Daily Worker
August 11, 1925
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~ ; _publicans who hailed the election of; “that the situation in 0 ele ete sf ota igs a ~ oa —— “AS WE SEE E By T. J oni a to the desire of the tru to break into the American patket Oe Se per cent given to United Hf the principal industries in is the manufacture of Hindenburg with joy on the assump- tion that he was anti-British have caused to ponder over the new turn of events. 7 * ¢ 8 b - Mapsengead every respectable Euro- pean capital has by now unearthed a “Soviet plot” to assassinate some- Sate. Bulgaria made a “plot” of this kind the excuse for the wholesale slaughter of prominent leaders of the its turn. Fake instructions from Mos: | cow to kill President Masaryk came to light and immediately prominent members of the Communist Party | were arrested. It has been proven that every one of the alleged Moscow “plots” so far discovered were fakes, including the famous Zihoviev letter that helped the tories get into office. fr it ae at Cow 4 VG BPR WS ae Py & gees __ NEW YORK oS a oe : eal : oe | (Special to The Daily SS CAMP CUSTER, Mich., Aug. 9.—Jo- seph Plotkin, charged with being a member of the Voutn. iherkere iGom: munist) League, was expelled | “| Camp Custer by the officers. in Sedirea for being “against capitalism,” after a “trial” presided, over by Major An-| drews and a colonel, with Lieutenants Evans and Krutheur acting as prose-| ff cutors. camp “for the convenience of the gov- ernment.” The suspicions of the offi- cers that Plotkin ‘would not make a 'g00d soldier’ were aroused when he spoke in favor of evolution, declared ae professed no religion, and replied to some attacks on Soviet Russia. ~ Officers Defend Profit System. The two tentmates of Plotkin were called as witnesses against the League member, and Walter BE. Kaczynski, one of them,’ declared that he’ thot “Piot- kin is a pacifist and does not believe in capitalism, and wants to overthrow the United States army.” Plotkin, of course, explained that he was not a pacifist, but believed in a workers’ government. “We think you ére a Bolshevik,” said Lieutenant Krutheur to Plotkin. “I am sorry you don’t believe in capi- payne Krutheur then told him what country the United States . miners’ committees. N “| noted the friendly attitude of. | Plotkin was discharged from the] ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. ‘Aug. Gost _donn Le Lewis, international | presi- ' Un ’ #41 lie ils fi to result in a renewal of the confer- ‘ences between the operatars’ and Mr. Warriner’s letter,” Lewis stated, “and | am giving my reply very care- ful tion. That is the rea- fon for my délay in replying to it.” Desperate Miners War with All Weapons - CARDIFF, Wales, August 9:—At-a meeting yesterday of representatives: of the anthracite mine owners and the miners’ union, the owners granted | mex ) the demands of the union which were! no ¢ that the companies cease violation of the agreement in cutting wages and ‘discharging active sumption of work is e This strike is independent of the union men) Re-} tually | ed Monday. act al dispute between the Miners’. pe j tion and the British mine ner which found a temporary truce es as oe me ’ f “ “te te oe Leu: = is a game two ¢ we pees be . na, and, in other colonial John }! Bull, are none too comfortable to the ‘rulers of hitherto “tight litfle isle.” HE Turkish government has placed the former Sultan on trial for mur- der. The Sultan is at a safe distance so he will be tried in abstentia. This is a signifioant sign of Turkish prog- | ress. Even tho the regrettable ab- sence of the Sultan may rob him of the pleasure of having his neck os- teopathized by aw hempen rope; the fact that the republican government dares fly in the face of Allah by prose- cuting his alleged lieutenant shows that, Mohammedanism is meeting with the same rebuffs that seems to be the lot’of all forms of religion nowadays. A good way to test the power of any particular deity is to take Iiberties with one of his ordained and see what he is going to do about it. . * * @ HE Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, is a hot bed of “pernicious” Communist propaganda, according to @ letter addressed to the Mexican sec- retary of the interior by a lawyer who is secretary of the league of property owners. The letter reminds the sec- retary of the interior that he stated that he would not allow any Commun- Ves : é * ie 4 i F * % -— oe 7 F . “ be’ ame ds plan 1. r a | te e olay at and} = ‘Major Andrews was anxious find out if there were any more with similar ideas in Camp C calld was told that there were prabably many more. He told Plotkin he would “not tell on you if you give us the. names of the Young Worker. A report of the “trial” Was then made to Brigadier General Stacey, commander of the 6t area, and Plotkin was dischargé from the camp. Search Baggage, Take Letter. Before the trial Plotkin’s baggage was searched and one of hié letters confiscated. At the trial the officers confined themselves to telling how’ good capitalist society is and how wonderfully off the workers are. Lieutenant Evans is in chatge of the course in “citizenship.” Some of the things he tried to teach Plotkin and the other students were: “The Negroes are no good. If the législa- tures do not pass laws to get .them out of the country, there will be riots and they will be shipped out or killed off. This may not be constitutidnal (Continued on page 2) but I am in favor of it.” (Evans is a (Continued on page 2) GERMAN FASCISTS TELL OF PLOT TO CONDUCT “ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE”. AND MURDER IN SOVIET REPUBLIC MOSCW, U. S. S. R*~—The examination of the German fascist Kinder- _terroristic acts, gave proof to the Sov was guilty beyond a doubt. Kindermann was caught to’numerous lies. : mann, who with Dittmar and Wolscht, came to Soviet Russia to engage in iet court trying him that Kindermann He admitted that his répadia- _tion of his confession was untrue, and that the woviet authorities did not ‘force him to confess. admitted that not even “psychic pres- sure” was used upon him. The letter written by Kindermann to Djerjinsky, asking for mercy, was read to the court. In this letter, Kindermann openly confessed his erimes against the workers’ republic, and said he came to Soviet Russia to atetmpt to kill Stalin and Trotsky, and carry on “economic espionage,” in or- der to injure the relations between Germany and the Soviet Union. ol Admits There Was No Pressure. .The prosecutor read the letter of Kindermann to the ~Comintern and asked the latter if he were aware: that the letter represented a fraud,. The accused answered evasively, declared at the same time that the letter. was dated one day back. He remembered this because on that day he had ar- ranged a celebration of the.kaiser’s Kindermann + -_ Worker Killed When Construction ‘Train Crashes Into River * ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 9.—One man was killed and another was seriously hurt here when a construction train crashed thru a temporary span on a bridge under construction, the train fell sixty feet into the Mississippi river. Farmer Killed by Pitchfork COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 9—Johnson Trembly, 60, was fatally..injured today while working on. his, farm when a pitchfork punctured “hfs° chest ‘and (Continued on page 3)''"' ] meii sie severed a blood vessel leaders of your organization.’ Andrews was told if he were ct about the, league he should subscribe to the ss tor. ty weeks} ‘with xtreme bitterness, arising from the fact that the miners are miserably paid, getting only from $10 to $15 a.week for the hardest and most dangerous labor, living in shacks among incredible hardships, while the Duke of North- umberland, who owns most of the an-| “hracite region, is one of England’s ‘ichest nobles. Driven to desperation. the miners have fought with all weapons, hesitating to force the withdrawal of maintenance men from the mines. Thursday 106 miners and 12 police- men were injured in rioting at Am- manford and the war office. appealed to for troops to protect the Northus- berland properties. Nearly a thousand strikers attempt- ed to drive out the scab maintenance | jen in the power house, which was protected by barricades of wires charged.ewith high voltage of electric- ity. A hand-to-hand struggle with po- lice who tried to disperse them re- sulted in-a pitched battle, with the strikers using stones and sticks, sing- ing and shouting as they cnarged. The colliery offices” were completely destroyed. - HAWAII STIRRED BY |. L. D, FIGHT TO FREE CROUCH (Special to The Daily Worker) HONOLULU, T. H., Aug. 9.—Hono- lulu newspapers continue to feature arguments being made before the Fed- eral District Court here for the release of Crouch and Trumbull, Communist soldiers convicted by courts-martial of “revolutionary activity in the army.% “It’s not the fault of the Schoffield Barracks court-martial that Crouch didn’t go to jail for forty years,” thun- dered Fred Patterson, attorney for the soldiers in Judge Rawlins court room, referring to the original sentence which has since been cut to three years. “Any man‘s mind that was so warped that he*was willing to sen- tence Crouch to jail for forty years was not fit to sit in any court where the life and liberty of another indi- vidual was in jeopardy,’ Patterson said. Analyzing the charges and spe- cifications against the prisoners, Pat- terson showed that in not a single instance did they show violation of any law. The local papers are commenting editorially on the fact that a main- land organization, International Labor Defense, with headquarters in Chicago, is financing the court fight for Crouch and Trumbull. Cs ¢ hoy “going | th not: Pa a ae by THE pas , Chicago, UL. WORKER Price 3 Cents ~~ ow et ‘sentiment in and 22 could not of the local, in- ; digons M. Kreit-' lege Action epeeely ap Sigman | "Bort “fasclag eget} | ‘steam rolls} rs about | ra a a a bis Beit rt. | : Bee WHO TA AKES VACATION re the’ viata Wcsstanturers’ Association was drafting a protest to Governor Small of the pardon of the five men and one woman con- vieted of conspiracy and extortion, Theodore J, Vind, the leader of the sextet, \ was en route to a summer re- recuperate from the trials ‘of. the last four years.” . “Kh has ‘been terrible, this sus pense and worry,” said Vind, who is . president of the South Chicago Trades and Labor Assembly. “For years the burden of this thing has been upon me, and only yesterday it ‘f ended.” 