Daily Worker
July 31, 1925
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Andoclation of ne : to do one of two things, either ac- 7 ‘ists to rally to the ot cept the defeat administered to him : 4 in the general election, or hold on iT to his official position thru crooked means and by launching a reign of BF the entire vote fere thrown out counters. (By International Press Correspondence.) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., July 14—(By Mail.) — The arrival ot the German workers’ delegation in Leningrad grew into a mighty ¢ the crooked Johnston 2 — 5 4 VAL 4 W ce 7 . demonstration of international proletarian solidarity. : i le a Wtken | peo him. At nine o’clock in the morning the steamer with the delega- ard. issued a statement setting forth the | cha majority of ty allel machine has chosen tion berthed in Kronstadt, where the delegation was greeted by { The resignation of facts in the fight in the machinist’ | th + (Continued on page 2) the sailors of the Baltic fleet and by the whole population with | great enthusiasm. On the way from Kronstadt to Leningrad a and. oN heals, Board, which a it — and with a sigh relief. ' : -* Feinberg’s t was ac“ r * 5 meeting was held on the steamer which unanimously adopted a : a by a vote of 28 to 9. % ˙ AMERICA the following resolution and ap- | inberg made a declaration that; {| t. ! !( . iad ae 1 2 ae peal to the proletariat of the his resignation is for the purpose Of} t ony Adu ee pe og San ann.... Soviet Union: creating complete unity in the strug- gle against the Communists. This “altruism” on the part of an interma-| tional official was approved by Sig I” has decided to organ-| man, who stated that the gen ex y” this fall. Bill may 5 4 ; “We send you in our capacity as the EXPEL WORKER first delegation of the workingmen and women of Germany, our proletarian greetings and the greetings of the ed working class of the German repub- ymething to play with by the | ance of the resignation. : ae | a lic," he left wing in the Machinists’ Sigman Hasn't “Yet! 3 1 “First of all we want to thank you | Judging Sigman, however, has not yet Te for your energetic support .for the of those appearing . signed. On the cont he te thousands of proletari@ms held in the FOR RADICALISM | ‘ rary, he has taken. ſover the administration of the New prisons of the bourgeoisie, Despite the York joint board in an effort to save calumnies. which the bourgeoisie has R ' — ' will the pogrom gangsters from the com- spread about you, we have come to ead Young Worker 7 Ousting progressives from tte debacle to which they have 4 you to learn your real situation. | Offi St t ed Ri f 4a ie Machinists’ Union and floating : ge “As honest workers we want to icer ar 10 . third parties should keep a man known everything relating to the po- from dying of ennui, g litical and economſe situation and to | By IRVING SOLLINS. n the lite of the workers and peasants (Worker Correspondent.) 1 in your country. Millions of German ‘ | workingmen and working women BALTIMORE, Md., July 29.—Harry 5 await an objective and truthful report Miller of Philadelphia, citizens’ mili- from us, the workers delegation com- tary training camp student, was ex posed of Communists and social- | pelied from Camp Meade, Md., today ‘democrats, with impatience, We be- charged with reading the Young lieve and hope that our visit to you Worker and distributing leaflets call- will strengthen the political and ing for a boycott of the C. M. T. C., " : a . * 1 3 = v * 33 . i This "> 1 8 N Da By 2 : 22 * „ 1 0 4 4 7 f Ja er 1 ; ROW in nis . economic relations between the work shore where many thousands of and demanding hands off China. He Pp while reading the Young Worker toa lat he is dead 8 ple had assembled inclu numer- Eroup of students and was immiedi- saint. This is Bryan, The theory 1s ous delegations from the shops, the ately placed under a guard of four that a good Indian is a dead Indian. trade unions and the youth: organiza- soldiers. The morons are earnest in their grief. over the death of the “Commoner.” | One can respect the morons in their. desolation. But what about those who spent their time dwelling on Bryan's colossal ighorance as displayed during the “ape” trial? They are now vie- ing with each other in heaping hon- ors on him as one of the greatest minds that the United States ever produced. K * &Rõ5 * Walter Thomas Mills, organ- Lizer for the socialist party when he waa not selling “colonies” to the Demands Control of the Government —— * a. * tions, who greeted the elégation with enthusiasm. “ Moissev welcomed the delegation in the name of the trade union organ- izations of Leningrad and concluded his speech with a cheer for the inter- national unity of the world proletariat. The chairman of the German delega- tion, Freiberger, declared in his an- swering speech that the German work- ers were proud to feel the ground of the first red capital under their feet. The masses greeted this declaration with storms of applause and cheers and accompanied the delegation thru The commandant of Miller's com- pany, Captain Turner, incited a group of students to a riot against Miller but another group more sympathetic protected him from flying stones. It is sifinificant that a riot was incited while Miller was defenceless being under guard. Considering the fact that Miller is not a Young Workers’ League or party member but that he recognizes that C. M. T. C. students are future strike breakers and cannon fodder for American imperialism it is important to note that he is called a Russian easily col ed, believes or pretends | the town to the Palace of Labor. 2 1 he ag 3 1 to believe that Bryan was the great- Miller is a member o e n est figure in this country’s dette (Special to The Daily Worker) Goods Workers’ Union of Philadel- He said so at “Bug House Square” a few evenings ago. Perhaps Mr. Mills thot a follower of Bryan would be just the person to fall for his colony scheme. Others, who make a living by following the masses, and also by (Continued. on Page 5) TORY CABINET ~ QUIZZED ON BiG NAVAL PROGRAM ‘Britain. Bes Forty-Nine First Class Cruisers * LONDON, July 29.— Ramsay Mac- Donald, former labor premier, made an attack in the house of commons to- night against the government's new cruiser program. He asked the govern- ment against whom Britain was arm- ing herself. | “We cannot say America or Japan MANILA, July 29.—The Filipino la- bor party appealed to Gov. General Leonard Wood here today against the “existing semi-feudalistic system of labor in the Philippines which keeps laborers in semi-slavery and bond- age. Incensed at Wood’s lack of sym- pathy for a reorganization of the Philippine government system where- by Filipinos would have greater con- trol of the executive department, majority leaders were planning to send a special envoy to Washington to appeal to President Coolidge. _ lieve; would be the only way ot re- alizing the spirit of the Jones act, the organic governing law of the Phil- ippines, granting Filipinos consider- * able autonomy. Gen. Wood, however, refuses to make any change in the system of government in the islands. i The present break between the governor general and the politicos re- sulted from the wholesale resignation of cabinet secretaries in 1923 as a pro- “Thé ‘politicos (the labor party) have e NEXT SUNDAY’ PICNIC EVENT f THE SEASON the Menu Next Sunday, thousands of workers will fiock to Riverview Picnic Grove, Belmont and Western avenues, to make merry at the Fourth Annual Workers’ Press Picnic. Besides the usual attractions that make ,:cnics what they are, there will be a corps of speakers headed by William Z. (DISTRICT GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEET M MEW YORK SUNDA NEW YORK, July 29—A district general membership meeting for the discussion of Party problems will be held Sunday, August 2, starting at one o’clock sharp, Webster Hall, 119 ll and Wm. Z. Foster. Auspices Dis- trict Executive Committee District Two. Charles Krumbein, organ- izer. U. S. Makes Fuss Over Kidnapped Imperialist Ignoring Own Crimes * PEKING, July 28. — Money and bul- kl COAL BARONS WILL FORCE STRIKE Coolidge Busy Playing * 7 Listening Policy ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 29.— No compromise! That was the at- titude unofficially expressed today by miners and operators of anthracite as they resumed their joint conference on the wage question. They were as far apart as they were when negotiations were started more than two weeks ago. TEXTILE STRIKE IS THREATENED IN NEW ENGLAND with Politicians SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 29.— The prospect of a new industrial pro- blem, comparable to the impending crisis in the anthracite industry, was confronting President Coolidge today. The latest threat is that of a com- plete tie-up of the textile industry of New England, brought forward by the action of William Green, president of phia. | ANTI-BRITISH SPEECH IS MADE BY ITALIAN FASCIST SENATOR HERE (Special to The Daily Worker) WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., July 29. —Italy is dependent for her exist- ence upon England, because of Brit- ain’s control of the Straits of Gibral- tar and the Suez Canal, Count An- tonio Cippico, Italian fascist sen- proposed to Wood the creation’ of a . E. 11th street, New York City. The . f i ator, admitted in a speech here. He cabinet of Filipinos enjoying legis- P rominent Speakers On speakers will be C. H. Ruthenberg Operat ors F ollowing SRE TER: POE Ere pleaded that Italy share in the lature. This system, the politicos be- domination of the Mediterannean Sea. WOOD CARVERS TO BUILD UP the American Federation of Labor, in throwing the entire power of his great | organization behind the textile work- | STRONG UNION 8 5 5 4 ‘ a * Pe, * Foster, chairman of the Workers lets!” Upon the result of the negotiations ers in their protest against recently . are our possible enemies.” declared test against General Wood's usurpa- (Communist) Party of Awériéa. Manchurians bandits holding Dr.] depend whether or not there will be enforced wage reductions. Realize Need of More MacDonald, “and if i tion of governing powers ) * , Loker Hey bine „er sagan the Deore 3 naire athe Ella Reeve Bloor, the champion Harvey Howard of the Rockefeller in-| a strike in the hard coal fields Sep- This step by the federation head Perfect Union ; “We have forty-nine modern cruis- ers already, and the power next to us, is Japan, which has eighteen. “I demand to know what is the na- tional danger which is causing these ships to be laid down. I ridicule the idea that we spend the taxpayers’ money when there is no need for such to promote national security and pre- pare for a crisis.” When MacDonald was premier he sanctioned the laying down of six new cruisers. politicos the Washington envoy will also seek to consolidate a plan to change the Jones act with a view to final declaration of the status of the Philippines. Senator Sergio Osmeha appeared almost certain today to receive the commission, as envoy. He is expected American government, are demanding a workers’ government, Another new Sub— Makes an- 4 ot her Communist, hiker of the western world, will be the continent. If the rest of the pro- letariat traveled like Comrade Bloor, railroad stocks would bring nothing on the market but contempt. Besides being a hiker Mother Bloor swings a vicious tongue and speaking for him- gress, will be on deck. Color will be given to the occasion by a sprinkling of Negro comrades from the South (Continued on Page 2.) there after beating the railroads over | stitute for ransom today demanded cash and. ammunition as the price of his release. Elbridge Greene, first secretary of the American legation, today was en-! route to Mukden to secure the aid of Marshal Chang Tesolin, Manchurian war-lord, in effecting the release of the American. made, even yet—to punish these for- eigh police troops who continued mas- sacring Chinese for nearly two weeks. Yet their responsibility was certified | by the Peking diplomatic corps. ; tember 1. It was freely stated this after- noon that, in the view of the way nego- tiations are procedeing, a “break” is inevitable, probably in a week or 80 when the miners will -have finished outlining their case. The union officials. are getting net- until the miners have said their say. Then they will reply. If the answer is unsatisfactory to the miners, the “break” will he inevitable, those in followed almost immediately upon the president’s suggestion that he con- sidered the wage reductions localized, and Green’s characterization of these cuts as unwarranted, unethical and a step backward is considered generally thruout New England to have solidi- fied the opposition of the workers. ed to assist the anthracite miners in their conference at Atlantic City. The mémers are demanding addition- close touch with the situation said. — ' By F. HANZL. In order to accomplish this mos essential object of building, strength- ening and perfecting our union, it is necessary to clearly understand the cause of our present state of affairs : icy r , ime litical outing and its effect on the membership and — self the writer would r r ili tled at the policy adopted by the In the meantime, a po 7 to arrive in Washington late in Sep- eee Bloor r paw It is to be remembered that no such operators. The operators in the joint the annual gathering of the Essex wood caryers in general. MacDonald, in opening his attack on tember. 48. ists then play pinochle a fuss was made by the American gov- conference are “listening” to the County Republican Club engaged the In order to do that it will be neces- the proposal to lay down four cruisers & saree . shed Of. Rima WORN and H. V Philips the qi enial y ernment to free the Chinese students | miners’ demands—they are not ar- attention of President Coolidge today. | sary to go into the history of its past this year, said if the money were] Peasants, fealizing that mo hope can Maaro revdlutianist 4), 3 ga 8 illegally held by the foreign municipal | guing against them, as in former] It was reported here that the action | struggles against the encroachments of spent in the development of Britain’s| de expected from the imperialistic rE a ar RA as mr bes 5 anz police at Shanghai~mor any move years. They won't have any reply taken by President Green was design- the Furniture Manufacturers’ Associa- natural resources, it would do more 8 , zan Negro Labor Con- tion and the development of organ- ized capital in general, so I will point out the most significant events which al wages. The textile workers are pre- 1 consider had the most demoralizing paring to fight.an ordered reduction. (Continued on page 4) 2 * ere see | * 3 ing class of Germany and the work- was declared an agent of Russian tal | 5 N arming again Norten. bee eee eee e e wr ing class of Soviet Russia.” | Bolshevicks” by General Upton, com», 4 “4 34 8 N 8 122 . — mandant of the camp. 5 eof 50 | iy 88 ed re A pee | General Upton 3 mer was im ; n . ; N * . * — 12 ee 1181 a 4 f
