Daily Worker
August 8, 1925
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a 1 , * > nee Batered as. — — kl Shien mail, $8.00 sear. he fer * a mall 10 Der year. NEW YORK EDITION “As WE SEE it. By 7. J. O’FLAHERTY * pe | 4 Tro sets of allentists who examined | Russell T. Scott, condemned. slayer, , now fighting to dodge the gallows, have to Ar, is whether or not he became insane 0 his trial and conviction for the murder of a drug clerk, during a souse party in a drug store. Those who are paid by the state declare he is sane, while the alienists employed by the beige: find him crazy. 8 2 *s S same Scott, by the way, was once the director of a thirtye mil- Men dollar corporation. Those were the days when the boobery, as H. L. Hencken calls easily people, who think the way to wealth is open to the “common people“, had saved 2 money from the hectic war pe- Tied when the House of Morgan need- munitions so hastily that cost plus s thé rule and not the exception. the wage slaves were able to up a little coin. It was then like Russell came along and decided to relieve the thrifty Soaks of a Wer dopey. OST of ame will 3 have hit tobaggon by now. That is, the companies are gone and so is the money that was seduced from the small fry. The big fellows have their own legitimate channels for swind- ling. Scott evolved many schemes to show the “people” how to get rich. Morgan was standing between them and wealth he said: Scott would build a bridge between them and prosperity. This he labelled the „Scott idea”, Finally the bubble burst and took to holding up people with a gat. Much the same kind of a 5 N but more risky. * „* idea of “getting rick quick” has a great es for Americans, if cele don’t land in jail. Barney Baruch, a successful gambler, was made chairman of the War Industries Board, by Woodrow Wilson. Barney’s only means of making a living is play- ing with the ticker. He knows the game well and made millions. He is now financing investigations into war lions on one little leak that occurred during the war. N an effort to “impress the jury witn Russell Scott's high degrees of re- spectability in the past, his lawyers, who are clever men, tried to intro- duce testimony to show that the con- vieted slayer was once the head of a $80,060,000 corporation and planned to bufld a bridge between the United States and Canada. How could a (Continued on page 4) Raulston Speaks Here. WINCHESTER, Tenn. Aug. 6— Judge John T. Raulston who pre- sided over the Scopes’ evolution case at Dayton, plans to leave here Fri- day or Saturday for Chicago, where he will address a fundamentalist meeting at the North Shore church. different. conclusions ass What must be proved who have] “All Workers = — who do not succeed are lucky profiteering. Barney made mil- B DAILY — en Chicago, III. WORKER Price 3 Cents Cuneo Plant Picketed by Local Pressmen The . out when the Cuneo printing company tried to reduce the crews on the presses from four to three * congregated in front of the plant at“ 22nd and Grove Sts., braving several“ flivver squads of police, and warned those looking for work to stay away. Meanwhile Major“ George L. Berry sent in members of the Internatoinal Printing Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union. to scab on members of Local No. 8. Strikebreaker Berry, e of the International Union, ordered the local. pressmen to accept the Cuneo company's terms, thus playing his usual role of aiding the open shop campaign of the printers. The pressmen, however, walked out from this plänt and from the Cuneo build- ings at Arthington and Spaulding Sts., and refused to take orders from the scabby Berry. Cuneo Presses Crippled. ° Berry is in Chicago now, and was to address a meeting of, the press- men last night at the People's Insti- tute Hall, Van Buren and Levitt Sts. The presses at both the Cuneo plants were crippled yesterday, altho several men sent in by Berry at- tempted to scab on the pressmen. ‘Young Workers League Bulletin. The Young Workers League Nucleus of workers in the Cuneo ‘plant issued bulletin 1 9 “(Special to The Daily Werker) n office the second time has Baldwin LONDON, Augus 6—The authori- oelpt 3 — | faced a house so hostile to one of ties at Ammanford, Wales, where put _ disorders his proposals. This was apparent as matters have been going from bad 42 the his lengthy review of the coal situa- to worse in the anthracite district | f : d just | tion proceeded. - int * the N pence before | r eee rose There was no manifestation of rators miners in the t s to defend | enthusiasm among members as the + came acute, today appealed to the | hig course. ' , offering a | premier told them that it was bet- government to send treops to the cubs idy one rators as |. ter to spend money for the subsidy district 75 prevent further disturb- | the price 2 in the | than to suffer the economic loss ances. ere are 40,000 anthracite - r which a coal strike would entail. miners striking at Ammanford * 2 Operators He did not mention the political against discharge of active union , li mts peril to * of a national gen- men. ve were ie he, eral strike. DWwIN RULE = 15 BAL 02 The bulletin, ai ocr * In Strike! Must o ae The pressmen in a 10 . pan are on strike. The bosses went to remove one pressman each machine instead of hiring two press- men and two helpers as in the past. Those young workers at Cuneo’s who are organized into the. Cunea nu- cleus of the Young Workers League call upon all of the workers at Cuneo's (organized and unorganized)” ‘to. Bug- port the pressmen at the present time. The fight which they are carrying = effects the interests of everyoné of u whether we are organized or 2 ized, helper or apprentice, whether we work in the bindery or in the Press- rooms. Threat of Open Shop” | The bosses always want to reduce | ~~~ the number of organized workers and to increase the number of. unorgan- ized young workers since this brit them closer to the open shop con K tions which mean bigger profits tor them and lower wages for all of us. The company could never get away with this kind of stuff it the helpers and other assistants were organized. The Young Workers League continu- |. ally fights for the organization of the unorganized young workers and calls upon the young workers at Cuneo’s (Continued on page N. J 1 por i - Whi. owas — N 1 8 1 . or. * WD SOCIALIST ORGAN ONE WORD OF TRUTH 2 (y international Press Correspondence) OW, July 20—(By Mail) — Upon Leaving Leningrad the German workers delegation to the Soviet Union issued two de- clarations. First, a letter to the Leningrad working class: “We have spent five days in your town. We are convinced that that which you have achieved must cause a feeling of the deepest respect in each honest worker. We have visited factories of our own choice and everywhere we have found a systematic develop- ment and a firm will for the con-“ TEUT FASCISTS tinuation of successful recon- struction. industry is Developing. “In Leningrad industry is develop- ine successfully in socialist forms. The material situation of the workers is continuously improving. “After we had seen your institu- tions as for instance, the workers san- atorium, we understood why the whole capitalist world hates you and, wishes to surround you with a ring of iron. “We consider it to be our duty to struggle with all means against any attempt to bring the Russian people nee more under the yoke of cap- talism. We promise to point out to our comrades the necessity for prepared- ness im case of capitalist action against Soviet Russia.” The second statement is dedicated Lo the situation in the Putilov Works and reads: Hit German Socialist Organ. “The letter which .was published in the Vorwaerts last Jan. 3, does not contain one true word. We declare emphatically: The workers of Rus- sia have never possessed such far reaching political rights and such wide possibilities of making their political influence | . as a present. 2 . 3 * ‘Anthracite Strike Looms As Conference Breaks Up (Special to The Daily Worker) ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August 6.— We're done now. There is nothing on the boards we can see,“ said a member of the scale committee of the anthracite Tri-District body of negoti- ators as the committee of 40 prepared to leave, the scene of the conference with the operators after the collapse of negotiations Tuesday evening. The. scale committee is, however, leaving __MIKADO ENVOY RECEIVED } BY TCHICHERIN 1 — — — — Cen STRIKE GROWS es ar 523 —— 1 2 tion in the hands of a 1 ) |mittee of six, Which is fully AT SHANG authorized to issue a strike call to 158,000 anthracite miners if Workers Figh ight Capital. ist Treason the operators fail to sign an agreement by August 31. In the language of the scale commit- tee, it Shall “meet any emer- gency in accord with their (Special to The Daily Worker) SHANGHAI, China, August 6.— The Students’ Union has issued | printed warnings to Chinese merch- ants not to handle British or Japa- judgment.“ nese goods... The merchants’ stocks This sub- committee is also em- powered to arrange with the operators of such goods will be confiscated if they violate the boycott notice. for some union men to remain on the job as maintenance men to keep the mines in good order, prevent cave-ins if the workers in the European and American countries think that the Chinese liberation movement is just a little flurry soon to pass over, the fact that the entire student body is refusing to accept any discipline of foreign faculties (which are openly or. secretly opposing the liberation (Continued on page 2) POLICE INVESTIGATE ‘RICH MAN'S ADOPTION — f PRETTY ‘DAUGHTER’ NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—While Ed- ward W. Browning millionaire real- tor continued to play fairy godfather to his newly adopted daughter, Mary Louise this afternoon, the machin- ery of the law was set in motion to determine Whether there was any- thing illegal about what welfare i ee 39 99 Lahe to Moscow. From left to right are: Tchicherin, commissar of free affairs; President alten and the anese ambassador, Tanaka. Several Japanese aviators are now engaged in a flying feat from] unmoral transaction i have ever | . Commissioner Bird S8. Cooler un- equivocally branded as “the most movement) and millions of students will refuse to attend school when they ation, despite the fact t that 5 5 Telegallon consists in a majority of socialdemocrats. - Spread the Truth. “Some of us have spoken with a one- time menshevik who told us that in 1925 a meeting of the mensheviks of the Putilov Works decided on their own initiative to break up the menshe- vik, organization. All this shows how necessary the journey of the delega- tien to the Soviet Union was in order finally to spread the real truth about your country.” Refugees Return to Armenia. MOSCOW.—Armenian refugees are returning in ever increasing numbers to their fatherland. 600 refugees are being directed from Persia to Lenin- akan via Djulfa. 5,500 arrive at Lenin- akan from Batum. All refugees are granted a 75 per cent rediction on railway fare. itm: he. intehloctuats REVEAL PLOT ON SOVIET LEADERS Police, Embassy, and Professors in Plot (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. 8. R.—During the trial of the three members of the Ger- man fascist body, Organization Con- sul Dittmar, Wolscht and Kinder- mann, these spies admitted that the “scientific” expedition on which they embarked into Soviet Russia, was in reality a plot to kill Soviet leaders. The fascists admitted that the Ger man police knew of their anti-So4 viet plot, and had asked them to ob- tain information as to the German Communists who might be taking ref- üge in the Soviet Union. Well known etch cach monarchists the plans, which Aude the . ot the, Kre in., fnding connections between the Communist Internationa] and the German Communist. Party, and spying on the Soviet leaders. The activities of student fascisis in Ger- many against the workers were also exposed. Dittmar made detailed statements upon the students’ organization; which is nothing less than a secret nucleus of the fuscist movement The stu- (Continued on page 8. Debt Commission Meets. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.— All save two of the nations that dipped into the United States treasury for loans during the war have instituted some sort“ of negotiations aimed at settling their obligations, it was disclosed to- day at the first meeting the Ameri- can Debt Funding Commission has held in more than eight months. British Labor Leaders dissatisfaction among other industrial heard of.” (Coptanns page 2) * 5 ＋ * * REMIER BALDWIN’S settlement of the strike thru industry by money to be provided by tax has caused considerable subsidizing the coal magnates. The latest dodge, is to get the money by taxing every pint of beer consumed by the workers, one penny, shows that Baldwin has listened to the plutes. | from the workers too. But he will probably hear 17 | El f 222 A Lͤ%% ‚‚0 eRe mmm
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N — ee an eae E ²˙ UR. Sei PH ERS * = * * es ct trade union uni wocyrld, and it will to realization no matter what difficul- E Dee — ne NS L (By International Press Correspondence.) MOSCOW, uv. S. S. R., July 17—(By Mail.) — n the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the formation of the Red International of Labor Unions, the executive committee of the Communist In- ternational published the following telegram: “On the fifth anniversary of the Red International of Labor Unions, the Communist International sends its warmest greet- ings to the millions of fighters for the revolutionary trade unio movement in. the whole world. “Despite the bloody terror of the bourgeoisie despite the lying and trea- chery of the leaders of social reform- ism. the growth of the revolutionary trade union movement in the whole world in the countries of the oppres- sors as well as in the countries of the awakening oppressed, continuous un- ceasingly. “In the countries of the oppressors, where capital attempts to postpone the collapse of its economy by an in- creased exploitation of labor, and at the expense of the life and heakh of millions of womkers, the working class must use all its ferces to consolidate its mass struggle organizations, the trade unions. Build Up The Trade Unions “In the Orient the masses must now commense an organized and system- * atic struggle, above all they musi build up and strengthen their trade unions. Everywhere the forces of the working class are concentrated, organ- ized, and mobilized, this is done with the help of the trade unions. “In the last five years the Red In- ternational of labor unions has carried on an heroic. and self sacrificing mass struggle against capitalism, against the disruptive policy of its helpers who have the power in the reformist trade unions, against their attempts to split the forces of the proletariat and its trade union organization. R. I. L. U. Fight for Unity The Red International of Labor Unions has not only won new sections of the working class for the idea of Communism and for the organization of the revolutionary movement, but it has also impressed the necessity for the Amalgamation of all the forces of the working class for the struggle against and the overthrow of capital ism into the masses which are still under the influence of the Amsterdam disrupters. . “The R. I. L. U. has carried slogan into the whole this slogan ties the reformist trade union leaders may put in the way. The Anglo-Rus- sian unity committee and the workers congresses in France are the first real successes of the working class upon the way to unity. “The workers’ delegations to Soviet Russia are-messengers from the broad masses of the working class for the consolidation of the fraternal fighting alliance between the proletariat of So- viet Russia and the rest of the world and they prove the power of the urge towards unity and the ever increasing number of masses following it. Fight Against War “The working class is already carry- ing on a struggle under the slogan of unity against the ever approaching danger of a new world-wide bloodbath, and against the preparations for it in the form of an attack upon Soviet Russia’ and against the very strong economic attacks of the capitalist i class upon the workers. No force in the world,’ said Lenin at the initial congress of the R. I. L. U. five years ago, ‘can prevent the [RUSSIAN WORKERS T0 BE HOST TO SWEDISH MIXED LABOR GROUP MOSCOW, U. 8. 8. R., July 18.— (By Mail). The arrival of a Swedish workers delegation is expected in the next few days in Leningrad, consisting of Communists, social democratic and non-party workers of various branches of industry, amongst them also trade union offi- . cials. The journey of this delega- tion which was arranged by the Folkets Dagblad Politiken and by the Central committee of the Swed- ist Communist Party, has awakened the greatest Interest amongst the Swedish working masses and three times the number of applications were received as it was possible to include in the delegation. collapse of capitalism and the victory of the proletariat.’ “Long Live the Red International of Labor Unions! “Long Live the unity of the working class In the struggle for Communism! “Long Live the first fortress of the proletariat in this struggle, the union of Socialist Soviet Republics! “Long Live the social revolution!” ; DEBS’ MEETING FREEZE-OUT IN SAN FRANCISCO German Radicals Don’t Trouble to Attend » . (Special to [The Daily Workér). > 4 4 W | ie N SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. §.— Eugene V. Debs spoke to a greatly diminished audience here. About 700 Germans who in other years always attended Deb’s meetings were this year enjoying an excursion upon the bay. They with other hundreds and thousands no longer feel enthusiasm for Debs since he has so manifestly abandoned the cause of the workers. Debs made not the slightest reference to Soviet Russia, in fact to no concrete present issue of the workers. ; Although over half of the audienc was evidently Communist, there was not a hiss or a groan. All sat re- spectfully and quietly through the ordeal. Whole blocks of the audience disdained to notice the collection box- es or to aid in any way the disgrace- ful proceedings. No singing of the International, no red flags, only some flowers brought by. personal admirers. It appears doubtful if Debs can now’ redeem himself if he would. How long can the personality of any man endure in face of a deserted task? It is doubtful if many wish to hear Debs again. This time they came to see if it were true. And it is true. . SYLVAN LAKES PARK Free!. DANCING ALL DAY Pier) at 9 A. await you. M. By Busses: minutes. “PUBLIC FESTIVAL for the Benefit of the DAILY WORKER and UL ELGRE Under the auspices of the workingmen of Philadelphia, Trenton and Roebling Sunday, August 16, 1925 $800 Touring Car; $120 Radio Set; $60 Gold Watch and 96 other valuable articles. FIRST CLASS ORCHESTRA REFRESHMENTS Singing Contest — Athletic Events — Bathing — Fishing Boating and Other Amusements. REAL HUNGARIAN GOULASH AND PAPRIKA FISH Ticket 81.00 — Children Free DIRECTION—By Boat: Take the Wilson Line Boat (Chestnut Street to Burlington. At Camden Ferries take Park Buss; it takes you direct to the Park. By Trolley: At Campden Ferries take the Trenton car; get off in Burlington at Broad Street. and get off at 13th Street, walk left one square to the Park. BURLINGTON, N.. $300 Parlor Suit; Free! At Burlington committee will Sylvan Lakes Buss leaves every 30 Then take the green car = 9 f + 1 ‘pe: 7 * yar BS eee eee ee 1 . an — A ea A a eS ar 1 , 2 — are r F SB RG «9m N ir n Ai (Special to The Daily Worker) children, the orphans of the teachers and the children. Organizing (Special to the Daily Worker.) ers. Simons being the speakers. vited textile workers in other cities. Police Interference. bution of leaflets. ‘TUEL to the Blumenthal summing up their strike experience“ and showing the necessity of getting all the workers of the plant into their organization, which as yet represent- ed only a fourth of the workers em- ployed. total of $17.76 each. th Sentinel, the local paper, printed Berry and the Cops screaming articles, “exposing” the Fail to Stop Cuneo Communists for their agitation. Mr. Die Gerrity, secretary of the Manufactur- P ress. Walkout themselves communists. to the other. with the approval of the time is not known. A larger crowd is expected. Believing that the ordinance against distribution is unconstitutional, a leaf- let advertising the meeting was dis- tributed at noon, just before the meet- ing, but no arrests were made. The determination of the Worke~ Party, Connecticut district, to conduct meetings despite police threats has aroused the deep sympa- thy of the Shelton Loom wage slaves. educational Dethroned Sultan of Turkey Goes on Trial for Murder LONDON, Aug. 6.—The dethroned sultan of Turkey today was placed on in Angora, according to news dispatches from Constantinople. The former Sultan is charged with assas- physician, It must be assumad that the dethroned Sultan of Turkey is to be placed on trial in Absentia. He lost his throne with the rise of power of Mustapha Kemal Pasha and the formation of the Angora republic trial sination of his Rechad Pasha. personal and has since been an exile. MOSCOW, July 20. (By Mail).— Today the German workers delega- tion visited in the afternoon the children’s colony “Pushkin”, about 20 miles outside of Moscow. 7,000 parents killed in the imperialist war, are brought up here. The delegates in- vestigated the conditions and the educational methods in the colony and talked for several hours with AMONG MW in four Shelton Silk | Shops Are SHELTON, Conn., Aug. 6. — The Workers Party, Connecticut district, conducted a noon meeting Monday in front of the Shelton Looms (Sidney Biumenthal’s) attended by 400 work- The weaving department of this plant was on strike 2 months ago and won most of their demands. Dur- ing the strike, the Workers’ Party sent speakers to the strike meetings, whose speeches and practical advice were welcomed, Comrades Ida Roth- stien and District Organizer William Since the strike, Simons was in- to attend a meeting of the Weavers’ Social Club, Where he urged the election of delegates to the Amal- gamation Textile Conference in New York City on Sept. 6, 1925. This was done, the most active workers Frager, Dagle and Stockmal being elected. Great enthusiasm was displayed for the conference and its promise to put the Shelton workers in contact with Several weeks ago, two New Haven comrades, R. S. Kling and Rose Mar- kle were arrested for violation of a Shelton ordinance forbidding distri- They had distri- zuted at the factory gate a mimeo. |g ‘graphed letter from the Connecticut. Str The comrades were fined $2 and costs each, which made a patriotic The Shelton ers Association of the Lower Nauga- tuck Valley, paid the Shelton and Derby Board of Trade a special visit, denouncing the leaflet as tending to cause another strike, and pointed out that at the legislative hearings in Hartford in February and March, both Rothstien and Simons has declared The Right to Street Speaking. Upon inquiry, it was learned that there was no city ordinance regarding street speaking. This was admitted by the city clerk, the police chief and the mayor, each one passing the buck But the police chief took it upon himself to say that he would select the corner for us to speak from. The Workers Party decided to ig- nore the chief, and Monday’s meeting was the result, a meeting which met workers. Last time, when the two comrades distributed a leaflet, it took the com- pany little time to summon the police and have the comrades arrested. What kept the police from interfering this It is hoped that they realize that they have no consti- tutional right to interfere. But what- ever their move, the Workers Party is proceeding with further meetings. es ee ae fick ak Sep . * ra r 3 ae n «Vp ia $ A oe ‘ees ‘a 5 2 * he 800 employes The fall rush agi ber 5 and contin tinu The International 1 K to the strike. The tain union conditions. The general exesutive board a drive to ins in their industry. The strikers victories. * ganization drive, the large firm the union, which bas conducted numerous smaller concerns, some national in New Tork have effective stopped production despite the suance of an injunction: In St. pany is in its tent sts . e ee! 75 1 * 1 4 0 Drive. a ca 2 144 2 weeks ago. Wan the garment bosses. <8 wes ra d 1 (Continued from page #) same time that we support them their present strike. that counts! What about Cuneo’s? shops over night. They did so by h the same and have the cheaper lab shop, and unless the unions put up ployers will be able to add anoth big open shop to Ust. the pressmen in their strike! Demand right do! You want to be organized! Mother Bloor Will Speak at Pittsburgh (Special to The "Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, PA., Aug. 6.—Fin for those attending the picnic. proceeds of the picnic to allow a li Labor Defense. Everybody make sure to be present at this picn and enjoy the whole day. Brick Makers Strike. MIDDLETON, Conn., August 6. ganized this summer. eth .. A < OPS ee e 3 a0" rts ed of the A ers’. Union, meeting in Mon- day. will arrive today. Effective on by the the walkout xth week. The signs of weak- in a desperate about Septem- 12 December. ‘delivering no or- ders, and has lost many customers due he pre tmas rush will find the company demoralized, and the strikers standing as solid as ever in their determination to main- meeting at a time when the garment bosses thruout the country have made e the “open shop” date have scored several important In New York, where the Amalgam- ated members are conducting an or. Rose Brothers has come to terms with strike in the plant since July 14. Other settlements recently made in New York are with: the Marks and Slaiman Co., Rabinowitz company and which had never before been union- ized. The 600 employes of the Inter- is- Louis, the strike of the 800 employes of the Curlee Clothing com- oth week. Numerous ide in this strike. The Amalgamated board members are expected to adopt strenuous meas- ures to fight the open shop“ drive of to demand support from the union men in the campaign for the organiza- tion of these young workers at the 100 per cent organization is the kind Big shops like W. F. Hall now op- erating completely as an open shop and Donnelly’s which is practically an open shop did not change into open ing more and more young workers, firing union workers and continuing to ignore the union more and more. | Thé Cuneo bosses would like to do | conditions that come with an open strong fight for 100 per cent organ- ization at Cuneo’s the open shop em- Young workers at Cuneo’s! Support in union (press- to man’s, binders’ Typographical Wherever you wor rc! Whatever you Mid-Summer Picnic — arrangements have all been made for the Mid Summer District 5 Picnic at George Zaar’s farm, 10 mile house, middle road. Mother Bloor is expected here to give one of, her rousing speeches for the DAILY WORKER. Many additional surprises are in store Enough money is expected .rom the eral donation to the Negro Labor Congress and also to the International should (FP)— The United Brick and Clay Workers’ Union has shut down the Tuttle Brick Co. plants, largest brick plants in Connectigut, in a strike for union recognition, f The local was or- a Rome IMS ike ; ? 