Daily Worker
July 16, 1925
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os SS 5 as ms s et Pte amet ~ A , the necessity for the formation of a S Z ~~ GLEVELAND, Ohio, July 14.—The : tana has sent a letter to all labor or- a -Qanizations of “eral government to punish the Teapot; ‘fry who are not one whit less anxious than the big interests to grind out -labor party, composed of the unions , this question and to endorse the cal- ' ling of a conference on the matter of . labor participation in the coming mu- , nipal elections and the formation of _ Workers (Communist) Party of Cleve- this city pointing out labor party to work in the interests of the working class. The letter, printed below, calis upon all Jabor bodies to indorse the call for a conference on the matter of labor participation in the coming municipal elections here. The letter follows: “To labor organizations of Cleve- land: “With the approach of elections, the question comes to the front, What is the government doing for the + ice ers? “The usual experience after elec- tions has been a betrayal of the in- terests of labor by the successful can- didates regardless of the amount of pro-labor noise they may have made during the campaign. Councilmen Serve Railroads. “It is now well-known that most of the seventeen councilmén endorsed by organized labor at the last municipal election have served the New York Central and allied railroad interests and forgotten the workers whose votes elected them. “Organized labor well remembers the milk drivers’ strike of three years ago when the city government put po- licemen on the wagons to protect the scabs. “The street car men have fresh in their minds the freedom allowed John Stanley in his strike-breaking “prepar- ations recently and the police protec- tion provided the company for strike- breakers in times past.’~ “The city administration bitterly fought against the payment of union wages to city employees some months ago even after the courts had decid- ed in favor of the wage increase. “When the garbage collectors two years ago demanded a thoroly deserv- ed increase in pay and improvement in conditions, they found out that the city government is just as willing as any other boss to employ strike-break- ers, and besides, it has the police all ready to protect its scabs: Labor Must Exert Political Power. “The recent decision’ of the Ohio} state supreme court against the street railwaymen and the failure of the fed- Dome oil thieves are reminders of what the workers are now coming to accept without argument; that from the city up, the government is in the handg of the employing class which uses the governmental power to in- creas@ profits and keep down the workers. “History offers abundant proof of e fact that what little has ever been gained by labor from a capitalist gov- ernment has becn only because of the political power it has exerted. Be- cause labor has Deen so weak politicl- a it has gained practically nothing. the other hand, there has develop- ed in the United States the world’s most powerful financial oligarchy whose motto is, Destroy the Unions. The ‘American plan’ is the policy of these capitalistic interests which to- day contro! -government frew city councils up. “To fight the ‘American plan’ and the open shop campaign means to fight not only the industrial control of the financial interests, but their poli- tical power as well. “The Workers Party maintains that labor should abandon forever its non- partisan policy of supporting which- ever old party politician shouts the loudest before election in favor of .la- bor. The policy of following in the train of so-called ‘Progressive’ part- jes led by professional politicians or ‘friends of labor’ must ‘also be given up, because such parties in reality represent business interests, if not those of Wall Street, then the smaller of labor every possible penny. “Labor must adopt once and for all the policy of voting as a class for its own candidates. Let labor form a and political and other organizations of workers willing to unite on the basis of independent working class political action against the common enemy, the capitalist class. “We urge upon your organization to give the fullest consideration to a labor party for Cleveland. “Down with the industrial and polit- ical rule of the open shoppers! Up with independent political action by the working class! Forward to a la- bor party! Forward to workers con- trol!” Workers Party of America Local Cleveland Produ cti Rm ee ee a el (Continue from Page 1) : pre-war level (gross production pet) head per