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N a 1 2 — 9 an 2 W : — Nr . . 1 IW ee e aii (oe 5 e „ a ts. W en } : ty, : Penk. | N Was i , . , since the e Get Aya MAU ee 1 & ; : tained only after miners were to meet the owners, telling Bal ＋ the own- ers’ proposals for a cent wage cut and longer hours would first havg to be withdrawn before they would talk to them. International Union In Action. The miners are facing the situation with stout ‘hearts, cheered by the conference of the Miners’ Interna- tional at Paris yesterday, which made the decision to “Undertake interna- tional action in the event the British mine owners put their threats against | the miners into execution on August Union Deleg n to Visit the e Soviet Uni on n By J. Louis QUIS ENGDAHL. we -_ PLEDGE NO C COAL FROM EUROPE’ 18 (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, July 29.—That the British government is prepar- ing to break the coal strike—if it comes—is disclosed by the statement of cabinet that Premier Baldwin is willing to on attend ODAY, a delegation of pone workers, — for the mighty battalions of organized labor in the Dawes- rw, = (Special to The Daily W will come later a week or two, y thousand. men in action, hav- Pg Pee oe Peat of 2 at ike 1 1 ee e ‘an — 1 Tales vg e — to ee „ Ne 8 0 * 0 5 N July . the strike with sailors and marines landed from the British fleet. reach Englnad trom the continent. e an injunction ntheir| claimed at Leningrad, the on to the red oe ee eee a 92 attack 5 Mr. Montague, labor member of the house of commons for A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners“ striking employes, rs of the; capital of the Workers’ Republics MO — tion of the 1 1 West Islington quoted on the floor what he claimed as a copy of Federation, declared when leaving Amaigamated Clothing Workers, from “fe vaders’ ä ore t a secret admiralty fleet order, containing an instruction by the | Paris that he thought a strike was * picketing will be today by This is the third delegation of labor from the m e che * he sige ar la Auditor-General that—“extra pay at double rates was to be enitable. if it does not come now it Judge Huge Pam, Room 941, County! capitalist countries of Western Europe to cross the Soviet credited to naval personnel employed on or standing by for work 1 2 o'clock. frontier to inv for themselves the made ing —— completed their har ; kes the O A, Cunnea, attorney for 8 if 1 0 ne [The Rian caplared the torte ; pumping out mines.’ ACHINESE CONFERENCE = | | 125t nove of bringing an agreement | Ootiawing of * rae howe, These delegations, notably the British, have been made fost ot Zendoula, lx miles north of 2 This is a plain case of the British before the strike begins. How it is whereas three high “lawyers up of labor officials affiliated in no way with the Communist erde and are now before the city. war office preparing for war against | Uf THE POWERS? MAYBE, N _Dritish nation meY tor the tailoring company had argued| movement, except thru their realization that the Soviet uh of Wasran, the Morpockps Save its own working class by forcing the members of the navy to scab on theu brothers of the unions. — southward, threatening the ml line of communication. between and Kenitra. for four days. Union is the expression of the indomitable will of the Rus- The strike BUT WE WON'T SWEAR IT sian worker and peasant masses to conquer and hold 7: guished novelist, Hall Caine, has writ- ten an article in the Evening Standard meeting yesterday was goes beyond any national emerg- that it was clearly understood that repayment by the firm or undertak- the state department tomorrow de- the state department of the U. 8. L* DENIED to leave the city, but to hold them- son anti-injunction law was constitu- supreme court Justice Taft rendered a decision declaring an Ari- port ae ve workers in the mines, the mills and the chairman of the All-Russian Trade Union Council, The delegation went even further when it declared that, omsky, the oratorical battalion will preside William F. Dunne, whe is . selves in readiness for instant call. tional. Replying to the case cited f ive birth h i + > ency. ing the first official statement. ; | 8 of this nation, that must give to the sentimen known from Butte to Boston The document, he went on, stated We de an of course, infer that ae clothing bosses’-attorneys in expressed by the Franco-Belgian delegation, speaking to the [from Swampscott to Seattle, as one of the best presiding officers in the government is conducted by liars, an i-injunctic g saying: labor movement. Ing CON CET ter e dect te due] Dut from the frequent contradictions wee Se thar 58 oie “Every honest worker, after he has seen what is being 28 2 The most important feature of the dered would be made direct to the put out by it upon this matter of ö g eet picnic is the business side. accountant-general of the navy. a Chinese conference, we are bound not similar to the III law. Cun-| the Soviet Union, must fight still ney. Cerner y for the unity of the affair would not be arranged at Sailors and Marines Drafted as to observe that if they are not able . in * na eee the international trade union movement. all but for the purpose of making Cheap Scabs. liars they are excellent diplomats. De Tee workers “ n thusiastic as on the first day of ower, and that the desire of the Russian workers for ri =| entitled, “For Gods’ Sake Stop! Ar. ’ shal Petain has conferred with Ry Angra sate Mon-| _ WASHINGTON, b. C., July 28.— Sir Hall declares that if the mine the strike, the workers six 1 fr ade union unity must be realized “ labor is to oh cate 80 4 |the Spanish dictator, Primo de Rivera tague stated that it related to the—| While the time of meeting has not owners allowed the strike to come and gto pe td uding the! combat the international forces of aggressive capitali 11 jan, endeavor to induce 8 po : “remuneration of naral personnel] Yet been determined, au the powers, | with the whole strength of me trade eon C That is a sympathetic relation that has as yet not even fſoperation, but the Spaniards are not b employed on, or standing by, for in-] including Great Britain and Japan, | unions standing behind the miner. e palles vice having been z touched the officlaldom of the American labor movement. jaiding the Fronch invaders in Africa dustrial work in connection with 6 have signified their intention to ap- they must not expect the miners to go ; 0 een a to any rent extent. ” a point representatives to a confer back to the pits “beaten and crushed.” east temporarily curbed, following t th 8 nt h 1 oe Uni Del ti ed as aid these l On SF Creer edicting a national upheaval, the : lready bee d to th N : Sunday’ Double rates were to be p ritoriality in China, it. was an- |ordat novelist says: whom were last Week. The its visit to the Soviet Union has already n sprea e ex ys scabs, but only single FE. sso. beg nounced at the state department to- | «phere will be but one end and the Am ated protested to Chief of} world. it has been a crushing blow to the Anti-Soviet pro- to Be Big Teng of 28 — * scr ag ate ba day. „ ceneiem: a See Collins and Mayor Dever paganda circulated. so assiduously by capitalist interests the the 3 as 925 — N * Sa" ine , n here to see it. They will have lit their agalnat the outrage, and the protest] past eight years. American bgp age should feel glad that 2 on 8 The DAILY WORKER wishes to | fires and perished in the flames.” has cowed the slaggers for ‘a time. they have the DAILY WORKER to give serial publication to . Pr) would Uke to draw the atten-| Point out that altho the above an-. premier Baldwin is attending the Cunnea Closes. Case. this historic “document that meets With no dispute exce me 2 Page 1) . / of the runt | from the “open shop” press and =bitter- 2 3 enae anmarand by| Mr. Montague: “May I ask the first 3 rt The boycott is not . in the IIII-· In other worde, the 8 of all countries must not — vous —2 22 lot of 2 ‘ the admiralty. Montague declare ind how it — Amen ine aaccuntant. NOBLESVILLE, ind., July 20— Wel- law, cane et, ¢ only close ranks for the protection of the Soviet Union, but that no “national emergency” existed to justify such activities. general of the admiralty should be reimbursed by private’ firms.” Judge Fred Hines in Hamilton Coun- ty circuit court ‘today. overruled the insits on Right to ‘Strike. Cunnea ry out that ne decis- to build their own power to achieve their own victory, and they are advised to build, even in their trade unions, accord. during the vear. Not that we grudge it to them, but it must be stated | | jhere for the sake of the record, | ed 3 3 ene Mr. Bridgeman: “The firms micht motion of attorneys for D. C. Bteph- ing to the Russian example. | Hence the August 2nd pienic. | BR? * Soevuct anee vayment ct douvie navy |®¢ Millers, handling sacks of flour |enram, atl MAsesk se ety setae e ee, tie oMcladom of labor wlth te Jane ag» ores tere fw 17 . b e v- u 1 aad which will probably mean|2°°essary, for food for the people Fr support n open ance w e go every fact that a conven- cheap strikebreakers, and against the services $f officers and ratings of the ent being entirely at the dis- of the firms, whether it is a J think we ought to have from the first lord of the admiralty a very complete statement as to the precise way in which naval ratings are to be used. Trade unionists are fearing this danger. It is an extremely im- portant question to trade unionists.” The first lord of the admiralty, Mr. Bridgeman, declared that break- ing strikes was a— totally false im- That might be a private firm, but that makes no difference to the duty of the navy, which is not to ‘take part in the strike on one side or the “Will he let us see the order? Will he let us read it?” Mr. Bridgeman: “I am quite ready to send around a copy of the order. It has already been quoted. I am not in the least ashamed of the order. It is not a new one issued by me. It was issued in 1919, and I think it has been revised since, in 1923, and it is now Madge Oberhotzer. — Atala rie» before a jury. fendants,” the judge said. on trial for the alleged murder of the Court “at any time” to permit thg defendants to face the murder charge “The court is willing at this time to call a special term to try these de- ) “They could have been tried at any time further applications to IIIinols courts against strikers ig 15 Cunnea said, supreme court will 13 limitation upon the workers, restraining them from pick- eting.” stand as a 6 “The decision of the Illinois | rights of the seaman buck. unions must also send a in the Soviet Republics. oe ks on the Union of Soviet Re- ilitants in the left a hk) other.” Simultaneously Judge Hines paved "© question of national emergency or * det. Labor Party Never Revoked. It. — pied on 2 8 ri : a 1 0 n e ri N . 1 3 Mr. Batey (labor, Spennymoor): |readiness to call à special term of| Typographical a which all Under pressure, of t “ett wing the American trade tion to study conditions with- e trade unionists of the United States follow in the footsteps of their British, French, Bel- ian and German brothers in taking their stand with the — victory © of Russian labor. ial thy were ready. By their own con- duct the defendants chose to remain Law ts Constitutional. Lloyd George Says U. S. and Britain Will FASCIST tow of: the Workers 3 or we hear that both sides will be 1 ing with each other in contributing Drainage: PE in a revised form and reissued.” g The Cuthbertson anti-injunction pression of what the order means. “The labor party,” added Br.] 44 Tather-than be tried. law is not contrary to the constitu- Fight A t Japan Awards $90,025 for To Appeal for Bail ese! — hay gainst Jap The order refers to a general dis- Bridgeman, “when it was in, office . f tion of the state of Illifois, Cunnea Overflow of Canal turbance.” main intention of it is to regulate the action of officers of the navy and the men in a general strike, the object would have been perfectly justified in of any government, whether by us or by them.” Hope that a strike will be averted Judge Hines emphasized that no for this trial.” necessary between now and October A request for time to prepare a argued. The legislature has a right “It is the duty of the court to de- clare a law constitutional unless it is unconstitutional beyond a reasonable agreement for the limitation of naval armaments threw a bom) into the dis- cussion of the government’s naval Italy Stirred by the of the great volume of water poured into it by the drainage canal several years ago, was announced today by the commission named to hear the being to exert what power the govern-|is growing in view of unofficial state- bill of exceptions was made by Ralph doubt,“ said Cunnea, construction program this evening by cases by the legislature ment can in preventing the general] ments that the owners will give in] Waltz of defense counsel, This ac-| “These five to fou® decisions ofthe | the declaration that if there were any Latest Outrage In claims for $90,025 ‘the commie public of this country having its food to Premier Baldwin’s appeal that they|tion, believed to be the forerunner|supreme court against the rights ot trouble on the Pacific Ocean England ion made awards for a totnd supplies cut off. To say that the withdraw their notices ending thejof an appeal to be filgyd with the! workers to demand the limitation of] and the United States would be on 8 24,915. Last week awards of navy would take part in the strike | present working agreement on July|jstate supreme court. the powers of the supreme court.” the same side. ee ae s T. U. E. L. IN RINGING CALL FOR FIGHT AGAINST “B. & O. BILL” — (Continued from page 1) the latter course, and has entered into a ruinous expulsion campaign with J. H. Anderson as the first victim. Wholesale Expulsions Johnston is a tricky politician. Davison at a meeting of Lodge No. 491, is to be followed by a whole- sale expulsion of militants, center- the Anderson group, and strengthen his own position in the union by submitting to a recount or to a new election, But, instead of doing that, he sus- pends J. F. Anderson without a trial and starts an attack upon the militants because they have gather- the election. “I will never be defeated as long as | count the votes,” says E. C. | 3 The excuse given for this was that they had cast more votes than they had members. 4. The votes of 10 lodges were thrown out on the flimsy excuse that they had béen delinquent in their reports. These lodges cast more votes for Anderson than for Johnston. 5. Davison refused to allow the clerks to count the ballots of 10 lodges on the grounds that he did shows how the Johnston machine was elected. There were 277 votes for Johnston and only one fér An- reaucratic machine, however, is not an end in itself. More than ever should the left-wing program of ac- tion be placed before the member- . ship. There are o 800,000 work- ers who are eligible to become mem- bers of the Machinists’ Union, yet the Johnston administration has re- duced the |. A. of M. to a mere skeleton organization. Endorsed Amalgamation. 1 ston was elected on this program. Vet, he has not even made a gesture Party based upen the trade unions. Burning Questions. The program and policy of the left-wing must be presented during the recall campaign. International Trade Union Unity, recognition of Soviet Russia, hands off China—all of these burning questions must be discussed. These are the real is- sues and the left-wing, led by the T. U. E. L., will not allow them to The Trade Union Educational League calls upon all militants to unite in the struggle against the re- ROME, July 29.—The attack on former Premier Orlando on the Corso Ruggerio, Palermo, after his criticism of the Mussolini government had an unfavorable reaction here today even in conservative circles. _ Anti-fascisti were vigorous in their denunciation of interference with free speech, While the speech which the former premier delivered yesterday, has not yet been circulated here in printed form, it is understood that he merely would signalize its disatisfaction by putting tickets in the field in the ap- proaching municipal election in an 52,000 were made. Some 250 claims, totaling $10,000,- 00 are still to be heard. Awards tius far average about a third of the a nounts of the claims, If the same ritio is continued the sanitary dis- t'ict will have a total of between $3,000,000 and $5,000,000 to pay with- ia five, years after the awards are made. Soltis Speaks at Minneapolis Street : The Machinists’ ‘Union was one Johnston’ i told his Palermo audience that the : The suspension of Anderson, accord- ed the facts which prove conclusive- not receive the tally sheets, 4 be side-tracked by Johnston's rais- 8 5 ing to the statement made by E. C. ly that Johnston and Davison stole 6. In the case of Lodge 441, it 2 te endeted CUENTA een ing the “red” scare. opposition to the Mussolini ime, Meeting Sunday Ave. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 29— The reguiar Sunday evening mags ing the attack upon the Commun- | Davison. derson. While the record of the 2 „ actionary Johnston administration 2 8 the fascisti candidates. meeting of the Workers (Communist) { ists, The excuse to be given for “| will expel any member from Lodge shows that only 39 votes against every progressive measure on the basis of the following plat- ai — , sand for expressing general | Party, will be addressed this Sunday these expulsions is that the Work- | the union who attempts to expose | were cast and they have still the „ ee „e 500,000 e aa form: ssatisfaction with the governmental by John Gabriel Soltis on “Post War : ers Party is a “dual union.” my election steal,“ ts Johnston's at- blank ballots sent to them less the in the metal industry that if welded (a) Abolition of the expulsion methods of the fascisti, Signor Orlan- Capitalism.“ Hathaway will talk on The Trade Union Educational | titude to be carried out under the | 39 votes cast. together into a pawerful industrial policy and reinstatement of expelled. do's automobile was attacked and it - Amalgamation. EOE SRT NA Ie League warns the militants in the Machinists’ Union not to allow John- ston or hig aides to sidetrack the issue. The Workers Party is a pol- itical organization and it is an insult —_, cloak of “the Workers ree is a dual union.” Rave Against Communists In the struggle that will follow, Johnston will rave about the Com- — A Few Strong Points. These are a few of the points that militants must press home. The suspension of J. F. Anderson, the removal by the General Execu- union would be able to make an ef- fective struggle in the interests of the rank and files The Johnston administration, how- ever, believes in class collaboration. (b) Recall of Johnston. (c) A special convention of the I. A. of M. (d) Recount of the election vote. Was necessary to call out troops to quell the riot which ensued, Judge with Lessees Washington Square (Seven Corn- ers) is the place. Come yourself and bring others with you. Forest Fire in Idaho 5 Take Sides? Not at All! revoking the order if they had felt it grounds exist for admitting the ac-|¢ prescribe remedies and proceed- (Special to The Daily Worker) „The second batch of 5 on eg Mr. Montague: (Quoting the or-|was unfair, They knew it was not.|cused mero bail because an immedi- ure. Cunnea cited several cases to| LONDON, July 29.—Lloyd George, ) claims for damages against the sarfl- __ é 7 5 —— 1 : mee They 3 it = ee in 3 ate ae is e 8 3 1 g show that th law is constitutional. Britain’s prime minister at the time AFTER SPEECH tary district as a result of the over- r. geman: “I think not. ell, | terest o e general public, an e “The court,” he continued, “ig ek flowing of the Illinois rive ; perhaps he may be right, but the} defense of those interests is the duty] willing to take up all of Os time if Workers Are Aroused. of the negotiation of the Washington r because to the intelligence of the members Stns Samed Ab diiboate Gtitinmaaiin in fact eee the world (e) A national left-bloc-progres- In School Board Fight LEWISTOW, Idaho, July 29.—Light- | , i munists and the T. U. E. L., but the eee nere b * sive conference. ing struck suddenly today in White 5 of the Machinists Union to think s and but as business agent, the removal of has become the symbol of class colla- Pine. toreste between Kiamish that under this crude and stupid lie left-wing will keep the real issue Hannon, a member of the Anderson boration and betrayal of the working (f) Abolition of the B. & O. Plan, Judge Joseph B. David issued a cadets ee 2 and Johnston can divert attention away | before the membership. Here are | 4.445 from Chicago and sending | class. He is better known as “B. (g) Campaign for amalgamation. urn acres : from his betrayals of the interests ef the workers and from his flagrant stealing of the election to an attack upon the Communists. In Desperate Fix This latest move of Johnston’s shows that he realizes the desper- ate situation that he is in. Accused of stealing the election, he practical- ly admits that it is true by refusing an honest tabulation of the votes east. If the Johnston machine were really elected, as they claim, John- ston could very easily discredit the Communists, the T. U. E. L., and — 4 facts in the election that Johnston must answer. 1 Anderson’s tellers.were refus- ed the right guaranteed by the con- stitution to supervise the totalling of the votes cast. 2. In spite of the larg, number of, Anderson lodges whose votes were thrown out illegally, the real count shows that Anderson received 18,179 votes and Johnston 18,171. 3. The votes of 12 lodges were thrown out by Davison illegally, which showed that Anderson re- | ceived 1,174 and Johnston 39 votes. vex Ree SIR d TNA * | him out to the sticks, the launching of an attack upon the left-wing gen- erally—shows the well-planned fight that the Johnston machine intends to launch. A strong fighting alliance must be set up between the left-wing and the Anderson group. The slogan of the united’ front must be “The re- call of the Entire General Executive Board.” Follow this,up with an hon- est election, and the Johnson ad- ministration wih be swept out of o ffice. The removal of the > Johnston bu- ‘ & O. Bill” than as Wm. H. John- ston. He would rather make the Machinists’ Union an auxilliary to the Employers’ Agsociation than to develop it into a/‘fighting organ of the class struggle. Johnston more than any other one man, deliberately blocked the labor party movement. His policies in the C. P. P. A. are chiefly respon- sible for the switiging of the labor party sentiment inte the middle- class reformist? LaFollete camp. The left-wing must push vigorously the organizing of a national Labor (h) Organize the unorganized. (i) For a Labor Party. The National Committee Trade Union Educational League. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. NEW YORK, July 29.—Great Brit- ain, pound 4.85%, 4.85%. France franc 4.73%, 4.744%. Belgium franc, 4.62, 4.621%. Italy Tira, 3.6614, 3.66%. Swed- en krone, 26.85, 26.88 Norway krone, 18.44, 18.46. Denmark krone, 28.03, 23.05. Germany mark, no quote. Shang- hai tael, 78.50, no quote. temporary injunction restraining the board of edugation from cancelling the leases of tenants in its loop property under dispute. The renters refused to pay the new rent levels established by revalua- tion of these holdings. They based their refusal on the ground that the revaluation was iffvaiid since the com- mittee of appraisers had not been ap- pointed in accordance with the 1888 lease provision which fixed the man- ner in which they should be selected. The lessees were | previous valuationg to the court, >... ee — — — — | instructed by Judge David to pay the rent based on into a roaring inferno, according to word received here. Several hundred men are reported to have quit work in nearby harvest flelds to fight the flames which are out of control. A light breeze is blowing and is carry- ing the fire toward the heavier white pine belt. Tell other workers what hap. pens in your shop. Write a story and send it in to the DAILY WORKER. Order a bundle te distribute there.
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N 4 es 4 = we “7 — ASG. ee . 1 8 ea ‘ a: 2 = > Narr S > vs, deep te WIE week N 2 * 2 3 ERE ne „ Bos 2 aig . L * 2 Doge pk BO 8 7 i — x 7 ‘ — * d A és 2 ; — — > * 1 ve a 2 — N = 8 . 8 f 8 „ eae in the for municipal elec- 1 street meeting was St. Clair and ght, at which} Wm. Pat- T. Smith A large meeting and its close. had keen competition holy rollers who N us to save our souls ed to drown out our by yelling at the top of their The candidates will be for mayor, Phen mayor, and five councilmen. | Wm. Patterson is candidate for le the biggest part of his life; he been in many free speech fights, d is a delegate to the C. L. W. We believe Comrade Patterson is e oldest candidate in the Workers’ y, having passed three score and W Comrade Bruce Smith has been a union man ever since going into the employ of the raflroad company, 33 years ago, as a brakeman. He is now a conductor. : Comrade Smith was elected to the council from his ward in 1917 on the socialist ticket. He was kicked out of the council because he refused to support the war and buy liberty ds. He was also threatened with being im 2 | Gus Voasbers, the oldest candidate on the Workers Party ticket for coun- cil, belongs to the Patternmakers’ Union and is one of the oldest mem- bers in the union in Toledo. He is a delegate to the C. L. W. Comrade Vossberg is an old fighter in the class struggle. Comrade Patterson, Smith, and Vossberg, were three of the oldest members of the old socialist Toledo immediately joined the left wing. local, and when the split came they Comrade Buehler, candidated for the council is the secretary of hte Eng- lish branch of the Workers’ Party, Toledo. He has been the most active mem- ber in the branch since it was organ- ized in Toledo. Comrade Buehler was a member of the Machinists’ Union till he was ex- pelled for belonging to the Workers Party, and the T. U. E. L. He has been hounded and spied on in the places where he was employed be- cause of his work for the party, Comrade Chapman, candidate for the council belonged to the Machin- fsts’ Union till he was kicked out for belonging to the Worker Party, and the T. U. E. L. Comrade Parker belongs to the Pat- ternmakers' Union and has been a member since his apprenticeship. Comrade Ishler, candidate for the council, belongs to the Railroad Clerks’ Union, Amateurs in Touch With Mac Millan. LONDON, July 29.—Amateur radio operators who are keeping Com- mander Donald MacM‘llan’s Arctic ex- pedition in touch with civilization, to- day reported clear and continuous re- ception. of signals from MacMilian’s ships, now 400 miles from Etah, Greenland. SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES Frauen- Kranken-Unterstuetzun Vv Fortschritt ggasi Meets every ist & 3rd Thiysday, Wicker Park Hal 2040 W. North Avenue. F. V. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Seven Places 62 W. Van Buren 42 W. Harrison 169 N. Clark 118 8. Clark 66 W. Washington | 167 N. State 234 S. Halsted PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 lalties: ＋ W. Rieck Bosten Bak Bpec ‘ n . 2 ed e oe Fine Saupe 2300 Fre Commiceary an 1612 Fulton Et. Phone West 2549 | . ents —.— Ve * . * ö 50. mn 7. RO * eelk 70 DIS ¥ — — eier 7 1 a ppe- 2 — ag 8 1 tOGKA OF ICT FIVE Pa., J rious ‘ot New 2 Pa., but has recently elected oe; the workers can be ex- 10 Worker € 29.— Taking the lead in proposing real measures of the coal miners of Western Pennsylvania which was formerly the mainstay of the ieee ee No. 5 a program demonstrated that leadership in the fight to improve the — 7 1 q 1 a left wing siate into office, has sub- of action. While 1 — ot — only trom Communists and from the militants in the T. U. E. L. The program of action proposes that the district board calls a special dis- trict convention to take up as a first unemployment aniongst the miners within the district and neces- sary measures of relief. 6 40,000 Miners Unemployed in Pa. There are a total of 273 mines in District 5, approximatély only 50 of which are working, most of these are only working part time. It is re- ported that 40,000 miners are unem- ployed in the state most of them hav- ing been unemployed for months and e aha weil af beck. odes cok ployed only part time. Many miners’ families are on the verge of starva- tion. The policy of John L. Lewis, fol- lowed by all his lieutenants, of at- tempting to drive a great number of miners out of the industry will have dire conseduences now when other in- dustries are making retrenchments and daily throwing workers into the streets looking for jobs. The militant elements contend that effective measures for relief of these many ‘unemployed miners can and must be secured, while they also point to the r of the district and inter- national cials who have not yet . | utted a finger to obtain relief. They are proposing and have been propos- ing for a long time, as one effective remedy, the shorter work day with no reduction in wages. Unemployment Relief from State. They have demanded in the past and now reiterate their demand that in- dustry should bear the burden of sup- porting its unemployed and the fed- eral, state and local governments shonld take measures to establish funds for relief of the unemployed to be administered by the unions. The second point proposed to be solved by this special convention is the demand for preparation for an ac- tive fight against the attempt of the operators to enforce the 1917 scale in the district and to break down work- ing conditions. Fight Open Shop. 1135 The neden Coal B tines Jermeriyobersted * 1 und | were e on a eden to . the union. They are undoubtedly trying to make good. It is being rumored that a number of these mines are to open early in August with notices posted that the 1917 scale will go into effect. At any rate facts are available aplenty to prove the active preparations made by the operators to reduce wages. The militant miners rightly contend that if the membership is just kept peas for slow starvation it will not be able to make the best of the fight. They propose that measures be taken to strengthen the union in every re- spect and to keep the membership on the alert so that whatever form of re- sistance the conditions may require the membership will be actively.mov- ing with a stronger feeling of class solidarity. Best Defense an Attack. They contend that the best way to meet an attack is by an offensive rather than meekly giving up one posi- tion after another and that to meet the united coal operators it is neces- sary to make a campaign to organize the unorganized miners and to estab- lish union control and union condi- tions everywhere. The third point proposed for the special convention to take up is defi- nite settlement of all the grievances | obtaining in the mines which are now working such as the question ot dead work, loading of cars, etc. Today in many instances the system of check waymen does not function. Miners are required to load bigger cars for less pay than the agreement calls for, with less pay for dead work. In almost every controversy on existing griev- ances the district officials have thrown up their hands exclaiming “We cannot do anything, we have no power.” This, the militants maintain, is to turn tail, accept defeat in advance, and will strengthen the operators in their fight against the union. Relief for Moundsville Prisoners. The fourth point proposed to be taken up is the securing of relief measures for the families of the Moundsville prisoners and an active campaign for their immediate release. A number of members are yet being kept in the Moundsville prison for their participation in the Clifftonville march in 1922 in behalf of.the striking miners and for the organization of un- organized territory. Some little relief was afforded during the first period of their incarceration. Today that has ceased and the officialdom which could use the influence of the union to have the men released, is making no effort whatever. No Expulsion of Left Wingers. The next point proposed by the mili- . 3 te) ee 5 STEEL TRUST MADE A FORTY MILLION DOLLAR PROFIT . 