4 Textile Field Soon By ESTHER LOWELL, (Federated Press) NEW YORK, Aug. 9—Over half a million dollars profit for the first six months of 1925 is shown by the big Pacific Mille of Lawrence, Maés., at this time when wage cuts are to be enforced in the woolen and worsted departments. Already workers in the print works, color mixers and helpers in the bleach room, are striking against the 10 per cent cut. More 4 Bx ‘and: mos eM ite ee: pag * sma cpg! what bad’? Joint Board ‘Deinouket a “ Shop’ chairmenmeetings from vari- ous sections are‘being held every day at the headquarters of the joint com- mittee. ‘Plans are discussed and form- ulated for carrying on the campaign against the joint:*board, and for col- lecting the defense fund necesary to continue.th work. On of the hop meetings of shops on 17th street was called Thursday and the joint board. hearing of it called a meeting of the same shops. About 175 workers came to the Joint Committee of Action and about 40 went to the joint board meeting: This latter meet- ing finally broke up in a quarrel and the members came around to the meet- ing at joint committee headquarters. . ogy tere eret Aetion “Organization Committee of 1,000. The Joint Committee of Action is now forming an organization commit- tee of 1,000 active workers who want to help carry on the organization work. Members can register for this committee at headquarters. On Wednesday’evening over 200 members of Loeals 48 and 89, the. Italian locals, held a meeting and pledged their suppor to the work of the Joint Action C ittee. GARMENT BOSSES | ASK COURT FOR NEW WRIT TODAY The J. L. Taylor company was to apply for an injumetion in the super- ior court of Chicago today, to prevent the striking employes of the firm from picketing. Ji’dge Hugo Pam has already ruled that: the striking em- ployes of the International Tailoring company, owned by the same inter- ests, may picket “peacefully.” The general executive board ofthe Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union, whose members are conduct- ing the. strike, begins its regular meeting in Chicago today. The strike will be discussed. Today, beginning: the seventh week of the walkout ofi:the 800 garment workers, strike bemefits of $12.00 and $8.00 were to be paid to married and single strikers rewpectively. Killed in EééVator Shaft. H. D. Critchfield)' 68, was instantly killed today whenshe fell. seventeen floors down an elevator shaft of the . . “3 < * . it's , oe | d ~ a. * ab ae | were ut mayire in this and other New Eng- Sage and worsted mills where geet qoheduled-may- fallow, -& ieee *, satin wie oes feduation rasa New speeded up. Weavers now attend 72 looms instead of half or a third that number as formerly in the cotton de- partments. Dissatisfaction in the fall among the workers did not crystallize into a strike, Hold Mass Meeting. Lawrence Dyers’’ and Finishers’ Union is sending a representative to William Green, president American Federation of Labor, to lay before him the serious situation of wage cuts in the woolen and worsted industry. Dan- iel J. Kelleher is the union’s delegate to Green. Nothing can be expected from Green, however. The united front committee, consist- ing of representatives of various un- ions, is holding a mass meeting to consider the problem raised by the wholesale reduction of wages follow- ing the announcement of such action by the American Woolen Co. The Massachusetts state federation of la- bor, convening in Lowell, may take ac- tion in reference to the textile situa- tion. A General Reduction. Not all New England woolen mills are reducing wages yet but most of them: are expected to. The 10 mills in Berkshire county, Mass., employing about 4,000 workers have cut wages 10 per cent. The number of workers affected by cuts thruout Massachu- setts, Rhode Island and Maine is be- tween 20,000 and 30,000 or more. COOLIDGE APES MINE OWNERS IN PUBLICITY AGAINST GOAL MINERS SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug. 9.— Cal Coolidge uses the same argu- ments against a strike of anthracite miners scheduled for Sept. 1, if new negotiations are not successful, as the arguments of the mine owners. Coolidge and the operators agree on the story put out to the capital- ist press that “it doesn’t make any difference” if the anthracite miners do strike; “the public is getting used to oil, bituminous coal and other fuel substitutes.” This view is somewhat contradict- ed by the fact that there is a great deal of flurry and worry stirring the cabinet about the strike, tho Cool- idge claims to have been informed that “the public can brcak the coal strike because of a surplus of an- thracite ample to carry the countrye for three or four months.” Secretary of Commerce Hoover takes the same position and says that “it is the president's view that industry should settle its own labor Stevens building im the loop. relations.” General Redaction in! sda + ~ od / * » Ly England and work of all departments | D 18, ARREST Ct workers were suffering among the workers in government. (By Jewish Press Agency.) PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, August 2.—(Delayed by censor- ship.) —On August 1, in Lemberg, Galicia, Poland, between unemployed workers and the Polish police troops, 12 illed.and 18 seriously wounded. The unemployed gathered in a great demonstration in the center of the city, to exhibit by their numbers the widespread in a clash Poland under the white guard Mounted police armed with sabers charged the crowds. Here and there-were 18 unemployed workers, among them some women, slashed with police sabers, some of whom are critic- ally and perhaps’ mortally wounded. In another part of Lemberg on the same day.a crowd of unemployed gath- ered at a protest meeting in the street to voice the demand that the Polish government relieve their hunger and misery, were fired upon the Polish police and 12 unemployed workers fell dead from repeated volleys, many more receiving bullet wounds. Communist Deputy Arrested. At Warsaw, the capital city of Po- land, troops and police combined in an atack upon a demonstration of un- employed workers, breaking it up and arresting a Communist deputy in the Polish pafliament, Prystupa, who was brutally beaten up by the police after the arrest. ‘Further details are lack- ing because of the Polish consership. Prystupa as leading the demonstra- tion. 1 WORKERS FIND PLAN MEANS NO - WORK AND WAGE 1 the - ‘plan is nohéaven for the working) class, as may be seen by the éstimate of the labor ministry that by October 1, there will be 700,000:s registered unemployed in Germany. ‘The number is growing every Week At present there are 600,000 un- employed, while still another 600,- 000 aré Working two days a week, which Is ‘nearly the same result as far as income is concerned. Notices issued today to 40,000 tex- tilé workers at Munchen-Gladbach that they must accept heavy wage cuts beginning on Aug. 25, or be discharged entirely. Because of the policy of the reformist union lead- ers in expelling the Communists and teft wing workers from the ‘union, the mills are organized week- ly and the union is in poor condi- tion to fight the wage reduction. Employers claim that banking in- terests charge such exorbitant in- terest’for financing production that profits are made impossible. So they seek to pass it all on to work- BERLIN, ‘Mug: 9-~-Germany wader ) ers. 7 SYRIAN REVOLT ACUTE; FRENCH TROOPS CRUSHED Republic Is s Proclaimed; F orces Combined (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, France, Aug. 9.—The revolt of the Syrian natives against French imperialism has grown into an acute menace to the French, it is admitted in official circles here. The Bedouins and the Druses have joined forces and announced that they are fighting for the .independence of the whole of Syria. The combined forces have raised the banner of the Syrian union. ‘They hold the entire state of Orug. The French forces in f— ened by the withdrawaln” eral crushing defeats, rail, their commander in chief, has sent an urgent wire for reinforce- ments. French Severely Defeated. Two French columns sent to the re- lief of the garrison in the citadel of Duedia have been severely defeated, with casualties of at least 1,000. Sarrail, who has only two infantry and several cavalry units at his com- mand; admits that his Syrian soldiers are “unreliable,” as they sympathize with the revolt. Syrians Win Battles. The French fear the menace of the Turks in the region of Aleppo, Antioch and Alexandretta, and have requested Painleve to send troops to this sec- tion. The_French newspapers are calling the Syrian rebels “brigands” and have characterized Nassib Bey Atrash as “a brigand leader whose only. purpose is looting.” However, Abd-el-Krim was called such names, and now the French are asking him for peace gotiations on an equal footing. The revolt was caused by the pressive measures taken against (Continued on page 2) PROSECUTOR OF COMMUNISTS AT BRIDGEMAN RANTS TO EMPLOYERS OF “PLOT,” SHOWS TRIAL RECORD “Moscow . plots” ican Communists. Smith Displays His Ignorance. “Prior to the prosecution of the) Michigan “syndicalist trials,” said| Smith, whdé spoke to the second an-| nual outing of the Tri-City Manufac- | turers’ Association at the Shot Hills) country ¢lub,!*I*had always conceived | of a Communist as being a long) whiskered, long haired Russian peas- | ant type. “IT was very much surprised to find | that out.of 78 defendants who were | apprehended at the raid in Bridgeman, | representing sixteen different nation-| alities, 22 of these were American-| born, ? More “Moscow Plots’”’ | “Communists are pacifists,” said | Smith, showing he knows nothing of | Communism. “They oppose the Ameri- can Legion, calling them “The flotsam | and jetsam of the war. A Mr. Duffy, Smith said, had en-| gaged in one of ‘the Moscow plots to which he referred, trying to get Rus- | sian school children to America to | give entertainments, MOLINE; fowa, August 9.—The manufacturers’ association here had as its guest of honor O. L. Smith, assistant attorney general of Michigan who prosecuted the) Communists at Bridgeman, Mich. that the prosecution is directly obeying the will of the employers. Smith showed the manufacturers exhibits used in the Michigan trials of | C. E. Ruthenberg and Wm. Z. Foster, and declared them proofs of numerous engineered by Amer-+¢ Smith’s speech showed UNITED STATES HANGS POOR, RIGH ESCAPE, NOT | $0. IN SOVIET UNION “With our murder and homicide record of 233 this year in this (Cook) county two men have been hanged, two Negroes, both poor and without friends. It is the experience of this county that a murderer with money will not be hanged.”—Chi- cago Tribune editorial, Aug. 8, 1925. “As to the impartiality of these (soviet people’s) courts, there is a general agreement that they ‘weight the batance’ in favor of the worker as against the well-to-do; and this is defended on the ground that it corftesponds to the weighting of the other scale elsewhere. As to their incorruptibility, information ig on the whole remarkably satisfactory.” —British Trades Union Delegation report on Russia, 1924-5, page 94 a ad ee be i %
