural, peasant and workers’ co-opera- tives, while it also contains a num- ber of practical proposals as: 1. The establishment of an Interna- tional Society for wholesale purchas- ing in which the consumers’ societies of the International Co-operative Alli- ance, as well as the agricultural un- ions of the International Peasant Council, shall participate. 2. The establishment of an interna- tional co-operative bank in which the co-operative unions of Both interna-: tional organizations shall have shares. 3. Constant inter-communication both in the fleld of business and ideas, the last. f ‘joint participation in international ac- ‘ tions against exploitation by private capital, for the protection of the in- terests of the workers and peasants and their co-operative organizations, and against war and economic decay. In addition to this the International Peasants’ Council suggests its par- ticipation in the Congress of the In- ternational Co-operative Alliance which is to be held at the beginning of September in Geneva and express- es its readiness to send its represgen- tatives to the Congress. The German “Arbeitgemeinschaft,” which is a member of the I. P. C., and also the Small Holders’ and Peasants’ League of Baden have approached the I. P. C. with the request that the lat- ter assist them thru the Soviet Co- operatives in supplying them with food for poultry. The co-operative section of the I. P. C. applied to the appropriate Soviet and economic organs in order to as- certain the conditions and possibilities for carrying out a definite order on the part of the above named organ- izations. This case marks the beginning of direct trade connections betweeh the organizations affiliated to the L. P. C. 7 y a