0 * ‘ — b . rr eee iy 43 . een * a x Wee Uaioe N ue * eT ear * 3 * 4 19. S i . 1 * 1 * 1 * * 5 ee i . 1 e 1 Dr ott By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. 8 B ern eee Seek eee SEE CTR, BN PME PLS e en Rye oe Ee 2 4 : 7 7 4 Bi ‘ Lae: + + Bei 7 2 — a . , * 1 9 of is to of a of ly : ; 2 1 in ir- or a er yt al b- ic —— — Anthracite Strike | and man the pumps. wage raise asked, of ten per cent on tonnage rates, Lewis said: such demands. granted.” the United Mine Workers of America “to protect the interests of the coal d miners of this country and the union proposes to live up to this duty in this instance.” anthracite coal companies can easily grant these enormous profits without increasing b the cost of coal to the consumer one h single penny. We do not agree with bilities of the event. the theory that the anthracite indus- try is here soleiy to make great prof- its for the coal companies. that the mirer and the public have rights that must be recognized and we intend that they shall be recognized.” ing of youn trade union local. a ae 4 48 DAY, the farmers are fed with new pro their woes by of “Wallace’s Farmer,“ of lowa, and secretary of iculture. Editor Wallace, who inherits som | lowa farmers, gravely tells the parasite savants about the conference table at the Institute of Pol Williamstown, Mass., that the ous thru the increase in population. Here are h words: none other than Henry A. Wallace, editor ti 4 the ered cs, at rosper- rave * farmers’ will grow “By 1935 there will be 15,000,000 more mouths to feed and the farmers of the country will no longer suffer.“ * ’ * * * „ * But then he immediately allows a black cloud -to float over his beautiful picture as follows; “By 1960 affairs will have reached such a pass that the nations of the world in their scramble for food and markets will find another universal blood letting the only soluti Which, according to the theor even admitting that it is in the needed to be fed, had had their on for the lem.“ ö of this editor- farmer, lea ‘plausible, would bring the agricultural depression back again. ee the mouths that lips seale battlefield, or as the consequence of war. * * * oa d in death upon the Editor Wallace’s speech indicates, however, that he was merely taking an amateur's fli over-population. Discussion at the Malthusian theory of this theory in an eastern center of Kapitalist Kultur“ is not of vital interest to work- ing farmers, east or west. They want to know how this year’s crop is to be harvested, how this year’s rent is to be paid, where the money is to come from to meet partial pay- ments on machinery already broken down, where the interest money is coming from on mo s and debts. They know that with the increased use of farm machin- ery and thru more intensive cultivation the soil will pro- duce crops in 1935 that will take care of much more than a 15,000,000 increase in the population. They know at the same time, that it is a wildman’s dream that puts off the next war 35 years until 1960, when both: Spain and France even today, have a big war on their hands in Africa, when the French are slaughtering the natives of Syria, and the British are equally active in Trans-Jordania, with greater troubles brewing i n India and China, and the storm clouds lowering everywhere in the Pacific. * * a 9 While these wars result in temporary disorganization, as the world war, with the resulting civil wars and wars of in- tervention, laid waste Russian agriculture, yet reconstruction takes place rapidly, especially when the peoples are liberated from the capitalist rule of the landlords, bankers and other profiteers. The crops of the Soviet Union are greater this year than ever. Modern machinery is making over Russian . agriculture on such a large scale that the increasing popula- tion offers no problem to the Soviet Republics. | 2 e * 5 N K pind 10 tense “Coolidge thinks that agrarian relief will bome thru an extensive program of rail consolidation. This will cheapen transportation, but without profit to the great substructure of the agrarian population, the two and a half million of agri- cultural workers, the two million tenant farmers and the mil- lion and a half mortgaged farmers. They will be exploited just as brutally as ever. The savings made will go into the pockets of the great profiteers, who not only run the govern- ment but own it. Coolidge’s conception of “economical transportation” is bigger dividends for the holders of railroad stocks. This is clearly shown when he demands that freight rates be not lowered by “weak” carriers, meaning that the loot of the profit takers must be assured. No relief for the plundered and penniless agrarian masses. * * The New York Times confesses that visitors to Swamp- scott, Mass., these days are telling “Silent Cal”, that “the western farmers are not only absolutely united in his sup- port but perfectly delighted with the great prosperity that pervades agriculture everywhere”. To which the Times adds that, “It is an old complaint of presidents that they have no one to tell them the truth.” Coolidge doesn’t get the truth. He just gets his orders, and he obeys them. His orders carry not relief for the farm- ing masses, just as they carry nothing but a more bitter life for the industrial workers. Relief for agricultural Workers comes only thru the overthrow of the profit system; that the Coolidge government is organized to defend. The farmers are learning this lesson in spite of the fairy tales told them * such as Editor Wallace, President Coolidge and all their kin Looms Bigger as Conference Breaks Up (Continued from page 1) Concerning the very inadequate Unions’ Business to Protect Miners. “There is nothing unreasonable in And they must be Lewis said it was the business of 8 But He Worries About the “Public.” n In conclusion, Lewis said: “We happen to know that the rich demands out of their We hold — — Get a bundle for every meet- ARMY TROOPS TO PROTECT KLAN PARADERS IN J. b. Entire Police Force to Guard Kluxers — —. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.— Regular army troops, as well as the entire po- lice force of Washington, will be held in readiness to cope with any disor- ers that may arise in connection with the big ku klux klan parade down Pennsylvania avenue, scheduled for aturday, it was learned this after- oon. Troopers of the third cavalry at Fort Meyer will be “ready” to respond to any emergency call. While officials do not {‘expect” trou- le, the reported size or the parade as impressed them with the possi- Sheriff Jails Jailor ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 6. — Sheriff Schuler and 15 of his deputies today seized the city jail and locked up the jailor and twenty of his guards. Schu- ler took this action after he concluded that the jail came within the jurisdic- tion of his office. Jailor Leff mann re- used to turn over the keys. M l 4 * i f ** dn J 5 2 * 3 * 0 8 * their bosses are trying to get the e . *. — » 4 N i (BULLETIN.) HALIFAX, N. 8., Aug. 6-—-The min- ers of Nova Scotia, employed by the British Empire Steel Corporation ‘| agreed by a majority of 1)133 in a ple- biscite today to return to work under the proposals of the provincial gov- ernment. There were 6,693 votes polied. N * ¢« ® (Special to The Daily Worker HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Aug. 6.— The dispute between the miners of Nova Scotia District 26, U. M. W. of A. and the British Empire Steel Cor poration, which began March 6th has not yet been settled. A new section of the capitalist class (Torries) were elected to office in Nova Scotia. | Since the dispute began they prom- ised, to settle the strike but have only succeeded in getting the District Of- ficers to place before the miners on about Aug. 5th a worse agreement than the agreement of 1924. It seems certain that the miners will vote against this proposition. Bye elections are being held in a day or two for cabinet positions in the government and it is necessary for the safety of the government candi- dates that they keep up some appear- ance of anxiety to have this matter settled. Strike Is Growing at Shanghai, China; Big Boycott Is On (Continued from ‘page’ 1) are re-opened in September—will indicate how the strike movement is sticking. Strike Against Bourgeois Treason. There are, moreover, indications that the workers are becoming re gentful of some Chinese capitalists who are trying to stop the strike be- cause it hurts their business. altho their own workers are not on strike. This is the cause of an extension of the strike yesterday to 6,000 - silk mill workers, who walked out because general strike broken up. | gin on August 1, is beginning to have a serious effect on British and Japanese trade in many of the cittee. Some students are not stoppmg witn the British and Japanese. As the British-American Tobacco company has great stores of cigaretes in China, students have been busy burning them when found in stores. They go up in smoke but by way of bonfites. Destroy Even Memory of Invaders. In many cities where British and Japanese have been forced to leave, the Chinese are demonstrating their feelings by completely tearing down the houses these enemies occupied, to exterminate the memory of their residence there. Frisco Open Forum Meets Sunday Nite; Austin Lewis Speaks SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 4.— Austin Lewis will be the speaker at the regular Sunday night open forum meeting at 225 Valencia, August 9. Many will want to be present and hear what Comrade Lewis has to say in the present stage of rapid transition. = * oa James H. Dolsen spoke at O’Farrell and Fillmore where a week ago he and Comrade Fleming were arrested. No interference developed from the po- lice, although the meeting was well attended and very successful. Com- rade Fleming’s case has been post- poned to October 1. * *s * Public Speaking Class Note Notice is given that the Oakland class in public speaking will be organ- ized at 1010 Broadway, at 7 p. m. Tuesday, August 11. The meetings at |10th and Broadway in the open air _ vill be utilized by the class for prac- ice before the public. More power to the young workers. We'll need them in many a campaign in both economic and political action. Now is the time to prepare. When the need arrives it will be too late. 8 2 Russian Dance Next A fine time and large crowd. This was the dance at 225 Valencia given by the Esthonian branch. The dance enthusiasm is on the increase. The Russian branch have their ‘turn next Saturday night. FOREIGN EXCHANGE, NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—Great Britain, pound sterling, demand 4.85 38-8, cable, "4.85%; France, Franc, demand 4.69: cable 4.69%;Belgium, Franc, demand 4.4614, cable 4.47. Italy, Lira, demand 3.62%, cable 3.63. Sweden, Krone, de- mand 26.86, cable 26.89. Norway, Krone, demand 18.38, cable 18.40. Den- mark, Krone, demand 22.68, cable 22.70. Germany, Mark, no quote. Sane Tael 78.50, no quote, Ss SS 5%
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— : in it; those always present at the discussions of his genealogical table ' ply sufficient. wh j. * ' ; 4 t =. * *. 1 : ris 1 i : * 7 = 1 7 2 7 „ * 1 1 Decla a bbe our duty to struggle with all means : of ee Workers’ Delegation upon lear * a wry tre de > pri Moscow, 2 2805 Mal -)—The = tag Moscow nts one nt rman language to the rman workers’ = on en will arrive tomorrow. An article in the Izvestia . The de ress to our German comrades! ates of the German workers who have come to the Soviet Union to study on the spot the work of socialist re- construction, arrive tomorrow in the capital of the Soviet Union, m red Moscow. “Moscow, this one word embraces the whole hatred of the international bourgeoisie and leaders of the social- democracy who have brought the proletariat under the regime “Moscow, shout when the working class raises its head any- where to protest against the exploita- tion and the machinations of itsr mas- ters. “Moscow, they shout when the sup- Pressel peoples no longer wish to re- main slaves. “Moscow! that is for them the sym- bol of everything which directs itself against their rule, the rule of the ex- ploiters and oppressors of the toilers, and therefore there is nothing which they hate and caluminate so much as Moscow. See Moscow for Themselves. “The representatives of our German comrades will see Moscow for them- selves. | “Their previous impressions have certainly showed them how much of the campaign of lies which is pre- sented to the workers in Germany as d picture of conditions in Soviet Rus- sia, is true. “They will already have seen what “The Vorwaerts hoped in the last hour to prevent their departure. The Russian workers have nothing to con- ~¢eal from their brother workers. It! “They hope that the journey will as- sist in spreading the truth about the Soviet state, about the first workers’ » gtate in the world, to the last work- ’ @rs’ home in the other countries. The Russian workers are proud that they ve been successfully surrounded by of enemies, in laying the first stone of a new world order, that they have been successful in building up a new life without parasites and ex- ploiters. They welcome their German ‘oomrades, and fling wide the doors. LENINGRAD BUILDING WORKERS DEPUTATIONS TO SWEDER, GERMANY MOSCOW, July 20. (By Mail.)— The Leningrad building workers union has decided to send a deputa- tion of building workers to Sweden and to Germany in order to study the conditions of production and labor and the life of the working class there. SWEDISH WORKERS VISIT THE WORKSHOPS IN RED LENINGRAD MOSCOW, July 20. (By Mail.)— The Swedish workers delegation has visited several Leningrad shops. They divided themselves into groups according to their occupations in order to study the particular indus- try branches of interest to them in Leningrad. Metal works, paper works, printing works, railway works, etc., were visited by the dele- gation, the women members of the delegation visited children’s homes and schools. The delegation greeted the Lenin- grad workers. On Sunday a session of the German and Swedish workers delegation is to take place. On the 21st of July the Swedish delegation is expected in Moscow. They call to their German brothers, tell our comrades abroad the whole truth that you have seen here, for this truth will carry the message and hope of a better future into those countries where capitaliism is still dominant. The truth will be a weapon for the oppressed, the means for awakening new strength in millions of toilers. Your journey is a guaran- tee that the united front of proletar- ian solidarity in the struggle for the common cause of all toilers is fasten- band ing an ever stronger from country to country.” ‘ The Pravda prints, also in the Ger- man language, the following article: “Tomorrow we shall greet a German workers’ delegation in Moscow. And the Swedish workers will follow the Germans. was prevented in its journey here by the capitalist government. “Despite everything, sooner or later this shameful blockade, this refusal of elementary rights to the workers, will be broken. “And a stream of fresh proletarian masses will pour into the Soviet Union. Already many foreign com- rades have visited us. “The delegation which is at present in our midst, represents the begin- ning of a new epoch in the develop- ment of our international relations, for these connections are not exhaust- ed in the establishment of official con- nections with the capitalist states, with their diplomacy and their rep- resentatives. “Beyond this there exists the inter- also no longer necessary to The Austrian delegation, sattonal connection thru 1 | solidarity, thru the bonds of and class interests. This con helped us continually to hold the niost terrible and pbs which did not cease for one Now, however, we are comt new phase of our life. It is no a question of immediately the blows of our enemies sword reeking with our blood. raternal | > ota coppers to assist the ranks ot . heroic fighters decimated by and disease. This gloomy time is be- hind us, “We have become the masters our sufferings, we have won a free road. Today the hammer et of the proletariat sound joyfully in tion. Today those workers who do our successes come to us from ¢ pi ist countries and ever more will e They want to see the truth with t own eyes. They want to be er about our economic situation, must show them everything. need have no shame for our wounds. say that everything is better. That would be self-deception. “Nevretheless our new friends must realize that we have terrible years} behind us, that we have h tremendous struggle and that from the moment in which we cone off the last army of the bloody intervention! and of the white bandits, we in this connection there are laready point and about which we could boast, which we could show to the friendly} eyes of the proletarians who come to}, handshake of comrades whose prole- tarian pride and proletarian class honor still remain. If we had had the opportunity of working for years uninterruptedly, then our work- ing class, our toiling masses, would certainly have produced wonders. “Once again the mailed fist of cap- once again it seems that an iron ring may close around our proletarian country. The question of the organ- ization of proletarian defense against what the activities of the millionaries who control the earth, once again ren itself to the working class. “Who knows what wi happen? Have not English 1 he guns] This * “gods Okie works . beter existence and for freedom? Does not the Gallic cock already crow hoarsely from the coast of Africa? Does not the world tremble today from the tremendous tension of imperialist contradictions which threaten to cause a new world war, a more powerful and more destructive war than the first imperialist war? “When the workers of Europe go thru our factories and shops, thru our recreation homes, our Soviet institu- tions, and children’s homes, they should be conscious that all they see belongs to us and our common cause and that it should be defended and protected, for the world knows no stronger power than our Soviet Union!” Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or two will make a better Communist of you. Give this copy to your shop- — : — a r i. _ 5 * smithy of our economic recc istre Uc | py 20 less children, for our need and tor our N l It is not possible for us to by is group, today our federation out ina have]. been continually growing. And truly, reaction in the United States, as well sufficient things to which we — us, and thru which we could earn the deen left in peace by our enemies, if we had | italism has been clenched, once again | the shouts of the bandits are sounding; | ty in this fight. The majority created who had joined the erent to reer 5 fe or Moscow. > bring the Russian pee e once again under the yoke of capitalism.’ — rom the Offcial „ — ee 2 OF THE he South Slavic Federation of the Party a sharp factional has been going on for some his struggle originated in the nsti:@yetkov and ‘Cvetkov- in the differences in the _ of consolidating and upbuild- leration on firm Communist „ Two definite groups in this fight—-a minority Minority, led by Comrades Loyen and Mikalachky, always ah aggressive fight against as long as he was in the d for a speedy liquidation of of his ideology in our t after he left the party. | Had it not been for the persistent and etic fight against Cvetkov, eles ¢ [the would be shattered and politically re- sth 19 a zero, while Cvetkov would tly rule over it, in the same er that Lore rules the German The minority group also conducted @ correct Bolshevik line of policy in the fight against the whole Jugoslav as for the healthy growth and Com- munist consolidation of our move- ‘The present majority of the bureau ‘es always vascilated in the fight against Cvetkov; its policies were in- dicisive and confused. At the most ‘desperate moments in the fight against Cvetkov, when the very life of the federation’ was at stake, when firm- ness and detisiveness were required, the majority of the bureau wavered and gave im; while the whole burden of the fight’ was thrown on the shouldérs of the minority, without even having the backing of the majori- a philosophy that our federation can be stal only if we take an at- NN conciliation toward Cvetkov, more; we must acquisce to rer demands while against the left, 3 Ovetkov out of the party, 2 fight for extermination i on. | r forces with the i the Bolshevik left. In the fight against the minority, the majority catered to the sentiment gf Cvetkov- ism in our federation, which they mobilized, pressed into service, and in this manner perpetuated it. Other- wise, Cvetkovism as an ideology and political t ency in our federation time ago. The ate has also shown polit- ical weaknesses in other fields; espe- cially in the conflict between our movement and the bureaucracy of the National Croatian Society, Novi Svijet, etc. It did not put this fight on a broad political basis, with a view of separating the masses politically from their fraudulent leaders, which has always been the policy of the minority, but reduced that fight to petty squabbles, which could in no way consolidate our movement and draw the masses closer to it. The more aggressive the minority In this respect the majority caused to| the DAILY WORKER and in Radnik, | kov in the fight would have’ been liquidated a long MINORITY IN THE SOUTH Si SLAVIC FEDERATION ON THE SITUATION IN THE FEDERATION AND IN THE PARTY became in the fight against the ene- mies outside (Cvetkov, the bureau-| cracy of the N. C. S., etc.), the more energetically it demanded the liquida- tion of the remnants of the Cvetkov ideology in our ranks, and the more it demanded a determined Bolshevist policy in our party organizations for the purpose of creating a Communist influence in them, the more ruthless did the majority become in its un- heard of policy of brutal suppression and systematic extermination of the minority. Not only was the minority excluded from the most important work in the federation, but they were rapidly removed from the positions they previously held and were re- placed by incompetent comrades, At the same time the majority started a campaign thruout the federation to discredit and kill politically the most outstanding comrades of the minority. They did this by showing the work of the minority in a false light, by send- ing circulars to the branches denounc- ing the comrades from the minority; they were shown to the membership as splitters, dsirupters and saboteurs. they encour- Such an at- Executive Committee, aged it in abusing it. titude is impermissable in a Com- munist Party. In all controversial questions between the minority and majority in the bureau, the minority in the party sided with the Novak- Zinich majority, thereby sanctioning the unjustified suppression of the minority by the majority, in spite of the fact that the minority in the feder- ation has shown itself in the work of the party to be a sound Commun- ist group. To support the majority of the bureau in its fight against the minority means strengthening Cvetkov ideology in our federation, for the most outstanding figures and staunchest supporters of the Novak- Zinich faction even today in their work show clear marks of Cvetkov- ism, as for instance Vrkljan, who participated in the Cvetkov caucus during the 15th convention of the tional Croatian Society, and t Mokrovich and Blazekovich, who voted for a scab printing shop in the executive committee of the N. C. 8. Cvetkovism is a species of Loreism or Opportunism, and both groups in the party should help the minority in the federation to combat this non Communist tendency; this is in line th the decision of the C. L on Lore- ism, which demands that both groups in the party unite in the struggle against Loreism. great harm to the federation and the party as a whole. When the majority of the bureau overstepped all bounds in its cam- paign of brutal suppression of the minority, the latter was obliged to ap- peal the matter to the Central Exe- cutive Committee of the party frhe C. E. C. made several atempts to create unity, or at least soften down the acuteness of the struggle in the fed- eration. The majority of the bureau answered to this by a more fierce cam- paign of suppression. The C. E. C. finally intervened with a decision to the effect that the minority must be given every opportunity to work in the federation. This decision of the Central Executive Committee of the party was sabotaged by the majority of the bureau for three weeks, and they finally decided not to carry out the decision of the C. E. C., but to | evade it by asking for new investiga- tions. The C. E. C. finally compelled the majority of the bureau to respect its decisions and to put them into ef- fect. This was done in the form of a resolution, which was published in ne above mentiored, coupteld with the decision of the Enlarged Execn- tive Committee of the C. I. on the American question, especially on the Labor Party policy, which is “Not the rejection of the struggle for the Labor Party, but an adjustment and further development of our tactics in this struggle are called for, by the present situation in America.. The conditions for the successful formation are not ripe as long as there is not a firm mass basis of trade union support. The majority of the Central Commit- tee was quite right in emphasizing this point. If the Workers Party were merely to be combined with the or- ganizations sympathizing with it, no Labor Party could be formed from this combination” prompted many comrades from the federation minor- ity, who previously supported the minority in the party; to change their position in favor of the majority. That they acted quite right in this can be seen from the fact that the basic pol icy of the party majority in regards to the Labor Party was that the Labor Party can only be formed when it has a solid basis of trade union support In this respect we consider the déci sion