3 MONTHS NEW YORK, July | July 29—The United States | corporation earned $3.06 a share on the common stock in the second quarter of 1928, against $2.93 a share in the first quarter of the year. The directors at their meeting to- day declared an extra dividend of 50 cents a share, in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of $1.25 a share on the common stock. The steel corporation reported net earnings of $40,624,221 in the sec- ond quarter, against $41,381,030 in the same period last year. After all deductions for expenses, bond in- terest, etc., the amount available for dividends on the common stock in this period was $21,889,094 against $21,205,291 in the first quarter of 1925 and $23,775,291 in the same period in 1924. Monthly earnings were as follows: April, $13,376,821; May, $13,803,455; June, $13,443,947. policy of expulsion pursued by the statement of expelled militant min- ers. The charge frequently made by the standpat officers that Communists are “destroying the union,” is being hurled back into their teeth backed up by the fact that expulsion of the best fight- ers certainly serves to weaken the union and if continued will lead to ul- timate destruction. The militants demand that this pol- icy cease and those who call them- selves leaders of the union. and are maintaining themselves in leading po- sitions, take the initiative to unite all the forces for the struggle against the coal barons, - Robert M. day that she would not become a can- didate for the senate seat made va- cant by the death of her husband, Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin. Her refusal’ to make the race was taken by close friends of the famfy here as devnite indication that her eldest son, Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., shortly will announce himself as a candidate for the unexpired term that runs until 1928. In progressive circles young LafFol- lette’s candidacy has been accepted as a fact for several weeks. A public announcement that he will contest for his father’s seat, with the approval and support of progressive leaders of Wisconsin, is expected momentarily. district board and a demand for rein- aed — 0 R K E R 5 5 hee : ae FAKERS LE¥ Talk at orum sca KEEBLE rt spondent) uly 29.—I attended last meeting of heart, but I came away 7 for a few things, that had not been settled, 80 0 lies were still open. No speakers n chosen for Labor Day. The lonary committee had asked Gov. Reed of Mo. and -Beér- rus Jenkins of Kansas City Jour- nal Potst to 81 had declined, thank 2 still a chance aker. discussed and committee is One is a labor s of his own TT?! ‘easly influenced. ber is an old work- party, Now a Com- | thinker but he is old and fe been in the fight so long that — discourag- ed. Those who je | forum idea were afraid it Some a socialist or- ganization. It more than that A mov ö started to form a study club from A. F. of L. Head- quarters. a Study clubs are for- cing the old A. P. of, L. to get busy and give pared: a 1 ; Pre * 2 en od . station rented di and. le before “the British to await a hearin conan. The seamen ‘dated e Duck ihe only one of their number Who could speak English that they had been starved nearly to death on the trip from Far East, and that each man had only received four Ounces of meat twice a week. Their Wages were between $5 and $7 per month. Sight Miners Die in India. SIMLA, India, July 29. — Enght miners were killed today in the col- lapse of a tunnel in the gold mines here. 2 —ů— Write the story about your shop —Order a bundle to distribute MENACED BY KU K DEPARTMENT STORE WORKERS ARE LUX KLAN, GET NO - VACATION, SMALL PAY, FOR SLAVERY Conditions in the large downtown enough, and are being cut still more, Klansmen are at work in some of and favoring those Who are members. In the food department of one of the big stores, where I was working, the Klan is nearly in complete control. Some of the help have been fired irrespective of ability. Tickets were left at some of the clerks’ stations in this store, urging the employes to come to Klan meetings. Jews and catholics dare not favored when this can be done. “Work” Is Only Cry. In some of the other stores you have a horde of overseers who drive the men. “Work, work” is their only cry. In some stores you must notify the boss or his assistant when you go to the wash room and the straw boss soon begins hunting for you and yelling at you as tho you were a criminal. If it is a busy day before lunch the boss comes around and tells you, “Only 30 minutes for lunch today, boys.” Of course, you get no extra pay for working overtime. Salary Cut, Vacation Denied. A good example of the small wages paid can be seen from the fact that the Boston Store pays the stockroom workers $10.00 per week. One employe in this store was fired just before vacation for changing his address without notifying the com- pany. He was taken back after los- ing a week’s work, but his salary was reduced $2.00 per week, and he was tants is a complete ae of the vA deprived of a vacation. Thus do the and the Boston store are growing worse for the employes. By PLAV, Worker Correspondent. department stores, such as Hillman's Wages are low and the workers are entirely at the mercy of the employers, being fired often without cause. the stores, attempting to gain control. Foremen in some of the ‘food departments are pursuing the policy of firing those who refuse to join the Kluxers, * department .stores rob the workers. When the employes are waiting on trade they never know what moment they are going to get into trouble with some sharper.sent out as a cus: tomer who is paid to,spy on them and aggravate them to.,make them lose their. tempers. All in all the employes of the de- partment stores are selling them- selves completely to their masters. If fired they have no way of redress. If they ask for the reason they may be told “we do not have to give you any information in that regard.” Millions in Profits. The pay in these places is the very lowest they can get you toswork for. One store reported a six million in- come to the tax commissioner. So you see it is not what they can afford to pay but what they can get you to work for that determines your salary. Ventilation is far from the best in the food departments, particularly when it is considered that in any food department ventilation and sanitary conditions should be exceptionally good. But as these institutions are run for profit instead of for accomodation and service, before the workingclass can get any real benefit out of them the industries and government must be taken over by the workers with- out reservation, ai „ rington speak for themselves. other, and may enlighten the reader on the Lester strip mine deal. my good name. rive at the facts so that I shall know how to proceed in clearing up this matter. response to this communication. “Yours truly, (Signed) F. FARRING- TON, President. “District No. 12, U. M. W. of A., “Springfield, Illinois. “Dear Sir and Brother:—This reply to your communication of Nov- ember 2. somewhat inaccurate as to my state- ment to the International Board and ‘| my later conversation with him when he called on me. “The Whole story of Medill’s prosti- ag | tution ot his public office and at- care to discuss it here. jection to discussing some phases of it with vou personally if you desire. About a month ago I discussed the same subject with Vice President ton replied partly as follows: “I was told the president South Western Coal Operators’ assoc- iation stated that the Kansas Coal Op- erators would pay almost any price to get rid of Alex Howat as president of the Kansas miners, and considering the outrageous manner in which you treated him and the Kansas miners, in order to get rid of Howat as president of the Kansas miners, I have as much reason to believe that you collected a handsome sum of money for your part in the Kansas trouble as you have to believe that I was to collect money for allowing the Lester strip mine to operate. “An influential operator with whom I happen to know you had dinner dur- ing the month of December, told me you said that you believed the miners would have to take a reduction, but in order that you may escape the re- sponsibility, a strike would be called, ihesgovernment would then intervene, and break the strike.” will remember the statement that “we cannot fight our government’’—made by Lewis—A. R.) 4 Kentucky operators for them strike.” IN MUTUAL GRAFT A By ALEX REID (Secretary of the Progressive Miners’ Committee) (Article VI.) The following extracts from letters that passed between Lewis and Far- They show what the fakers think of each “Springfleld, III., November 2, 1922. “Mr, John L. Lewis, President United Mine Workers of America, “Indianapolis, Indiana. | “Dear Sir and Brother: Board Member Dobbins told me that you made a statement to the Board that things in Illinois were corrupt, and that a contract had been entered into be- tween two substantial officers of this district and W. J, Lester to allow his strip mine to operate during the re- cent strike. “Dobbins also told me that you said Harry. Fishwick and myself were the two substantial officers you referred to. Lester strip mine office had been rob- bed and the attorney general had all papers in connection with the com- pact. “He further stated that you told him that Robert M. Medill, director of the department of mines and minerals in Illinois, had made the compact and that the money was to be split three Ways, namely, between Medill, Fishwick and myself. He further said that you told him that I was verging on a nervous breakdown because of a mental disturbance over the matter. “Dobbins said that you stated to him the information came from Mr. Honnold, secretary of the Illinois Coal Operators’ Dobbins, could secure further informa- tion from L, F. Lumaggi, erator in this state. | RAILROAD TRUST'S AMBASSADOR 10 TOKIO DIES OF HEMORRHAGE WASHINGTON, July 29.— Edgar A. Bancroft, United States ambas- sador to Japan, died in Tokio said an official dispatch to the state de- partment this afternoon. Death was caused by an intes- tinal hemorrhage. Edwin Neville, secretary of the American embassy, automatically becomes charge d'affaires, and will have charge of American interests, in Japan until Bancroft’s successor is appoinnted. Bancroft was heavily interested in railroad companies. Before be- coming ambasador he had been so- liciter for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. He was vice president and general solicitor for He further told me you said the Harry association and that he, a coal op- 4 f the Chicag> and Western Indiana N . at all disturbed over this] -,itpoad, and general counsel for matter, but I do intend to expose ‘tthe International Harvester ‘com- those who are attempting to defame pany I am anxiou . a 1 Bancroft was a labor hater, being the author of, “The Chicago Strike I shall appreciate an early] °f 189495.” — m received $750,000, from this bank and that three members of the directorate of the bank are operating nonunion mines in Pennsylvania, and the extra (Copy of Lewis’ Reply.) ce 5 4h 1 11 . $650,000 which was given to you and “Mr Frank Farrington, President which the public never heard about was given with the understanding that you withdraw the aid of the In- __| ternational union from the nonunion will) geids of Pennsylvania.” Mr. Dobbin's memory is morrow. Learn about RUSSIA TODAY —Subscribe! nat A EXPOSE EACH OTHER'S sours] Another instalment on the faker to- Intends e er the Business By CARL HAESSLER (Federated Press) Re-electing their general officers and reaching decisions with practical unanimity, the American Train Dis- patchers’ Association closed its 6th general assembly in Chicago the end of July. The union was organized in Spokane in 1917. President J. G Luhrsen and Secretary-Treasurer C. L. Darling have served since its incep- tion. Their new term is for 4 years. | The convention, attended by 90 vof- ing delegates and 100 others, voted. for a widow and orphan death benefit. fund. The benefit will begin with $300 when there are 300 members interegt- ed and will rise $1 with each addi- tional member. Authority to enter the labor banking field was also voted. On the political field the resolution of the previous biennial convention to affiliate with the conference for pro- gressive political action was sustained against 3 dissenting votes. Against Speeding Up. The membership has held its own and the financial condition has im- proved despite the determined and ingenious attempts of the railway com- panies to undermine the association by company unions. The A. T. D. A. has a considerable majority of the 5,000 working train dispatchers in the country and its net financial worth is $206,739.10. Dues are $20 a year. Speeding up of dispatchers, in com- mon with all other rail employes, is reflected in a resolution of protest demanding federal, state and com- pany action to correct it in the in- terest of train safety. Dispatchers now have to deliver their own orders by telephone in many cases where railroad telegraphers once did the work. They have to protec: the rear of trains in place of flagmen. They have to work too much territory, man too many circuits, handle too many train sheets and are held responsible for the accuracy of clearance cards. All these practices are condemned as hazardous, unnecessary and unsafe. President E. J. Manion of the Or- der of Railroad Telegraphers has also made many protests against the hazards and hardships of train dis- patching by telephone instead of by telegraph. ELLA REEVE BLOOR NOW HITCH- HIKING THRU STATE OF OHI 10. I have no ob- (Special to Th in this city today, fresh and in fine veteran was prepared to hold meet- | ings here today and tomorrow, pro- ceeding to Cleveland on July 30 and going to Stuebenville on August 1. “It’s great to be back on the old | stamping ground“ Mother Bloor said. “The past two weeks success in or- ganization and building up of the of the to be more successful than any. Com- Ohio workers.” Meetings arranged thru Ohio units with the co-operation of the district office of the Workers (Communist) Party at Cleveland, will bring Mother Bloor to the following cities on this schedule: Tuesday, July 28—-E. Liverpool. Wednesday, July 29-—-E. Liverpool. Thursday, July 30—Cleveland. Friday, July 31—-En route. Saturday, August 1—Stuebenville. Sunday, August 2—Stuebenville. Monday, August 3— Dillonvale. Tuesday, August 4—Yorkville. Wednesday, August 6—Neffs. Friday, August 7— En route. Saturday, August 8—-Coshocton., Sunday, August 9— Columbus. Monday, August 10-—-Columbus. Tuesday, August 11—En route. Wednesday, August 12—-Mansfield. Lewis’ Fake Fight. (The miners heard you collected $100,000 from permitting to operate during the last What About This, John L. Lewis? Tb man Friday, August 15— Warren. heard that instead of borrow!ng Sunday, August 16—Cleveland. one hundred thousand dollars from the Harriman Bank of New York, that you Monday, August 17—En route. Tuesday, August 18—Toledo. DAILY WORKER with new subs make | me feel that my Ohio hiking is going | munism is surely being welcomed by the local | e Daily Worker) EAST LIVERPOOL, O., July 29.— Ella Reeve (“Mother”) Bloor arrived spirits as if the three thousand miles covered on her hitch-hiking cross-country tour for the DAILY WORKER was Fishwick. only a short walk. “Yours very truly, JOHN L. LEWIS, “A walk like that is good for you.” she told some of the local workers President.” who listened to her story of the trip since leaving San Francisco on June 1. To this letter from Lewis, Farring- The fighting sixty-two year old . M M. HARVEST WORKERS JAILED IN SO. DAKOTA Authorities Try to Sup- | press Union REDFIELD, S. D., July 29.—Three I. W. W. delegates were jailed by the local polfee, their supplies stolen and seventeen members of the Agricul- tural Workers Industrial Union 110 who accompanied them were illegally deportéd from Redfield Friday. The authorities claim that the I. W. W. had put off five non-union men from a freight train between Tulars and Redfield and had been impolite to those in the town who refused to join the union before going on the job. Harvest workers alleged that the attack by the authorities is not e- cause of any supposed assaults on scabs, but is directed against the Agricultural Workers’ Union to crip ple its organizing drive and interfere with its demand for decent wages and conditions in the harvest. Rush that Sub- July 1! Campaign ends ; . we A DEBAT E! Bertrand Russel (Negative), VS. RESOLVED: THAT THE SOVIET FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS APPLICABLE TO WESTERN CIVILIZATION By arrangements with the League for this interesting book (with photographs and brief biographies of the debaters) can now be secured at the special price of — The Daily Worker Publishing Co. 50 Cents Each (In board covers) 1113 W. W Scott Nearing | (Affirmative) Public Discussion. ashington Bivd., Chicago, III. — 4