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lf” * a rv tamage | ile AS WE (Continued trom V hase 1) ist propaganda in Mexi 0, The law- yer thereupon procedds to give him an earfull on the situation’ fn the State + F ASCIST KI Q of San Luis Potosi. ’ are | : f * ¢ 8 E cites a rent law as evidence of Pope Is “Surprised” at Massolini’s Murders (Special to The Dally Worker) ROME, Italy, August 9.—The am- nesty decree granted by King Victor Emanuel and praised by Mussolini’s minister of Justice Rocco, is not ex- pected to release the thousands of itallan workers, Including many Com- munists, from the prison hell-holes into which the fascists have thrust them. The fasclst party has the power to release whom it pleases, and only fascists jailed for murder and other crimes will be freed, it le expected. The entire country is focusing its attention on Palermo, where the municipal elections are expected to show how many votes the fascist viol- ence can secure. The vatican has issued a statemen! in the official catholic paper, Osser vatore Romano, violence against catholics. As long as the murders were directed agains! Communists, the pope had no objec- tion, but now that the priest Don Minzoni of Argenta, near Ferrara, has been slain by the fascists, and many other attacks on catholics have oc- cured, the pope “expresses surprise at the sudden anti-christian ‘move” of MussolinL The catholic editorial blames the speeches of Farinacci, secretary of the fascist party who openly advo- cates violence, and of Mussolini, who in a recent speech advocated murder, “on moral grounds,” for the attack on the catholics. New Writers Are sure to develop with the growth of the Com- munist movement in this country. To these new writers the Little Red Library presents an unusual op- portunity. attention. When you - write, whether it be on social and industrial problems, fiction, poetry or art— Be sure to confine the size of your work from 10,000 to 15,000 words. | Titles Already Issued: No. 1 Trade Unions in America by Wm. Z. Foster, Jas. P. Cannon, and Ear! R. Browder No. 2 Class Struggle Class ell tection by Eari R. Browder No. 3 i Principles of Communism by Frederick Engels . Translation by Max Bedacht No. 4 Worket Correspondents by Wm, F. Dunne 10 CENTS 12 copies for a dollar, THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, 1113 W. WASHINGTON BLYVD., CHICAGO, ILL. = _ the subversiveness of the adminis- tration of Governor Manrique. This law provides for the occupation of property without payment of more rent than taxes and only paying those taxes because the governor cannot avoid it. The governor is quoted as having said: “What I would like to see is that all inhabitants of San Luis should live in their own homes without paying rent, but as the tax on rent is federal, I cannot remove it. I can- not at present deny the owners of houses the right to collect rents, but with the idea that it’ will bénefit the proletariat and make possible com- mon use of all urban property by all the people I have already started to enact a new law that vo peneat the proletariat.” * @& : HE idea of a pa sors afming to help the producing’ ¢lagsds sounded positively fiendish in ‘the’ éars of this shyster lawyer. As further evidence of the diabolical convictions held by denouncing fascis | M@"rique, the lawyer informed the secretary of the interior that when Lenin died, the official paper issued by the governor was in mourning, the national flag was at half mast and in the governor’s palace mouring rites were observed. And as additional proof that the governor did not change his mind, he stated that on the anniversary of Lenin’s death, the offi- cial paper of the state again appeared in mourning and reminded.ithe people of the death of the great leader of the workers and peasants of all lands. > s ® ATE Richards O'Hare, once prom- inent in the socialist party, but always a free lancer is now on the payroll of the National Garment Man- ufacturers’ Association, and. also in the employ of the United Garment Workers’ Union. The latter:is a fake union which sells its label.te any man- ufacturer regardless of the, conditions under which the workers ,employed by that manufacturer labor... The for- mer is an association of ent man- ufacturers one of the ohjects of which is to fight the efforts .of, garment workers to secure a higher Wage and better ee ar aah is not siianiaias enitd Mrs. O’Hare on the payroll of thoge, scabby organizations. .Any proposition with money attached to it that an ex-s0- cialist will turn down, sho be made the subject of an investiga n. What Mrs. O’Hare is out to abolish is prison contract labor. But what’ wife’ is"dat to replenish is her owmdreasury. Nothing strange about that... The Amer- ican workers are accustomed. to see- ing their “martyrs” wend their way towards éasy street,. but,.what we would like to know is, hay, Jong will honest trade unionists stand all such bogus reformers? NEW CRISIS FOR FRENCH AS RIFFS TROOPS ADVANGE « PARIS, France, Aug. 31.+~-The situ- ation in the region of Ouezzan is characterized as “alarming” by the French war communique. The Rif- flans have set up strong fortifications Bast of Fez and have surrounded the city of El Araish. According to the French communti- que the “situation is growing worse.” Premier Painleve presided at a ban- quet tendered the American aviators who are departing for Morocco to bomb innnocent villagers. Painleve said that “in the name of France I thank you for your offer to aid us in carry- ing the white man’s burden.” of sending Senegalese troops and French workers against- natives to be | slaughtered in order to’secure phos- phate beds and other Moroccan richés for the French bankers. 18 Chinese Students Deported from France Go Home Via Moscow MOSCOW, July 16.—(By Mail) — Eighteen Chinese students who were deported from France for participating in. demonstrations of solidarity in fa- vor of the national reyolutionary movement in China’s have arrived in Moscow on their way to China. They addressed a letter of greeting to the Russian students in which, they thank- ed the latter for their solidarity with the struggle for freedom of the Chi- nese people. Darrow Declines to Debate Clarence Darrow makes no claim to being an authority on evolution. He is merely a student of science. Darrow, who defended John Thomas Scopes in the Dayton trial, said so himself in commenting on the challence to de- bate evolution issued by Rev. John R. Stratton, pastor of the Calvary Bap- tist church of New York. “I know nothing about Dr. Stratton’s challence except what I read in the newspapers,” said darrow. “I’ve never challenged anybody to debate the sub- ject and do not care to. I think Dr. Stratton should send his ‘challence to the American Associatioh for the Ad- vancement ef Science.” * - SEB IT I) The “white man’s burden” consists |. Officers Fight Negro, Unions and Soviet (Continued from Page 1) southerner, and bears all the earmarks of a member of the ku klux klan.) Against Trade Unions. “Good citizens should be against the trade unions. None of them are any good. It is your duty to combat the menace of unionism.” “If you are to be good soldiers, you must not think in action. It is your duty to obey, to do what you are told quickly,.and not to think.” “The Soviet government is a menace to civilization. Money is 8 ‘to the United States by the Bolsheviks for propaganda purposes. Soviet ‘Russia has an army of four and one-half mil- lion just waiting for a chance to at- tack the civilized countries.” The principal charges against Plot. , kin were that he tried to combat thes: lies. He was given a ticket back tc Chicago, for which the officer in charge of transportation took seven f- dollars. The ticket- to Chicago only cost five dollars. The disposition of the other two dollars is known only to the officer. A move is now on among the officers to change the color of the red flags used in rifle practice. Arrest Four In Philadelphia. PHILADBPLPHIA, Aug. 9%.—Four members of the Young Workers League were arrested for distributing anti-C. M. T. C. circulars advertising the mass meeting at which Sam Mil- ler, a Young Worker who was expelled from Camp Meade for reading “The Young Worker,” was the principal speaker. Elizabeth Pearlman, aged 16; Sam Finkelstein, aged 20; Joseph Duga, aged 19, and Dave Engel, aged 20, all members of the newly organized Rosa Luxemberg branch of the Y. W. L., were arrested. The special Fairmount Park guards were greatly elated when they discov- ered a copy of “The A B C of Com- munism” on Comrade Engel. They were sure they had just averted an armed insurrection by arresting these Young Workers. They were told that the mass meeting would be stopped and dire results would follow their un-j} ; patriotic acts of criticis ee citt- zens’ mili training cam ‘se Charges of distributing seditiota’ ‘lit- erature were against them but later changed to breach of the peace. The Young Workers were finally re leased and at the hearing placed under $300 bail each for further hearing. Twenty Police at Meeting. The mass meeting was ‘decorateé with twenty policemen who came to prevent the overthrow of the C. M. rT. ©. H. M. Wicks, representing the Workers Party; M. Yusem, represent- ing the Y. W. L., and 8S. Miller were the speakers at the mass meeting. The Provisional Committee for In- ternational Labor Defense is handling their cases. Y. W. L. to Start Study Class for ' Chicago Recruits The Y. W. L. of Chicago is starting a class for all new applicants for membership in the League. This class is compulsory for all new members before they are considered good stand- ing members of the League. The class oftens Monday, Aug. 10th, at 2613 Hirsch boulevard, at 8 p. m. The class will run for two consecu- tive Monday evenings, closing with a session on Aug. 17th. The session that opens Monday will deal with ele- mentary Marxian economics and will be conducted by Comrade Sacharow. The closing session on the 17th will be conducted by Comrade Harvey and will deal with the character of the Young Workers League. It was decided by the C. C. C. that the first term of this class which opens today, shall be attended by all members who joined the League since January, 1925. Let’s make the attend- ance 100 per cent. Gary, Fake Leader of Drys, Laps Up Booze at His Home WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Judge El- bert H. Gary’s interest in enforcing prohibition, as exemplified by his offer to “lend” the government some of the highly paid executives from his great steel corporation, drew fire from the Association Opposed to the Prohibi- tion Amendment. In a statement put out by the asso- ciation it was said: “Is Judge Gary personally a prohi- bitionist? * “It may be said that neither he nor members of his’family are professing or practicing prohibitionists in their private’ ‘Mfe. They habitually serve cocktails to their guests at luncheons and dinners. “So far as we ktiow, Judge Gary’s is now the only great house where cham- nagne is habittally¥ served at lunch. } immediately placed . dicta-. French. The first battle was 4 PeiFlous defeat ‘or the French. A small post in the era district wagiwiged out by the or killed the vanced toward 8 in the Jebel Druz region, and wiped out a squadron of French ca Sos When the ’ these defeats reached & it a battalion to chastise the tattven: but at the Jekel Druz gorges the halted the French, and a severe defeat on them. The 300,000 dimke in eastern ‘and northern Syria are also alarming the French bankers. The Arabs of Aleppo and Damascus districts are threaten- ing to attack the French. Riffians Defeat — PARIS, France, . 