of the International closer to the tactics of the majority on the Labor gave direct aid and support to the Farty then of the aK. * By. ae we do not mean in the least to gloss majority of the bureau in violating over the mistake of the majority when the discipline of the party and sabot-Lit teniporarily dropped the slogan for aging the decisions of the C. E. C. and a labor party last fall. Today it has suppressing the minority. The majori-| corrected its error and is loyally car- ty of the bureau would not have dared|rying out the decision of the C. I. to sabotage the decision of the highest! Today it is firmly engagbd in the fight body in our party were they not! against Loreism in all its manifesta- backed and defended in this by the tions, especially in the trade unions, minority of the party. Such an at- where Loreism is most harmful! to our titude of comrades who occupy high movement. The minority in the party positions of leadership in the party; erred in putting the question of the cannot be approved, but must be Labor Party on a too narrow basis, emphatically condemned. Instead of and even today trys to minimize its urging the majority of the bureau to mistake by continuously reverting respect the authority of the Central back to its erroneous policy which ensuring at the same time the bureau for spurning the authority of the C. E. C. Our Relation to the Party Fractions. Inasmuch as the Central Executive Committee of the party made attempts to create unity and order in the South Slavic Federatoin, the minority in the party (Lovestone-Ruthenberg faction) 1 German Fascists Reveal Plot Against (Continued from Page 1) dents’ organization has an internal service with its quarters in Leipsig and a foreign service with its quart- ers in Berlin-Charlottenberg, Berliner Strasse, 13. The task of the internal service is to carry on fascist agitation amongst the students, to issue the necessary pamphlets, films, etc., and to provide stipends for needy students, this lat- ter, however, only applies to students who are “politically reliable’ and never to students who are merely needy. The economic departments of the universities are most intimately con- nected with the organiaztion consul. In 1923, the secret military training of the students through the reichs- wehr by the agency of the economic service took place. There 1s just as close a connection between the tech- niche nothilfe (fascist strikebreaking organization) and the O. C., and the responsible leaders of the former are the latter organization. Qualifies as Fascist. Replying to the question of his de- fending counsel who asked him how it came about that he, not being of pure German blood, was accepted in the O. C.,. Dittmar pointed out that showed the purest of German blood and that fur- ther he was related to Freiherr Frei- tag von Loringhoven, which was am- Wolscht declares that he knows nothing about the secret organization ' and that he has not interested himself O. C. a German 2 he 4. oon- institution. In Berlin Paul Eink was in charge of the connections between the economic department with the Replying to the prosecutor, Dittmar admits that his first meeting with Ehrhardt took place in the stu- dents’ home, Friedrich Strasse, 107, in the presence of Tannenbaum and Rose. Wolscht says that he knows nothing about that and that he would cer- tainly have noticed thé presence of Ehrhardt. As the prosecutor asked if the presence of Ehrhardt would have seemed compromising, Wolscht declared that each strange visitor would immediately have been noticed by the occupants of the students’ home. Send Spies into Russia. Kindermann admits that he is a close friend of the member of the O. C., Johnson, who worked with Ditt- mar in Bremerhafen. Wolscht also. Dittmar says that he made the ac- quaintance of Kindermann in the be- ginning of 1924 under the instructions of the O. C., and that he later learned that ex-Chancellor (prime minister) Michaelis was the chairman of the Berlin O. C. The Berlin organizaton received instructions from the Munich high command to send a terrorist group to Russia. Michaelis is at the same time hon- orary chairman of the students’ or- ganization. Dittmar learned in the sessions of the Berlin district group of the O. C. that the tasks of the ter- rorist groups were part of the gen- eral aims. Upon the receipt of the instructions of the high command the Le ein S was to send | cessful, the return journey was plan- Forge Communist Credentials. To mask the expedition, Kinder- mann was to establish relations with Russian and German scientific circles and to spread reports publicly of his coming scientific expedition to Russia. Further, someone was to be sought for having connections with the So- viet power or who at least had a com- mand of the Russian language. The Russian trade delegation and the Rus- sian embassy in Berlin were to be in- ‘formed of the expedition and request- ed to provide recommendations to Lunacharsky, Krupskaya, etc. Arrangements were further made to provide false party credentials of the Communist Party of Germany. All communications for the expedition in Moscow from Germany were to go thru a confidential agent in the Ger- man embassy in Moscow. High German Official a Spy. Dittmar declares that he learned in Moscow that this work of maintain- ing connections was carried out by Legationsrat (high official in German embassy) Hilger. In case of arrest an arranged tele- gram was to be sent to Berlin with the text: “How is Herr Gruenbaum?” Should the undertaking prove suc- ned over China and America. In case their plans should be upset, the Junk- er company was to provide an aero- plane for a flight to Persia or to the west. In the beginning Kindermann and Wolscht had no confidence in Dittmar and demanded complete particulars about him, whereupon Dittmar direct- ed them to the O. C. in Munich. Kind- that it would be easier to go thru the institution at their disposal. On the next day Dittmar surprised in his room in the student home a stranger who was searching thru his pocket- Meet in Professor’s Home After much Questioning this latter laughingly presented Dittmar with a green credentials card of the Berlin police presidium and promised to bring a search warrant.” However he did not return. After this search by which the papers establishing Ditt- mars’ membership of the O. C. could be established, Re received at the end of August an inyitation to a new ses- sion with Kindermann and Wolscht in the home of Professor Thysson, Kant Strasse, which was occupied by Kin- dermann in the, absence of its owner. Here Dittmar learnt from Kinder- mann that economic espionage in the interests of the German heavy indus- trialists in Russia was also one of the aims of the expedition. In his journey to South Germany Kindermann had established connections with the Ba- den Aniline Factory, with Gruetzner Lanz and with the Michael concern. To preserve the scientific appear- ance of the expedition, Kindermann established relations with Professor Nansen, Oscar Spengler and Professor Einstein. In Darmstadt the well known Professor Oesterreicher whose wife is a Russian counter-revolution- ary who was formerly acquainted ith Trotsky, visited Kindermann. m her Kindermann was to receive a letter of recommendation to Trot- sky, in this period Kindermann and Wolscht received honorarium advanc- however ¥ a0 fem the Ee nis oo — 6 = ere Tageblatt which | Russia it there were Communist lugt tives there and under what names they lived. After the receipt of the visas 2 quick start was prepared. The origin- ally arranged time in July, 1924, was money Dittmar used to equip the ex- | pedition. Dittmar was entrusted with the procuring of the Russian visas, should he be successful he was to send a telegram to Kindermann in South Germany with the text: “Con-| however postponed as Kindermann gratulations on the birth.” wanted to take the Indian professor Planned to Kill Stalin. Chariri who it is said was in Russia in After the return of Wolscht and 1922 and made the acquaintance of Kindermann to Berlin a third session took place at the house of Wolscht, Michaelkirch Strasse 26, Berlin. | Here Kindermann explained the de- tails of the expedition's plans to Rus- sia and reported upon his connections in South Germany. Kindermann sub- mitted the following plan for the ter- rorist activity in Soviet Russia: 1. Reliable reconoitering of the Kremlin and its internal organization. 2. Sounding of the financing of the Communist Party of Germany. 3. Sounding of the correspondence channels between the Comintern and the C. P. G. and the ascertainment of possible connections between the Co- mintern and the foreign political rep- resentations. 4. Ascertainment of the homes and methods of life of the leading Russian Communists. . 5. After carrying out all prepara- tions, then the carrying out of at- tempts upon Stalin and Trotsky and, if possible, later on Zinoviev and Djer. jinsky. Lenin, with the expedition to disguise it still further. This postponed th: start till the autumn as Chariri gave evasive answers. The last discussion before the departure took place at the end of September in the room of Ditt- mar ip the students’ home in the Bor- sig Strasse, Room 86. Here Kinder- mann informed Dittmar of his discus- sion with Michaelis, Ehrhardt and Rose. Kindermann Admits Meetings. Ehhrhardt had figured under the name, Ehrenbugg. It was there de- cided that Dittmar should leave in three days. Kindermann and Wolscht wished to make a halt in Koenigs- derg in order to discuss and negotiate with members of the O. C. :aere. The meeting place was arranged in Riga for the 13th of October. In conse- quence of the bad connections be- tween the island of Oesel where Ditt- mar stayed and Riga, he arrived in Riga only on the 15th. Wolscht and Kindermann had however already trav@lled further as otherwise the visas would have expired. Under cross-examination by the prosecutor, Kindermann admitted all the details of the first meeting given Police Knew of Plot. After the session a drinking party took place during which Wolscht and Kindermann informed Dittmar in con- fidence that the police presidium had | by Dittmar and also of the further approached the O. C. with the request | connections with him. He persists that the expedition should find out in 8 in the statement that he has 8 — n,n. J had nothing to do with the O. C. He | the strategic in the shops, in the unions and dations of the was not approved by the C. I. The accusation of the party minor- ity that the comrades who went over to the majority abandoned their po- litical convictions, for which they voted last fall when they supported the minority thesis, has no validity as: an argument, for today the political platform of the minority is not in ef. fect in the party, both thesis, minor- af ity and majority, are liquidated, and the decision of the Communtst Inter- national is in effect. The minority in the South e federation has no special factional i terest of its own, but is*a group for carrying on Communist work in the federation and for bringing the fed- eration closer to the life of the party It alligns itself with the party major- ity in emphasizing the necessity of the party entrenching itself in the positions among the work- ers- wherever the workers live and work 80 as to be able to successfully curry out all campaigns that the party undertakes. 5 Ls Re-organization of the Party, = We greet with great enthusiasm the on re-organizing — decision of the C. I. the party on the basis of shop nuclei and international branches. This re organization is especially necessary to do away with the federation sys tem of the party and the national iso ~| lation of the language groups. Weld- ing all national groups into a homo- geneous and centralized party is absolute necessity growth of our party. pose, shop nuclei should be organized wherever possible, and an ideological campaign started for international branches should be commenced as soon as the ground is prepared for it. All attempts to create or maintain federation autonomies, discentraliza- tion and to undermine the authority of the Central Executive Committee of the party, or to sabotage its deci- sions, as the majority of the Sonth Slavic Bureau did, should be most emphatically condemned. The Unity of tne Party. We maintain the view of the C. I. that for the successful execution of its role in the class struggle, the party must be a monolithic unit, hewen of one piece, ranks, of Bolshevism. Only on the firm of Marx and Lenin, on the foundations of the theory and practice of Bolshe- vism, can the party successfully play its role in the class struggle. We consider both groups in the party majority and minority—sound Communist groups, while the Lore zroup is an opportunistic group, which must be combated. Loreism can be successfully liquidated only if both groups in the party united in the struggle for an ideological and organ- izational liquidation of Loreism. Long live the unity of the party! Long live the Communist Interna tional. L. Fisher, Chicago, III., K. Mikalac ky, Chicago, Ill. S8. Mirokovich, Joliet, itt, W. 8. Milson, Chicago, Ill. X. N. Dragas, Farrell, Pa. 8. Popovich, West Allis, Wis. F. Petrock, Milwau- kee, Wis. J. R. Kovas, Hammond, ind. Chas. Jurcich, Whiting, ind. G. Marovich, Gary, Ind. Chicago, III. fen Hil. Matija Crmevich, Zeig- Soviet Leaders zives the purpose of his journey as he “betterment of scientific connec- ions” between Russia and Germany. (Loud laughter). Kindermann declares that he pre- sented himself to Dittmar as a Com- munist. He says verbally: “I had no lesire to prostitute my Communrist opinions, I could however, not present myself openly as a Communist as in this way I would have been unlutky with business people.” Replying to the question of the prosecutor as to his present opinions Kindermann says, Up to the time of my departure from Schlesische railway station I was a Communist.” (Great amusement). The chairman reminded Kinder- mann that the latter had said on the first day of the trial that he had no interest for politics. And that now he declares that formerly he had an ac- tive interest in politics. With an air of refiection Kindermann answers: “Very few people have political con- victions the rest is only daily opin- ions.” The details which Kindermann then upon Communism called forth storms of laughter. In relation to the “scientific reason” for his journey to Russia, Kindermann deciares that he wanted to learn the life of the polar inhabitants in Jakutsk. Originally he wanted to go to Greenland as he had good connections with Denmark. (amusement). Kindermann attempted to evade the question of the prosecutor who asked him about his present political opin- ions. Finally to the question: “Are fave you a right German nationalist or not?” he answers after some hesita- “No, but a » won eae ox tion: for the healthy» For that pur- which hes no room for various factions and tendencies in its but must be united with but only one view, and that is the view Jos. M. Jurich,. „„ ed
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> 2 ay D. 3 Watch » Balkan Pact Zz (Special to The Daily Worker) <a MOSCOW—(By Mail)—The Mos- 12 cow papers report that the Polish . y plans big maneuvers in August 1 the Volhynia region. At these man- eg “ euvers there are to be present spec- | Czecho-Slovakia determining the bart and attitude to be played by either ot the signatory parties in the event ot the other being engaged in war with a third state—more especially, with the nion of S. 8. Republics or Ger- many. In the event of war between Ger- many afd one of the two contracting parties, the other party is to automat- ically join the war on the side of the allied party. 2 Brickmakers Fight Open Shop. BERLIN, Conn., Aug. 6—Stand pat for the open shop is the watch- word of George F. Pickett of the Amer- ican Brick Co., where the union is striking for recognition. Pickett says — THE DAILY Wen NT — jally sent representatives of the mili-| he expresses the feeling of 95 per cent tary general staffs of England, France, Gzecho-Slovakia, Baltic states. It is expected that a political con- ened and signed with the union. He Coal men declare the outlook is: / : eer tion will be signed at the time of talks of trying to import a thousand good for market conditions this 80390 these maneuvers between Poland and Negroes ff the need arises. winter. 2 of the brick manufacturers of Con- Rumania and the necticut and Massachusetts but admits that some manufacturers have weak- (Special to The Daily Worker) WEST FRANKFORT, II., Aug. 6 —Business circles in Southern Iili- nois are radiating the most optimis- tic atittude since the war today, the result of general resumption of coal production thruout the coal fields. $1.25 (Duroflex Cover) Announcement was made today that Old Ben Mine No, 8, here, em- ploying a thousand men, will re- sume operations Aug. 15. Number twelve at Christopher renews pro- duction Aug. 10 with 600 men and three other West Frankfort mines will start up again within this month with a total of 2,600 men. $1.75, are (Cloth Sound“ eS: % Nr — | (Continued from Tuesday’s Daily Worker )] ö “tion of the agricultural sections, the restoration of agriculture and the use SYNOPS!IS—The serial publication of the official report of the British Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia continues today, after an absence of two days due to mechanical difficulties. The leading British trade union- ists who visited agricultural regions and industrial centers in the Soviet Union, told in previous instalments of finances, transportation and industry. The last instalment took up the question of agricultural methods, popula- The report then dealt with the effect of the New Economic A discussion of the “scissors crisis,” the rise in of tractors. Policy upon agriculture. the prices of manufactures and the fall of the prices of foodstuffs was then Ybegun. Today’s instalment tells how the Soviet Union overcame this crisis. Ve a * „ . (b) Cotton.—The area under cotton in 1924—446,974 des- siatines—was more than double that of last year, without count- ing the area under private cultivation, which is not included in the returns. This is divided as follows: Turkestan, 283,668 des- siatines, of which 117,965 are in the Fergana region; Bokhara, 45,601; Khoresm, 9,100; Azerbaijan, 89,269; Armenia, 16,500; Georgia, 2,836. The crop was much injured by bad weather and will be about the same as last year—5,330,000 poods. Irri- gation and drainage works in the Amu-Darya region promise Well, and will add in the first place by irrigation 540,000 hec- Ags 55 85 to tares, and eventually by drainage some 1,200,000 hectares, mostly gained by lowering the level of the Sea of Aral 14 metres, at a total cost of about six million sterling. The avcrage value of the crop is about £20 a hectare. Further, the construction g ae railway from Aulieta to Pishpek in Turkestan has con- ted up the cotton area with the general system. This rail- of 250 versts was built within a year, and will be continued nection between Moscow and Shanghai. But the main object 0 the line is to bring in grain and take out cotton. aan 5 + Cat * (e) Grain.— The failure of the 1924 harvest is only locally Serious. The whole is 15 per cent. less than 1923, which was over average. Russian demand is said to be assured, and there Will be, it is said, a surplus of several million tons of grain. The following figures are official but subject to revision and ri reserves: —— | ; Area (dess.) Population Crop (poods) 4 Z 10 million 12 million 157 million „ Harvest below average. 30 9 1 1 Harvest above average. 36 “ ese ** Kx a * At the same time there is an ominous precaution in the esti- mates for 1924-5 of 48 million Soviet roubles for famine relief. But as the recent famine showed, owing to the great size of _the country, it may be more economical to export from a sur- plus region and support a deficit region with the proceeds. decrease in buying power of the peasantry due to unsatisfactory crops will, it is hoped, be discounted by the following factors. 4 The rise in the price of grain to more than double that of a year Any ago, the continued fall in prices of industrial products, the in- * a ereased area under cultivation, and the final and full effects of the introduction of a stable currency. The possibilities of agricultural development can be under- 0 when it is realized that a large part of Russian arable land is the best soil in Europe and yet produces only one-third of What is got from the very inferior land of Belgium and Ger- many— while an increase of only one-tenth in the productivity would mean an annual addition of 500 million roubles to the national income and the possible export. General Conclusion Russian agriculture is recovering slowly but steadily. And the governmental help that is being given it seems energetic and efficient. The bad harvest of last summer and the damage done to crops during this winter may cause local famine, but adequate precautions seem to be in preparation. CHAPTER V Foreign Commerce Organization A Foreign commerce has been, since the Revolution, a Gov- “ernment monopoly. But the New Economic Policy made—in foreign eyes a derogation from, in Russian eyes a development of—this principle, by delegating the conduct of foreign com- merce in part to private enterprises and to private capital under Government control. Foreign commerce is now, under decree of October 16th, 1922, conducted through: 1. Official Establishments, such as the Gostorg, the Commissariats, Syndicates and Trusts, and also such other official organs as get permits to trade. 2. The Co-operative Commercial Organizations, such as Centrosoyouz, Selskosoyouz. 3. The Mixed Companies which can again be subdi- vided into (1) combinations of official establishments for purposes of foreign trade; (2) companies in which private foreign capital participates; and (3) companies with pri- vate native capital. 4. Private companies and persons trading under license for a specified period and purpose. The present policy is to give such private licenses for a specified period mainly for export, and not,to let the total turnover exceed 3 per cont of the total D of elan commerce, In their From this it is evident that the Gove 5 Midirectty ir its hands still (64.1 plus 10.7) three-qu foftign trad uld ja on the Chinese frontier, making a Central Asian con- ae. “RUSSIA TODAY” ... _. The Daily Worker for 8 months. . $4.50 (6 months in Chicago) ba ‘picture of a Workers government as 1 saw it. } RUSSIA EVERYDAY— All the latest developments and accurate accounts from — the leaders in every field of Russian life, but also dence from Russian workers in the field and can be found in THe DAILY, WORKER | You Can Have Both $1.25 BT ge ee Thru Courtesy of the international Pub- lishers Co. 7 are es ICIAL "REPORT OF THE BRITISH TRADE Copyright by the Trades Union Congress General Couneil in Great Britain. GATION TO SOVIET RUSSIA Copyright in the United States by the International Publishers Co, All Rights Reserved. 7 e SEE. . money no 1 1 ~ || anything from corns to consump * — * (Continued ‘from page 10 -who succeeded in fooling .cer beg ee c financl ‘genius would not hold up hace < 1 ‘her wee ore a ¢ r | by Tho even Jennings Bryan once admitted that no man could honestly save one mil- lion dollars in a etime. +e 0 © KING about a nation of 3 A doctor makes aren ing comment on an adve . serted in a fake health 1 which claims that violet ray Those sham health experts : ‘the same kind of an ar net cng victims that Russell tt his kind use in jerking others loose dom their savings. To latter, Wall street was the ogre the new benefactors would save them trom. The health frauds used the medical trust“ as a horrible example. ee „ soclalist who is working a sucker list in Chicago for the colony * case the Government does not participate in thie ‘capital but Exports in the profits. The operations of all these organizations must. conform to the general program of the Minister of Foreign Commerce, which itself must conform to the national economic budget of the Supreme Economic Council. Within these limits the various official and semi-official organizations enjoy an economic auton- omy and are responsible to their public and private shareholders for showing a profit in their turnover. Official, semi-official and private enterprises are supervised by a Director of Commercial Enterprises and Establishments, and the controlling e is thus quite distinct from the conducting authority. The Government organizations themselves operate in for- eign markets through an official agency in each foreign capital (Torgpredstvo), such as Arcos in London. These agencies by displacing the foreign exporter and buying from the producer are intonded to acquire the middleman’s profits for the Sever meat account. * 919 It follows that private capital is only admitted to foreign trade in insignificant proportions and provisiona ly... Official opinion believes that in time, as the State technical trading organizations develop, foreign trade will again be wholly con- ducted and not merely wholly controlled by them. Wee present proportion is:— Export upon Total (per cent) (per cent) * leper cent) 1. Government Establishments ...... 54.2 73.7 * 641 N r eciscekse N 8 12 3. Mixed Companies .... reese 15. = Mm 20.1 (a) of which latter, State aps 0 * Companies * 3 (41 10) (10.7) 4. Private Companies and Persons... em 3.0 A further analysis shows:— — Government Sstablishments: (per oft | c Ae % 0 0 “ae Trusts and Syndicates...ĩ 10.3 Co-operatives: - Centrosoyouz „„ 22 5 2 6 „ „% „%%% „% „%„6„„„„ 25.0 \ 15. 3 20.1 Mixed Companies: With Foreign Capital...... „ 9.9 „NA 8.0 With Russian Capital. 