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ees 5 5 « c- 7 — — — —— ~e — 4 ’ 823 aay 2 a 7 : 2 — 2 8 * 3 1 6 3 22 W „ at ta 32 en — 2 ti - 3 * . Sa. wa wee Sit ly Wat — Seay es — 0 5 3 * 2 } ; pee ee) ae o ps ye 2 = r ve 3 2 3, “We 2 * * * ae e tate r * 4 ae - ; „ 4, * » 7 yt : 1 “America a 9 9 hk Vantage Over Rivals —i SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 29.— President Coolidge today let it be known that American imperialism is anxious to see the European “Secur- ‘ity Pact”, as the anti-Soviet bloc is called, to be realized. It is understood that with the sup- posed “security” thus afforded the western European rivals, against each other, the “security” of dll against the Soviet Republics can get more uni- fied consideration. By making the western European nations unite against the Soviet Un- ion, a better field for applying the ‘Dawes Plan and the temporary “stab- ilization” of the bankrupt countries permits America to extend its grip over its debtors. With “security” supposedly assured, tion of rival imperialists’ armed forces by the apparently “peace loving” man- euver of calling another “disarma- ment” conference. As soon as the “Security Pact” is signed, Coolidge in- tends to invite the various nations again to Washington to discuss fur- ther reduction of their navies and air forces. To Stage Another Farce. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 29.— A new world conference looking to further disarmament, will be called by the government of the United States immediately following the perfection by the nations of Europe of the im- pending security pact, should the lat- ter prove possible, it was indicated to- day at the summer White House here by an official spokesman for President Coolidge. Coolidge aims also to force a reduc-|° clerk in the naval stores bureau of the navy department today faced court martial charges that he attempt- ed to sell alleged secret naval papers to F. E. Jordan, an American. yen for the papers in question. Jordan | ment declared today that the papers * N . 2 — * Nr 4 2 „ 9 ö d 5 n Bees ae he TOKIO, July 29.—Seijiro Suzuki, a Delay was granted b permit attorneys for Loren H. Witt- ner, treasury clerk who brought the immediately turned the letter over to Suit, time to prepare answers to the the police and Suzuki's arrest follow-| dismissal motion. ed, It is understood that papers deal- — ing with naval mobilization plans are missing from the navy department. A spokesman for the navy depart- Suzuki wrote Jordan asking 10,000 «Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or two will make a better Communist of ou. 7 5 LONDON, July 29. — The foreign of- fice in a statement today goes out of its way in explaining that ambassador Houghton, in presenting the request of the American government for a mo. dification of present restrictions on the exportation of crude rubber from the British empire, emphasized only the effect of the present pplicy on the United States. ‘. . The statement voices deep regret that the British government is unable to give any assurance of a change in 3 . (Ras ads 3 5 . 1 mn wa e , 3 a th * > * 0 3 3 * . . . N U a * NR 5 1 ashore. 4 Let ee N n id! RTA Send e eee . the pep — ey „ Out of their hides with lead! | Quick, tor God's sake, Unole Sam, Help, for Christ's sake, Uncle Sem, The cursed strike to break! Then from the hands of hungry men, And in the name of God, to put men on the shelf, And make the lousy unions groan— a * ; or 1 4 ‘ * * * bt » ¥ 4 ] (Continued from Yesterday’s Daily Worker ) | SYNOPS!IS—The preceding instatmente of the official report of the British Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia told’ how well the Soviet government treats its counter-revolutionary political prisoners, and de- scribed the Soviet form of government. The preface and introduction told of the extent of the travels of the seven members of the delegation, who, visited not only the industrial centers, but took extended trips thru the agricultural regions. The last two instalments took up the question of Soviet finances, which is being continued today. pear in the DAILY WORKER every day. Taxation, Soviet and Tsarist An independent calculation, based on estimates of the total national income pre-war and at present, after all necessary allowances and adjustments shows the present Budget to be 65 per cent. of the pre-war Budget. , This impression is because the burden, though reduced by one- Russia itself, that present taxation is heavier than pre-war. This impression is because the burden, though reduced by one- third, is thrice as hard to bear. First, because of the reduced productive power, reserve resources, and taxable margins. Sec- ondly, because these new taxes have not yet been accommo- dated to, and absorbed by, conditions of life. They are only just emerging from the primitive stage of confiscation and the secondary stage of payment in kind. Thirdly, because this new taxation is largely a substitution of direct for indirect taxes. This, though it really relieves the burden on the worker and peasant, makes him realize what the burden is. Abolition of the sale of alcoholic drinks over 20 per cent: strength is a measure The instalments will ap-- which has immensely helped national recovery, and will in time “produce a national renascence, but Yequire 700 millions per annum ne ts: fiscal effect has been to dect taxation to replace lic purposes. the national revenues from vodka—-and this does not include 250 millions of local revenues. The peasant paid this pre-war 900-1,000 millions far more readily than his present 200-300 mil- lions direct taxation. Economies In order to lighten the burden and to balance ile Budget, Russia has severely reduced expenditure. Military expendi- tures, as elsewhere explained, have been greatly reduced. The Red Army expenditure can be estimated as about one-fifth Tsarist expenditure. Further, the enormous expenditure on the economic and educational experiments of War Communism have been removed in the first case by the New Economic Policy and reduced in the second case by a policy of severe economy. Public services, lighting, transport, all are now charged for as elsewhere; excepting educational and medical care, which re- mains free. The Government departments and those enterprises not abolished or put on a business basis as trusts, etc., had their staffs reduced by half. Finally, the Central Budget was relieved of all expenditure that could advantageously be left to the local Budgets—such as education, public health, roads, etc. We may, in fact, estimate that State expenditure has been reduced by the Revolution to one-quarter of what it was. And there does not seem to be any region in which it can be still further reduced. It is indeed the avowed intention to increase it considerably at the earliest possible moment in respect of education, public health, etc., and also in respect of a new national debt to be incurred for re-equipment of industry and agriculture. To these recent economies must be added the economies of reconstruction originally effected by the Revolution, such as the abolition of the national debt, the interest on which had risen to 400 million per annum, even before the outbreak of the war. The war more than doubled this in interest on its new foreign debt of nine milliards, and in addition accumulated 16 millions of internal debt—so that the total annual interest would have been at least 1,200 millions. A smaller saving was that on the Tsarist subsidies of 55 million to the Church, and of some 16 millions to the Crown and Court. ~ Corruption Another saving( as important as any, has been the suc- cessful campaign carried on by Communism against corruption. It is impossible to make a comparison in figures—one can only say that the Tsarist officialdom was on the whole as corrupt as Soviet officialdom is on the whole conscientious. Under War Communism fraudulent officials were shot if Communists, or if non-Communists were severely sentenced. Though there is to- day a relaxation from this extreme rigour, the efficiency and probity of Soviet officials are maintained at a very high stand- ard. Add to this that the total expenditure on administration, police, judicature, and central government generally, which was 2 480 millions under Tsarism, is to-day reckoned in pre-war rou- hles 190 million. Direct Taxes The taxes at present in force are:— (1) The Income Tax falling on the townspeople and well- to-do, producing in 1923-4 about 63 millions. (2) The Industria] Tax, which produced about 68 millions, is a tax paid on the profits of all financial, industrial, and com- mercial enterprises and is graduated to the character of their produce, i.e., production of or trading in luxuries is rated high- est. and so on down. This tax is, of e@urse, generally trans- ferred to the consumer, but. efforts are made to check this transfer in the case of private enterprises serving no useful, pub- On the whole, it is estimatedthat two-fifths of the tax is paid by the urban middie class, And an equal amount — policy. _—By Henry George Weiss. ; 4 ¥ as a a, . ‘ 2 * teed ~ a. 7 1 * 3 0 1 . * * 4 7 -_ © + 2 ‘ta 9 2 ve 4 Thru Courtesy of the international Pub- lishers Co. a“, “THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BRITISH _. UNION DELEGATION TO SOVIET RUSSIA Copyright by the Trades Union Congress General Council in Great — a Pe . TRADE Copyright in the United States by the International Publishers Co. All Rights Reserved. | | a Britain. i 3 Pikes 3 ae thay oo 71 1 n ih 4 s * - 2 1 4 23 1 2823 f Hat 2 8 * by the town workers and clerks, the remaining one-fifth falling on the peasants. . — (3) The Rural Tax paid by the peasants and produeing about 158 millions per annum. Indirect Taxes (4) Excises on sugar, tobacco, tea, wine, beer, and such like, mostly importeg products. The proceeds amount to 242 millions. 12 ; (5) Customs duties, producing 59 millions. . (6) Duties amounting in all to 66 millions, of which the most important are a rate on urban buildings and lodgings and taxes on Bourse operations—on hawkers, and on entertain- ments. 9 All these indiriect taxes may be roughly estimated as fall- ing one-fourth on the peasantry, one-fourth on the middle class, and one-half on the workers and clerks. ag This gives the general result that of the total amount of the revenue raised by taxation about one-half is paid by the peasantry, one-third by the workers and clerks, and one-sixth by the middle class. And when it is remembered the latter class also_contribute in the form of loans free or forced, it becomes evident that, in the first place, they are now able to work at a profit, and in the second place, that a large, perhaps n. the largest, part of that private profit is absorbed by taxatio Central and Local Finance chs 1233 Another important feature of Russian fini under elaboration, and that is the respe tive’ re ons the Union, of the Federations forming the Union, Republics forming the Federations. ‘ pase? ieee The actual financial powers at present components of the Union are so Varied in in practice from the precept, 7 development, that it is impe em here. principle underlying these prece d practices is, howe clear enough. It is to consider as a financial entity any unit in the Union that seems capable of conducting: 8 01 n finance whether that unit be a Federation like the RS. F. S. R. or a self- governing Republic like Georgia. This is subjeét, however, to the financial supremacy of the Union in all m. s specifically assigned to the Union. And, in matters of fifiance, Union authority includes the conclusion of external EO loans, the establishment of a general economic plan for all industries of general importance, the production of a general Budget which must comprise the Budgets of the constituent Republics and assign to the latter the necessary reso ss from Union revenues, the exploitation of mineral wealth, woods, and water, and the granting of all concessions. This obviously assigns io the Union an authority that would, if fully exereiged, centralise the power of the purse entirely in Moscow. Lacal financial authorities cannof impose fresh taxation without central authority. Pak Mea — > 5. 7 N N 1 5 yan i 8 Ner- * 4 3.0 ' NET Bite he ole to review 9 8 * N Analysis of Budget as to Central and Local Finance The Budget of 1923-4 can be allocated between Central and Local Departments as follows: U.S. S. R. (Union), expenditure, 85.9 per cent.; revenue, 95 per cent. R. S. F. S. R. (Russia), ex- penditure, 9.8 per cent.; revenue, 3.2 per cent. UK. S. S. R. (Ukraine), expenditure, 2.3 per cent.; revenue, 1.1 per cent. Z. S. F. S. R. (Trans-Caucasia), expenditure, 1.8 per cent.; reve- nue, 0.6 per cent. B. S. S. R (White Russia), expenditure, 0.2 per cent.; revenue, 0.1 per cent. These figures show that at present the Union is financing the Federations, whose local revenues are insufficient to cover their cultural and administra- tive expenditures. The local budgets of these Federations show the following results:— . 1 Revenue Exbenditures Deficit Deficit 5 Per cent of : Revenue. . 