9.—A violent Riffian attack on. zone has driven the Spaniard e"Wominates the ceemoets hill “i cia fag PARIS, et — Aristide ae 2 Ke PARIS, France, ig- 9.—Aristide Briand’s frip to n today to confer with Englar | foreign min- ister, Austen Cha mberlain, will de- cide whether F jis to conclude a trade agreement; with th Soviet Union, to cou nee the Brit- ish-German allilang@);, against the Soviet, or whether land unites with France “Se many, it is predicted here. male © U. S. Property a Probed. WASHINGTON, Anigtist 9.—An offi- cial inquiry into the n of Thomas W. Miller, former fag propert cus- todian, in returning assets of the American Metal Company, valued at several million dollars, has been start- ed by the the Department of Justice, it was stated today. ." e oS : ~~ —— or PET SR Es RN sean nd haha dtd na . ee + om eee he ete le RSC EAR A oa At Local 56 Vice President Zeidman of the International was present to see’ to it that the local accepted the Joint These actions of Locals 56 and 39” has, as usual, been lying avout the I. L. G. W. U. have shown their con- - 4 -— —_
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: — nw :* vt Mo ytOBcow, July wale oscow ir SS eae (By International Prese » Wasdaiinieadanlas Mail.)—The whole Sunday press Oe. Moscow wiser of the Russian Communist Party Weclared in its delegation woul learn the real truth that it ho ment akines wo that the fact that th ers Moscow in reality and about’ the political and economic.-life in the Soviet Union, would assist the cause of working elags. solidarity, international unity, and the vic-} of the workers and of so-| in the whole world, The Moscow trade union council greeted the delegation in the same many other organizations, Russiane Learned from Germans. Lenin’s widow, gia in the Pravada: years ago when the Rus- dak working class movement wags its first steps, we learnt eag- erly from the German social democ- racy, and not only the names of Marx and Engels were dear to us, but also those of Withelm Liebknecht and Bebe), “We studied every word of the lead- ers of the German social democracy amd therefore our revolution, our power, is not only the result of “History has taken such a course that it is in backward Russia that the working class seized the state power sarlier than in the other countries. and now it is using it to Build up a new | ‘Without a far developed work- tug class movement this could never fmve been possible under any circum- stances. It would have been im gible without the ideology of the pro- létariat clearly formulated by Marx amd Engels and by ‘your other old leaders. “The present leaders of the Ger- n social-democracy reject their: sild, all the Worse for them. The rking class of Germany feels its ood relationship with the working Glass of the Soviet Union. It will use Our ‘revolutionary ce, our vyements and even our mistakes order to cae its own Seoees te with the capitalist world. Comrade’ Trotsky writes in “the vda, official organ of the Russian unist Party: “Have we any interest in presenting r work, and our life to our foreign ts from the working class in a ter light than actuality? way. “The cause which we are carrying on is so great, so historically victor- fous that the revolutionary effect of our work will be all the greater when our guests see the difficulties, defici- éncies and weaknesses of our situa- tion. “It is in our interest that the for- eign comrades see the internal and ex- ternal dangers in their complete ex- tent. “One thing we can show our guests, that the Kautsky’s, Bauer's and Adler’s bave lied to them when the former In no | DICTATOR RIVERA AND SANSH BN FT PARIS, Aug. 9.—Prietion between General Primo de Rivera, head of the Spanish direétory,; and count Romanones, the tast ‘premier before the military regime, may lead to se- rious consequences, penne from San Sebastian indicate. Romanones who ig. living in Vi- chy, Franoe, chalienged the general to a duel because certain Spanish newspapers published articles re- garding the death of the count’s son In Morocco which the count consi- dered unjustified. Young Romanones was a lieutenant in the Spanish col- onial forces. General de Rivera replied to the ohallenee with a letter published in the newspapers, treating the whole matter in a humorous vein. Count Romanones was reported incensed with the reply. “These people wish only that we had, for then they could find some jus- tification for their ‘own treachery. They accuse us of making concessions to the bourgeoisie, and,,in the same breath they declare, that these con- cessions are not enuf. In reality we have only made such foncessions to private capitalism as’ seemed neces- sary for the developtiient of socialism, For this is the exact*'p se and ‘ne: cessity of the prole n’dictatorship, to determine the extent of the neceg- sary concessions.” | svis.. Trotsky closes: “Dea? friends, take us ag we are, withowt diusions, we are not so bad as the pheptasy of our enemies would paint; us,,but also by far not so beautiful as pur own will sees us in the future,” “ | pct cee in the Pravda: «© ° 4. vy. “Our proletarian senidan's are our most cherished guests. ¢ Tire most hon- est wish we can express tewards them is: when you part from, may you feel yourself still stronger bound to us than you felt upon rout pysival.” Conn, Labor Behind Strike NEW HAVEN, Conn.” Aug.9—Pat- rick O'Meara, president, 'Wonnecticut Federation of Labor, denounced brick manufacturers who aré’Henying the workers the right to opganize and at- tacked the company housing scheme that is in use. Painter is Drowned BOSTON, Mass.,August. 9,—(FP). Michael Connors, a young painter working on the girders under the West Boston Bridge, feli from the plank into the Charles River and gaid that we,had betrayed the October steeper to the capitalists. } ‘\was drowned. tings to the German workérs’ dele-| “ope WL Se Ey a J. 3 See as oF Be if ma le te. ee ee? Sees ee ee - APs ~ * - We - ; vat - | The murderous Zankov chant. Greece threatened to invade that ox eek It is believed one of Zankoy v's x aes > ' , : ni iy at at gation arrived in Moscow. The ' square in front of the station was filled with huge masses, consisting of delegations from the shops, the workers’ organizations, sport organ- ith innumerable flags and sio- ns of greeting in German and Russian. After the arrival, a mem- ber of the Presidum of the Central Trade Union Council of the Soviet Union, Figatner, delivered a speech of welcome in which he expressed _ the conviction that the German com- rades would be able to get a correct idea of the real situation in the Soviet Union and that their visit izations, etc. The square was dotted ship between the working classes of Germany and of Soviet Russia. The thousands of workers assembled in the square gave an immense cheer for the international ; unity of the proletariat. Offenhagen (K Works) thanked the proletarians: ‘Moscow for thelr treternal pana MAY it IN 45 NJ, SHOPS! (Special to The Daily Worker) PATERSON, N. J., Aug. 9.—There will be a strike of 1,500 ribbon weav- ers in 45 silk mills if manufacturers do not confer with workers on de- mands for increased wages this week. The Associated Silk Wofkers’ ribbon and hatband department and Local 880 of United Textile Workers are co- operating on demands and announce jointly the intention to strike. Hat- band workers ask a $36 weekly mini- mum wage, 44-hour week continued, and return to the “blue book” price | list. German Workers Ok MOSCOW, July 20. (By Mail).— es Today the German workers dele- | would tighten the bonds of friend- peal anti halted a moment in its gory orgy, when n°retaliation for the assassination of a Greek mer- y mistook wee tne merchant for a worker. a and declared: ‘fortune is our good misfortune is our Let the imperialists un- the workers of all 1] ward off the attacks @ land of the workers. if puts arms into our | te Nght against Soviet Rus- ow i use those arms pur. bourgeoisie.” ms smiprker of the “Oc- epair works, livanov _ ane f -of one of the Ger- / ot aro. with tears . at_ this moment was chis.life for he could see rity the working class dh byl » a reality. pac iasion of the metal formed cordons thru tes walked under from the masses. the whole dele- he Central Council lons of the Soviet erger in the name <S te * . a np . ak 4h Tr 6 ¥ . 3 es © . -” € ‘ ~ a ‘ a 2 ; _* “ - ¥ 7 . 4 ; « os ested the nee | agation Arrives in Moscow retary Dogadov to thank the Rus- sian working class for the fraternal reception and their friendly readi- ness to assist. Dogadov made a speech in which he declared: “Com- rades, we are convinced that in your investigation of our conditions you will allow yourself to be led only by your proletarian conselence and that you will recognize the achievements and the deficiencies without prejudices. The bourgeois press contends that the previous workers’ delegations here were in- fluenced and that they made incor- rect reports upon the situation in the Soviet Union. You have now the reports upon the situation in the Soviet Union. You have now the possibility of forming your own opinions and of examining every- thing which interests you and the German working class.” The delegation thereupon put various questions upon the organiza- tion of the Russian trade unions and the structure of the central trade | union ‘council and received exhaus- tive replies. The deanieat’iep the Gibson Spring Co. of union machinists who refused to agree to a nine-hour day has been leaded againét’ the workers by in- stallation of automatic power ma- chinery that displaces skilled expe- rienced workers with unorganized, unskilled girlé. ~*— The concern, which for the past ten years padirthve highest wages in the spring making industry in Chi- cago, is now lined up with the open- shop forces in the National Metal "rome Association. — Soviet Union Mukes Gold Cotns. MOSCOW.