1.5 1.3 1.4 From which it is clear that the Trusts and Syndicates, as well as the Mixed Foreign Companies, are more concerned with import, but Gostorg and the Co-operatives with export. Foreign Trade With Russia At present the tendency is still towards an increase in con- cessions to private enterprise from the Government monopoly. Thus, in 1923, the Mixed Companies increased in number. There are at present 15 Mixed Companies operating, of which four operate in transport and four in timber. Two more have just been licensed. Of these, six are German,* two Austrian, and the English, Dutch, Norwegian, Turkish, and Persian have each one. One is mixed Russian and foreign, and three are mixed English, German, and Dutch. Although the United States have no official relations as yet with the Union, a Mixed Company, „Amtorg,“ has been formed under American law, and trades irect with the Commissariat for Foreign Trade in cotton, rub- ber, tractors, etc., as against furs. The total trade of foreign firms in 1923-24 was 40,728,000 gold rouubles, of which 20, 154,000 gold roubles was export, as against, in 1922-3, 13,- 599,000, of which 4,736,000 was export. The policy is to organ- ize one such “Mixed Company” at least for each country in commercial relations with Russia, with the object of attracting foreign capital. But this has had little success so far. Another object, the attraction dex ien, has also been disappointing, as it is found that the conditions in Russia are so novel that a trained expert takes M in learning to work them than a novice. None the less A renewed effort is now being made through the agencies abroad to engage foreign trading and tech- nical experts. Foreign firms operate under a decree of April 12th, 1923, with a concession from the Concessions Committee. Their rights 1. Food Products— and responsibilities are defined under an instruction applying the decree above mentioned, a translation of Which will be found in the Russian Review” for December 6th’ p. 361. In this connection, it may be observed that the sending to Russia of agents except for purposes of inquiry and report may at present be a useless expenditure. Business can best be opened 2 Raw Materials and ‘ through the official agencies. But Mixed Companies serve as a useful liaison between the Russian producer, constmicy, and for- eign capital. Statistics of Foreign Trade In respect of the foreign trade statistics, it is even more difficult to report than in other regions owing to the complete novelty of the system, to the mass of material for investigation, and to the absence of convenient summaries; also to the dis- crepancies in the statistical data and the divergencies in the method of their compilation. Figures are given with all reserves. — = ** In view of statements (“Morning Post,“ November 18th) that the impor- tant German concessions have failed, the following report ef the Soviet mis- sion in Berlin is given: “In answer to your inquiry relating to the German agricultural and timber concessions in Russia, I have to inform you that the concessions ot Wirth aud Haas (Mologa Gesellschaft) are working very suc- cessfully, all vf them extending their operations and accu jilating additional capital. Relations hetweeen the concéssionaires and the Soviet Government departments are of the most favorable character. Krupps are working most satisfactorily on the Don. Rheinhaben expresses itself entirely satisfied with the concession in the German Volga region. The Zatbaugesollschaft is rap- idly and successfully, developing its work in the Kuban. munication of the Morning Post’ re tsa bent vention.“ etary ee & 3 * * „ The character of Russian ee is as W Percentages of total value of exports Raw and semi- manufactured Manu- Period— Foodstuffs goods factures Total January-June, 1922...... 5.3 89.3 5.2 100 July-December, 1922...... 5.2 91.6 3.2 100 January-June, 1923. 50.4 48.1 1.5 100 July-December, 1923. 61.6 37.9 0.5 100 January-June, 1924...... 56.2 43.6 0.2 100 July-December, 1924. 56.8 BE 0.2 100 The main source of export is agriculture, about t 80 per cent. of the total, which has now reached 75 per cent. of its pre-war value, with a total of 230,000,000 gold roubles. The program for this year contemplates: a total of 500,000,000, or over double that of last year. The program includes butter, eggs, fowls, — game, all products which Great Britain used to export argely. The fur trade is again developing its resources, having bee! enormously increaséd by a ten years’ suspension, and this yeu it will reach 30,000,000 gold roubles. Timber accounts for abou a fifth of the whole, and its resources are comparatively inex haustible. Of the other main branches of trade, the oil expor: is at present hampered by the operations of the principal oi! combines, but is developing rapidly, as also is flax export. It is interesting to note that about 20,000, 000 poods of grain were exported to Germany and to France, and only one million to Great Britain. On the other hand, Great Britain took more than half the timber exported. de si 8 = 3 of the Commissariat of Agriculture for the gen- Twas irds of pre-war—that is, that it will in 1924 reach 220,- programme anticipate the following development n: that grain export will, within four years, reach 000,000 gold roubles and in 1928 reach a value of 400,000, 000 gold roubles—that flax and such-like products should reach three-fourths of pre-war and a value of 150,000,000 gold roubles, while animal products should reach 200,000,000 gold roubles and par with pre-war. Exportation caused a rise in 3 especially of grain, which was of great value in helping to close the scissors” (see Industry), and it secms that prices have now been raised 4s high as further business allows. ‘The authorities controlling foreign commerce are accordingly directing their attention to adminis- trative economies, and expedients for lessening overhead ex- péenses and quickening the turnover of capital: Imports 3 i ee Importation during 1922- 23 was decreased very considera- bly. This decrease was almost entirely in the first half of the period and was due to economic policy. The result was that an adverse trade balance was con- verted into a considerable surplus value of exports over im- ports: (In 1,000 roubles.) 1921-22 1922-23 1923-24 Import Export Import Export Import Export 209,799 81,621 144,056 206,811 208,000 340,000 — plus 61,762 minus 188,178 plus 132,000 The figures for 1923-24 in greater detail are as follows: EXPORTS AND IMPORTS, 1923-24, Millions of Gold Roubles. Exports. Imports. Value Percent Value Percent ok 1913 5 of 1913 1. Raw Materials and (a) Gran. y 145 25 Semi-manufactures. * . 21 28 (a): Cotton. 53 56 ce) EES MWS 9 10 (b) Others .... 73 —— (d) Miscellaneous 21 — 196 128 f 2. Manufactuxes, : Seini-manufactures. (a) Paper ..... 12 35 (a) 0 ll 44 77 (b) Others 70 r (b) imber 38 22 (e) Other Exports 62 — age 144 Total imports, 208. Total exports, 340. (To be continued in next issue) Labor Defense Dates for Chicago FRIENDLY ORGANIZATIONS, PLEASE RESERVE. SEPT. 13—National Labor Defense Day, Chicago conference, Ashiand. Auditorium, small hall, at 12 o’clock noon. 8 p. m.: Defense mass meeting at Temple Hall, Van Buren and Marshfield Ave. OCT. 17—Saturday, 8 p. m., Labor Defense dance, Temple Hall, Van Buren and Marshfield Ave. | DEC. 10-13 (inclusive)—Defense bazaar at Northwest Hall, and Western Aves. Friendly organizations.are asked to er the affairs as above, and not to atrange other affairs for those dates. RALLY: weet ree INTERNATIONA LABOR DEFENSE! North racket, which he is promoting in\ vicinity, praised William Jenn Bryan, as the greatest man the United States ever produced, while speaking in Bus House Square” recently. This socialist thought that followers of Wil- the addlepated tribe to fall for his scheme. After he fed the crowd up on a eulogy of the “Commoner” he got out his prospectus and took names. He got many names. This socialist is referred to fondly by the soctalist party as the “great little giant” and recently put on a recruiting campaign for the socialist a of Chicago. HE wotkers 8 the “get rich quick“ artists, because, like the sick. person, they are willing to try anything in a despérate effort to get away from their misery. The sick person wants to get well. He has tried the old line doctors without success. Th “get well quick” lads then get hold of him, and if he is a radical, they vill promise to make a new man of um at reduced rates. One of those | omato, carrot and fig fakers was sked by a victim if he favored A1 is an article of food. “Milk, “$5 scowled, “do you mean cow's Aus: “Yes,” came the rather shamefaced response. “Cow’s milk,” he declared with an air of wisdom, “was only meant for calves.” He charged five bucks for that piece of information. a — * #8 1— simple scheme of getting money has just been patented by a reformer named William H. Ander- son, a former official of the Anti- Saloon League. William and somé of his agents fell out over a division of the loot and the Saloon League got hold of the story. The upshot of the affair was that Anderson, who is a prominent ku kluxer landed in Sing Sing, convicted of forgery. Bookkeep- ing was his downfall, he concluded. That art is now listed as one of the devices of the devil to get good pro- testants into trouble. Anderson came out of Sing Sing an older but foxier man. S| E has a wonderful scheme, that beats co-operative colonies, health institutes, Scott ideas or any other trick yet conceived. He has founded an organization for the protection of protestantism. It is called the A. P. P. P. P. A. or in plain tho elongated language the American Prohibtion Protestant Patriot Protective Alliance. Among the taboos of this organization is bookkeeping. Anderson is captain, cook and bottlewasher. This is how William plans to keep out of Sing Sing: I will have no ‘members’ or membership. 2. It will have no Oath. 3. It will accept contributions only as outright gifts to William H. Ander- son, its founder and general secretary, to be used in any tf he sees fit.” * * T is safe to e that Anderson will bea millionaire inside of two years. Anyone who can resist turn— ing over his money to Anderson is neither a good protestant nor a good moron. The plan is more intriguing than having a bald headed barber sell you an infallible hair restorer or watching a quack trying to pe sluggish liver by wri 42 N abr. This is a fine country for frauds, big and little. But while taking notice of those interesting things we should not lose sight of the fact, that the fraud we are chiefly concerned with, is the robbery of the working class of the product of their toil by the employing class. When that brand ot pillage is ended, the Workers Government can proceed to take care of the other brands of quackery. MY FLIGHT FROM SIBERIA by LEON TROTSKY $1 .00 A story of escape liam Jennings Bryan would be just „„ eee Rae 99 2 oo
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Offensive Is 1 “nition Without More Troops PARIS, France, August 6.—Ur to make any headway in the RIff Republic from Nn and his soldiers, the French and Span, ish governments are attempting to buy Krim off with a huge sum ‘of ‘garoo court, and. money, it is learned. The peace terms, given by Primo de Rivera to two envoys of Krim at Tetuan, while they offer peace only at the price of of the Spanish protectors over the Riff, offer to make Krim the “emir” of that state and hint that he can have a huge sum of money if he | will allow the European imperialists. to enter his country. Krim, however, has already declared that he will accept no peace unless the independence of his country is ac- knowledged. | | Painleve is anxious to make peace, as Marshall Petain, fresh from a trip thru Morocco, has told the premier that a lafge scale offensive against the Rimans is impossible unless more troops are sent from France. This Painleve fears to do, as it would mean mobilization of the re- servists, and would cause even greater dissatisfaction among the workers than now prevails. Abd-el-Krim’s forces, meanwhile, arc active along a 200 mile front, and are threatening Ouezzan, and the main railway between Fez and Taza. For Rent: Front bed-room. Joe Tripp, 1306 Miller atreet, Chicago, 2 — 100 % By UPTON SINCLAIR. A splendid propaganda story : of a Labor spy—vwritten by a master propagandist. The kind of a book to hand to your shop-mate after you | have read it. 25 CENTS Order from THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. — om ee oe * —— eee me 44 © oe /ED DITORS _ TO OFFICE Thompson, Watt, and Parry have | | constitutional rights be restored in a constitutional manner. By ALEX REID (Secretary Progressive Miners’ Committee.) , ARTICLE IX. all thru this trouble demanded their They have challenged Farrington, Fishwick, or any of the machine to debate the issue between them at any time, at any place, but the cowards dared not meet any of these men before the Ilinols miners and have the truth stated in front of them. + — Farrington, in taking jurisdiction in 1 Kangaroo court ot the Thompson. Watt case, setting up this court testify in his own behalt, the Far- on tool (Walker) objected, his fobjection was sustained, Thomp- son was refused even to on his own case in his own behalf... | Rotten as the rts of America are, they U allow a man the right 3 rae" himself, but Farrington has t that right away from the Illinois miners. Auditors Statement. Immediately following this episode in the court of Judas; there was issued a statement signed by John J. Watt, sub-district secretary4treasurer, and sent to the officers and, members of all local unions in the sub-district: ‘On account of false propaganda and enemies within the United Mine workers of America, who seem de- termined to wreck the organization. within the bounderies of District No. 12, by a determined and desperate at- tack upon the duly elected officers of Sub-District No. 4, and upon the regu- larly constituted courts within Sub- District No. 4, it becomes my duty to officially notify you that the officers that have been elected and so declared elected by the only officers who have that right to do so, the Sub@istrict Tellers of election, in their report made to the membership, on January 3, 1925, and later by a e report made on March 21, the Officers who will serve you “foe term com- mencing April 1, 1925, and continuing for two years, these officers are: “President, Freeman Thompson. “Vice President, rom rry. Secretary - treasurer, John J. Watt. „Auditors, John Watkins, Thomas Davidson and Greener Smith. “Sergeant at Arms, Paul Piffer. “You will as in the past forward all matters pertaining to Local Union disputes and joint contract matters to the Sub-District office at 221 ½ South Fourth street, and recognize ag official only such official documents as bear the Sub-District Seal and signed by the above residential offers.“ Walker’s own local, No. 413, hes. Fe: nounced him, declaring n hold office. fs, George Montgomery, pros dent of. that local, today declared that the de- feated opponent was ndthing more “than a double crosser 157. an organ- ization wrecker.” In all the foregoing, in 3 with this case, it must be remembered that Thompson, Watt and Parry have done everything in their power to have Farrington and . — live up to —_ OUR DAILY PATTERNS FOR STOUT WOMEN WITH SLENDER HIPS. 5158. Kasha, satin or faille with embroidery or contrasting material for trimming would be suitable for this model. 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Printed crepe and crepe de chine are here combined, This is a good style for dimity, pongee and cot- ton prints. The pattern is cut in four sizes: 1, 2, 3 and 4 years. A 3-year size re- quires 2% yards of 27-inch” material. Collar and cuffs of ¢ontrasfing ma- terial requires 36 yard 27-inehes wide. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send 12c in silver: dr stamps tor our up-to-date Fall and Winter, 1925-26, Book of Fashions, showing color plates and containing 500 designs of ladies’, misses’, and children’s patterns, a con- ares and comprehensive article on dress. aking, also some points for the needle (illustrating 30 of the various simple stitches), all valuable hinta. to the home dressmaker. 1 GARY, IND., ATTENTION! - The DAILY WORKER, Work- ers Monthly, Rabotnicza Tri- buna and Novy Mir are for sale at the Workers’ Co-operative Restaurant, 1733 Broadway. » » PITTSBU RGH, PA. 70 those Who Work mie Hig their money, | will gave 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIS Wish 65645 Smithfield street. — ow eee ere was liberated and With its two occu- | Your Union | Meeting First Friday, August 7, 1928. seg and Conf., 3420 W. Roose- veit. 237 175 W. Washington Broom Makers, 810 W. rae Buildi Trad 22 2 es Council, . n St., 6 p. So Carpenters, 175 aie a Carpenters ers, a et he shington 8 Carpenters, 3 8. Ha Electricians, 2901 W. Electricians, 4141 W. E*ctriciane, R. K., Firemen and 1 es St. 36th a nS ~~ 0 W. St. oe St. ake 1 caste Glass Workers, Emily and Marsh- * . Hod Carriers, Monroe and Peoria 8. Ladies“ 1 . Joint Board, 328 an 83 Machinists, 113 8. Ashiand eg. 1 bS46 So.’ N 1 ye Bivd. 0. e Ave. Garmen acne: School 8 poe ihe Ave. Painters, 3140 Indiana Ave. Painters, 3140 Indiana Ave. r Plu Railwa Carmen, Village Hall.’ Kol- zie Railwa Carmen, Village Hall, Kol- - Railway. Sem 5445 8. Ashiand Ave. F F 1356 Hse vie A O F t. 3349 North Railroad 7 Trainmen, 9120 Commer- 8 Metal Piast Ashiand and South th Chicago Trades and Labor ommercial Ave. pitol Bidg. Wolfra oorms Pp. Telegraphers (Com.) 312 8. Clark Waitresses, 19 W. Adams Street, Women’s Union Label League 220 Ashiand Bivd. stated all (Note--Unless ene meetings are at 8 5. m. the laws of the miners’ union, but to | no avail. Enter the Egan Sewer Rate. It was well known to the progres- sive miners at the election, that the Farrington machine agents were be- ing supplied with money, but no trace could be found of its source at the time. A rat by name of John Egan was noticed to be well supplied with ‘money, and he was very prominent at the election, working for the Farring- ton machine and against Freeman Thompson, Watt and Parry. Since the election “Egan has admitted he was paid $14.60 per day for his work at that election.” However, the election being over, crooks must be given appointments to keep them from squeeling and Egan is no exception to the rule, which ] will show tomorrow. (To be Continued.) Three Klansmen on Trial for Murder Within Few Weeks ‘ NOBLESVILLE, Ind., August 6. — David C. Stephenson, former ku klux klan leader in Indian, and Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry, held without bail on a charge of slaying Miss Madge Ober- holtzer, will go on trial for murder within the next few weeks, according to unexpected developments here. Complying with a petition signed by the defendants and presented to him today, Judge Fred Hines in Ha- milton county circuit court ordered a special session for next Monday at which motions will be heard and other preliminaries cleared away pre- paratory to opening the trial. Cigarmakers to Convene In Boston. BOSTON, August 6. — The Cigar- makers International Union opens its annual convention at the Convention Hall, August 10. Speakers at the open- ing session include Michael J. O’Don- nell, president, Massachusetts Federa- tion of Labor; Abraham Pearlstein, president, Boston Central Labor Union, and James M. Curdy, © democratic mayor of Boston. Economy at Cost of Workers. BOSTON, Aug, 6.—Economy at the expense of city workers is the policy of Governor Alvin T. Fuller, whose state commission on administration and’ finance announces that applica- tions for raises totalling $300,000, sub- mitted by department heads, would be turned down and no wage increases granted this year. The 400 engineers in the employ of the state, receiy- ing an average of $1,560 to $1,800 a year, were especially bitter at this an- nouncement. Tokio Plane TOKIO, Aug. 6.—- Two were killed and two more missing as the result of the accident over Tokbreawa aerdrome today when a military airplane crash- ed into a captive balloon during air maneuvers. The aviators aboard the airplane were “killed. The balloon Smash Fatal. It has pants drifted Rélplebsly away. ar a ne f . i ~~ * 1 a * ä + A tS 1 ss a * a é Pe ‘ , Hard Work Nets Tidy Sam for P. Prisoners The c a of International Labor Defense, formerly a branch of the Labor Defense Council issued a financial repgrt for the month of July (since June 28th) that shows substan- tial progress in defense work. Re- turns on tickets, stamps, and pamph- lets from. draneches of the Worke lated with the lo- ‘| cal 1! amounted to | $108.51. A. F. of L. loccal un- ions Three picnics at which: e was done for de- tense, nettéd ; The b item in in the receipts for June the collection and ad- mission ‘from the great mass meeting im Temple Hall on the 28th, which follawed the National confer- rence 3 International La- bor N & total was $487.54. The ex s of the — were $215.50. Jnr Report dome $684.18 oberes alto- gether. by the local Council. The local unit was therefore able to advance $425.50 to the National Office of Inter- national Labor Defense. This will be used in defending a number of cases that the I. L. D. is pressed with in various parts of the country and to aid in the building of the I. L. D. Extensive ‘preparations are being made for a large conference fully rep- resentative of all workers’ organiza- tions in the city on “Labor Defense Day”, Sunday, Sept. 13th: This con- feretice will officially launch the Chi- cago local ot International Labor De- fense. More than a dozen provisional branches pay been formed already and these wil be represented at the conference.” will be followed by a Mass Teé6Bne in Temple Hall at which natlénally prominent speakers will” appea¥, Arrangements have already been made for an early fall and winter de- tense affair, K dance will be given by the local Council in Temple Hall on October 24th and a big Defense Bazaar lasting for the four days of Dember 10th to 13th inclusive will be staged at Northwest Hall. Lk Everyone i Will Get Into the Movies, Too 1 390 * NEW Y Aug. 6.—fhe outing of the International Labor Defense, New York Section, will take place on Au- gust 23, at Pleasant Bay Park. This will be 0 the finest affairs of the season. thes In addit to the sporting events which will be supplied by the Workers Sport Alliance, such as athletic exhi- bitions, a baseball game, etc., there will be a performance of a play writ- ten by Michael Gold for the occasion. This play is a characterization of the struggle that is taking place between the Fundamentalists and the Modern- ists. It will show them both up. The crown of the occasion will be a movie whieh will be taken of the affair and which will be shown in the big cities of the country and will be sent to Europe. The International La- bor Defense has inyited a number of organizations of different nationalities to participate in the outing, in their national costumes, which will lend color to the “nit and will show the workers of F at the workers of America can 405 in the matter of labor defense! er who is sympathetic to the cause of protecting the workers arrested for participation in the class struggle, and helping their families, should be pres- ent at the affaiss You will enjoy your- self and you wall be doing one of the best deeds in gjd of the working class movement that, you can. Officer{Admits Murder. MANILA, Aug. 6—Torn with jeal- ousy and belleving his second lieu- tenant’s pay too meager to permit him to marry;(Lieut. J. S. Thompson, in a signed confession produced to- day, said he shot his sweetheart, Aud- rey Burleigh, because he was afraid to let her go to America without him. The trial of the army officer for the murder of the eighteen-year-old girl last April was continued to Sept. 1. Mosccow Corn Dealers Ask Trade. MOSCOW (By Mail).—A number of former Moscow dealers in corn have forwarded to the Direction of the Mos- cow Exchange a memorandum con- cerning participation of private capi- tal in the corn'storing campaign pro- posing to give the state’s grain stor- ing organization en right of, ‘sign- ing contracts with h private firms and a right to private, firms to > dealin ce- reals. . eth . a N Subscribe for e D 1 i Y WORKER. *" si * . „ Tickets costs 350, and every work 2 — OU * 600 Why Can’t Workers Do III AT WORK Two Jobs at One Time? Let’s Go! of one thing at one time. shop-mate. When he tries to get pamphlet on some subject. of one of our gang for a sub in and pointed out that f ‘book to read. I talked ab because this man just got for three months. I didn’t sold him one, : week alone—and I know that’ Tell others about it—let’s go! this country. as this Ford worker has done months. I wish you would tip off othe i: By A FORD WORKER It strikes me funny why some workers can only think I know that’s the way it is with my a sub for the DAILY WORKER it never creeps into his head that he can also sell the fellow a The other day, during lunch when he got a dollar out Builders to how easy this can be done. I’m sure we would be distributing thousands of pamphlets more if we would do it. I sold ten of them last s a darn good way to make another Communist” as the DAILY WORKER slogan says. TAKE HIS ADVICE! This letter sent in by a worker from the shop has the system that can make thousands of good propagandists in Today the DAILY WORKER is selling thousands of books and pamphlets every week—but if more workers acted in his shop the Communist movement in this country would double its size within a few Open Summer Camp On Monday, July 27, the Chica- go Juniors opened their summer camp, which is the first time in the history of the Juniors ‘that tried. Everything is run strictly by the Juniors themselves. If a Junior does not like something which has happened during the day, he or she reports it at the Camp Soviet Council and the Jun- iors see what can be done about it. So far the camp has been running very smootly and we hope it keeps on that way. If you have a child send it to this e camp. No child who is not a Junior is allowed in the camp, so make your child a to the camp. Emanuel Mankin, Age 12, Member of the Young Revolu- tionist Junior Group. P. S.—If you want your child to be a Junior, telephone or write to G. Greenberg, 1113 W. Wash- ington Blvd., Chicago, III. Tele- phone Monroe 4712. — — * Appreciates Daily Worker. To the DAILY WORKER?» I wish to express my appreciation of the privilege of reading your paper. Its revelations, courage and aggres- siveness are admirable. Its accuracy is unusual. I. DAVID, Toronto, Ont. Milwaukee Printers Expose Scab Work Used by Socialists (Special to The Daily Worker) MILWAUKEE, August 5.—A trump card in the campaigſ against union printers in Milwaukee is spiked by evidence that the open shoppers have been fraudulently substituting inferior paper on contract work let by the school board. The evidence was col- lected by officials of Typographical! Union 23 and Milwaukee Allied Print- ing Trades Council and extends over } a year. The trade unionists became suspi- cious when they found that union shops could never bid low enough on It was then discovered that Radtke Bros. & Kortsch, the successful bid- ders, habitually made up for the in- ferior speed and workmanship of their non-union employes by using cheaper paper than the specifications they had bid on called for. Contracts for the coming year are held up pending in- vestigation by the school board. The socialist administration been letting work to scab concerns. oo — Soviet Taxation Dae MOSCOW, Aug. 6. nesty” A taxation am- trialists, high taxation-rate, is lively comment- ed in private trading circles. Private tradesmen consider this measure most ital to develop its work on a broader scale. Greeks Threaten e ATHENS, Aug. 6.