1.252 1.458 206 16.5 en 325 333 8 2.4 „ a 68 76 8 11.8 ee OS tye a 22 24 4 2 9.1 Budget Procedure + The procedure by which the Budget is fram... the Com- missariat of Finance in co-operation with the Gosplan—the expert State Planning Commission—is most interesting, but too intricate for report here. It appears to ensure a consideration of the Budget in the general interests of national economy, and a proper control of the central and local administrations and industrial interests. The function of the Gosplan in this respect appears to be one of the features of the Union administration that has an instructive value for all Governments of a federal structure, or that are undertaking social reconstruction. An Act of October 29th, 1924, not yet published, but which was put at the Delegation’s disposal, requires (Article 9) that the Gosplan shall report to the Council of Commissariats and the Commissariat of Finance as to the consonance of the Union and autonomous Budgets with the general program of Gov- ernmental and social economy, and also as to the effectiveness of its execution. General Conclusions Financial reforms and reconstruction, in so far as concerns this latest and last stage of it—a definitive Budget without a deficit—is not yet fully achieved. But on the present lines it should be attained in the next few years. And the general con- clusion that will be come to in respect of Union finance by any impartial inquiry is that, not only is it now on the right lines, but is a long way ahead of Continental couitries which are at present profiting by the confidence of the inyestor. > CHAPTER III Meee INDUSTRY The outward appearance of Moscow and other principal towns is almost the same as it was before the war, except for = ray ope 05 ree Shops are open and the middle- class 1S again in evidence, pursuing its usual life and pleasure. ee eth, nomic region is to organise production and consumption so as to exclude exploitation of the worker and peasant. And this has resulted in a very complete change of conditions under the surface. War Communism Under War Communism the whole administration of indus- try was officially organised under 59 Head Centres, which again were under the Supreme Economic Council. This s¢ regime of the Head Centres (Glavi) was mainly occupied with supporting the war fronts against foreign invasions and “white” incursions and with.supplying the immediate needs of the popu- lation from old stocks. Most of the skilled workers were in the Tanks, and until peace no effort could be made to revive indus- try. Production fell, until in 1920 coal was only 27 per cent. of pre-war, salt 30 per cent., ore 2 ½ per cent., engines and ploughs about 14 per cent, while the total production fell from six and three-quarter milliards to one milllard. But this War Commun- ist system of “Glavi,” that had brought the Revolution through o the various * Series of ware, any one o ee much dene strong and atable.war wou f which sate ~ we * f ‘ook LS my 1 “fey: i y Tt ease 8 POW The failure of War Communism when at its height in 1920 was due to its artificiality. While it professed to be revolution- ising the political system into a more real relationship with economics, it was really trying to revolutionise the principles of economics so as to reconcile them with its own political ethics. Russian Communism was at war with capitalism, and in war the laws of economics, like other laws, can be ignored for a time. It is the last and greatest achievement of the Russian Revolution to have recognised, as it did in 1921, that this war was being prolonged at a progressive risk to the real results of the Revolution. 7 Various alarming symptoms, such as the growing armed resistance of the peasants to requisitions, the Cronstadt revolt, and the growing demoralisation of the workers, made it neces- sary to abandon the Communist experiment and re-establish a business relation on which the existence of the Soviet system depends, required, in the first place, a substitution of taxation of the peasantry for requisitions, and, in the second place, a restoration of freedom of trade in foodstuffs and the products of small industry. , Russia made peace with the enemy within the gate in time. The subsequent three years under this Socialist compromise, known as the New Economic Policy, show very. different results in material prosperity and in moral progress than did the three preceding years of uncompromising War Communism. New Economic Policy and Nationalisation The first measure of the New Economic Policy did practi- cally, though not in principle, denationalise the conduct though not the control of industry. | The nationalisation of industry had been, in fact, much less systematic and sweeping than is generally supposed. Work- ers’ control,” established November 14th, 1917, was followed by confiscation of certain enterprises, but it was not until the decree of June 28th, 1918, that the large industries were gen- erally nationalised. Smaller industries were still only dealt with specifically and sporadically until the height of War Com- munism, when b¥ a decree of November 29th, 1920, all enter- prises employing more than five workers with machinery or ten without, were nationalised, and private property in small industry was legally abolished. But this last development was never generally realized, and was almost immediately reversed by the New Economic Policy. The smallest enterprises up to 20 workers were first denationalised by a decree of December 10th, 1921, which also left under private control any larger enterprises not already nationalised. Further, under the decree of March 22nd, 1923, the exploitation of-enterprises of any size might be denationalised for a period by concession. | The small industries and home handicrafts (Kustarni) were as a whole never really nationalised at all, though the decree of September 7th, 1920, attempted to do so. Their freedom of trade was restored them by a decision of May 17th, 1921, and was formally regulated by a decree of July 7th, 1921. Therein small industries are defined as those Which employ less than 20, and no one may engage in-more than one enterprise. * (To be continued in next issue) ee | „180 5 Mo oy 1 18151 2 5 8 | ) | | . ; ** e ies 2. * ~ * : * 0 7 ; ‘ g 1 K , * 9 / Ca t * * . ’ N x : — ays * 4 F N . i * 3 ~ ; 2 . 1S. * . ely N 7 * 5 te r N TES Me) RY ee * ee h oy + eu : a AN N ar * . : ; : oy vied ; ‘ PER nes ok wot eal * 4 F 8 va 1 0 1 N J Ke 19 ‘ SUTRA e ** wen a Ma ' 3 sien iat ae * 4 48 1 ak , gy 7 e eee A ä—ꝛöu—ꝛ—Z—ꝛ—ꝛaꝛiꝛuiinuꝛinſ———— — ——— ——— q — — — ' 4 * rang * ond ~ - S33 4 Tr K r 0 2 N i . He RE IEE, eee eee a But the object of the Soviet system in the eco- 3 ie oe 1 S8 ! 125 15 f they don't their former fis ow any semblance of ting spirit (and I hoo these lines will revive some of their Id have overthrown al that h on, soon showed.thet It 3 e a+ = protection. eee i A Crime Not to Study and Act. 9 4 1 Now, we cannot allow such a state of affairs to exist in our r for I idly by and make no effort to remedy the same, if he has any ability. We must from now on bestir ourselves in a campaign of building up our own forces. We must get every unit in our union in action in this work. We must see to it that every wood carver and carving machine operator be within our fold. We must awaken the spirit and solidarity of unionism in our ranks. We cannot longer tolerate the damnable indifference of their duties to their union, 5 We must see to it that we bring about such condition in our union whereby we can enforce our constitu- tion and by laws, which have become only a dead letter, and that every member get the full protection he is entitled to according to our by-laws and constitution, And how can this be brought about? a | Most of the carvers who are not in our union at present have been members at different times heretofore. No doubt that they think they have just reason to stay out. They may have some grievance: due to shart- sightedness all around. And of course there are some who ‘think. selfishly, who always let someone else do the fighting, and he is only blacklegging. All Lose Or Gain Together. that, due to their behavior, we are bound to go down in defeat, and they must naturally go down with us and accept worse conditions. Therefore, it is their-duty to come in with us and help to maintain a better stan- dard of living. 1 Bs We must always point out to them how the bosses are well organized with their manufacturers’ association, chamber of commerce, etc., which congress, have the whole state apparatus at their disposal, the soldiers, courts, po- lice, and all the capitalist press to mould the mind against the interests of the union men on strixe, and vari- ous other institutions. Therefore, it is the duty of every worker to take the lesson from the capitalists and proceed to do liké- ful industrial unions. Since we see how the state is used, we must set up wise—perfect his union. Built power- | | yur own political party based upon ‘rade unions for their protection, consider it a crime for anyone to sit . — — —äG— I ie But even those we must Sel ö only recently held its international And not only that, they ; ; LE Err er 1 , —_ |
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Lo“ | : on v YORK, Agee — rs Party and the Young Work- d “scene of a police invasion the previous Rs: ae P ings Ms ae “© 464 ba HONOLULU, 18 1 . 93rd placed in ‘a cell which held eight men. ; By M. J. Special to "rhe ‘(By Mail).—On the 27th day of October, 1924, 1 |} was confined in the guard house at Fort de Russey, Honolulds T. H. under the of War. When I arrived there I was stripped of my clothing and Ide SUSTER Daily Worker) About ten minutes later, I was given two suits of fatigue clothing, two ‘suits of underwear and one blanket. My toilet articles were kept in the guard office until it was time for me to wash, rer being confined tor toilet articles to keep in the cell with Of Chinn weetiog on he enen. tel was given my necessary | Week that broke up a similar meeting. me. * and d' test the law on this "pid the American Civil aie roe ‘its solidarity with the j eee people and ‘calls 3 * of the United States esp e organized workers, — bls Pain "the Chinese people | 1 bankers of Wall Street.” The — Mem ends with a Hands Off China addressed to the United 5 1 Fey government. . N. I., State Federation of Labor to Meet in Manhattan ttan August 25 ~ ALBANY, N. 2 tel July 29—The cam- paign against prison labor and the fight for a more adequate workmen’s compensation law will feature the 62nd annual convention of the New York State Federation of Labor, open- ing in the Hotel Onandago, August 25. Group insurance for labor unions, inspection and the campaign | factory tor the union label are other subjects ; slated for discussion. Preceding the federation conven- tion will be separate conventions of "the state painters, electrical workers, plumbers, carpenters, stationary en- gineers, metal tradesmen, cigarmak,, ers and barbers. patterns WORKER ** rr pte. Sm 0 Un DAILY. by . LEON TROTSKY A story of escape from exile. tock pens aes + eae * 9 d } sod; a prisoner put his hand on his back and straightened up as if in $1.00 | Confined in Black Holes. No reading of any sert is allowed any time in that guard house and r 3 It a mon e ä ‘Wwneak it into the cell with him, . be a sneak thief. After being there for nineteen days I was transferred to the guard house at 3 Hon e a. H. store. a gun . Ee It eight * wide and twenty feet in length. ven men slept in this small cell. 1 W Id only be compared with the black hole of Calcutta. Two of the eleven men had to crawl over other beds to enable them to get out of the cell. The ventilation was very poor, and the air was foul. When I arrived there, I was again stripped and the same regulations as at Fort de Russey were enforced at Fort Armstrong, only our clothes and toilet articles were put in a room out- side in the guardroom and kept locked except for fifteen minutes in on morn- ing, noon and night. Ask Recreation—Given 8 Book. At these times the prisoners were allowed to wash. When I was first confined there, no reading. material of any sort was allowed. Only one bath a week was permitted to be taken by the prisoners. One cigaret after each meal was permitted the prisoners, under super- vision ot the officer of the day, or non-commissioned officer of the guard. After being confined for two weeks, the prisoners made a protest to the chaplain requesting some sort of rec- reation, which he took up with the commanding. officer (Lieutenant Colo- nel T. Matthews) and was al- }lowét to give each of the prisoners ; ane prayer book. 10 Worked Like Slaves. Ae prisoners again protested . ‘against the treatment, upon which an order was issued, that 1 Workers (Communist) Party? Indeed, work Ze Lleutenant Colonel Harry T. at ews seeing the action, told the prisoner he was the cause of all of them losing their privileges on the next Sunday. Getting a DAILY WORKER gub or two will make a better Oomttunist of you. — PATTERNS ~—s| “A DAINTY SUMMER FROCK ‘ac 5161. “ehtine are combined in this pretty. model. it is also good for printed crepe, for batiste or handkerchief linen. The attern is cut in 3 sizes: 16, 18 and 20 years. An 18 years size re- guires 1½ yards of figured material for the dress portions, if made as il- lustrated in the large view. Without the cascade 1½ yard of plain material is required. The wn at the foot is 2% yards. “NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERS--The being sold thru the DAILY anes by a New York firm of patt many curets. 5 are r — 5 48 K HR every da . he, cat yr mailed - the * Pt bfacturer rest to the customer. T BA KER does 2 a a stoc of terns patterns will take at N from the date of mailing the order. 8 not become impatient «your pattern is delay *. N — Another new Sub inate another Communist, * Figured silk 88 crepe aed 7 4 = ; ‘A PRACTICAL GARMENT FOR ae YOUNG CHILDREN 4568. a style that will ap- Here is peal to the busy mother of little chil- ~| drem,-especially those of the “creeper” Lage. This design provides a conveni- ent closing at the inner seam, which is very practical for children below 2 -| years of age: The garment may also be made with this seam closed, for the back is in drop style. The Pattern is cut in 3 sizes: 6 months( 1 and 2 years. A 6 months size requires 1% yard ot 36 inch material. FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send 12c in silver or stamps for our ue: «to-date Spring an Summer 1925 Book of weaned, * wl color plates and n of ladies’, misses’, and A a re one be rns, 4 gon - cise and comprehensive article on dress. Tecate” to some 22 for the py ne ustra various mpie — * Amr hints to the —— dressma To those who work Hard for their money. Iwill Save, 50 per cent on ai their dental work. I. RASNICK OEN TI 645 Smithfield Street, j PITTSBURGH, PA. — a (swe see robbing them, praise Bryan because they know that it pays to cater to | popular prejudice. They all know windbags in American history. * * * NITED STATES bankers have grabbed off a big chunk of the * coal properties. They divided the spoils with British bankers. The international bankers are floating around like buzzards ready to gobble profits. The money they used to buy the Stinnes property belongs to the American and British workers, but the profits that will be sweated out of the German coal miners will be lavished on the parasite daughters of the rich while the producers are lucky to get a bare existence. + + * HE Rifflans are now om the offens- ive, so the capitalist papers con- sign the news to the more secluded quarters of the newspapers. When the French were advancing the story got the headlines, and the press dwelt with glee on the slaughter of women and children by bombs dropped from the air. Even should the French im- perialists succeed in winning a tempo- rary victory, they cannot quell ‘the aroused spirit of the natives who want to free their land from foreign rule. 7 — — — ASTIANI NINI, fascist leader for foreign organizations is due for a visit to the United States. This is in- 1 from fascist aan ee and will take with him greet~ nit Mussolini himself. * an uproar would be created in the United States if Gregory Zinoviev er retire his intention of paying a visit country on the request of the uld be relieved trom Capitalism in all Ws horri- . The workers, on the contrary Thave reason to hate it. In Italy the Fäscisti smashed the trade unions and the political organizations of the workers. That is the very rea- son why the capitalists favor it, when the necessity for it arises. % {45 — * * HE Soviet government has estab- lished health resorts for peasants straight from the soil. This year, the government has assigned two million roubles for assisting the peasants to get cpred at health resorts. The change in the livipg conditions of the peasant who emerges from his crowd- ed hut and enters the comfortably in- stalled sanatorium is said to be im- pressive. 1 teresting: Nini is coming on an in- societies in ED Hic SLAVES that Bryan was one of the greatest but think of up everything that can be turned into cos We 5 „ e be - . 3 : ~ — ys > 7 y f . - 2 * 7 2 ~ 2 « | ult Problem niz tion n r. SANDBERG. e Lalty Worker) . (By Mail).