—Speaking at an All-Un- ion Delegate Conference of institutions of the People’s Commissariat of Fin- ance, Sokolnikoff, the Commissary of Finance of the U. S. S. R., mentioned, among other things, that the gold “Chervontzy” (10-roubles coins) actu- ally being coined were designed for the needs of the U. 8S. 8. R. commer- cial transactions with China, Persia and Afghanistan. Soviet Union Builds Ships. MOSCOW.-— The central govern- ment of the U. S. S. R. has ratified a ship-building program for the com- ing three years, according to which two hundred and seven vessels, for a total sum of 191,762,000 roubles, are to be constructed in the ship-building pcomaort part to be ordered abroad. works of the U. 8. 8. R., only an in- ej gree a ‘ th ea ae + he BE ee be oe i er @ @or ha ele ae gM + apy iB ty eit! eee ar ie: "- : lg i‘ unas ; _— “ye spt other things, he writes: GERMAN WORKERS BE‘ WHAT THEY THINK OF WORKERS UNDER SOVIET RULE ABs 3 MOSCOW, July 19.—(By Mell.) The Lédiograd Pravda publishes an article of the member of the German delegation, Ansbach, in which, amongst 2 18 F SITUATION © “We have only been three days in Lehingrad, but already we are able to say that what we have seen has exceeded ‘Our expectations. The German press, with the Vorwaerts at the head, published lying reports as tho we had no freedom of could not examine that which inter- ested us. “However, we have the fullest free- dom aad have met.with the greatest readiness on the part of the Russian workers and we have seen that Rus- sia has become a land of the workers, and that in a few years Russia will be able to compete with the capitalist countries economically with the great- est success.” Prejudiced Socialist Admits “New World Created” The social democratic Theodor Oberhegen writes: « “Despite a certain amount of pre- judice with which I came here, and despite the fact that I have not yet formed a definite opinion upon that which I have seen, I can already say that in Soviet Russia the basis of a new world has been created, a world in which all people can be happy. “The consciousness of the masses has given the Russian workers the possibility of bearing material want. I am astounded at the sacrificing love devoted by Communist Russia to its social order. Long Live the revolu- tionary will of the Russian workers!” In his capacity as a member of the political commission of the German workers’ delegation. Oberhagen de- clared to representatives of the press: Very Critical—But Confesses Work- ing Clase Triumph “As a social-democrat I approach everything in a more critical spirit than the others. Perhaps this will not be pleasurable to everyone. I shall put many questions in connection with the scepticism which to a cer- tain extent exists abroad in relation to Soviet Russia. I shall hold it to be my duty to defend in Germany with all means what I recognize to be the truth. “I must confess that the picture which I have seen here of the triumph of the power of the working class has made a great impression upon me. Despite a few deficiencies which I have already noticed, I can see how a new world is coming into being here and how great the achievements of [ ‘he Russian working class really are.” A member of the industrial com- mission of the German workers dele- gation, the metal worker Schaudt of Nuernberg declared to press repre- sentatives: Real Co-Operation Between Admini- “stration and Workers “Our commission is composed of re- presentatives from various branches of industry. We want to study Soviet industry with all its positive and ne- gative sides: in order to be able to make an objective report upon the efforts of the Leningrad working class when we return. “Our vigits to the Putilov Workers gave us the impression that the rela- tions between the workers and the administration, between the shop councils, the administration ond the workers were relations of real co- operation. Directors Not of Snobby “Better Class” “Here in Russia in contradistinc- tion to Germany, the factory direct- ors and engineers are not people of a ‘better class,’ they do not consider delegate The work will begin within this cur- rent year. themselves above the workers. Here in Russia everything is concentrated movement aml #—— Oe WORKERS’ DRAMATIC LEAGUE MOURNS LOSS OF COMRADE LASSEN NEW YORK, August 9.—The Workers’ Dramatic League of the Workers’ Party wishes to express its feeling of great loss in the death of our Comrade John Lassen, who was a member of the executive committee. Comrade Lassen brot new life into our work, stimulating us by his enthusiasm, his — readi- ness to wérk and his knowledge, and by his Own dramatic produc- tions. He had already written a pageant for us and was ready to start other work when his young life was cut short. Inspired by his example and tIn- terest we will endeavor to make of our League a living thing in the Communist, movement. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. o- ee ee upon one aim: Work, work to build up the new economy. “For this reason work in the Soviet Union is a pleasure and we are glad to have been able to see such work. Nothing could be, more desirable then the establishment of such conditions of labor in our own country.” The trade union commission of the German workers. delegation first ex- amined the shop councils of the Puti- lov Works. All three members of this commission, Freiberger, Brotog and Zalm signed the following report: Trade Union Commission Signs Statement “After. having studied the situation of the shop councils in the Putilov Works, we have come to the conclu- sion that the rights of the Russian shop councils are tremendously much greater thon those of the German. Before our, departure we were told that in the Soviet Union there weére no shop councils at all. In actuality, however, exactly the opposite is the case. The significance and the power of the Russian shop councils are tre mendous and unshakable.” ~ Forcible “Arbitration” Board. WASHINGTON, August §9.—(FP)—~ The federal arbitration act that makes the awards of arbitrators enforceable by the federal courts, goes into effect Jan. 1, 1926. Many business concerns are already putting arbitration clauses into their contracts. The law in brief | provides that a written agreement in | a contract to submit a controversy to arbitration is valid, irrevocable and ae es in the federal courts. If such an agreement exists, then the parties must arbitrate. Parties to the disppte may choose their own ar- bitrators, but if they refuse, or fail to agree, the court will appoint them. The court. can review arbitration awards for fraud or misconduct. Of course the court invariably decides for the employers. City Laborers Raleed. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 9.—City ‘laborers have been raised 25 cents a day. German Fascists Tell of Spy Plots Against Workers’ Soviet (Continued from page 1) birthday with his fellow-prisoners. The reason for this Kindermann gaid was that then he was no longer 4 Communist. (laughter). Thereupon the letter to the dean of the Friederich-Wilhelm University im Berlin was read in which Kindermann attempted to present himself as Com- munist and his two fellow prisoners as members of the organization con- sul. This-was two days before the dis- patch of the letter to the Comintern. Kindermann then deélared that he had simulated. To the question of the chairman, what sort of a simulation it had been, that of a madman, a doc tor of philosophy or merely a fool Kindermann replied that he could no longer remember what the simulation was. Someone had advised him to simulate, but he could no longer re member who this “someone” was. The accused lied so obviously that he was himself compelled to laugh at his statements. The prosecutor then qves- tioned him upon various paragraphs ip the letter to the dean. Procecutor: “How was the sen- tence upon your dissertation writ- ten?” indermann admitted that thie part of the letter was written by him. The yest, however, was written unde." pressure. To the question of the prosecutor, of what nature was the pressure, the accused answered, that t was of a psychic nature. The ex- pmining Judge Rosenfeld had, it was e, not compelled him with. force, t he had shown himself as a provo. tative instrument of Baumann. The chairman declared that. whilsn the accused was in examination ar t, no compulsion of any sort had Kindermann: “At the end of Jann: ary, it lasted several days.” Prosecutor: “That is, on the 12th of May, your condition was once agai:, normal?” Kindermann replied id the affirmita- tive, whereupon the pr ecutor read a declaration of Kind n to the ex- amining judge on a Yeh May in which the accused writes that he has nothing to add to his previous state- ments. Kindermann declares that in the same protoco)] he had written that he was reversing further statemente for the court itself. Kindermann Betrayed Companions. The prosecutor proved from the protocol of the 12th of May that the statement of Kindermann was false, and that he had been prevented from recording further statements in the protocol was a lie. The chairman declared that Kindermann had -been granted all his legal rights. Kinder mann had compalined that he had been separated from Baumann. The prosecutor read a note which Kindur- mann had sent to Wolscht during the examination arrest. In the note is: “Everything is going well, be cheer- ful, we are together. Odysseus wii work. Courage!” In order to mislead the examininy judge, Kindermann had written § i1 French. The chairman pointed aw: that this note to Wolscht was written at the same time as the letter to the dean of the university in which Kin: ermann cast off his.companions. |i can therefore be taken as proved that he wished to betray his comrades. The prosecutor requests to compar. the protocol] of the 17th.af June with that of the 12th of May.,...In the later protocol which is signéd:by the exem used against him. The prosecu- oer the accused when this pres- if ae he ining Judge Sosnovsky; Kindermann also declares that he has nothing to | add to his previous statements. The ee cab | dermann said that he did not believe : prosecutor requests the invitation 0’ the examining Judge Rosenfeld and read the statements of Kindermann on the 8th of February. During the reading of the protocol, the accused Dittmar became extremely eacited, From Kindermann’s attitude it was Clearly tu be seen that he had realized that his attempt to betray first of all his comrades and then to deceive the court was' finally exposed. Guilt Is Proved. Hereupon followed the reading of the request for mercy written by Kindermann to Djerjinsky, and a fur- ther request writtei to-Kalinin, These requests, as well as the protocol of the 12th of January, contain the full con- fession of the terroristic intentions. Kindermann was then compelled to udmit what a few minutes previously he had energetically denied. The prosecutor requested the court to take official note of the fact that the