— Greece will not break peaceful relations with Bul- garia over the murder of the Green citizen, Nikolaides but intends to in- sist on punishment of his murderers, * official commuhique stated Wage Chicago Juniors . such an undertaking has been| Junior and it will be able to go} the school board work to get the jobs. has | expedient for encouraging private cap- | IN MEMORIAM We the workers of the Bronx Branch No. 12 of the V. W. I. express our deepest sorrow for our de loved Comrade Laggon who died a sudden and premature death. We shall not only commemorate his death but pledge to devote our young and revolutionary spirit and courage to carry on the struggle for the ideal to which Comrade Lasson devoted his young life, to the vie- torious end. Bronx Branch 12, V. W. i Subscribe for the DAILY | WORKER. eee IE. Dear Comfades:— My father read in dren. we would like to read thanked dad for the ceived. 8 ers of the world. imagine. I liked the stories EE Dog“, The Rose Bush” and “The Sparrow“. The story “Why?” is very interesting be- cause I liked the courage of little Paul when he wanted to know why it was so very hard How he found the little — for the workers. dryad who told him questions when the workers would awaken from their sleep and become wise. that glorious day for the workers would come maybe eighty years from now or may- be tomorrow but it all depended on us, the * 1 * 1 N workers. 1 Fairy tales for workers children is the best book I ever read. Fraternally Vours, to be passed by legislative or- gans of the state for private indus- | who are somewhat overbur- | dened by debts owing to the former The translation by ida Ia Just a Wee Little Girl Wrote— THIS LETTER: “Laisve” an appeal to buy a book for chil- He asked us, the children of the family, if we said yes, for we all like fairy tales. by Herminia Zur Mühlen Is the best book I have ever read because it tells about the poor peoples’ struggle against the rich and it makes me think that some day they will succeed and become the lead- I also liked this book be- cause it had poor people in it and not kings and queens which I soins are very hard to FAIRY SALES Fairy Tales for Workers Children Is also the best book that your children will enjoy. color plates by LYDIA GIBSON add to the charm and beauty of the stories. SHANGHAI, July 7. (By Mall— On the occasion of a marriage which was celebrated on July Srd in the Yang Tee-pu d the Chinese used rotkets—whereupon an Amer ican sallor, without any cause or warning opened fire on the crowd. One Chinese worker was kilied. The police, coming on the scene, arrested the owner of the house where the marriage was celebrated, and dispersed the crowd of om lookers. An energétic protest has been filed with the municipal authorities thru the Chinese Commissioner of for eign affairs. One Man Carmen Out on Strike Demanding Wage Rar and Unie f (By Worker orrespondent) 1 NEW YORK { err v. August 6, — ee who drive. the s in the Bo aq Twenty, v4: Ine man t rough 112 ior Queens, or the New York and Queens Railroad company, went on strike Monday as a result of the de- motion of a superintendent. Later in the day the men voted to continue the strike and draw up plans to be pre- sented to the company receiver. The men struck yesterday when they learned that Frederick Young, a worker, with tifrty-four years em- ployment with the company, and a superintendent, had been demoted to dispatcher. They also protest against the discharge of Peter Gurvey. Gar- vey they say had worked all night Saturday and being tired and ex)aust- ed had refused the demand of the boss that he work Sunday afternoon. The striking motormen are demani- ing the reinstatement of Young end that they are organizing, and an in- crease in wages of eighteen cents an hour. They also demand to be paid time and a half for evertime. Wages now paid are fifty-two cents an hour. The demand is for seventy cents. On the picket line it was said that the company had already hired scabs from other open shop railroad com- panies. Soviet Oll Production Mounts. MOSCOW, Aug. 6.—The Azerbeid- jan Petroleum Industry is planning an increase of oil output in the next year up to 5.7 million tons against 4.4 mil- lion tons obtained in this current veer. FNF elefelreien 2felelelefelalen — * „ the Lithuanian Daily such a book. Of course We money which we re- J 1 rIririclir ' eee ee of The Little Grèy rr C U she would answer his She said IIIA er Helen Viskocka. 7 — Dailes and the beautiful 1 AN Duroflex Cover 75 Cents—Cloth Bound $1.25 5 — iene 2 I. —— —— 2 bee 1 — . — Ane * . * 3 . The Daily Worker Publishing Co. 1113 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. CHICAGO, ILL. g LITT! N * So — 2 Garvey, the recognition of the union | „ * ——
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ILY WORKER 2 tbe "DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Bivd., Chicago, III. Phone Monroe 4712 oo 95 Rn (in Chicage only): pS.00 pe year $4.50 six months . Gay 32.50 three months SUBSCRIPTION RATES * mall (outelde of Chicago): $3.50 six months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THe DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Iilinols mee J. LOUIS ENGDAHL } MORITZ J. LOEB Gntered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, III., under the act of March 4 Advertising rates on application. — — 1 1 * : _ „ Bead to a and there. The Real Rulers The national administration has failed in its effort to make't any- thing out of the Volstead prohibition law except a farce. If anybody is worrying about prohibition it is not the bootlegger. If anybody who wants a drink of hootch goes without it, it is because he has not the price. Prohibition is now one of the most prosperous industries and the liquor dealers who once served spiritual cheer over the counter are now doing better and doing it just as cheerfully on the enforcement staffs. Short changing a drunk was a short usine and a respectable cottage in the suburbs. But wine dispensations mean castles in Switzerland. ) around the world. administration has sale of Uquor. Whether this is the case because the administration does not take Volstead seriously or not, big business does not care particularly. Big business took advantage of the war hysteria to shove prohibition thru. It figured on more efficienty on the part of its wage slaves in a dry nation. The rich could bathe their poodle dogs in champagne or in the milk of she asses as usual. also Inbricate their livers with the best vintage of France. Prohibi. tion would not bother the rich. But big business reckoned without the Wan pected efficiency resulting from non consumption of liquor has des materialized, because the “non” before consumption does not belong Now, Gary and Rockefeller, representing the two biggest combi- 5 nations of capital in the United States have taken steps to run thie prohibition racket as efficiently as they run their own business. Those two leading plutes have organized a committee of 1,000 which is to provide the treasury department with a fund of $300,000 with which to secure the services of super-executives each with a salary of $50,000 yearly. Those men will be above politics and above graft. salaries, because there are still some former liquor dealers who have if b i So we are told. Congress would not provide money to pay those large not fitted into the new scheme of things, and a job at five or six thoughtful masters! * thousand a year would suit them nicely, as an excuse for making 1 three or four times that sum on the side. average prohibition director is after; it's the commission. how the game works in a capitalist country. Perhaps the significance of the Gary- Rockefeller move w in be lost on millions of workers. Here are two men who have no more officia) connection with the government than the Sultan of Swat and the Poo Bah of Basutoland, yet when they speak, the administration. . little “Cal” to the White House doorkeeper get out their ea) If a couple of trade union leaders (this is a wild imaginary " flight) not satisfied with the way some law that throws a little protection around labor was being enforced, raised a fund and offered a few of their best organizers to enforce the law, paper in the country would holler about the “dictatorship of the proletariat.” But it is tacitly understood that Gary and Rockefeller, Morgan and Ford own this government, and that they have a perfect right to butt in and run things whenever they see fit. Where did those plutes get the money to pay prohibition diree- They. got it out of the blood and sweat of The workers should be happy in having such It is not the salary ae tors $50,000 salaries? their exploited slaves. Playing Shuttlecock Thousands of German and Polish workers and their famihie are now experiencing a fate similar to that pictured by the poe } every capitalist Longfellow when the peaceful inhabitants of a Canadian French settlement were evicted by the British, 9 United States. and scattered all over the Only in this case the brutal incident immortalized by Longfellow is magnified a thousand fold. When the “war for democracy” ended, the Allied powers, in ‘order to weaken Germany turned over a large part of that country ‘to Poland. Since then Poland and Germany have been at logger- | 4 heads. SS “suffer under capttalism. “forced to start anew in another country. ‘of the harvest réaped from the seed planted in the iniquitous treaty the notorious mountebank Woodrow Wilson helped to write, while mouthing fine phrases about humanity and freedom. . i FF The toothless league of nations, x Sort of arbitration board for the big 15 *to solve the differences between the two countries. 1 5 Now Poland has expelled 50,000 Germans, many of w hom have | ‘Hved in Poland for several years and had brot up families there. The German government is hunting all over Germany for Poles and ece.rieting them in retaliation. of Versailles, which nothing to say in the matter. which was intended as a capitalist robbers has failed ‘The workers who are being shuffled over the frontiers have Self-determination is not for them. The Polish and German bourgeoisie will not suffer the consequences 1 of the failure of the governments of Poland and Germany to come * to terms. The only class that will suffer is the working class. \ These boundary disputes will continue so long as capitalist rule ( exists and the workers are divided along national lines. 5 rs of Germany and Poland have no country. oA which they live belong to the ruling classes. The countries in The only country in the world which is owned by its producing classes is the Soviet FT nion. When the workers in Germany and Poland get rid of eapitalist rule, they will scratch out the frontiers and unite under the red banner of Communism which aims at the world republic of labor where workers.of all races and colors will live in peace and plenty. The vatican has reason that rats desert sinking ships. deserted Mussolini’s standard for the same 4. The American aviators who have volunteered for service against the Riffians are about as gallant as the human vermin who volunteer _to break strikes. f 15 . é Every day get kor the Workers Party, for the DAILY WORKER and a member |, Brisbane’s Boom City BUNK ON THE Becoming a Morgue By FRAPIESA. (Worker Correspondent)... LOS ANGELES, August 6. — Rec- ords of bankrtatcy during the past j week surpassed all previous ones. Businesses involved were hotels, res- stores, etc. Indications are that a continued sharp decline in trade will follow. The | bottom has dropped out of the boom and there must ensue a general eva- ‘uation of the vehicle, resulting in what somebody described as a vacuum. N are that the city of Los Angeles will be more pronouncedly vacant from an industrial stand poin in the future than in the past. Chamber of Commerce Bluff. Placards bearing the legend “Busi | failed to probibit the manufacture and! can © ad are being given by the Chamber of Commerce to commercial houses for display. This is part of the policy of the boomsters to whistle to keep up their courage. The tommer- cial people know only too well that business is so far from godd that it might properly be branded as putre- fying. Salesmen of real estate agents are instructed to never use the word “slum” and it is very probable that the Realty Board originatéd the idea, which is suggestive of Coueism. But the slump refuses ta be ignored, nevertheless. Bunk Discounted. Building operations continue to be active. Why? Because lots are bejng sold at reduced prices. But this makes an artificial boom in construc- tion of office structures, hotels, apart- ment houses, etc. As vacancies are in- creasing in such buildings, the build- ers ‘will slow up suddenly at an early date. No factories are being built. For a long time the Chamber of Commerce and allied boomsters have been un ble to induce Eastern manufacturers o establish plants here. The reason? Several years ago the boosters led Easterners to erect great factories but the lack of water restricts operation. It will be five or ten years before the vater supply will be increased and until then no more factories will bi stablished. Boom is a Leak. The gas is escaping from the Lo: Angeles boom. Those Easterners who lave been victimized by the exagger- ited advertisements are now advertis- ing “ ‘the cheapest labor market in the United States” to its disadvantage. The usual adjustments are being made. Depreciation of Los Angeles bunk is bringing that questionable 1 commodity down to its face value. Thru the DAILY WORKER East- ern workers are being disillusioned and investors are also benefited. This paper is in the unique position of fur- nishing the public with the facts as to California. It gives the news that deflates the advertising baloons that are blown up by the gassy mounte- banks of this boom burg. Incidents of Slum. During the past week suicides ranged from three to five per day. The po- lice use the term “epidemic of sui- cides” to describe the peculiar condi- tion. If the “Examiner” and “Times” should comment on this they would cautiously remark “Strange, passing strange” without attempting to ex- plain. Nine out of ten of the suicides are due to destitution, nothing more or less. That should not be hard to un- derstand when the fact is considered that one child dies every week of Starvation in this city year in and year out. For the overlords of the place that fact is comforting because it shows just how cheap humanity is. Thus misfortune is brot to the homes] Uniformly the stories of suicides ‘of thousands of workers in addition to the ever present misery they Families are torn from their homes and This is only a small part are all on this line: Men, who have dependents, come here in search of employment, fail to get it and kill themselves in desperation when they see their loved ones starving. In this time of slump the suicides increase rapidly. Alarming Symptoms. Easterners are not coming to Los Angeles. Passenger trains arriving here are 75 per cent empty. Along the ten blocks on Broadway, from Ist to 1lth street, which is about all the metropolitan city there is to this town, the effect of the slump is marked, It is a significant fact that most merchants’ rents due in that sec- tion for the month past remain in arrear. Continuance of this condition will not cause banks to break, because Spoons institutions flourish on bankrupt- cy of .others, but it will cause panic among those who have mortgaged real estate, small stores, etc. Hence, workers must understand that “the cheapest labor market in the United best thing they can do is to give this town a wide berth or, if already here, join the Workers Party. Population of Leningrad. MOSCOW. According to the latest official returns, the population of Len- ingrad reached a figure of 1,320,600 by the Ist of June. Another new S other Communist... Makes an- taurants, bakeries, miscellaneous small | The Twin City Milk zlation, a million Hair with a ;cattred within a radi of 40 miles of Minneapolis, has 1 t pleted a deal here Wh 1 build a wholesale milk 0 $76,000. ee Only a few. aged, his associa- tion was 8 a shoe string, by a few ente rm ‘promoters. When, recently, the site was handed over to the “officers of the association, E. W. Decker of the Northwestern National Bank, and other big capitail- ists, participated im the dedication ceremony. As à matter of fact, thru the connections that Decker has es- tablished with the officers of the Twin City Milk Producers’ association, the site is a virtual gift on the part of the Minneapolis capitalists, to the as- sociation. Moreover, these cdpttaliets constitute a sort of advisory board to the association, in their capacity as “leading citzeus There is certainly something very rotten in Denmark, and the farmers ought to get busy and getrat the bot- tom of this deal. 1 . (K Decker Has a Record. Every farmer knows] that E. W. Decker was one of thevprincipal fin- anciers of all the anti-farmer cru- sades in the Northwest“ He financed wars against the late Loftus, who was the father of the cooperative grain elevators. He fought Lotus bitterly, in his position as a finasver-capitalist. He also waged. a very: Sharp and long fight against the farmers’ non-parti- san league, When tes rganization meant something te the #armers. His bank, mer % hes cooperation ‘with the Y ducers' association, cannot. mean that the association is ve in the best sence of the aa Birds of If! Oma. From nothing the association has grown to a large institution. . It be- hooves the rank and fle members to keep a sharp lookout, lest this associa- tion of theirs goes the way: of the dis- picable “Daly Star“, and other fake cooperative schemes. The class col- laborationist policy, ag*imdicated by the cooperation of E. W. Decker of the Northwestern National Bank, and other flnance-capitalists, s only too manifest. For they aresbirds of ill omen to the farmers and workers of the Northwest. Nn de Pronounced pare e al LOS ANGELES, August 6. — Water famine threatens this city. For more than a year the supply has been de- creasing. Thruout the month of July the scarcity was such as to constitute a danger. No relief is in sight and a crisis will be reached in the near fu- ture. All the water ee the Owens river valley is being sup lied to this city but even at that there is hardly enuf to meet requirements. Such is the drain on the reschree that what is used for domestic pi 5 is hard- ly fit for human consun aption. This water tastes of sewa is probable that it is not filtere ecause: if it were, there would be 1 — left to it. As it will take five ‘or ten years to obtain water from thé Colorado river, it is easily to be foreseen that Los An- geles will not have any industrial in- ducements to offer Basterners who plan to come here. kers will do well to keep away. 5 ories can not operate when there is such a dearth of water as exists here? . Soviet Expeditioh Yakutin. MOSCOW.—A big expedition with a States” is becoming cheaper and the, scheme of work reckoned for five years will leave for Yakutin in the nearest future. The expedition is to investigate life and customs of the Yakuts, their anthropologic type, the causes of spread of trachoma, leprosy and of a peculiar mental disease among the Yakuts, as well as the causes of the high death rate among the Yakut women. * Sroochart Lead Grows WASHINGTON, Adg. 6.— with the recount in 33 counties complete, Sen. W. Brookhart of Iowa has a lead of 4,314 votes over hi emocratic op- ponent, Daniel F. k, in the con- tested lowa senat election, the senate elections ittee announ- cd, toda. Brookh heaviest gains were. registered cock counties. International Talloring company, de- [ter & Co., and fully endorses the | Workers; and, be it further Water in Los Angeles : enry and Han- Chicago Local Scores A. F. of IL. Scabbery A resolution supporting the strike of the members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers employed by the nouncing the scabbery of the United Garment Workers, the A. F. of L. union which le supplying the concern with strikebreakers, and demanding that the American Federation of La- bor executive council admit the Amal- gamated, was unanimously passed by Painters Union Local 275. The local union, comprising 1100 members, unanimously passed the re- solution, and ordered it sent to the Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhang- ers and corators of America con- vention for action. Rickert Supplies Scabs The resolution supporting the Ama! | gamated, “which was introduced b) John Heinrichson, member of the Trade Union Educational League, follows: “WHEREAS, a strike is taking place between the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and the Internation- al Tailoring company and the John Taylor company; and “WHEREAS, these companies have had union agreements with the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers for many years and constitute the only two companies in the men’s clothing in- dustry in the city of Chicago that re- fuse to renew their agreement; and “WHEREAS, Tom Rickert, Interna- tional president of the United Garm- ent Workers, and the local official, George C. Slater, have agreed with these two concerns to furnish strike breakers; end “WHEREAS, Tom Rickert has for many years violated all the principles upon which trade unionism is based and is even now selling union labels to the manufacturers employing only non-union men and women; and “WHPREAS, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers have repeatedly made application for affiliation to the American Federation of Labor; there- fore, be it j Endorse Strike “RESOLVED, that Painters Union Local 275 condemns categorically the strikebreaking tactics of Rickert, Sla- strike of the Amalgamated Clothing “RESOLVED, that we demand from the executive council of the American Federation of Labor that the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers be admitted; and be it further “RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paper Hang- ers of America in Convention to be held in Montreal, September 7th, for their adoption, and a copy to be sent to our Journal and the labor press for publication.” Drive on Science in California as : Scopes Case Echo SAN FRANCISCO—(FP)—After a vigorous fight on the part“ of the Science League of Amer:ca, the state mining t dhe Ohotsk region dover: 6 offere:refer to concesélonstoncerning buying off’ |:3 the furs A long the coast of the Enjoys s Rich Graft ( Frome | Worker Correspondent). drivers last night were stopped by uniformed policemen and ordered to show their hack and Chauffeurs licen- ses. Traffic on all of the bridges were tied up while the police, forced these taxicab drivers to go thru this humilia- ting treatment at their hands. This is only one of the tricks of the police department to give the people the im- pression that all the taxicab drivers are criminals. The crusade last night was togind out if there are any drivers operating without a license. There are taxi drivers in this city who have criminal records and why does not o person can get hacking license unless he goes thru a rigid examina- tion, such as being photographed and fingerprinted, and the police depart- ment is the agency that does all of the investigation and if criminals are operating taxicabs in this city, then how did they get the license? It was not very long since Dennis Kenny, of Brooklyn, was shot and killed by, a; taxi driver. This driver Was peste a taxi despite the fact that he had a long criminal record. ane enen Monopoly The shoo of Kenny, was follow- | ed by the, mayor, sponsoring the famous “police taxi bill.” This law gives the police de ont the power to license and supervise taxicabs and taxicab, drivers. The appelate division, recently decided that the law was un- constitutional, but the police depart- ment still insists on supervising and licensing taxicabs and drivers. The law according to taxi owners and drivers who are in on the KNOW, was passed so the open shop Yellow Taxi corporation; could get full control of the license department, public hack stands and the streets in general. Carrol Sinnot, brother of secretary to the mayor, is one of the traffic man- agers of the Yellows. Suspending. and revoking drivers’ licenses seems to be one of the favor- ite pastimes of the officials in control of the licensing of taxi drivers. Many shameful and sad stories are told by drivers, with families dependent on them for support, who have had their licenses revoked or suspended, board of education finally listed all science text-books whose elimination was sought by the fundamentalists. The board has, however, held to its ruling that evolution must be taught “as a theory, not as a fact,” and local I. school boards are enforcing this rule | “even in private conversation between pupil and teacher.” Both an initia- tive measure and a bill in the legisla- ture are planned by the fundamental- ist forces. Soviets Explore Arctic, MOSCOW.—An expedition for hy- drographic work headed by Matussee vich, the well-known arctic explorer, will shortly leave for Arkhangelsk, sent to the Arctic Ocean by the Chief Hydrographic Burea of U. S. S. R. The expedition will take up exact descriptive work suspended in 1914 at the Murmansk coast and will ex- plore the Northern part of Novaia- Zemla with a view to choosing a suit- able place for the new wireless sta- tion to be erected there. Pay Law Hits Clerks, SAN FRANCISCO—(FP)—A newly passed bill puts teeth into the twice monthly salary law of California, but state employes have no benefits under it. Private employers must pay their helpers twice a month, but the office and other workers for the state itself get their pay checks only once a month at considerable inconvenience. Had License Revoked Abraham Turetsky, a taxi driver, had his license suspended last week. He had heard that Mayor Hylan had requested that all citizens who did not think they were getting proper -treat- ment at the hands of public officials should complain direct to him. Turet- | sky then wrote a letter to his honor and explained that his wife was sick in a hospital and that his license was suspended. The reply from the mayor suggested that Turetsky seek work at the city.employment office and that his letter was referred to the deputy police Commissioners’ office. Turetsky went back the commissioners office and was told that his license had been revoked. » Mr what reason? He did not have} right to protest to the (peoples), mayor. That is the treat- ment 7 7 citizens who try to raise voices in protest against the aqministration. “The Sin- notte a live." British 8 Study Soviets. MOSCOW.— The British co-opera- tive movement has lately been taking a keen interest in the Soviet co-oper- ative movement. In a special article appearing in the Co-operative News, the organ of the “Wholesale Co-opera- tive Society” (England), the director of this society views the activities of the “Centrosoyuz” (All-Russian Cen- tral Union of Co-operative Societies), dwelling approvingly on the methods as well as the volume of transactions. * — PID PP — PS NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 5.—Taxicab: i |: Maritime Province. : (dei Yellow: 2 2 3 the police department weed them out? N 5 ves attention. “Ying servatives once more proves that they lack political independence. front, the British ; where working against the 0 However, declares 3 matum would find the 8 Re- publics in a different ‘position mow than two years ago. Do Not Fear Blockade. With every year, the Union fs -ac- quiring more and more possibilities of ‘self-sufficient existence during a cer- tain period in case of emergency: “To- day, we can quietly envisage interven- tionist designs which failed even in times incomparably harder for us After outliving a sever blockade, dur. ing which we were deprived of petro leum, coal, bread and actually possess- ing the innumerable resources of a vast country, we can remain perfect- ly calm before any threat of economic and financial blockade; we are not ip the least: een of them.” London a Dizzy Time LONDON, July 30 Delayed) —A fierce battle between fascists and Communists the second in two days occurred tonight. Nearly 2,000 persons eventually became involved in the fight, which turned the whole Marble Arch and neighborhood into a wild turmoil of omnibuses stopped, private cars wrecked and scores. of people more or less seriously injuréa. The trouble began at the close of a fascist demonstration in Hyde Park when demonstrators joined issue with a Communist gathering a few yards away. In a few moments several thous- and people, shouting madly surround- ed the belligerents. The melée only ceased when the police commandeered motor busses and, standing on the foot boards, escorted the fascists back to head- quarters. after the most serious row of its kind which has rm’ Place in London. Twelve Hurt In Klan Riot WESTWOOD, Mass., Aug. 5.—In- jury to more than a deten persons, the wrecking of a farmhouse, and the arrest of three klansmen for carry- ing concealed weapons, were the after maths of a ku klux klan attempt to hold a meeting. The state police had refused to guard klan meetings, and this was the first gathering since the guards were withdrawn. AUGUST ISSUE 25 Comps ti 8 „ 8) ike By MANUEL GOMEZ. a The LaFollette movement without its leader—the ; nature of it—its future—and the battle * work- Sy Bes ing class political action are the facts this keen and most ee article, — cc r LaFOLLETTISM Without La Follette WORKERS of the — MONTHLY 82.00 a Year $1.25 Six Nene alyzed in A ee 8 1 1 N r R N me, 8 . { N statement that —— cham. 4 the entire British cabinet has thus a 7 ‘sumed the responsibility for this state- irkenhead. 2 D Re daes rae — . — 4 hes ~ a * * —