—Of the of Norway the a very prominent o supply the daily jamounts to some- yond compute, but of the fisheries we bt even consider this large influx of fish by OR. OBLO, 5 different we generally occurring times of the year at fairly v laces. They fe! ng fisheries of the es Mid the cod fisheries of and Pi rken. All three . eT ce hey winter or early hey and emptying the * From these har- many miles into the open sea and set their nets and lines, bringing e cos back to the har- bor. Some of thea apply themselves to fishing all the year round, some work between the fishing seasons in differ- ent ind most of them have small farms « their home shore and cultivate these in the summer. As a class — oc are probably the most of all labor. Of this they are well aware, and being, thru the nature ¢ work, men of quick decision and less action, they form an element of the very highest im “to the social revolution. — is Difficult Problem. COUN — — the seasonable and ira at of their work or- _Sshermen forms a a. The Norwegian bor in 1915 succeeded the Northern Norway hermenh’s Union, the declared spe- cial object#of Which was to unite the fishermen in trade organization for the 7 improving the condi- tion of ot the thru co-operative Med action in selling, | ain an i view of being able to ake gyer the production and , 2 secured a 3 ode and formed , but than 8 — mre : . r. etter thru the Sani the union old of the prep- fon of the prod- ucts, the locals gmadually died and thu union has shown no sign-ot life during the last three or four years. As far ag known one local only, the one in Vardo, got started with prepar- ation of fish; this still exists and now does a considerable volume of business. in the last couple of years two new attempts have however been made wh seem to promise well, Vesteraalefi Fishermen's Sales League organized und now managed by Haak- on Rambef} and West Finmark Small Farmers’ And Fishermen’s Union. The fundamental idea of these is the preparation and distribution (mainly the drying and exportation) of their fish, and they are preparing to fit out vessels to follow them to The Official Report of the British Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia Russia Today workers’ government. wae worker. $1.25 (Durofſex Cover) A book of the INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS COMPANY yt 1113 W. Washington Bivd. RUSSIA TODAY, is the official report of an im- partial official body of British Labor—who (with special experts) have travelled unhindered thru every section of Soviet Russia, and in their report give a complete picture of life in the world’ 8 first No book in years has received so much ‘attention from the world trade union movement.’ land alone over fifty thousand copies 6f the book were sold. All workers who wish for World trade union unity have given high praise to this book. Capital and its henchmen have denoutited it bit- RUSSIA TODAY should be in the hands of every Onde from The | Baily Worker Publishing, Co. * 1111 In Eng- $1.75 (Cloth Bound) Publishers also of FLYING OSSIP (Stories of New Russia) $2.50 = LITERATURE AND REV.- LUTION, By Leon Trotsky 782. i} 511 iit 1 Chicago, Illinois . en munist) BUILDERS “AT WORK THE SIMPLEST WAY TO GET SUBS It Worked in Boston Sometimes the beet way to get a sub to the DAILY WORKER is overlooked. And without question it is often overlooked in your branch. For instance—do you at every branch‘ meeting ask for subscriptions to the DAILY WORKER. Comrade Jim Lacey of Boston brings this little fact to our attention. He wonders why nothing is said about subs received right at the meetings. He writes: „That's the way these three subs were secured which | enclose. Charge them off against Louis Gilbert of the Young Workers League of ry—and they were obtained at the last meeting of the Boston English branch of the W. P.” So the simple matter is not the least effective by a long shot. Get up on your feet at your meeting, clear your throat and throw your chest out and speak up for the DAILY Make every member of the Workers (Com- arty a subscriber to the DAILY WORKER to build a better Workers (Communist) Party—and surely every visitor to your branch meetings will be glad to subscribe. Simple? Surely! But also another good way to “Build the DAILY WORKER.” * tion. nnn. 3 | the fisheries and take over their catch, . Fishermen Mostly Unorganized. But outside of thése the great anh er population ot. fiorthern Norway is ; less prey both an the economical and political field. peal to them, any efforts at organiza- tion must therefore’ be based on their economical interésts and necessarily take the form of -€o-operative associa- There is hardly any danger of this assuming the petit bourgeoisie and conservative character of the consum- ers co-operatives. fishermen thru their organization take hold of the preparation, distribution dnd export of fish they get in direct opposition not only to the local capi- talists, but also the capitalist state. The ‘apparently most non-political de- mands on their part automatically he- come measures of the great political bearing, and organizational attempts to better their conditions necessarily lead to the class war. Get a bundle for every meet- ing of your trade union local. — GRAIN *CO-OP’ ‘Politics: does not ap- The moment the most uncompromising was DIES; TRIED TO Big Wheat Combine Had Operated Illegally The four big grain companies, the Armour Grain company, Brothers, The Rosenbaum Grain cor- poration, and The Davis-Neland-Mer- ill Co., of Kansas City, will shoulder the possible loss of ‘tthe $4,000,000 ad- vance to finance the first year’s opera- tion of the grain marketing Co. $26,000,000 fake co-operative prise officially died with the expira- tion of the options to buy the physical properties of the four companies for | $16,000,000. Rosenbaum This enter- co-operating concern elevators in Illinois 8 * 4 een NN es cad, . a pate , eee: ay — . * e 8 7 Page Five 10 BILLIONS IN Big Gain n Years of 1923 and 1924 By LELAND OLDS. (Federated Press industria! Editor) Dividend and interest payments to the owning class in the first half of 1925 amounted to $2,044,455,000. This exceeds by $112,594,000 the amount distributed in the first six months of 1924 and by $202,679,000 the first half of 1923. The 1925 payments for six months to the owners of stocks and bonds exceed those of any full year prior to 1916 when war profits carried the annual total over the two billion mark for the first time in history. Now the half year’s payments exceed the two billion dollar mark for the first time in history. In 1918 the investing class received $1,777,236,000, in 1914 $1,787,376,000 and in 1915 $1,865,112,000 in dividends and interest for the entire year. Employment Slumps; Profit Gains. Dividends alone totaled $548,605,000 for the first half of 1925 campared with $523,341,000 in the same period of 1924 and $500,205,000 of 1923. In spite of the slump in employment fol- lowing 1923, the rich man’s cash re turns from industry show a steady up- ward tendency. By months the div- idends and interest payments of 1923 were: Dividends @ 1925 Dividends Interest Jan. ....$158,580,000 $455,080,000 Feb. 79,300,000 201,000,000 March . 87,960,000 333,350,000 April 94,450,000 404,700,000 May .... . 59,725,000 328,225,000 June 68,600,000 322,100,000 The relative importance of interest payments to the total income of the investing class shows an extraordin- ary increase over prewar years. In 1913, 1914 and 1915 over 40 per cent of investment income came from stocks, the percentages being 47 per cent, 46 per cent and 42% per cent. But in 1923, 1924 and 1925 dividends have constituted only a little over one-quarter of such income with ap- proximately 73 per cent coming as gond interest. Mortgage on Industry. As the income ot investors has in- creased by more than 120 per cent, the bulk of that increase represents a huge mortgage en the country’s economic life, perhaps the most im- rtant result of the war from mestic standpoint Here is complete absentee o ship—owners with no connection management. It produces the bitant fixed charges in industry inflate costs to the point where there must be either low wages or unem- ployment. The burden will continue to grow for it can be reduced only thru insolvency and insolvency means a breakdown of the system. Dirigible in Fleet Maneuvers. LAKEHURST, N. J., July 29.—After eight hours’ flight from Norfolk, Va., thru squalls, thunderstorms and a heavy fog, the naval dirigible Shenan- doah returned to her hangar here early today. The Shenandoah, operating un- der sealed orders, participated in fleet Tianeuvers off Norfolk. — Dismissal of the action brot before Political ee in the Argentine. the Illinois commerce commission be- cause the big Operating without the necessary certificate of convenience from the commission was one of the final acts of dissolution. BUENOS AIRES, July 29.— Pres- dent De Alvear's cabinet remained in | Office today after refusal of their re- | signation offered in sympathy with the minister of interior. The minister was | removed for “political reasons.” TLD DDD CHICAGO WORKERS! Rally to the Support of Your Press at the ( FOURTH ANNUAL ORKER'S PRESS PICNIC Sunday, August 2nd RIVERVIEW PICNIC GROVE Belmont and Western Aves. Given for the Benefit of the Communist Newspapers THE ENTERTAINMENT OF MILITANT WORKERS GAMES MUSIC CONTESTS ~ DANCING PRIZES REFRESHMENTS — MERRIMENT SPEAKERS: fefefelelel WILLIAM Z. FOSTER and others. Admission 50 Cents Tickets on sale at THE DAILY WORKER office * working class newspapers and centers. 30117 Geers. IILILILIIIIIE III 11—— — — - » ——— —— — — rind Auspices, Workers Party a — and at all other 2 ILILILILIILITIL Ta — — — — + >. te Fa ro wy ; eg 5 7 2 5 Ed 15 he 2 ‘ : | ; 4 1 ance
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3 r n * hes, REAL, 3 4 — * + 5 5 1 oe — “i 1 ‘DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. shington Blvd. Chicago, III. Phone Monroe 4712 . on [peytke opt Sum “SUBSCRIPTION RATES 28 ad 52 * lcacy only): By mail (outside cage): 5 50 six months 36.00 per vear $3.50 six months ) coe 50 three moatha $2. 00° three months Tyne following resolition was mission for submission to the Na munist) Party: Address ** mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington divd., Chicago, Hlinois J, LOUIS ENGDAHL * Party implies a reconstruction of the Party organization in such a way as to render it adaptable to wee quirements of Communist activity. OUTER 3 "LOEB... oo 1 Without a truly centralized organiza tion, based on the workshops, Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Ch Party cannot be mobilized for acti cago, III., under the act of March 3, 1879. and the Party decisions cannot be ried out with unanimity and effecti ness. Without a Bolshevik form rganization there can De no. . ö Party. 1 The present structures ot the * Party is incompatible with Com- munist organizational principles and, consequently, with the proper ‘execu- tion of Communist policies. Eng- lish-speaking territorial branch is a relic carried over from the Party which concerned itself chiefly with election campaigns. The foreign language branch tends greatly to iso- late the activity of the Party members belonging to them into the channel of propaganda only among the work- ers of their own nationality and to de- flect them away from active participa- tion in the general class struggle hich embr the workers of all ationalities. Neither the English- speaking territorial branch, nor the foreign language branch offers the medium for mobilizing the workers Editors Business Manager Advertising rates on —— An International Strike When the miners of Great Britain leave the pits on the evening of July Zist to open, what promises to be the greatest industrial conflict in the history of that country, the miners of Germany, Bel- gium and France may also down tools. This is the prospect that ‘fills the ruling classes of Britain and the continent with a fear, as ' great as that which overwhelmed them when the gray hosts of the * ‘Kaiser of Germany goose-stepped over the Belgian border in 1914. ‘The strike of the British miners bids fair to have more bearing on the Dawes plan than the much discussed security pact, which was framed by the British and American governments to isolate Soviet Russia. The terrific unemployment among the British miners is partly due to the workings of that plan. Of course unemployment in general in England is due to Britain's loss of her dominant posi- tion in the world market to her rivals. But the Dawes plan con- tributed materially to the slackness in the coal industry. The Ruhr Miners have been producing coal out of which Germany must pay part of her reparation’s fine, and the Dawes plan forced down the for the struggle in the places of em- living standard of the German workers so low that they can pro- ployment. Despite the wishes of the Federation members to the contrary, a coal cheaper than can the workers in victorious France and He nae guage Federation form of or- ritain. sat — The process of Bolshevizing the] And the capitalists in victorious France and Britain par, ganization, by its very nature, mili- chase tile cheapest coal no matter where it is mined. ‘tates against the necessary a oan, Not only is there a greater prospect of a united front than ever be. ner 8 1 fore between the miners of Europe but transport workers on sea and tertile soil for factionalism and for land promise not to move coal either from the pits or from the sid-| the sharp division of the Party mem- ings. The world does move. bers according to nationality. The for the present form Four years ago the British miners had their Black Friday. That „ 2 been, in Black Friday was due to the treachery of Frank Hodges, J. HI. a large measure, outlived and the con Thomas and others of their ilk. But those traitors are now sitting ditions now exist for a progressiv in the bleachers. A. J. Cook, the fighting secretary of the miners, ae pec tae 0 8 ‘ os . . 