actuti cirenmetences of the journey and the intentions of Kindermann, Dittmar anid Wolscht were now clearly proved an: that there was complete accord be- tween the results of the examining protocols and the previous results of the trial itself with regard to the preparations for the journeys the ob taining of the documents and the camouflage of the expedition. The prosecutor then asked Kinder mann if the composition of the parts “upon the aims of the journey were iiso written under the same extraor. dinary pressure. Kindermann main isined au embarrassed silence. To the further question of the prosecu tor. did he think it possible that the examining judge hat prompted him also in the writing of those sentencos referring to Professor Saposchpikoy and the bruited,;,journey of Kinder trann from Norway to Calcutta. Kin- | this. it was possible that the examining judge knew all the details of Kinde:- mann’s childhood and was able to tell them to Kindcormann. Accused: “That is a riddle to me also.” 14 Prosecutor: “Perhaps you exercis-«! a peculiar pressuré upon the exaniin- ing judge also.” (laughter). “How could the examining Judge Rosenfeld himself think out such a sentence as “We took a hundred marks from the money for the journey and bought ourselves field glasses” Accused: “This sentence conics word for word from me.” The prosecutor tput further ques tions to the accused which clearly proved that all ‘the statements of Kindermann about the making of tliw protocol were lies @nd bluff. The prosecutor then turned to the letter to Djerjinsky.atd asked the ac cused if this letter. had been written mder any pressure, the accused ans- wered: “In no way.’ He had writ- ‘en the letter completely upon his own initiative. Kindermann’s Request to Dierjinsky,. (True Copy.) “IT request support for the enclosed appeal for mercy to the president of the Soviet Union, Kalinin. I, the un- dersigned, Karl Kindermann, born op ‘he 16th of February, 1903 in Aschen, Gierman citizen, have, after four uonths arrest during examination un. aar charges of espionage and the or- ganization of terrofistic acts against the leaders of the Sdviet Union, made ihe following open-cenfeéssion: “The organizatign. consul, founded for the purpose of‘carrying out terror- ‘et acts against alk persons objection- able to the reaction and opposed to Sm, Heo watt i . x the naitonal idea of ‘active reactionary | The prosecutor then asked how circles, decided about a year ago to carry out terrorist acts ageinst ‘tke leaders of the Soviet Union, For this purpose a scientific students ezpedi- ‘ion. Was to be conducted to the Soviet Union and to the Far Mast to carry out and cover these intentions. The vlan for the carrying out of the ter- rorist acts was made at the end of 1923, “I, the undersigned, in accordancs with concrete instructions received in December, 1923, began to make the following preparations: (1) In order to obtain the permission to enter the Soviet Union and in or- der to obtain the confidence vf decis- ive persons, I, the undersigned, joined the Communist Party of Germany. “(2) By interesting various cultur- al, economic and educational institu- tions in the Soviet Union systemat- ‘cally, that is by correspondence, ! succeeded in obtaining written invita- tions from these institutions to this commission of study. Piotted Economic Espionage. “(3) By conneetions with various cir- cles of heavy industry and finance in German (Baden, Aniline and Soda Con cern, Michael Concern, etc.) these were interested in the financing of tho expedition for the work of cconomic esplonage to be carried out by this students’ expedition, “In July, 1924, the organization con. snl commenced the practical carrving out of the plan. Tho group choser for the execution of the plan was chosen as follows: (1) Wolsecht. (2) The undersigned Dr. Karl | Kinder- mann, born on Feb. 15, 1903 in Aacher. studied in 1922 and 23, practica] ana theoretica: criminology, attended lee. iures upon the subject at the Berlin University, entered further for prac- Charlottenburg Detective Agency, con- nected with various officials of the Berlin police presidium, “(4) Dittmar, Maxin Napoleonovitch German from Esthonia, Esthonian citi- zen, in close relations with the Estbon- Ap embassy and also with Kussian White guardist circles in Germany anc Kvthonia, went to Esthonia as a cour- ‘or, participated in the carrying out of various terrorist acts by the organ ization consul, “Concrete tasks for the carrying out of terrorist acts were put to us in eecret sessions —_in-Jilvand Aneust. 1924, and the plans of the expedition were discussed with us. Planned to Kill Stalin, Trotsky. “Our intention wes to come in coniact with Trotsky and‘ Stalin thi. the recommendations in the meantiuic received to Lunarcharsky and Krup- Skaya and to carry out attempts against Stalin and Trotsky. In order to win still more the confidence of the Soviet leaders,we interested liberal] and Soviet-friendly politicians in the purely scientific side of the expedition. So, for instance, we received the sup- port of Theodor Liebknecht and Oskar Cohn and also instructions or scienti- fic correspondence for the Berliner Tageblatt thru its chief editor Herr Wolff, “It the undersigned Karl Kinder- mann, journeyed with Wolscht, with Germiean passes, and with (count Ditt- mar) with an Esthonian diplomatic pass, which the latter destroyed upon our arrival in Moscow and gave out in order to mislead, that it had been stolen from him in the tramway. After our arrival in Moscow we com- menced by working out the _ topo- graphical details of our plan, recon- tical activity the service of a Berlin- 5 sSeiatienenemneeenmenesnninennenenenetnienmen aaa oitering the offices and homes of the | } various Soviet authorities, Republic homes of the various /well-known per- sonalities, and the Kremlin. Kindermann Feared Publicity. “It was decided that I, the under- signed Karl Kindermann, should or- ganize the connections and lead the group whilst Wolscht and Dittmar should carry out the terrorist acts. For this purpose, Ditmar and Wolscht had brot strong poisons and two pis- tols with them. The carrying out of our plans was prevented by our ar- rest. “Tl, the undersigned Karl Kinder- mann, make this open confession with the conscious wish that these dark icts, which might have destroyed the sood relations existing between two peoples, may not occur again. “I regret my acts honestly and am prepared to make good my errars by working to obtain that the the circles of the organization cease from such undertakings wihch can interfere with good relations. “I declare that it is in consequence of my youth that I have been led by the organization consul to my actions, I beg that having regard to my youth my freedom be given to me so that I may make good by mistakes. “Apart from this I request that the fact that my father was a member of the patty and that he is an ideal- istic Communist for the good of the people, be taken into consideration. quest for mercy with the further re- quest that this matter be not made “I present here once again my re- public as publicity would give a wea- pon into the hands of the common foe of bath peoples, the entente, “Awaiting your kind opinion, I am, “Yours obediently, “KARL KINDERMANN,.” ao me |
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eT oy. 7 ti ,. Fat i) / ae » eer ate Whee E > * ae ter oe Pere Ors ee | “ 4 es ee . Sanaa | ¥ eA hs 6- rie ae otras wae Oe Mi he ak a Ne it wa + tar CRY Wohl Bas ai ‘al 2 ee : Bo Sty f x ~ | Ryle 4 . “4 EEN . - ae “ew po 7 . . th , ey a4 ' " = a ’ a. a ~~ — = uae | ll & f , isl Lis mah ie: ~— ‘ We wae " b fit. » i (PREM So oie erie : _ : : : a ‘ o- " ‘ a . i_¢ m4 i “) . EY Pegs Pak a es ‘ ° a) eee gt ; 4 ~ ath = oa ee ne %, " om - * ees P h . Bo eae e | 1 met t fe 5 . F | * 4 * q — — —- i A | | bah NS! government Has received from the con- —- \S ee . Leek |. THIRTY TWO MILLION RUBLES IN _|:s0t,s ne.mome ot Xf mies MISSI Re rere’. ) rubles (10 millions of this total was . = la = ; | CONCESSIONS IN SOVIET UNION \‘23"%4,2" 304 wating, comoen: Ses ee: p penta Be i : om ies). About 20,000 workmen are em- Gives a picture c a workers gov ’ Ls a a j | te so At el ge ployed in the concession enterprises. ‘ gation saw it. PRibyeiic dd o> Te yy ee ee (Speajal to The Dally Worker) we, * The mixed trading companies, as : T H E ro \ (RUSSIA EVERY . im MOSCOW.—(By Mail.)—Of the total number of foreigners who have ap-j Well as the industrial and agen 3 All the latest: ents and acc Bits) plied for concessions, 34.6. per,cent are German, 11.9 per, gent Englishmen, ee Raps 1 ing ering tise nent B 0 0 K ! not only the leaders in every field of n life, but also Pie about 10 per cent Americans, ‘8.1 per cent French, 3 per cent Halians and 2.6 oroved: sat tik tenia hichnadnanes al orn : : direct correspondence from Russian workers in the field and | uF es per cent Dutchmen, etc. 1,286 concesssion proposals have been registered for the foreign eabtbaliste. ; a ngton t ‘ ' factory can be found in BD Pee ee pa | | | since 1921 up to this time, of which 607 refer to the year 1923, when the so- Steady Flow of Capital. ot pire : rey PES ae ie p i 4 j called new economic policy was developing. ! There is a steady flow of private raphe ™ ‘ $1.25 HE } DAILY WORK FR 4 afd The total amount of.eoncessions so far agreed upon is 72, of which 8 | capital noticeable into the commercial ‘ ong . : Bleed . ) > | is pertain to mining enterprises, 14 to manufacturing industry, 6 to exploitation ce ia last Rae ering i a | as cd ‘ (Duroflex Cover) ; “America’s Only English Communist Daily’ % “: aaa e transactions of Goédds Exchanges especially rapid incre > fw | stg ager gpa andere \to 55 million rubles, of which 32 mil-|thruout the Union indicating the grow- | private trading is, being registered in ||? s You Can . Have Both i ben tl —tieaintieninn About 25 per lions have so far been invested. About jing role of private capital in trade.| Moscow. Accordi git the records of ||} $1 7 5 “RUSSIA TODAY” .... 4 Re $1.25 a4 | ge cent of these semeanebaem belong. to 70 per cent of this sum:has been in-| Thus, the private purchases reached, | the Moscow Goc Ex , transac- =: ° Reaper et ‘hey Wah o'iceeus eae : “ German, 17.5 per cent to English and vested into trade and exploitation of | in May 13.5 per cent of the total vol-| tions of private trade pa grown from . (Cloth Bound) e Vally ' aud a re. 7 . 