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i ey eA FG —— § Wr ’ ee we N e Get: *. Te oa — „„ * —ͤ — — ae ie oy 7 be eer 5 . 4 SPECIAL MAGAZIN b SUPPLEMENT THE DAILY we SECOND SECTION This magazine supple ment will» ar every Saturday im The Daily Worker. By LEO Readers of the DAILY WO aroused by the publication of Max Eastman’s book Since in Died.“ 8 2 The DAILY WORKER was able to smash the scl te capl- - | 1 Yolhints wis -waing Eastman's book as part of their propaganda Union) by securing a telegraphic refutation tor war against the ~~ d@iréet from Trotsky himselt. In the article below Trotsky follows his telegram with a detailed and crushing refutation of Eastman’s book. ing heavy demands upon our space, because it gives an object lesson in the worthlessness of ninety-nine per cent of the assertions made by the ‘capitalist press—and its dupes—about the Workers“ Republic of Russia. This is the more urgent since the war-propaganda against Russia— altho suspended—may be resumed at any moment. . * About Eastman’s Book, Since Lenin Died“ Sen atter my return from Sukhum to Moscow, I learned from à tele- gram from Comrade Jackson, of the SUNDAY WORKER, about the publi- cation of a book by Eastman under the title “Since Lenin Died,” which was being made use of by the capi- talist press for attacks upon our Party and the Soviet Government. Altho my reply to Comrade Jack- blished in due course in 5 ‘the paper, I nevertheless think it use- fal to reproduce here its first part: ie me book, about .which you Write, is quite unknown to me. The which quoted it have —— 1 received East- man’s book from Inkpin, secretary of the British Communist Party, who wrote me a letter similar to Comrade Jackson’s telegram. I had no intention of reading and Still less of replying to Hastman’s Fee 9 ~ * 434% _ telegram to Comrade Jackson, which in the meantime had appeared in the British and general foreign press, would be sufficient. Nevertheless, some ot my party might indirectly assist it in damaging our Party. This has induced me to pay more attention to Eastman’ 8 production, and to acquaint myself in detajl with its contents. , * 89 8 N the strength of well-known inci- dents in our Party life, of the discussion of the methods of Party ot State regulation of eco- - Bastman . eee = arrives at lusiohs About the Red Army. STMAN makes it appear as if the Army, thru the change in the per- ments to base their W upon Eastman's revelations. Eastman, by the way, * not seem to notice that by characterizing the Red Army thus he supports the thoroly rotten Menshevik legend about Bonapartism and Pra»tcrianism—since TROTSKY. ‘J : ro , will remember the controversy : We print it in fall, notwithstan- it is clear that am army, apt to be broken up on account of a personal change in leadership, would not be a Communist or proletarian, but precisé ly a Bonapartist and Praetorian army. The author quotes in his booklet a large number of documents, and mentions many incidents not infre- quently second, third and fourth hand. There is in this little booklet a not inconsiderable number of obviously fallacious and mendacious assertions, from which we need only ee a few | of the more important. Basten’ s words lead one to imagine. that Lenin had intended these letters for the press. This is absolutely untrue. In the course of his Ulness Lenin more than once addressed proposals, letters, etc., to the leading organg of the Party and its congresses. All these letters and proposals were, of course, invariably delivered to the quarters to which they were ad- dressed, were brought under the no- tice-of the delegates at the 12th and 13th Party Congresses, and never ed to have due effect upon the de- cisions of the Party. Lenin's WII“ F all the letters have not been pub- lished. this is because the author did not intend them for publication. As for the famous “will,” Lenin never left one, and the very nature | of his relations with the Party as well as the nature of the Party itself made such a “will” absolutely : impossible. In me guise of a “will” the emigre and foreign bourgeois and menshevik press have all along been quoting one of Lenin’s letters (completely muti lated) which contained a number of e on questions ot Party 1 most attentively, and drew Son- clusions in accordance with the e ‘tions of the moment. All talk about a secreted or in- fringed “will’ is so much mischievous invention directed against the real will of Lenin, 3 the Party created by him. No Suppresslon. OT less mendacious is East man's statement that the Central Com- mittee had wanted to suppress Lenin’s article about the Workers’ and Peas- ants’ Inspection. The dissensions, if one may at all, speak here of dis- sensions, which arose in this connec- tion on the Central Committee were of quite secondary moment, having reference only: to the question whether the pu of Leuin's article should, or should not be, accompanied by a statement of the Central Com- mittee that there were grounds for SATURDAY, eber 8, 1925. see en April 3, 1925: we ase. at ae same 2 te mbers of the pres- to the party’s tions saying, inter alia: With- out entering, in this parely imforma- tive letter, into a discussion of pos- sible historical dangers, of which the question has been rightly raised by Comrade Lenin in his article, the members of the Orgbureau and the Politibureau deem it necessary, with a view to avoiding possible misunder- standings, to declare with complete unanimity that there are in the in- ternal work of the Central Committee absolutely no data which could in any way suggest the danger of a split.” This document, not only has, with ten others, my signature, but its very text was written by myself on Janu- ary 27, 1923. + * * As this letter, expressing the unani- mous attitude of the Central Com- mittee towards Lenin's proposal about the Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspec- tion, also has at bottom the ‘signature of Comrade Kuibyshev, another men- dacious statement of Eastman’s is ipso facto refuted, viz., that at the head of the Inspection was placed Comrade | Kuibyshév as an opponent of Lenin's scheme of organization. R ¢s $6 Another Falsehood. — false and based obviously It is equally false to assert as East- man does that Lenin offered me the post of President of the Council’s Commissars and the Council of Labor and Defence. | learn this piece of news for the first time rom nne. pamphlet. NE could ee * when atten- tively reading the pamphlet, point out a number of other mistaken state- ments or preversions and distortions. One hardly, however, needs doing this. When making use of Eastman’s “in formation” and quoting his statements, the capitlaist and, more particularly, the menshevist press have invariably underlined his near relations to me as the author of my biography, his al- leged “friendship” with me—thus try- ing in an indirect way to lend his ar- guments a weight which in themselves they have not and cannot have. I am, therefore, obligd ta speak also on this subject. Mei ae Se R ons with N ERHAPS the nature of my real re- lations with Eastman will best be seen from a business letter which I wrote at the time when there was as I received from one of 1 Youth.” The eee letter from my comrade informed me that the manu- script which had been sent by the author to our State Publishing House, for publication in the Russian lan- guage, was making a strange and, to us, unfamiliar impression by its sen- timental tone. I. replied to this letter by one dated “Even without reading Eastman’s manuscript I entirely agree with you that it would be a mistake to publish it. Tho you have kindly sent the manuscript to me, I have neither appetite nor desire to read it. 1 willingly take“ your word that the fear of a split. But even this question | manuscript is quite unappetizing, es- “ p es im 1923 or in r pecially to us Russian Communists.” Eastman for a long time had per sistently tried to convince me that it Was very difficult to interest Amert ‘cans in Communism, but that they be made interested in Commun- ists. His argument did not lack plau- sibility, and it was this which prompted me to render him some as- sistance of a very limited nature: the limits were shown in my letter to him.* “Of course I did not know at the time that he was going to h this book in Russian. I should pgoba- bly have ad ‘the State Pilfiica- tions House not to print it. N Naturally, I am unable to prevent his publishing the book He is a ‘free’ writer, has lived in Russia,~ has collected materials, and Is at pres- ent in France, if not in America. “Should I ask him not to print this book as a personal favor to me? | am not sufficiently intimate with him for that. And altogether, it would hardly be proper to do so.” * „ «& repeat, the question was about a perfectly harmless booklet relating to my youth, up to 1902, but the tone of my letter leaves no room for doubt that my relations with Eastman dif- fered in nothing from my relations with a number of other Communists or foreign “sympathizers” who. have | asked my assistance in studying the October Revolution, our Party, and than that. man writes sarcastically about my nearest comrades of the Centra! Committee, whom, according to him, I spoke of in a friendly manner, at the moment of the “acrimonious” discus- sion. Evidently, Eastman regards him- self as being called upon to correct my “mistake” and endows the lead- ing personnel of our Party with such traits as could not be med other wise than by the word s er. We have seen above on what a rot- ten foundation Eastman is trying to erect his building. He exploits single incidents of the Party discussion in order to blacken our Party and to un- dermine all confidence by perverting the meaning of facts and distorting all and every proportion. I should think, however, that any serious and reflective reader need not even take the trouble to ences and “docum over would not be body), but would find it et cfr. simple to ask himself if the derogatory characteristics given by Eastman to the leading personnel of our Party had been true, how conld this Party have gone thru the long years of un- derground struggle, have made the revolution i intentions. His booklet can-only ren- der service to the worst enemies of Communism and revolution. It there- fore objectively constitutes a weapon of counter-revolution. July 1, 1925. y 22, 732 I replied to the re- Iterated re * f Eas as follows: “IT shall try to * K you assistance 4 Ma — of bona fide information, but cannot agree to read your — since it would make me responsible, as it were, not only for the facts, algo for the characteristics and ap is quite obvious that I canes do, I am prepared to bear some ited re- sponsibility for the facts . Is give you at your request. 3 bility for the rest Will Sea to be — entirely by vou.“ This work of his only reaches the events of 1902.
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"=r 8 Sst Sor. } Just now, there circulates an ugly rumor among the party members, to the effect that we Finns are ’ democrats and supporters of the Two- and-a-half-International tendencies. This character assassination has gone so far that I think it proper to say in a few words just what we are. what we have accomplished and what we are fighting for. , eos We Finns are too modest. We do not like to praise ourselves, and our work. We believe that our work speaks louder than words. We simply go ahead, doing the best we can to- day, tomorrow a little better, without asking any glory, honor or fame. In this respect I may say that our policy has been unwise. This modesty and humbleness on our part has re- sulted in a condition, where the party membership does not know much about us and now may “lend the ear” to the groundless rumors peddled about us by low minded plotters. Some honest comrades may believe jothat we truly are right-wingers, reac- oi ésonaries and what not. Brief History. Zo place this matter properly be- fore the jury of our party members I must relate a bit of history S prove that we have not “just started.” W-+ have been on the job when many o: : * r a a ; . 2 > o * ve >. ae 3 - 2 4 3 ot > i t 1 2 . ; 8 5 : ee * e . * ae » “« 4 rs : 3 3 2 wa . 1 8 2 8 1 * * gare Ff 321 : : 3 3 f 5 8 B 3 tinue our work, when we have gone. Of late this has been one of our main youth of the Finnish immigrant work- ers are gradually taking the place of the older ones. It follows naturally from such a training. I may mention as a practical culmination of this work the young workers“ summer schhol just held at Waino, Wis., which has stirred up the American bourgeoisie more than anything else done by our party in the last few years. Educa ‘ion of the workers’ youth will attack our slanderers were drytng the back , che very roots of the stronghold of of their ears and A. B. C. Finns began to do socialist propa- ganda in the United States about 1899. During and after that year a number of isolated Finnish branches were organized. In 1904 the first con- vention was held in Cleveland, Ohio. ‘This convention, however, did not suc- ceed in forming a permanent socialist organization, because these branches were imbued with idealistic, theosoph- _ istic, philosophistic and many other istic thoughts, altho there was a strong left wing in that convention. Our comrades: d@emed it wiser, not to split, but to ¢ in those branches, because thé 217 Were there and therefore they were the proper place to do the work for socialism. Their labors were in vain. Two years later another convention was held at Hibbing, Minn., where our federation was formed and affiliation with the socialist party decided al- most unanimously. > Then started a rapid growth of the Finnish socialist federation. Its mem- bership rose up to 12,651 in 1913. Then on account of a split, which occurred next year (1914) the membership de- clined to about 10,000. I will later learning their * is about 8,000 which is a very good percentage, when we consider. that there are about 170,600 Finns in this country. We are, therefore, about five per cent politically organized. This is a far greater percentage than zuny ther trationality in the United States. 5 Altho the Finnish Federation is not numerically the strongest Finnish or- ganization in this country (two relig- fous organizations have more mem- bers) we are the most influential. Our an bined readers of about 60,000 daily | and are very effective factors in form- ing the opinion of the Finnish read- ing public. We have buflt numerous meeting halls and labor temples, where now, not only our own meet- inge, but also the Workers Party | meetings and socials are held. Our dramatic, athletic, musical, debating and other social activities are draw- ing the workers, young and old, into our meetings and socials, under our influence and propaganda. It ws thru our tireless efforts that the Fin- nish co-operative movement was es- tablished and is now the most effec- tive section of the American Co-opera- tive movement. But we did not stop at merely get- ting members into our organization, Then started the most thoro educa- tional work. The success thus far achieved by our federation is due to capitalism. It undermines the ideo- logical foundation on which it is es- tablished. While our accusers are busy scheming just how they could acquire the leadership of the party, we, besides our other work, were busy making this first Communistic sum- mer school of youth a success. Our Sunday school work is very ex- tensive. Generally they continue to work the year around and besides these we have summer schools for smaller children. 1 sky, lutionary socialism and Communism Jong before their works were translat- ed; to English.. Large editions of these works has been sold. There are more there are English. Our collective ef- forts have made this possible. I can safely say that about 50,000 Finnish immigrants are under our in- fluence and support our work. And they are the most advanced section of our people. se Where Have We Stood? . But all of the above does not dis- prove the claim that we are “the most reactionary section of the Workers Party.” It only shows that we are eben people and good organizers. But how about the principles“ Where do these Finns stand anyway? I will try to answer this phase of the ques- tion. Again a little bit of history is re- quired. Our federation has always been on the left. This is not a meaningless claim. I have a lot of historical data accordingly. Czaristic oppression and economic exploitation compelled a industrial workers were compelled to leave thelr homes, This industrial clalistic propaganda, Some of fhe half-baked socialists had organised the workers’ associations, which affillated with the Imatra League, an Marx, Engels) 1 id? c, dee Pannecoek — — others translated in Finnish, than exclusively agrarian workers, but now BE 2 revolutionary controversy we fought for socialism and against the gS 4 : 2 against us were the opportunistie ten- dencies of the socialist party of which our federation was a part of. We ad- nitted that there were undesirable features about the socialist party, but still that was just then, with all its weaknessess, the only political party with some membership, which, with patient work could be trained to revo- lutionary ways of thinking. At least in theory it advocated the class strug- gle and an uncompromising fight against the capitalist class. Our syn- dicalistic comrades attacked the prin- ciple of political action and wanted direct action, industrial action and complete abandonment of all political activity. We claimed that the politi- lead our federation out of bondage to the pastures of peace and plenty thru direct short cuts. We refused to believe that. We saw that they had syndicalistic tendencies and the leadership fever of a very high degree. And finally in 1914 an- other split occurred. About 3,000 members were expelled and with- drawn from the federation. themselves on the issue: “Who is the greatest among us.” Now this group is almost completely wiped out. Hon- est workers have come back to our federation and the others, the rem- nants are now fighting the Comintern, and Profintern. Again, in this second controversy our federation upheld the banner of revolutionary socialism. Anarchists, syndicalists, leftists, the left Com- mounist who were stricken with in- fantile sickness, left us and we con- this controversy the most thoro dis- cussion on principles and tactics of we would finally succeed. 5 Bs 327 4 i | | 5 A ay iu E 83 U 2 ‘ * ee . . 4 — re volutio 9 a * 2 3 > * 12 A n * 14 N " . * 1 —— Pe 8 * K 7 well meaning left wing comrades, they refused to believe ft. They had the leftist tendencies to very marked - 0 degree and our maneuvers were fool _Radicals grouped themselves inde- ane and started to fight among were correct in our contention, that our policy had been the better one. when all other left wing comrades were expelled, or withdrawn. : In this controversy we got rid of the right wing element, social-demo-. crats and the supporters of the Two- and-a-Half International. “Principles of social-democracy” and its entire ideology was condemned by our mem- bership. — , I do not nee ' our stand in the Worke: : the role we played in its zation. . and education. Maneuvers do not, In our opinion, make the Workers Party. We must build the Workers Party bulld the Workers Party. Finne are i * r ＋* 0 2 evs o tt oe! ae ne Se Ore x ee ee, ° ae i r n b 1 % i le Ree ma itt CR : 2722 ]⁰Ü- RAE aR EN a eto ite! t ; 0 i * yt Bl ‘ 2
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OR es Seabee Rs hg ae 2 * 5 4 9 * ** 9 bd U a ais 17 a a ‘ 2 5 5 eels ve Bhi % . 1 * 5 a * oF my “| . $ 7 : 7 vO ee 7 5 — 2 ; N : 1 4 : 5 1 * * ‘ L „ , sae, = ee 8 8 8 5 . bea oi 4 x ey — 13 x * ~ 4 ir 1 ot the ad sickness and the leadership bug. nine per cent of our membership Is had such big headed members, who were badly stricken witn infantile liquidated. And we pledge ourselves to see that machines are liquidated and machinists disciplined, or ex- pelled 2. Only one executive committee, not two, like we have now. We must get over the idea of having a group or factional representation in our ex- ecutive committee. e also want an executive commit- tee with nerve, and a sense of re- > > standing, so that they can settle ques- tions, without foolishly appealing to higher party bodies on e¥ery little question. Hesitation; indecision and a vacilation policy is destructive and = + must be done away With 3. We want the shop nuclei form of organization, not so much that it is practical, tried and true, but be- cause theoretically it appears practic- al and true and this must be shown. 