2 0 1 step says there will be no Black Friday this time. The new leadership of in spite of the enormous difficulties. the British labor movement has been perfecting its weapons for this struggle since Black Friday four years ago. This gigantic conflict find them now in a better position than ever before, with their foes The need of adapting the struc- „ture of the Party to its task de- fighting a losing battle. The threatened international coal strike is a 3 5 * elopment. mands a complete aud speedly reor- Green as Patron Saint of Scabbery ganization. The Party must supply the cohesive force which will unite the many individuals and groups of | proletarians into ‘# class. The Party That William Green has condoned the strikebreaking policy of the United Garment Workers in the strike of. the Amalgamated: Clothing Workers against the Internatiopal Tailoring Company, is very obvi ious. In his letter to the sere e eee of 3 must at the same time unity the ac- tivities of this class into a purposeful “and decisive strutztzie et ism’ and finally” 1 class in this woe * Ne enc — „ 80 ting as it aaile: cue the — of “Ss Henn Federation of Labor is the traditional policy of the AS of... bureancracy formulated by Gompers and faithfully followed by Green, class is in Mictive unit, or- ganized by capitdlisth itself: the shop or indlistrial establishment. The great majority of the industrial workers are organized in such basic units of the economic structure of society. Into these basic units of the working class the shop or industrial establishment, the Party must build its . unit, shop nucleus. The organizhtforal ane before the Party is nt the modification of the existing forms, but the complete reorganization of the Party from top to bottom on the basis of shop nuclei, That the open-shop International Tailoring Company is making the most of Green’s hostility to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers is shown by the following extract from a letter written by the cloth- ing company to one of its customers, which fell into the hands of the DAILY WORKER: : “The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America are not and never have been recognized by the American Federation of Labor. As a matter of fact, perhaps you read it- in the papers, William Green refused to sit on the same stand with Sidney Hillman. r. Green is president of the American Federation of Labor and Mr. Mill man is president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers.” Thus William Green’s action in refusing to speak with Hillma is used by this scab clothing concern to put a trade union figleaf over its operations. The DAILY WORKER has no reason to stie up for Hillman as against Green. Both are following the sam policy in regard to the left wing in the unions. But there is some thing more than the personality of leaders involved here. There i the question of trade union solidarity, of trade union decency, o everything that goes to make up militant trade unionism; what f workers have sacrificed to build up for generations. Green has given his sanction to the scabbery of the United Gar- ment Workers. The protest of the Chicago Federation of Labor is not enuf. It means nothing unless it is followed up by action. Only tlie radicals in the unions have a program to fight trade union scab- ery. William Green is not appearing in a new role. He is simply following out the policy made sacred by the deceased reactionary Gompers. In this respect he is a worthy disciple. The members of the unions affiliated with the Chicago Federa- tion of Labor cannot in justice to themselves—not to speak of the Workers who have been thrown out of their jobs—let the matter rest with a protest from Fitzpatrick and Nockels. Definite and ‘organized action should be taken to make it clear to the scabby Officials of ‘the United Garment: Workers’ Union, that the sooner they take their scab recruiting office out of town the better. nd a centralized apparatus. ( accepts in its entirety the speci letter to the Party from the Organiza tion Department of the Communiéi International and declares its opinie that this letter, which was drawn with the cooperation of the Americ delegation, lays down the correct 1 in regard to the reorganization of Party structure. The experience ‘of our Party, * well as the experience of. otk parties of the Communist Intern tional, has amply demonstrated thj the sporadic, experimental method organizing shop nuclei is not the mo successful. The percentage of Par members organized into shop nucle after many months of effort in th manner, is not sufficient for us to iy able to say that more than the bares beginning has been made. It is obvi ous that the idea of shop nuclei hag not penetrated deeply enough into the consciousness of the Party members and they have not been won over to a conscious and positive acceptance of the shop nuclei and the deep impulse to form them. Passive allegiance to the idea of shop nuclei does not pro- duce the necessary results. The Party members must be inspired with a deep conviction on this question which will lead to decisive action. 9 The state of hesitation and expe- * rimentation on the question of shop nuclei, 2 1 French airplanes bombed a Moorish village while men, women and children were marketing. Mangled bodies of women and chil- dren were scattered over the scene after the bloody work was fin- ished. But there was no frenzied demand for war on France in our chirstian press. No, because our bankers are financing the international’ branches, French bombers. and a centralized apparatus should be ; regarded as passed. The Party must : 3 now aim at complete reorganization ) i * 7 ~ 1 ‘ * * * On evolution case is enough for the capitalists. They are put-| within a given time, not to exceed ting the damper on the test case made by the Washington treasury| six months after the Party convention. clerk who took the bull by the horns. They have learned that there 1 The Central Executive Commit- *tee proposes the following steps toward this end: (a) The reorganization of the Party shall be made one of the leading sub- jects in the Party discussion, and in the Party Convention. (b) Conventions of the larger feder- ations shall be held soon after the Party convention, at’ which the ques- ure more angles than one to evolution. ter turns evolution in revolution. And the addition of one let- Phe Vanderbilt-Church wedding was rehearsed before the regu- lar ceremony took place. One of the wedding gifts was a ntagnificent country villa. Fine for parasites. The most pressing prob- | lem before the newly weds is to pick out a place for their honey moon. — | tion of reorganization shall be placed Admiral Horthy is a little tired of running Hungary, he says | as the first item on the agenda. to a reporter. Perhaps the murders are not coming along. as they 22 ical cy “used to in the good elf days. The admiral might *. | golds shall be comes 0 the Party world 9 international branches (street W ) The Central Executive Committee : tion in and the Federatlons br Bulgaria and get n toned up. 2 eration conventions d for two 1 —— — 2 — x 8 * : LAPT * 7 = 2 * 2. - ö ; * “eer = ö * be * a” 2 ee 58 tionality or prevent guage of shop nuclei, pce into these — * * 2 2 ei, r eie >. — , ö : N r . Mogg eek 2 5 may a 1 set 2 8808 2. | 22 N ~ - ; 4 . - — t 7 a 5 72322 : and carry out all Party fon (d) After this rec angie? place, the present Xistin and foreign to function as latter, however, s Hi 10 ö F a. 4 a . ee te) «' >. national scale, f. ordinating and e work in them. (h) Local and Dis * of the representatives ¢ in these clubs shall & sect 4e local and and district on bureat to lead the work under e di ection of the respéctive Party 00 t (i) National Co | the rep- resentatives of the fractiofs elect the National Fraction Bureau to lead the work on a national the relation of the proletariat to the farm- = * » 2 * 2 1 * >| N Aa > may 17 bd did ht oven find theortticel treat educa ments for immediate demands toward the development of a struggle for wer. Thus the political and organ- inheritance of our party from its predecessors is in the main a lia- bility: that must be met by increased efforts of Bolshevization. 1 Under these conditions the task * of Bolshevization presents itself concretely to our party as the task of completely overcoming the organiza- tional and ideolgoical remnants of our social-democratic inheritance, of eradi- cating Loreism of making out of the * a a functioning organism of revo- nary proletarian leadership. 1 The Bolshevization ot our party must accomplish four general poses: 5 It must establish among its ; rs a fundamental theoretical understanding of the forces of social ‘lopment and a knowledge of the 255 as and the mechanics of real- zit zine dictatorship of the prole- vised must de verop neh 5 party id its membership an af for maneouvering and in ac- cord with the momentary - Leds and n ot the class Sate 4, Communit Party must’ be abl thaneuver and to ale JS, aigtic all times to 0 ag mat | tev 19 9 4 rte to 0 it” ec to establish a closer idedlogic tion between the — gant Hp 144. ing committees. mast not only be neues. to car paigt and Maneuver but it must also made acquainted with the character and the Dp of all maneuvers. | ~ 42 It must adapt the strücture of e Party to its task of penetrating and dominating all manifestations: of life of the working class and ot lead- ing the workers in their struggle for Ancipation. Wa It must establish a harmonizing unity of theory, action and structure ot the party which will secure a full 2 of all available energies of the National and local Party leaders not collect Party 2 or have the functions of Party ttees, since ‘they will be under 1 control of the respective Party com mittees in the same manner as frac tions. (k) In order to centralize and con solidate the Party leadership of the work among ‘the foreign-speaking e direction andj must regularly lecture in the Party hool and before the membership in eneral about current events and the Party’s judgment of them. The politi- al committee of the Party must fur- hish the Party press and all educa- onal institutions at elast twice a month with an official analysis of po- tical events and the official Party daction to them. “Without a correct theory there clubs, and to insure ge 8. can be no correct practice— the Party with the comrade out this. work, A National. Fracti ql) The funds © n Cessary for work of the fraction bureatis are to be paid by the party out of funds appor- tioned from the party. dues for that fe purpose. 1? In order to weld..the members, of the Federations;more closely to the general life of the; Party and to insure close contact at the Central Ex- ecutive Committee with the special work of the Party among the foreign- speaking workers, the Central Execu- tive Committee recommends that the convention decide to enlarge the Cen- tral Executive Committee so as to in- clude a number of; gapable leading comrades of the larger Federations. 13 “Every Communist Party,” says * Com, Zinoviev, “is confronted by two fundamental dangers; on the one hand there is the danger of becom- ing a small sect of ‘pure’ Communists with ‘good’ principles but unable to establish contact with the real labor movements of the period. On the other hand there is the damger of becoming an emorphous semi social democratic party, which is unable to combine the fight for winning ove? the broad mass- es of the workers with remaining loyal to the principles of Communism, to be able to avoid the Scylla of nar- the Charybdis nd vangueness Bolshev.: means to facilitate | of the Party.” 101 heory is concentrated practice,” de- Pelared our greatest leader, Lenin. The slighting of the value of theory too often noticed in our Party leads neces- sarily to a complete lack of unified concppt for Party activities. Without a*unhified concept the Party activities becomes sporadic, disconnected, plan- less and purposeless. Waste of energy and fruitless efforts are the result. The Party must therefore apply itself to the task of systematic theoretical education of its members. | The theoretical weakness of our Party and the traditional indifference to theory which has characterized the American movement render the prob- lem of Party education especially se- rious and difficult. This problem is two-sided. It involves the necessity of multiplying the educational work many times over and of simultaneous- ly convincing the party of its absolute importance and necessity. We must resolutely strive to acdomplish these tasks in the coming year. The whole Party must be stimulated to interest in educational work, the entire mem- bership must be equipped with the indispensible minimum of knowledge of Marxian-Leninist fundamentals and cares of theoretically’ trained com- rades, capable of leading the educa- tional work must be developed. In all educatfonal work conducted by the Party it is necessary to firmly establish the céfrect Communist con- ception of this’ ‘activity. Static and onesided 3 of e ee the separation of m practice and theories of nd ucation” must re Workers Ed- ung personnel, the curriculae and the cted. The teach- with those parties. Up to the all scheme 3 „ e The Agitprop Department ot the: Central Executive Committee shall es- tablish an educational section which shall have full direction and 3 | ous sion of the Party educational work all its aspects. The direct te tive responsibility of the national! Party educational work shall be in hands of the national eee di- rector, who shall be a member of the Agitprop Department of the ip 1 dxecutive Committee and shall — tor the carrying out cording shall be directly responsible to the Central Executive Committee kor the PABLO MANLAPIT, MPR ~~ PAUL nobel. (Special +4 The Deity Worker) Te ne FORT SHAFTER GUARD HOUSE, ‘Honolulu, 3 is Menlapit the Sun Yat Sen of Hawaii.’ “To the enslaved — Ä justice and freedom and of devotion and efforts for his radé Und cla: lass hav resulted in ve a clas ness in Hawaii among the ee workers that can not * f u the brutal ee ee . 5 „ 255 = ra ; eee Pee — . 3 1 7 ; ve 2 r if ie 85 sho 2 2 ity or] sas. a * * ; : “When the plantation 3 covered that Manlapit would no} N fol low the example of American traitor to labor they employed the Meet terror to retain their power over eir | colonial slaves. The imperialists bps | A Book a peg aa | Manlapit and his brave associaté 2 t forget rades, ‘that 8 even greater than hatred was fear. 1 2 this. is ate affair; every book donat- The stabilization of capitalism is ed will be read by dozens of only surface deep. The masses afe | anxious for knowledge which waking from their long sleep and the good books can give; and every good coming of a new social order is as book which you nines in the hands inevitable as the down of a new day. of another thinking individual means The struggle of the plantation slaves a new convert gained. That 1 the led by Manlapit is proof that capital- most effective means of ist imperialism is not secure, even Communist propaganda—literature, when backed by a rubber stamp ter- and lbrartes ritorial government and the armed : forces of the American autocracy. Do your bit Seat A book or the Workers Must Protest price of a geod Wek. Baas ee During the “stabilization” period, Bronx headquarters, 1347 Boston Road, Every victory of the working class tee in charge. hastens the day of complete emanci- 5 8 5 Minneapolis, Minn., fight for a living wage for himself and family and for the largest possible re- - eae sages to Meet August 3 when he is master of his land — ; and tools and when imperialists can MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 29.— living conditions in a sea of blood. | at 8 p. m., the left wing group-of the Pablo Manlapit, the leader of colo- trade unions will. hold their. meeting not be forgotten by the working class. 17 South 7th street. The American proletariat should] All ee are urged to 1 murder of a martyr for e at least two progressive . de of races. ieee union. OMRADE. Louis Steinberg 1 Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers chairman, and one member of the Executive Committee of his Local, who will all read the Report of the British’ Trade Union Wee on _Rugela. Fred Macy, an old war horse of many years practice, sende in five subs, all members of the Bricklayers’ Union, eight of his members who want to hear what British trade unionists have to say about Russia. Side English Branch, brings in five bucks for a bundle of five for the two months of the British trade union report. He is the first to comply with the branches at the last two DAILY WORKER meetings that EVERY DAILY WORKER agent must bring at least one ender for a bundle of five for. these Comrade N. 8. Warn paid for amd of fifty containing the opening chapter of the report on Russia for her on personal work, From previous goodly list of subs will result in due time. we must fight for partial demands. rene e pation. The Hawaiian worker must L N — 5 eft Wing Unionists turns for his labor until the day comes no longer drown his hopes of proper On next Monday evening August 5 i nial slaves against imperialism, must fat the A. O. U. W. hall, second Sone, nake a protest that will halt the slow | Also see to it that you bring with you, and Decorators has just. brought in three subs from the organizer, the None of them are Party members: f The secretary of Women’: s Circle No. 150, Comrade M. Lurie, remits for Fred Cramer, the old dependable, who is always on the job for the West resolution adopted unanimously by the representatives of thirty New York two months. experience ‘with Comrade Schneider we know that from these SENET ‘a There's Deining, doing in the Young Workers League, No. 28. Cou: * of the summer. campaign Pledge cards, as his entire | nne; inte o ard for charter ‘membership in the N ew York Dally Worker Bu Club, is to be organized on the bay wan e eo to Stony Island on the Hudson, eee 4 we 1 8 oth — — Ne — — 8 1 e N su 1 1 Mt 2 K *