921 ver ane sa Agnaviesn owners forestries, which shows the foreign | ume of buying transactions of the ex-| 23.8 million rubles, (jm April) to 29.7 ||— (6 months in Chicago) - ty i) 1 “ Qe * -* lich’ the coun . | : . iS Cale . ‘ne i : sce me a: a arigemel ag mambgtyp ig ca gs cond date er tne ih lige etsy tice, were quickly replaced by British troops in Geogia and Communist in character, but there appears to be more freedor:| the country looking for work. They Se eeee Mere ChSD 5,000 Warmere Wore armies. perore the Novem T , a - by British ships of war in Russia’s Black for political discussion than is usually considered compatible | state that they have “a good supply ai ber Revolution. Organization of the same kind simultaneously +Tanscaucasia, and by DPitish Ships OF War in AUS ac cith Army discipline. For example “wallpaper” artists have no| of labor with a surplus @t male and a proceeded in the Donetz mining area, in the Ural'mineral region, 5€4 ports. ete beet a oducing humorous drawings of. incidents ir | emale, white and colored.” EX. at Odessa, and other centers. But, while building up the Red Wwyumbers and Casualities Be i . Another gem. Under the héading of “Unions and Labor Trouble,” “Peters- burg is an open shop town.” When anyone reads the wage scale it is unnessary to tell them it is open shop, another name for the Amefican plan, the great plan of our American : | t i ‘ ative Ri ee ae a » restrictions as to takin art in po-| babbitts that guarantees to the slaves me a ng oper ge aol Sand of brawn were ‘“‘Front-Line” bodies), elected the final total reached 5.300.000 Re ge yock _ — r no res £p p sh odin! Goueuebaiey to aioe Weck: rE 3 ; olshevik soldiers. merry peteiages ? f- 7 s} > ) ! why don’ i hee . yy these means considerable armed force already existed ., inh See gent | gy Poe R a dumpe py — The pay is one rouble; 30 kopecks per month, as compared | ° 3)”, sianair ae ore See ee in October in the shape of a Red Guard numbering a good many 0! ©!vi War were lo Killed, 47 Ica ce Jae C oy., With the Tsarist pay of 50 kopecks per month in peace time)“ 4 tew open shop mines are some- phos thousands. When the decisive moment came, at the most im- Ponding figures for the Tsar's Army-during th¢ Buropean’ War 144 75 kopecks per month in war. Accommodation in bar’) wnere around the hillsides, but they ey x portant point (Leningrad), 13,000 armed Red Guards were were: killed, 25; wounded, 122; sick, 436. ; racks is not so good as that provided in the: British Army, but] don’t quote wages. Anyone interested tie available in addition to sympathizers from the Army and Fleet Of the officers and leaders, statistics show that in October, — relatively better allowing for Russian standards of comfort. | in the soft coal mines may find the in- af Besides these, the greater number of soldiers on the nearer /°29% 43% per cent. had had no previous military education, 13 ; : formation he wants by writing to the ue ete wete naw Ot “he side of the Bolsheviks. At the elections Pe? cent. had served as non-commissioned officers in the old General Conclusion , , sounty poor farm or bughouse near fe geo sated alli Assembly almost all the 120.000 men of the @r™y. 10 per cent. had been through the Red Army officers’ The preceding shows that the present Red Army is not onl) | »etersburg. : Ce ota 9 i Fleet_veted-for-them. Out of 770,000 on the Northern ‘taining schools, 22 per cent. were officers made during the war, 4 yery different institution from the old Tsarist Army, but has Very Congenial. aces * a ; Bolshevik d the West 6 per cent had served.in the military administrative services, ajso developed into something very different from the revolu- | “Social and living” conditions are ae ee ee terre ween 50 Sener oe ie eee G per cent. were old-time regular officers. Taking them from jijgnery army of the civil by A composed of young | congenial for industrial workers.” If +¢ f ent. ers. tionary army of the civil wars. s now Pp y ee Front 653,000 out of 976,000. Including the Moscow and Lenin : ; mt f he f ated agua wate ; pooner ge RE 2 t th h anj|there are any doubting Thomases, os d garrisons. out of a total of 1,800,000 men 1,200,000 voted another point of view, one-third came from the former ediwated yp .eruits who, during their whole service, are pu roug tg ee A yt ae : fo : Os Bolsheviks ae ak classes, two-thirds were of more proletarian, origin. There jntunsive course of education in their civil responsibilities. The Lil Thane telatin se piisé dad his x for i pee the success of the November Revolution: By ere not a few instances of treachery amongst these former) motional appeal is to proletarian solidarity, not to patriotic piness will climb on board. We rae’ : December a Red Guards in Leningrad numbered 60,000. From 2rmy officers; especially on the Archangel front against.the , Silk Mille, ... * ea HE y tahere ing Yudenich’s advance on Leningrad, with British support, in) struct him in citizenship, and that discipline does not seem to| ALLENTOWN, Pa., Aug. 9.—An in i ery minary 1919. Yudenich hanged him for being true to the cause of the dyfer thereby. tensive drive to organize Allentown .. Red Army Becomes a Regular Force people and faithful in defense of the Soviet Government. - " yt had hod — Oa me = ee Waging war with these improvised forces soon showed the necessity for a regular military establishment. The old army had broken up along the lines of its natural class distinctions. Present Organization Revolutionary Russia’s great military instrument was thus CHAPTER VII silk mills with the intention of bring- ing the 8-hour day in all Pennsylvania silk mills is being conducted by the The Judiciary Associated Silk Workers’ Union. The It was plain that until the mass of the peasantry convinced itself forged into workable shape by hard necessity duging three years | : oat ak ak associated ges Marin that the land had been taken away from the landowners, thus of constant attack from all sides, aided by British naval and Early Revolutionary Judicature on weavers organized at present. Al- becoming conscious of the necessity for defending the Revolu- tion, the working class, in the shape of the Red Guard, helped by those peasants who had joined the Red Guard from the ranks of the old army, must bear the weight of the struggle against the Revolution’s enemies. The Government, forced by hard necessity, had decided on February 22nd, 1918, to accept the Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty with Germany, which imposed upon Russia demobilization of her old army. But Lenin; foreseeing the need of armed defense ‘of the Revolution, the same day signed a decree (whose details had already been worked out a month earlier) for raising a Red Army. The preamble to this decree ran thus: “‘The Work- ers and Peasants’ Red Army will be formed from the more con- ~ e+ - ~eninmnaeaet - an Yt LA ae a fed & a ee } ; i+} : “? _ i-al ©: ;* . A ) military forces in the North and North-West, by Poles, French, Germans, Greeks, Serbs, Finns, Esthonians, Letts, Italians, Rou- manians on the West and South-West; by British again in the South, by British, French, Americans, Czecho-Slovaks, Japan- ese from the East. ‘These experiences gave Russia tried and competent leaders, led to a simplified and improved Army ad- min{stration, settled the question of training inmilitary schools, courses of instruction, and staff colleges; and i general welded the Red Army into an efficient organism. Simce the close of the Civil War it has naturally been much reduced: in strength. Now, according to recently published figures’! the total of all arnis of the standing defense forces (Army, Nivy, Air Service) is no more than 563,000 men, and the money (£40,000,000) (20 i — 4 lle nee ale One of the first acts of the October Revolution was to es- tablish a judicial system by a decree of November 24th, 1917. It abolished all the existing judiciary with one exception, that of the Justices of the Peace. The motive for this was the gen- eral conviction, justified by experience, that the Tsarist Judi- ciary were instruments of the previous ruling class. The Jus- tices of the Peace were a concession to the people, granted un- der the reforming regime of Alexander the Liberator, that had managed to survive the subsequent reaction. They had, how- ever, been restricted to civil cases, not exceeding £25 in value, and to criminal eases up to six months’ imprisonment. (To be continued in next issue) we ted es maine een ee A Ma« *) lentown mills are busy, many working at night as well as day, and 50 hours per week prevailing. , In double-shift mills women work from 6 a. m. to 2 p. m., or from 2 p m. to 10-p. m. The law does not permit women to work after 10 p. m. More uniform wage scales will be sought later and organization work ex- tended to Easton, Phillipsburg and other Pennsylvania towns. Get a bundle for every meet- ing ef your trade union local, + - here at last is the land of rest and ° On page one we find that “labor’ troubles are unknown in our city and‘ indeed.
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b ae jail. By Worker Correspondent S. W. S. SHINNSTON, W. Va., August. 9.— Lasko, Maggie Kerowleski, d little 12 year old Caroline Serento e arrested on the picket line at Jamison No. 9. They were arres by State Policeman O. B. ken before Erwin Jenkins, oo peace. Then our constable, 10r, was called from his work at ison No. 8 to lock them up in the Kept Without Water. - They were arrested at 6:45 in the morning. They demanded breakfast but none came. Later in the day they were given some sandwiches and cof- fee. All day they were kept there without a drink of water in a musty, filthy. old cell. The three three of. them were in a tiny room with hardly space to turn around. ‘In the evening. they got no supper. ‘The bond was offered for the pris- oners, the constable, Mr. Minor, said he couldn't be bothered as he had to sleep all day—he worked that night at Jamison No. 8. | The next day they were released on bail and were on the picket line again. Returning home they passed the com- pany store. A Chevrolet car was parked about 10 feet from the county road. In it were two mine guards, one Joseph Golden and Downey. Another O.. R. Ruth was on the county road. They shot gas bombs in the faces of all the women and little children. When one of the pickets said he would have them arrested for that the chief guard called his guards to- gether and armed with rifles, revolv- efs and black jacks followed us up the road using profane language be- fore women and little children, That is lawful casa of workers under Clark "Dobbie claims he made an investigation. How could Dobbie know anytHing about the gas bombs when he was at home in bed? One women, Mrs. Julie Senento, is sick in bed and under doctor’s care, from the affects of the gas. If Dobbie doesn’t believe it and wants proof, he can have it. Hush Up Scandal of _ Liquor Toting Perry, He’s a naire It I. Newton Perry, Chicage Million- | aire, stays away from Porter County, Ind., it isn’t likely he'll’ hear “any more about those charges’ of trans- porting liquor filed against him when his automobile was stopped by Joseph Allie, federal prohibition agent, and he was found to have a few pints he