4. We do not want the language fed- erations in the party. All language federation must remain Communistic dependently under the ideological leadership of the Workers Party. In conclusion, I want to say that our Slanderers have no patent or copy- rights on Communism. They have no exclusive rights on Communistic understanding. They, as well as all of us, make errors. I do not wish to leave the impression that our federa- tion has not made any errors. We have made numbers of errors, but we have also done something. Those’ pure and good “Marxians” that do not do anything may ‘remain tree trom! any human errors, but in my estima- tion they are bum Communists. By JAMES P. CANNON. Comrade Askeli’s article follows two statements published by the Fin- ternational. Such propaganda tends to discredit the Communist Interna- tional before the membership. Comrade Askeli has presented a platform without one sound Commun- ist plank in it. unity and integrity of the Party demand such a struggle. ~ Incitement Against the C. I. The Communist International is the most priceless acquisition of the revo- will be corrected and that faltering leadership will be assisted, strength- ened and equipped for its tasks. To make a breach between the party and ments in all countries who shrink from the implications of a policy of determined revolutionary struggle. Comrade Askeli is following a policy which leads in this direction. His at- tack is directed first of all and above all at the authority of the Communist International. He opposes in a more or less direct way all the propositions put before the Party by the Commun- ist International in its recent deci- sions. He then unites his opposition to the variqus specific proposals.of the Communist International into a com- plete and systematic opposition with the declaration that he wants a Cen- the Comintern is the aim of those ele- Loreism. its way into his article. The Labor Party. opment of our P Party. derstand this. tral Executive Committee with suffi- cient nerve“ and responsibility“ to n ana With such an attitude of general opposition to the Communist Interna- tional, it is quite logical for Comrade Askeli to find himself out of line with its specific decisions on the situation in our Party. The Comintern has put before the Party as one of its most: important tasks the liquidation of the opportunist ideolégy of Loreism. Com- rade Askeli has nothing to say on this question, except to deny the accusa- tions of sympathy with Loreism. The open statement and direct attack on Loreism which all leading comrades should make without hesitation or eva- sion is lacking. On the contrary the article makes many concessions to Comrade Askeli says the Finnish Federation got rid of the right wing elements and the ideology of the two and one-half international at the time of the split with the Socialist Party. We are confident that the overwhelm- ing majority of the membership of the Finnish Federation will demon- strate that they have broken so de- cisevly with this ideology that no one "| will be able to lead them back to it. But in the light of this article we can- not be so confident of Comrade Askeli. A remnant of this ideology has found Our most important political ques- tion is the question of the Labor Party. The future growth and devel- is indigsolubly bound up with the solution of this, ‘problem. The first decisive steps of the American workers in constituting themselves as a. class, and entering the political arena as such, will be taken thru the medium of a Labor The solution of the Labor party problem is therefore of incalcu- able importance. It is in fact the key to the American .Labor movement. Every member of the Party. must un- The Enlarged Executive Committee of the Communist International has paralyze the Communist Party of Ger- solved the Labor Party problem, cor-_many and which had already lead it | in the Party and laying down a clear political line for the immediate future. It is of the utmost importance that every leading comrade take a clear and unequivocal stand on this ques- tion. Mistaken conceptions of the past must be openly acknowldeged and resolutely put aside. The whole Party, as one man, must consciously swing its energy into the Labor Party move- ment according to the policy of the Communist International. In order to make this possible all leading com- N the Federa- ens. must n united point of [| view. A negative or half-hearted at- titude is not permissable. ea Comrade Askeli confines his remarks on this question to a couple of sen- ténces that only serve to confuse the issue. He speaks of the questions of the Third Party Alliance, the Farmer- Labor Party and the present Labor Party policy of the Party, making no distinction between them. He throws them all into one pot, labels them all “maneuvers” to be avoided and then concludes with the assertion that “99 per cent of our membership is against that kind of policy.” Such a method of presenting the question can only confuse the comrades. —~ “Maneuvers.” Political adventurism, maneuvers that are not based on a true analysis of all the factors in the given situation, are very dangerous for a party. But to proceed from this premise to a re- jection of all maneuvers is to falsify and distort the Leninist standpoint. One of the most incorrect and harm- ful aspects of Loreism is its opposi- tion to maneuvers’ and its umdialectic conception which arbitrarily separates organization and propaganda from ac- tion and maneuvers. Askeli makes this error when he says, “We are strong for organization and education. Maneuvers do not, in our opinion make the Workers Party.” This con- ception is wrong. A fighting Commun- ist Party cannot be built upon it. Organization and propaganda, ac- tions and maneuvers, must be united in an organic whole. Without ability to maneuver there is no capacity for action and no real Communist Party. The paralyzing dogma of “no man- euvers“ must be eleminated from our conception at all costs. The great ‘leaders and teachers of Leninism are constantly pressing this idea as a life andgdeath struggle to the Communist Parties. Only recently, the Executive Committee of the Communist Inter- national was obliged to adopt a special resolution against the doctrine of “no maneuvers” which was threatening to rie recting the past mistakes of all groups on Replies to Henry Askeli “settle questions without foolishly ap- 0 the most serious errors in connec- ion with the question of the monar- chy. “The Communist Party of Ger- many must learn how to maneuver,” said the resolution of the Communist International. Our Party must also learn and in order to do so it must reject the standpoint which is present- ed by the article of Comrade Askeli. Shop Nuclei. The Bolshevization of the Party im- plies reorganization on the basis of shop nuclei. Our Party is confronted with -eolldssab gigfeuttios in ; I spect on account of its small member-. ship and many national divisions. The success of our campaign to construct the Party on the shop-nuclei basis re- quires the active, conscious and whole- hearted support of the leading com- rades of the various federations. Com- rade Askeli does not give such sup- port. He gives the shop nuclei form of organization only a negative en- dorsement and attempts to discredit. it in advance with the statement that he favors it, “not so much that it is practical, tried and true, but because theoretically it appears practical and true and this must be shown.” The transformation of our Party from the sociali-democratic form of organiza- tion to the Communist form of organ- ization, built in the work-shops, will never be aecomplished by such a skep- tical attitude. The position of Com- rade Askeli amounts to opposition to shop nuclei, under the flag of lip-serv- ice to it. The Party must oppose and reject this standpoint. tie ews The Federation Question. The Communist International and fhe Central Executive Committee of Our Party have come to the definite conclusion that the existance of sepa- rate language federations must be done away with. The language feder- ations must be fused into a single centralized party. The organization letter of the Communist International gives detailed and specific instructions on this question; and the resolution of the Party commission takes a clear and definite stand for the com- plete centralization of the Party and the complete abolition of the present federation form of the organization. The energetic carrying out of these resolutions is an indespensible part of the process of Bolshevizing the Party. On this vital question as well as on all the others raised in his article, Comrade Askeli takes a wrong stand. The letter of the Communist Interna- tional and the resolution of the parity commission, provide for the recon- structton of the present language branches as non-partisan workers’ clubs. The proposal of Comrade Askeli to maintain the federations on (Continued on page 6.) _—_— — ea : , 75 . ‘< ? * 1 3 A . 2 , Pri, K === a . . * * ‘ 2 a 8 * 2 _[ sponsibility, and Communistic under- this re- —
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| (Continued from Yesterday's Daily Worker) SYNOPSIS.—The structure and activities of the Soviet Union are keen- ly analized in the official report of the British Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia, which is being printed serially in the DAILY WORKER. The trade union leaders exhaustively record the achievements of the Soviet gov- ernment in finances, and in the form of their government. Transportation, industry and agriculture were then taken up, the trade union leaders showing that production is steadily increasing. The study of agriculture showed that the Soviet Union is manufacturing and importing tractors and other farm machinery, The relation of the New Economic Policy to agri iculture was , then explained, “Russian agriculture is recovering slowly ‘but e ad“ was | the conclusion a the British trade unlonists. The pice) aa 1 ** te | Union's foreign, trade was discussed in yesterday's i Iment, * see gee FOREIGN TRADE OF THE U. S. S. R., JANUARY TO JUNE, 1924. | (In.1,000 toubles at 1913 prices.) I. Im ports. ö Trade categories. Raw, semi- manufactured, | Counties from which imports receivod. Foodstuffs. and live stock. Manufactures. nnn . 217 12,523 9,689 22,439 Great Düitaing . 797 17,898 3.131 21.826 U. 8. er wees N 240 12,120 3,131 15,491 ö r 1 189 50 3.518 3,797 t 42 1.130 1.905 3,077 t 25 2,083 1 2,109 —A. rey: Sone S va 2,097 — 8 2,105 ö b 70 36 1.992 2,098 Norway «äũ„ũ% 1.226 13 301 1,666 U . 6 363 1.272 1.641 . A ew hiss — 97 1,214 1,341 Sh MRC i te sich Ä 13 S66 308 1.247 ö // 1579 752 2 1.213 RO is cic 86 544 235 865 ! ͤ bv ee ere Te 309 130 13 452 N c 68 62 305 435 1 — vic enh Aca — — 186 186 — ccc ipeciaieaa se ee 118 204 79 401 e SENSES 4 70 77 131 . 242 626 600 1.468 N Tra (all eountries).. 6,208 49,683 28,057 $3,918 N 11.—Exxorts. Trade citegor ies. qué 1 f Raw, ani: dn Nenn =a* 1 ; > Pte n 101 Saus g Countries tu which manulactured, exports dispatched. Foodstuffs. and live stock. mand 0 bus. Total. rn oo iene cas ben 21,087 7,601 9 28,697 Great Britis’ eee 6,30 14.831 29 21,167 — RENE TM NEN 8,082 11,382 85 19,549 % 3,738 8,630 85 12,453 | c weve naeee 5,421 4,159 16 9,596 TTT —— s ch 6,184 3,125 — 9,309 SEGRE ,‚—˙ 5,766 1.513 — 7,279 V 6,355 791 27 7.173 | „ caeeseasne be 5,812 76 — 5,888 A By eee Pes 3,875 1,804 — 5,679 | Bebehesah. . .. 1,658 2,941 3 4,592 .. ALP cet On eee 1 3.9 18 3.997 olan .. aden 221 1,626 5 1,852 SwWedlhn (ices vceeces f eee 431. — 1,551 ; Norway . $42 5G” — 898 J Karp —— 22 391 — 391 Ocherr Nowe ces „ 8,060. 2,191 83 10,334 Total (all countries). 84,529 65,486 390 150,405 ; Regulation of Trade j (2) Customs Tariff.—In view of the complete control and ö partial .of foreign commerce by the Government, the custom ‘tag T has lost much of its importance as a measure of protection for home industry and much of its use for revenue purposes. cabanas protcetion can be given to any extent to any enterprises by manipulation of the economic programme _ (Gosplan). And when more than three-fourths of the profits ' of commerce go to Government account, there is little profit in taxing them. Thus in the latest tariff, there is a very considerable depart- ure from all-round protection in the interests of an increase of production and of consumption. For example, agricultural man- and machinery required for industry, are lightly taxed. There tion seems to be in the public interests, such as tea, on which duty has been lowered 40 per cent. | (b) Commercial Program.—It is obvious that not only | this policy of controlling foreign commerce in the national in- | terest, but even the whole principle of conducting foreign com- + merce through official organs depends for its success on estab- | lishing the Program of Foreign Commerce for the whole nion Union on.an economic basis that represents realities. This requires a structure of statistical information at home and abroad and of systematic investigation of every requirement of the vast and complicated inter-ramifications and inter-relation- ships of. commerce that will take years to complete. And it will always be dependent for its actuality on the General Eco- nomic Pro which is itself only in process of organiza- tion. So far) though. progress is remarkably rapid, there is gen eral recognition that until a year ago the general Commerci- Plan was largeh guess work. There was even some questio 4 ** hether a general plan was possible at all, or whether a genera! ? — — — allotments and the actualities. as to ex ports: ots 18324 0% 1 a In Million Gold Roubles. ts rt ee 31.3 x 5105 886 * . „ 12.0 33.5 plus 21.5 Oil t products 27.0 19.5 minus 7.5 1 „ 13.2 minus 16.8 Raw . 7.5 2.9 minds 4.6 Total ex ports. 228.0 206.6 minus 21.4 AD Woh Bi ures and machinery especially, and generally all raw materials has also been a reduction of duties on articles whose importa- r Gey — thy: pe ee : N MO 8 N * er ot 2 7 55 s /: 1 823 — n 1 * 1 of encouraging exports zs Gath tak Gu os | plans under the New Economic Policy seemed to confirm. skepticism. Thus, that for 1920-1 was entirely re- cast at three times in the course of the year. But already the results of 1922-23 suggested that a pan 2 lable factors, such as abnormal . . and econoinic stress, are expressed in wide divergences between the planned Taking the last neures we find These divergences were due to want of statistical Sittin. of tre tion in the central adininistration. The local authorities being of D. incapable of supplying it, an attempt was made to use the semi- official organizations, trusts, ete., for this purpose. This has given better results, and it looks: as though the plan for 1923-24 will be more accurately realized in its details. The general policy of the plan is to assess exports with ref- erence to the general economic plan and to assess imports with reference to exports. It is assumed that there is no immediate prospect of exporting manufactured goods. Timber and oil products can be increased at will, while grain export will in- crease steadily and rapidly. Increase in the export of food- stuffs, such as butter, of which the pre-war export was 70 mil- lion roubles, and eggs, 90 million roubles, will depend on bring- ing the foreign demand to the door of the peasant producer, which again depends on the introduction of foreign capital. Raw materials imported accounted for one-third in 1922-3; manufactures for two-thirds; while in 1923-4 raw materials and semi-manufactures were over half the imports. Iniports, such as coffee, ted, rice, stationery, etc., were only 2½ per cent. From ‘which it is evident that imports are pretty severely re- stricted to what is essential for the equipment and supply of industry. Further, the manufactures imported (1922-23) were in proportion of metal work, 22 per cent.; machinery, 48 per ‘until amalgamation to ec As ergs 21 x rey U Laborers’ Union 2 A pioneer of trade unic nationally. Contested se mentary elections. Elect Remained dockers’ genen General Workers’ Union. No ary of Political and Intetnat partment of Amalgama Member of trades union cons eral council since 1922. M parliamentary committee, union congress, 1892-04. . 8 80 — JOHN TURNER, associa socialist organizations since timate with founders and 1 socialist thought, such as Morris, Belfort Bax, and 0 neers. Closely associated wi Kropotkin from. 1886 until b to Russia in 1917. A pionee hours legislation and founde Assistants“ Union. Official cent.; textiles, 11 per cent.; chemicals, 6 per cent.; fuel, 1-3 per union trom 1898. until retir cent.; luxuries, ‘such as are not prohibited, less than 1 2 naa nan + rt PEV Eee Gas bend But the contraband trade especially in 8 of which the importation is prohibited, has reached considerable dimen- sions with the growing demand, as private fortunes increase. The value of the total contraband importation was estimated at 100 million roubles in 1923. Of this a large proportion was contraband “Polish” tea, smuggled in defiance of the State Tea Administration. This business has been developed by a refugee merchant in Warsaw, V , whose “Polish” tea is to be got all over Russia. The cam against contraband is one of paign the main responsibilities of the Police (G.P.U.), which has a frontier gendarmerie for the purpose. But the long land fron- tier and the immense profits of the ee will make it some time before: contraBand. is mastered, Financing of Trade The Government was, in the first years ‘of N. R P., unable to finance its organizations for foreign trade, with working — capital, and consequently. merely assigned them funds in the form of goods and raw materials. These, thanks to favorable conditions for export, have now been largely converted abroad int® financial valuta. As the operations of foreign commerce came to be put on a business basis by the establishment of Trusts, Mixed Companies, etc., direct financing by the Treasury was replaced by the opening of credits throuch the State Banks (Gosbank, Prombank). credits to foreign commerce; as they thereby ensured the re- sources thus loaned from loss by the currency depreciation. are eloquent of the enormous extravagence of the system in then still in progress. This * 12 illustrated by the following figures: Total of Directly financed Foreign trade. by Government. In Millions of Gold Roubles. 2 1920 ..... ie eee, 30.5 252 ag V 230.2 303 c 355.4 128 „ N 350.0 87 FFT 548.0 2 The figures of the years 1920-21 under War Communism are eloquent of the enormous extravagance of the system in this respect. Allowing for the fact that in 1922-23, of the 87 million gold roubles financed, 53 million was given in the form of credits, and in view of the figures for this last year, we can N that foreign trade is now financing itself on a business ass If the value of imports abroad for 1922-23 Was as stated, 144 millions, and the exports, 206.8 millions, then to the former ' o* be waded forthe eost of transport about 25 millions, and to the latter the ‘exporters’ profit—say 25 millions. The total to be financed became then about 400 millions, which had to be provided by the trusts and companies, or by the Treasury, or sea bank credits, or 175 the credits of foreign . such as v member of trades: union ato’ The banks found advantageous such mo¢ratic federation , cent -Seneral secretary after twe er this position until 19241 4 ‘bas ‘isi oln@éneral councitptrades win 1921; re-elected by congress to 1924 for period to Septem igs * * 7 a JOHN BROMLEY, M. P. of railway trade unionism many positions of trust pri pointment as branch secreta sociated Society of Locomoti eers and Fireman, 1904. E ganizing secretary of the un Secretary also of conciliatio Elected general secretary of 1914. Blected) member of la executive, 1920 and 1921. bor and socialist propaganda years. . * * . ALAN A. H. FINDLAY, uo United Patternmmakers’ Ai sinee 1893. Branch secre other offices. Blected assis eral secretary, executive de 1913. Elected general secret Formerly treasurer, Engines Shipbuilding Trades Feder three years, subseqnent ly president, at present oceup position. Elected to trades u gress general council, 1921, each year until 1924, for ter . September, 1925. A. A. PURCELL (cha gation). Member, F®, Union since 1891. ber, Salford Borough Cöüne years. Sectional secretary quently. organizer, furnishin Parliamentary candidate, V ford, 1910. Contested Coven 24. Elected 1923. Successfu tor ‘in co-operative and other Elected to general counci union congress, 1919, re-elec year. Elected by trade unio! tional conference, Vienna, president. President at 19: union congress. Vice- Chair1 eral council. Appointed de American labor convention, companied the delegation to 1920. „„ * — * X 5 —
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7-72 * 0 — > TS . 20 ated General ‘ab 1 in 1887. uni@ movement d sare’ partlia- Electad for North gene al secretary to port and — nion. Now secret- Intetnational De- lgamated Union. lion congress gen- nmittee, trades 04. 6 . associated” with | ns since 1884; In- rs and leaders of such as William t, and other pio- iated with prince 6 until his return 4 pioneer of shop tcoreigu trade in 1922-23 during transiti may be of interest tad pts ‘Indirect Financing: * Cen- and ; , inn Totall . — Rs — » * is 3 5 ° 1 a . * ae i ae oa 80 Ke 1 pices 8 wt set =F tk: an a 43 d ; M 1 >. ese 2 3 7. . 1 r 5 . * 7 : dex rig Wards er a wd — 1 A baa . Bd: - i ae 2 ry 7 * * * 0 1 * a * ‘ N r 7 41 — 2 i‘ ny ee ee * . * 85 xe 10 5 ' 3 e a et Be Fe ae ae 4 + * rie 7 . * n E e 4 Copyright by the — 5 n Rights Reserved. 1 Trades Union Congress General Council in Great Britain. — Publishers Co. oT Me . * * 8 P a N in the absence of any later information, the financing of banking basis — Millions 13010 Tho Commissariat of Foreign Commerce of S. R. and the Ukraine an special Ukraine organi . about 80 Mixed Companies with Foreign asd Russian Capital „ a ves, Centrosoyouz, Selskosoyouz, etc. 1. N Trusts, Synd , e een, 2 80 Organizations for raw materials (Gosribprom, Centrokish- Meg Sts * Kh ‘od, T 33„„ „„ „ „„ „„ ee eer „4 „4 „4 „ * 15 mn . Total ods oth cibie 3 52 „„ „% „% „ „416 een E 5 150 Direct Financing Under Budget. | fa / BuůÜʃ ob ba cndcaeece ene ee * 3g F A ²A——A—A—A—A sick ccc ccd eucessccccocs n 99 Finaneing ot Grain. Nx portation. F een * Ohi * . Dae Le — 87 « 4 26% „% „%%% %%% „„ 1 57804 5 5 Export Import „ e ad Ske reite rel Russian Credits and Overdrafts: a reer National Bank „„ 68 51 Industrial Bank (Pronbhank))))))õ:: 12 6 Russlan National Bank (Rosskombank) ))) 4 4 84 61 Totals 145 Note: Of this 61 millions for Imports, 78 per cent was for financing textile Foreign Credits: 155 Millions Foreign official agencies (Torgpredstva) 5 t 30 Foreign agency in 1 (Arcoa))): sien (2 * 3 40 „00000 VF “ 76 458 millions The excess of about 50 millions in this total over that of the total value of trade is explained by the financing of operations in the following year. This being the first year of the system there was no Corresponding carry-over from prévious years. . Trade Turnover « - | The term of Russian credits is mostly for six months, but export credits run up to eleven, and overdrafts are generally for three months; foreign credits are mostly for four months. i founder of Shop On this basis we can calculate the respective capital employed Official. of this in foreign commeree:— — itil retirement as , Gold roubles fter twelve years Working ca E 150,000,000 o eee ee e sift! National capital aboulWt t! 87,000,000 es ution neee laisoBanks, Russian and Foreign 115,000,000 as ongress ench ver 2 > — — 5 September, 1925. ee. DER Total ce 95959537 eee 2 % % Gtx 352,000,000 — * „M. P. A pioneer nionism and held trust prior to ap- n secretary of As- Locomotive Engin- 1904. Elected or- yf the union, 1910. ynciliation boards. etary of the union. der of labor party - d 1921. HBlected nion a of la- paganda for many’ to be able to discount their bills. Arcos, Centrosoyouz, and DLAY, member of cers’ Association h secretary and ed assistant gen- utive department, al secretary, 1917. Engineering and And from this again we can calculate that the capital engaged is turned over only every ten months. This at first sight com- : y with an average turnover three times a year pre- war. But here again changed conditions allow of no true com- Pre-war turnover was purely commercial and mostly in goods ready for export and re-sold at once on importation. Present conditions cover in most cases the whole transit from producer to consumer. Foreign Bank Credits The rapidity of progress depends on the rapidity with which gen: foreign capital, especially in London, realizes that the financing of Russian trade is good business. There is some indication that this realization is spreading. Thus Russian banks have been able for some time to discount drafts of fhe Russian eco- nomic organizations with foreign banks, and are now beginning other trading organizations are now having respect. : British and German Trade with Moscow One reason why it is to be hoped that British finance will not neglect good business with Russia is the probability that if it does, Russian trade will be taken by Germany. Germany is at present negotiating a commercial treaty, and has begun to no difficulty in this s Federation for dispute our supremacy in Russian commerce. ynentlys appointed «rs»: nt occupying this trades union con- il, 1921, re-elected ~ |, for term ending an of dele- Trades Dcial-de - s. Mem- * cétincil for six secretary, subse- furnishing trades. lidate, West Sal- d Coventry, 1923. zuccessful arbitra- nd other disputes, | council, trades 9, re-elected each ade union interna- Vienna, 1924, as it at 1924 trades ce-Chairman; gen- inted delegate to vention, 1925. Ace- ration to Russia in cha „% * ITH GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY 5 TRADE W gree FR a (In percentage of total trade) „ eat Britain ~*’ 3° | Germany 1921-2— | Per cent 1921-2— Per cent n 28.1 30.8 Exports 14.7 18.1 Imports 50.7 18.8 Imports 88.3 32.7 1922-3— 1922-3— Exports . 33.5 16.3 e 61.3 29.8 Imports 36.5 25.4 Imports coos’ 7 34 923-4— 1923-4— Exports .....-. 80.0 223.0 Exports 59.0 17.0 Imports 51.6 25.0 Imports ....... 41.5 22.0 2 Per cent of total , G. 23.9 + taal * Germany xn — 2 18.2 Of the 80.6 millions worth of purchases by the Russ jan for- eign Government agencies in 1922-23, 34 millions, or 42 per cent., were bought in Germany and 30.9 millions, or 38.4 per cent., were bought in England. s 1 * 143 Legal Status of Foreigners Soviet legislation in respect of foreigners is inspired by two contrary principles, neither of which has entered into the foun- ¢ © dations of ordinary international law. One is recognition of the international:solidarity of all workers, which would bring in foreignérs on an equal footing. The other is the determina- tion—the result of bitter experience—not to admit foreigners 7 17 71 i to a position and power prejudicial to the Soviet system and national independence. On the whole, however, the p position of foreigners is immensely superior to that under ism and even to that in certain Continental countries. In the first place; a foreigner is defined as a citizen of a State not or zed on a Soviet (Constitution of nt gani 1 Union, 30-XII— 1922.) Foreign workers have all rights of citi- zenship, and political refugees cannot be extradited... Extradi- tion of criminals and the usual diplomatic immunities are pro- vided for. . Entry The entry t foreigners is subject to the usual consular visa sent, e In § cases, only given after (Which is at — reference to hout a visa renders liable to except in. . Mntry s lig a fine of 500 gold roubles (P. 98, Criminal Code). The Customs regulations are liberal, except one (p. 8),. subjecting literature to inspection and possible confiscation by the police (G. P. U.). Money in excess of 500 gold roubles in value is put fo the own- er’s account in the State Bank; jewelry, furs, etc., are allowed ‘in reasonable amount. . (b) Residence ers must register within * two months. They are not given labor cards. Exit from Russia is also subject to the usual permit. The Government reserves the right to deport as a police measure any foreigner whose life is not reconcilable with the conditions of a Soc society; but time must be allowed him to settle his affairs (par. 73). Any foreigner may obtain citizen- ship; and wives do not take their husband’s nationality unless they so desire. Foreigners’ rights may be administratively restricted unless otherwise provided in commercial treaties. The main restrictions at present are that they must get a permit to travel from one Republic of the Union to another. They may not fish in the White Sea nor the Northern Ocean. They may not wear foreign uniforms. They enjoy equality before the Courts. They may be prose- cuted for action against the Soviet State even outside Russia (par. 314, Crim. Code), but convictions must be communicated to the Foreign Office. (Par. 160 Code, Crim. Procedure.) Judg- ments in matters of divorce, etc., will be given, apparently, according to Russian law, not as is usual, according to the law of the domicile. In all other respects—rights of property, profession, occu- pation, inheritance, they are equal with Soviet citizens. They are liable in principle to labor conscription, but in practice this is now only applicable in cases of national emergency. They Are net liable for military service. 111 % ot a (c) Concessions | The legal rights of foreigners can be almost indefinitely extended by concessions, which all have the force of law and can be concluded with foreigners irrespective of whether their country is in contractual relations with Russia. Such conces- sions may contravene existing legislation and may give the con- cessionaire a privileged as respects. Russians. The property of a concessionaire may only be expropriated in so far as provided in the concession. Concessions are granted by the Central Committee on Concessions (Decree of March 8th, 1923), and negotiated through the concessions commissions of the Foreign Agencies (Torgpredstva). (For the commercial aspect of such concessions see the chapter on Industry.) ‘ Concessions may also be granted within the limits of law by Provincial Governments for public services, such as gas, tramways, etc. . . 4 Foreign Companies Foreign limited companies can be admitted, by permit, to the rights of judicial persons (par. 8, Decree of November 23rd, 1922). Foreign firms may operate in Russia through’ ments, agencies, ete., under a decree of the Executive Chief Committee on Concessions with approval of the Executive Committee on Internal Commerce within a month. Russians in Government employ may not undertake such agencies. The conditions under which foreign com es apply for permits are regulated by decree of May 12th, 1923, which limits such per- mits to periods from one to three years which can be renewed. General Conclusion | : The information acquired by the Delegation both in the ‘official data, some of which has been reproduced above, and in conversations, has convinced it that, although the centralized control of foreign commerce and its restriction to official and semi-official organizations causes considerable difficulty and delay in opening up commercial connections with foreign coun- tries, yet that the present channels are quite workable with ‘goodwill on both sides. It further believes\that the desire for full and friendly commercial relations on the Russian side is such that when foreign traders can show that a minor relaxa- tion of restrictions would be reasonable, the demand might be met. Finally, that great harm is being done to British interests in general 8 hardship frequently inflicted on British citi- ‘zens by the absence of full diplomatic and consular representa- tion in the U.S.S.R. Such representation could be far better — establisn- Got tee of April 12th, 1923, provided they obtain a permit from the spared in countries where the political and economic system is on familiar lines than in States such as those of the Union where immense possibilities of international intercourse are develop- {ng under quite novel conditions. : (To be continued in next issue) 1 0405 1391019 — — 6