day, 5 rubles, 31 kopec, and. in 1912—8 rubles at pre-war prices). Towards the end of 1923 wages wéro| on the average 60 per cent of the pre- war wage. In the middle of 1924, the roductiv- ity of labor was 75 per cent and wages on an average 72.5 per cent of the pre-war level. In the following months the increase in labor produc- tivity was somewhat slower and the discrepancy between it and the in- crease of wages was greater. ’ _. , Demand For Goods. Thé slowing down of labor produc- tivity was a considerable danger for the further development of our indus- triea and for the economic develop- ment of the U. S. 8S. R. in general. The revival of our agriculture and the growing requirements of our towns have resulted in an increased demund for manufactured articles, Our industries must keep pace with the demand, and it is not only a ques- tion of .extending industrial produc- tion, but also of making production cheaper by bringing prices for manu factured goods into closer proximity with prices for agricultural produce, | This can only be achieved by im- proving the methods of production and by increasing the productivity of labor for the. purpose of making the process of mass production cheaper. The raising of individual productivity of labor is of particular importance in ee ee Lae ion an rt as ee at ieee ; wc RE é % gts page Rss Ads orga F POP aA i ae ee .. ¥ a > ‘r’ “+ aa ingrad exceed pre-war) tes as follows: in the food and to-| "| ‘The death of Jacob Reichert ten | days after he was released from prison by Governor Donahey of Ohio because it was known he could not live thru his fifteen years sentence, marks one more of a long series of such crinies ‘being committed yearly against work- ers active in the ranks of the — ovement. Reichert went into Columbus ovine: ‘three years after the beginning of a iframe-up prosecution that grew out of a strike of Amalgamated Clothing Workers in Cincinnati in 1922...) — Reichert was business agent of the ‘Amalgamated Clothing bare A ‘Union during the strike and ft wae because of his zealous work that is won for himself the poreerey se are caused 1 his death. Now Swimming ‘Bleed for Empty Church Seats; ival conditions of the workers of the il. S. SR. for-besides wages, there |P: astors Ask Blue Laws ( By Worker © Correspondent) MONESSEN, Pa., July 14.—The pastors of the Charleroi churches bathing beach be closed on Sundays. | ‘ They claim that the beauty contests that are held there every Sunday in- jures the-morals of the young people and they are not attending church; therefore the beach and others area be closed on Sunday. When these pastors are successful; which they will be, what is the poor working man going to do on Sundays? We are not allowed to play baseball on Sunday, now we are not allowed to swim. Monessen, which boasts of being. a third class city, has no beach. They even prohibit you from swimming in. the city limits. When you go out of the limits to swim you have to cross the railroad, and the railroad ‘bulls are always on He lookout for you for trespassing on their property. The rich around here take ouf*théir high power cars and motor to the country club for the Sunday golf. The ministers don’t have a word to say. about this. Probe hates on Farm pevniainat- WASHINGTON, July 14.—The {n- terstate commerce commission’s in- ; | convention of all freight ra in the ‘| United States—the most comprehen: ‘sive inquiry ever undertaken in the history of American transpopstation— will start on September 1, It was announced today that thé cago and that they would be con- cerned chiefly with the rates on farm products On western railrodas, — r Foreign Exchange, we NEW YORK, July 14—Great Bri ain, pound, 485%—4. Frarica? franc, 4.68—4.68%4.- Belgium, fran¢, 4.64—4.644%. Italy, lira, 3.66%4—3.67. Sweden, krone, 26.85—26.88. Norway, krone, 17.90—17.92. Denmark, krone, 20.78—20.80. Germany, mark, not quoted. Shanghai, tael, 78.50. be FD) 28 Fe be Fe fe Fhe most important work in literary and so- cial criticism in mynny years. By V. F. RIT Michael Gold Wrote, the author: “It delights me. to see that we have at least a real phil- osopher in our revolutionary ranks. Your work is on a plane with the best writings of the Russian critics—the first class men among. them. It seems incredible that a man of your insight, scholarship and temperament should be se red and fundamental.” Price $2.50 A beautiful edition : by Boni & Liveright, Publishers~ Order from THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. + rt , : 3) 1113 W. 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