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"min | would make it impossible to accom- : vision, his article reads like an at- (Continued from page 3) a national scale, “working independ- ment against factionalism and fac- tional groupings. Comrade Askeli ap- „ sepeeniiaes whale ak this sentiment and to exploit it for his own factional purposse. The de- cision of the Comintern demands the ently under the ideological leadership action against I of the Workers’ Party,” would tend, tn 2 8 pinion to separate still more t treme 2 dot. a «from the Party and re . duce the control of the Party over ‘nish section’ ought fo represent, at them to a fiction. least to a certain extent, a union of the best proletarian elements from the enters: Socialist Party and the syndfcalist There exists in the Party a senti- | movement. The Communist Interna- liquidation of factionalism and calls Joined tor the unity of the Party on the basis of the political platform of the — munist International. Comrade Askeli plish this result; Under cover of ac- ceptance of the first half of this pro- tempt to prevent the unification of the Party and to create a new faction of his own on a non Communist plat- form. The members of the Finnish Federation who are against faction- alism thust be on their guard and not allow anyone to maneuver them into a faction against the Party and the Comintern. “History.” We would like to find some part of Comrade Askeli’s platform which Tr we could agree but this is impossible. The platform is wrong from start to finish. Even the “history” which Com- rade Askeli recites is presented in a 2 F many times over and now has only historical significance. It is quite un- necessary to refer to it again, and we would be among the last to do so. But when the history of the Party is con- sidered, one should relate the past events in their true perspective, Com- rade Askeli fails to do this. The Federation Split of 1914. We take issue with another part of Comrade Askeli’s History the part dealing with the split in the Finnish Federation in 1914. Moreover, we are of the opinion that the narrow atti- tude manifested by Comrade Askeli, may explain to a certain degree, the | reason we have not had greater suc- cess in healing the effects of that split and in winning over to Com- munism the Finnish workers who have fallen under the influence of anarcho- syndicalism. The platform of the syndicalist group in 1914 was politically imcor- split of 1914 calist workers ab and the to show to the syndi- at the Communist munist conception i : 1 ee 7 55 Len ‘Many of the best revolutionary syn- dicalists responded to the Communist International and are in its ranks to- day. They are fully entitled to be placed on an equal footing with the brought up Askeli has no right to give such a one-sided account of. the old fight and to ridicule and attack them in such a bureaucratic and intolerant manner. Anarcho-syndacalism still finds too much support among the Finnish workers in America. It is one of the most urgent tasks of the Finnish sec- tion of our Party to win over the Finnish syndicalist workers to the platform of Communism and to draw the best of them into the Party. This task can be carried out successfully only on the condition that we adopt the correct Communist policy on this question and reject the policy of Com- rade Askeli. 6 Fight for the Party The great constructive work per- formed by the comrades in the Fin- sponsible for many achivements from which the Party has much to learn. We know that many of the greatest of political action have nothing in . — 4% would endanger all the achievements of the past six years. The efforts of Comrade Askeli to put himself up as the spokesman of the Finnish members of the Party and to identify them with his program does not by any means signify that this is really the case. We are abso- lutely confident that the overwhelm- ing majority of the members of the Finnish Federation will reject the pro- gram of Askeli without hesitation and in such a decisive manner that Askeli and those disposed to support him will be compelled to their plans. The of the Pinuilah Federation set an example to the whole membership by its resolute and — 1 ned stand in support of . demand ‘taint branches o of the Party follow the example of the Bureau and repudiate the policies of Comrade Askeli and those who share his views. We are confident this will be done. T is always good to begin with a definition of Loreism. It is also necessary to show the historic back- ground of Loreism, how it originated and developed in our party. But one must not stop at that. To expose Lore- ism effectively, to prove to our. mem- bership conclusively the opportunistic nature of Loreism, one must bring forword practical examples of its manifestations in recent party life. One must be able to show, by the everyday manifestations of Loreism, its right wing opportunistic nature. This is what I mean by proposing that our struggle against Loreism must be concrete. A Few Samples of Loreism. HERE are at the disposal of the party several significant samples of Loreism that are of very recent date. For instance, Loreism in the Communist fractions in the needle trades. This. is a manifestation of Loreism, very much marked, very de- finite, which the C. E. C. was quite successful in combatting. There is a definite manifestation of Loreism in certain sections of our Finfish Fed- eration. We refer here particularly to will be devoted. The Loreistic Wing in the Jewish Federation. T is perhaps best to study Loreism on the development and present activities of the our party. The reasons for that are manifold. First, se the Jewish Jewish section of and-a-Half International tendencies that the Jewish section of our party had to struggle with during recent years. And it is in the struggle co outlive and discard these traditions and prejudices that our Jewish section has grown into ifs maturity and in- fluence upon the masses. i et it is a very m and. active section in the Ae. It is connected organically and intimately with the broad mass movements of. the Jewish speaking working masses of the country and is exerting considerable influence upon the everyday struggles of these work- The history of our Jewish section since 1919 and particularly since the formation of the Workers Party waf in the truest sense of the word a his- tory of struggle, ideological and or- ganizational, against Loreism. It be- which finally resulted in the almost complete victory of the adherents of}. the Communist International who stood for affiliation without reserva- tions. struggle lasted for quite a while. The result was the same, the complete triumph of the strategy of the C. I. incorporated in those 21 points. It then continued over the question |; | the now famous 21 points. This Our Struggle Against Loreism Must Be Concrete sexs | of the Communist International. The underground party was liquidated be- cause conditions had made it possible for the Communist Party to function Openly. But, at the same time, it was deeply impressed upon the minds of our membership, and particularly upon the minds of many of those who were still deeply submerged in social- democratic traditions that there is nothing more fundamental in the or- ‘ganization principles of the C. I. than the combination of legal with illegal work. The Bolshevization of the Jewish Section. 72 the process of this struggle be- tween the Communists and the cen- Jewish section. The struggle against social-demo- the statements of the Finnish branch cf Superior, Wis. The C. B. Cand the Bureau of the Finnish Federation have taken up very energetically the ideological struggle against this mani- festation of Loreism. But there is also a distinct Loreistic grouping in another section of the party which thus far has received. very little attention | in the general party press. We refer bere to the very definite, very mili- tant, and aggressive Loreistic ten- cency and group in the Jewish sec- tion of the party. It is to this partic- | ular group that the present article cratic traditions in our Jewish sec-|\completely with their former centrist _—— (which became a part of our party the formation of the Workers Pz that brought with it not only a siderable membership, not only * leaders among the but also a heavy burden of democratic traditions and prejudice It is these social-democratic and ——
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E ye nena is, however, L Jewish Federation, what could be their centrist inclination identified themselves with the Com- munist International and with the party. These lingering remnants of Lore- ism refuse to make peace with Com- munist leadership in the Jewish sec- tion. Some of them have already reached the point of accepting Com- munist leadership in the party as a whole but they will not agree to the Jewish Federation being led by the present majority in the Jewish bureau, traditions in our Jew- | ist-federation group. It was this strat- egy that enabled us to win for the C. I. men like Olgin, Yuditch, etc. Con- sequently th strategy must be con- tinued in order to liquidate completely what is now only a small group in the Jewish Federation. Know-Notihng-ism as the Most Mod- ern Manifestation of Loreism. e e. Sap with the determined campaign of the party to liqui- late Loreism, quite a number of Lore- ‘tes in the Jewish section have adopt- ed the policy of either denying the existence of such tendency, or deny- ing personal knowledge of the exist- ence of such a tendency. It is a- mod- ern expression of the philosophy of know-nothing. This innocent-looking ish section, the Jewish comrades must continue to follow the old Communist its manifesta- We must anal- yze and expose the opposition; ot the Loreites to strict party control over the activities of our comrades in the unions, the Workmen’s Circle and in similar organizations. We must an- alyze and show the true value of the anti-party spirit of sabotage and op- position manifested by the Loreites in the Jewish section to the policies of the majority in the Jewish bureau. We must also take up the experiences of each city and each branch and show the presence of anti-party tend- encies of a Loreistic nature. It is only in this manner that we will suc- ceed in liquidating completely these Loreistic tendencies. 75 een: © town 2 7 the whole “case of the 77” is a former independent socialist who broke away in 1921 from his former com- rades (who had now merged into one He was leader of the local organ- ' ization adhering to the Comintern, of the labor party and trade unions of Yurieff. When all the workers’ or- ganizations were smashed up by the secret police in 1924, and all the most prominent workers were ar- rested (as a result of the triat of the Heidemann went 1 had become thoroly frightened, began to track down all and sundry workers 781 t 1 10 5 F | 512 | ber speed, and it is not surprising that such an “independent state” is not agreeable to the toilers. There is no need to talk of the heavy industry which was consider- ably developed in pre-war days; noth- ing remains of this but utter ruin in the full sense of the word. A section of agriculture—the farms of the colo nists on the former lands of the lana- ‘owners—is experiencing a serious and long drawn out crisis, since the lease payments and are incapable of standing on their feet. OW, in addition to this a law has trade since the purchasing power of the masses who are becoming more and more impoverished is negligible, exports by 25 per cent. All the quests for rich 0 1 ape att ian bourgeoisie, after December 1st. me and continuing up to the present time. * and at the same time imports exceed pers recently estimated at 60,000 (out of a population of just over 4 mil- lion) and the village poor, condemned to die of starvation, have been com- pelled to carry on a struggte for the right of existence. 324 suffered, are cutigrafing to Brasil and Canada; another section more ener getic, but not very. disciplined, is trying to slip thru into che U. 8. 8. R. in spkte of the barbed wire en- tanglements and the frontier troops, und it will be well unflersrood, that the majority of these remain behind, 7 he e an: : f strug m. independence“ the ideal of a section of the Esthonian bourgeoisie has been to transfer the country into a petty-bourgeois Denmark, without heavy industry and its inevitable po- litical appendage— the proletariat; economic disorganization has brot th country to this impasse. a LL that has to be done now is to settle up with the declared prole- tariat and—unemployed, and the petty-bourgeois idyll will have been realized. The secret police and the most advanced elements, who still have some work or other, while want and poverty must push the rest over the frontiers of Esthonia, or Simply send them to the cemetery. Thus the independent“ court works untir- ingly. The old absurd cases are hashed up again, obviously nonsensical accusa- tions are invented, and the proletar- ians sentenced one by one or in groups to long periods of imprison- ment, if not to death. Here the “in- dependent“ court does not bother as other bourgeois courts do, about the question as to whether the occused in their opinion, members of a 5 ri 4 J 1 11 ot legal labor newspapers (appearing before the rising) have been sen- tenced to penal servitude up to ten years. The following is an example of how the courtmartials are carried out. A few days ago in Reval the worker of the “Dobrofiot” Tondi was accused of participation in the armed rising. When it was made clear to the court that in reality this worker was {Il on December ist, the court de- cided: participation in the rising not 8 : 2 a Pe i 7 5 3 accepted ber of the legal organization— 7 court martial must put an end to the e ists participate; his; at an illegal organization is proved, and he is sentenced to imprisonment in a house of correction for three years. T is how the evil spirit”—sym- pathy for the Soviet power—is be- ing knocked out of the Esthonian pro- letarians; but the end of. these highly cultured operations is not yet in sight. Searches and arrests still continue, those who cannot be brot to trial un- der any pretext whatever remain un- der the surveillance of the police or are deported to the U. S. S. R. But nevertheless the bourgeoisie and the kulaks are trembling, sensi- tive to the fact that horny hands are waiting for the moment to clutch them by the throat. On May 1 the entire bourgeoisie of Esthonia were armed to the teeth and with shaking knees read the quite ordinary May ist manifesto of the Communist Pary and awaited a repetition of December lst which now haunts them in their night, ly dreams. Their hearts are only tran- qufi on the days when some foreign fleet or other hovers near Reval, when the British, Italian, Danish, Dutch and American fleets come there, and even the mighty fleet of their neighbor Latvia, in the form of its solitary armed barge—in order to show their teeth at Soviet Russia. | O, miserable pygmies, you will not be able to uproot from among the workers and peasants the ideas they have inherited from the great October. Continue to imitate the biggest Work- shops of the White Terror, but your court martia] will not exclude the pos- sibility of a return of the revolition- ary tribunals of 1917, but on the con- trary they will only hasten it. ments section were thrown into a panic by a dynamite explosion in an apartment house here. Windows were blown out of the Sheridan apartment next door. Mr. and Mrs. H. J, Steph» Morris, 2 years old, were cut by flying glass. enson, tho 22-month-old dapghter or | Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Morris and Phillipi * ie oo ~~ 1 —— ͤꝓ—łT ö.ñꝰũꝛ.——ů——3—33—3—3—3—ů—ů——x—ßů » —k—— ¹ . — — ——— " —— —
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3 1 EN 7 * n * rr rr + Cae * | NOTE—The following is a vorba- tim report of a part of the “trial” of representative of the Soviet Oil Syndicate in Ogina, Dosser, who was arrested charged with “hostile acts against foreign nations.” Dos- ser was-illegally tried In 4 ‘mixed court,” the British authorities re- fusing to bring his case before a mixed court. ie | Because of the exposure of obvi- forged documents by Dosser's defense, all charges except “creat- ing propaganda” were dropped but Dosser was expelled from the Shanghai. foreign settlement. The case was prosecuted by the British representatives. When Dosser was arrested three Russian white guards were present. The report ot the “trial” shows o what lengths the British, are go- to create ill-feeling between China and thé Soviet Unton. es + * FTER their arrest at Shanghai, Comrade and Mrs, Dosser were éharg under Article 221 of Chinese . Provisional Criminal Code, which +e e- ticle provides for the offenee 3” ing in possession of literature liable to cause persons to commit a breach of peace.” Threatened With Death. The second charge was that the ac- cused were “undesirables”—which of- fence, however, is not provided for either in any article of the Chinese Criminal Code or any land regulation or Shanghai Municipal bye-law. Then, after the forged document ap- peared on the scene, Dosser was charged, under Article 127, 128, 129, and 130, of the Chinese Criminal Codert which provide far the punishment of persons “having committed a hostile act against a foreign state“ or hav- ing broken the neutrality of Ching during war between foreign states: an offender convicted under these articles is liable to be sentenced td a — or oven a The Mixed Court sat in the persons of Mr. Zau, a Chinese magistrate ap- pointed by the Shanghai Body, and British Junior Assessor Whitamore, the latter naturally play- ing first fiddlé in the whole scandal- | go! bafati ous men and British- made trav- esty of justice. The prosecutor was no less worthy a géntleman, a Brit- isher, Maitland, who prosecuted o} behalf of the municipal police. Questions Right of Court. The hearing was opened by this Maitland producing a document clum- sily forged by his worthy Anglo-Rus- his contention that “the accused made preparations, namely by obtaining a certificate from the Communist Party; he made preparations to create strike ittees and also tor further prep- ns the en went to Hong kong. Thé stri a hostile act against foreign - with, the ex- ception of Russia.“ Dr. Fischer, counsel for the 8 raised the question of jurisdiction, which Assessor Whitamore tried to dodge by declaring that as he “might say, the mixed court has definite in- structions from the consular body The right of this court“ further as- serts Whitamore—“ cannot be ques- tioned: it ts an old established pro- éedure.” Speaks For Capitalist Nations. the police to specify the foreign states against which the “hostile acts” have been committed, Maitland enume- rates: “Britain, Japan, Italy and ev- ery other state except Russia.” Dr. Fischer: “If Maitland is en- titled to make a charge on behalf of these other nations, I ask that they be put on the charge list: I wish to know which nations the municipal police is trying to protect:” “Maitland: “I act on behalf of the municipal police. The treaty rights settlement in the hands of the municipal council: and 1 act on behalf of the police:” Dr. Fischer: “The police might want to protect nations which do not wish to be protected by this court.” The court further agrees. hear sian white associates and submitting) Replying to Dr. Fischer, who asks. aa nf 2 * f : r . 3 “ oy ES 57 alae Ween, fd et TGA N vee 2 * . 4 4. * 7 ia 4 4 * 2 " ¥ 1 Ms 2 1 Saf eet 25 r Ni Le 4 0 : _ et he 3 4 * * N E 1 a 7 = * 0 | ‘ 1 2 or 9 e rt 6 ae wd el oy a Sere 4 di A 8 Me 2 . r r — ne ee... oe * N me ese and ‘ini authorities 0 in this r Whitamore: “That is likewise over- ruled. We might consider an applica- tion at the conclusion of the case for the postponement of the judgment. magistrate and I have agreed that it is important to proceed with the case now. the defence, including Dr. Fischer's suggestion that the accused was ar- nebted aboard an English ship, while the Mixed Court has no jurisdiction over rivers, as wen as his statement Tena ie eden 1 Was wot ini rsdenalan of all the documents Aa.. Seneraur all the details ofthe charges. ' - Forgery Expose. After all those prelimmary argu- nts were closed, detective Ser- ‘geant-inspector Yorke gave evidence, of which the following details may de- serve’ attention: The warrant was issued when the Dossers were being deported from Hongkong back to Shanghai, which they had previously left. It was signed by the Senior British Assessor on behalf of the Senior Consul. The Soviet Consul was not informed of the arrest. “Between Hongkong and Shanghai the accused were not ar- rested, they occupied a two-berth cab- in, and so had two clear days and ample chance to destroy all dangerous documents.” Having, however, had to make this statement, Yorke—to ex- plain why the accused had not de stroyed an incriminating piece of evt- dencé—volunteered the following clever explanation regarding the “silk certificate” — his ume te f You have had over your time. The | of other applications of the counsel for | stated that Dosser’s passport hed bees searched in the cabin, but was tied and taken to the police station. The T of the defendants. under my own pervision, Nothing first found, this book was 1 amined: I ran through it hag m fingers and Bebenin did the same thing, too, but we only found Dosser’s business card. This book was left in a rattan basket at the police station. That is all | myself found. The docu- ments found in the attached case have been brought into the court.” “Find” Certificate. — “During, the morning search,” con- tinues Mr. Yorke, “three Russian po- lice officers were present, .and I handed the documents to these Rus- sian detectives to see if there was anything important. Then the prison- ers were taken into court, and the detectives’ room between nine o’clock a. m. and half past two. “Personally | was not in the room when the ‘certificate’ was found, as I left the main detective office at about twenty minutes to three, leaving the it was not really a search, because it it had been was searched; the luggage was not baggage was left unlocked in the I would have been present myself.“ Dominick Venturato Must Be F reed RB ‘three years Dominick e ato has deen suffering in the pen- itentlary at Columbus, Ohio, where he is serving a life sentence. The facts in the case of this working 1— fighter were given in an article t appeared some time ago in the DAILY WORKER. Being framed up on a charge of murder, because of his activ- tties in the 1922 strike, Dominick Ven- turato is waiting for the time when he will be released from zon 80 he can again become activé m tne af- fairs of the miners’ union. The dastardly frame-up of. Venturato: | has been kept from the masses of workers in this country. a news- papers have given it little blicity and the American Federation of Labor has: done nothing to exposé this ton- temptible frame-up. Here is à man with à record of activity in the trade unions that any one could be proud of. 18 had courage, who was who understood the struggles. of = workers, Here was a 2 with class — carried the message of working freedom down to the rank i the United Mine en to which he belonge 4 of union Not à strike taken place in the time that Dominick Ven waa in 7 the union, but that he was hag | picket ine, leading the militant.mem bership of the miner# union, sod i aging the disheartened. ones, — 2 spirit of fight that to à large 3 Strike. A now the. United Mine Workers nion is beg td’ Joss its power in the state of hio. The o erators are trying to sepa mines „ es ber a. lift & finger to have him freed: There been a rumor spreading through Ohio. That rumor is that during the last election vie Donahey, nen e ot robbery. and 3 =| other rime on the calendar. And * : By Max Salzman jail. 6 you, Vie Sealing: governor ot Ohio, “friend of labor“ liberal. You are keeping Venturate in jail You retuse to set him free. All you do is make promises, which you do not intend to fulfil, because you want the support of organized labor. We say to you Vic Donahey, to hell vote INSTALMENT OF “RUSSIA TODAY” alone is Dominick Venturato tring. 1. ‘ —