was taking along to a country club. ‘Federal charz%s were dismissed but the state es are still pending. However, indiana officials announced, no move to extradite Perry will be UN: - ¢ dre Al ¥ " ’ Pte ty Pa WwW ta ” ered ; ei oe Sit ie sh ne o sh ibe’ Se oy th te et perf. oe : , 2 > A ad ed te ae bef 5t By 34 sas te Mabe (ithe ot Big Aes SE Nt * ox a Sad’ Ng a ae ha Pee Pr.) . STA Ae 4 ulead ane He ‘4 aM? 2, - Ate o PY vy ‘J sd ee: CB Ty ee si, 1 ey baw ae, : \ ‘ : » oh 4 - Ya ee “ 7 >’ P ad , A Ae et “2 oh Sy th Pm a ica Po eae ee Sek ‘ Re. at 4 Ae - p gE ‘ f iy z ; in. Meas (ty »~ & &£ . tte ae ? y ~ . rv) ’ By ALEX REID (Seoratary the Progressive Miners’ Committee.) - ‘Sie el tale: Maaeeianies “eae Ak Mibladig- wea -vappeied te to tor the purpose of cleaning out some of the rottenness in the Pennsylvania miners’ union, and was sent in answer to a request from Halapy for aid. We know that Farrington did not send the m send it for the purpose of trying to and to aid him in his ambition to money to clean up the rottenness, but did get the progressive miners’ support reach a certain high international po- sition in the miners’ union. © | “He, Farrington, ted = that Thompson, Watt, and Parry, have no right to accept donations from the miners in Illinois to expose the rotteness in District No. 12.” This statement is very interesting ‘in view of the following correspond- enc between Halapy and Farrington. ar Sir and Brother: “We are appealing thru you to ‘the members of District No. 12,.for sum port, both moral and financial. Every principle of the U. M. W. of A. has, and is being flagrantly. violated, in this district, Facts and affidavits now on file are beyond dispute to prove the above assertion; and we sincerely believe that if our committee receives the financial aid that they will be able to purge the U. M. W. of A. of the many thieves and corruptionists from longer conducting their nefarious work. The U. M. W. A. cannot en- dure and thrive under the practices now in vogue in this district, and can only result if continued, in making |the men, women and children of the mine workers practically slaves. “We are compelled to appeal to you by reason of fact that the powers that be in this district» have threat- ened the membership with expulsion if any contributions are made to this cause. We therefore ask you to issue a circular for financial aid from your office by endorsing this letter and sending it to all your. locals. Very respectfully yours,” —_ MICHAEL HALAPY, President.” | This letter asked Farrington to do the very same thing t Joe Tumulty asked the Illinois mifters to do and for the same purpose exatthy;: the only difference being that in ‘tHis case, the rottenness was in Illitiols’ instead of Pennsylvania. It will»te,seen that Frank held it to be illegal in the IIli- nois case but legal in a yivania. Now Read Farringta Answer. “Mr, Michael Halapy. 9%. ~ “Dear Sir and | Brothe a i “Answering your. pelt of Jan 11 concerning matter of ra funds to purge our organization’ the corrup- tion in the Pittsburgh Distfict F advise that my judgment is tMat it is not necessary to issue @ c —_ appeal for that purpose. ‘* st 8 “Surely to God theré ae! enuf hon- est mine workers in! the: ‘Pittsburgh District who would bé willing to con- made, wt a pam ts! OUR DAILY PATTERNS re 4 is Oe ta ot En | A PRETTY FROCK FOR MANY OCCASIONS. “5022. Figured crepe or chiffon may be combined with satin or plain chif- fon. One could also use two contrast- ing shades of one material. If made with long sleeves, the style is good for taffeta, satin or crepe satin. “The Pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 14, 16, 18 and 20 years. If made as illus- trated in the large view for a 16 year size, it will require 1% yard of plain material and 2% yards of figured ma- terial and 2% yards of figured ma- terial 32 inches wide. If made with long sleeves 1% yard of the plain material is required. If the godet is made of contrasting material it will require % yard cut crosswise. If made of one material and with long sleeves, the dress will require 4% yards. ah ag TO PATTERN BUYERS ~The being sold thru the AILY WORKER wattert department Mire’ fur- nished by a New York firm of pattern manufacturers. osiiees are torwarded by t DAILY KER every day ag re- pa and they are mailed by the man- patterns on hand. terns Prdivarity will take at +f ays from the date of mailing the Ring not becon:+ impatient your pattern ls yet edn EE Ey! POR ae Now a A PRETTY FROCK IN SUSPENDER’ STYLE. ae ae 4 * se “-—. PNSZIO“ X 5171. This is a ae _pleasing ver- sion of a popular st Figured crepe and plain crepe are Nore ecombined. The model is also attractive in linen and gingham, or repp and printed fabrics combined. The Pattern is cut in 4. Stace: 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. A 10 year size re- quires 1% yard of plain material with 2% yards of figured or plaid material 36 inches wide. If made of one ma- terial 3% yards 36 inches wide is re- quired. FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send 12c in silver or stamps for: out up-to-date Fall and Winter, 1925-26, Book of bar ooscgyy showing color plates and contain ning See designs of ladies’, misses’, and ildren’s gp @ con- cise and comprehensive article on dress. making, also aon points. fer the needle (illustrating ~~ simple atitches), all - A i hints to the home dressmaker, 4 "SEF ; ear GARY, IND., ATTENTION! The DAILY WORKER, Work- ers Monthly, Rabothicza Tri- buna and Novy Mir.are for sale i the Workers’ Co-operative ‘| Restaurant, 1733 Broadway. . o- - - # Tag ~ ™~ des ‘ Bh Rewer ae eS s ‘circular is to be issued I think tribute enuf money te purify their or- ganization. 1! note what you have to ‘say about the officers having prohib- ited the members in the Pittsburgh Diatrict from making contributions, for that purpose, even tho that be true, that does not prevent individuals from personally contributing § their own money. “I do not feel that I am conversant enuf with the affairs in the Pittsburgh District to warrant my issuing a circu- lar appeal in District No. 12. If any it should be prepared and signed by your committee and aissued from Pitts- burgh. I am satisfied that if you ‘should issue such a circular that quite a number of our local unions will re- spond to such an appeal, but by all means |! think the circular should be prepared by your committee, and be issued from Pittsburgh, and it should not only be sent into Iilinois but into every other district in our organiza- tion. Yours truly, FRANK FARRINGTON. ‘“ It will be noticed that Farrington urges the same thing be done in Penn- sylvania, that Thompson, Watt, Parry and Tumulty urges in order to clean up the rottenness in Illinois. (Continued tomorrow) F andamental Reaction to Hold Pow-Wow Over Scopes at Knoxville DAYTON, Tenn., Aug. 9.—A gigan- tic meeting of fundamentalists, to be held in Knoxville, Tenn., on the date set by the Supreme Court for oral ar- guments in the John T. Scopes evolu- tion case appeal, was being arranged. today by the local committee. As soon as the Supreme Court sets a date for oral argument in the Scopes case, the committee plans to get in touch with the president of the Funda- mentalists Association and arrange to invite the leading fundamentalists of the country to Knoxville for the gath- ering. Home for Feeble ‘Minded in Cal. Is Disease B: OAKLAND, Cal.—Something wrong in the management of the State Home forthe Feeble Minded at So- noma, Calif., is indicated by the re- jturn to his parents in Oakland of 14- year-old Billy Fisher, dying of tuber- culosis. Billy was perfectly healthy physically when the authorities sent him to Sonoma after he had confessed to firing a number of houses. Now the doctors say he cannot live much longer, and that he contracted the disease either from lack of fresh air or from lack of sufficient vitam- ines in his food at Sonoma. Machinists’ Sentence Revised. NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Anarchy does not necessarily mean over- throw of the government by force or other unlawful means ruled Chief Justice George W. Wheeler in revers- ing the five-year sentence imposed by Judge Newell Jennings on Ernest Schleifer, organier of the Internation- al Machinists’ Union who was origin- ally convicted for the inciting striking New Haven shopmen during the 1920 railway shopcrafts strike. NEW YORK, August 9—(FP)— Proof room conditions in newspaper plants have been. getting progressively worse, finds the committee on proof room survey of Typographical Union No. 6 and the young men in the print- ing business aré ‘turning away from this sub craft of €é trade. } accuracy, is be- practice and S pay has fall- with the fall in id en so that it is exception where the reader gets than the scale, as used to be the Gase. For much of the work the 1 has to “horse” copy, that is out an assist- ant—a double grievance, the reader’s job harder and the assistant’s job disappearing. And to cap the-climax the proof reader has beemaaken out of his sep- arate office and ahunted into the com- posing room, the clatter of achinery and the fumes of Tead and cinalaes aes F she Herald-Tribune Slave Pen. Worst conditions are found'on the Herald-Tribune, that reactionary de- scendent of Horate Greeley's, journal. The committee on f room survey is transmitting. to ident Lynch of the international . Bichon a formal, written complaint.of the Herald-Trib- une’s readers. =. Their proofroom, they say, is not a proofroom but @ corral, a tiny space wedged between ‘Machines, the ad- galley, the co y cutter’s desk, the dump and correction galleys and the proof presses; the makeup tables and the moldifig ‘room of the stereo- typers near sa un for proper arrange- : the tools of his trade the al rushes his work, “horsing his copy and scanning page proofs for mete errors of make mee, rs’ Health, “Another po gi result of this proceedure on t "go of scientific ener been a ceady Mreaiag foe of ibe Feder nares, Jd ncreased . under. thy : handicaps ¥ vhich h been impose. ‘ / J SS “aa nd co ate —_ , : ey uh _* gor se y ae t a. or ny aoe v te tT , = 5 aad ‘ws Da Z A - Se R acres: = ig. > , h 5 during the last’'™¥é years. We as- cribe this direétlf*to the increased nervous strain mhder which we have been laboring. FORTE “Vacationg’;,Without Pay. HARTFORD,;;Oonn., August 9.— (FP).—Four days layoff has been added to the two..weeks given em- ployes of the iderwood Typewriter sper shut-down. 00 workers. The Arrow Electric Co, is givitig jts 1000 workers two weeks jout pay and so are Golt’s Patent’ Fire Arms Manv- facturing Co. with 900 workers and Hart & Hegmen Manufacturing Co. with 800 employes. —— For Rent: Front bed-room. Joe Tripp, 1306 Miller * street, Chicago. ial SYLVAN LAKES PARK Free! ad DANCING ALL DAY DIRECTION—By Boat: Take the await you. By Busses: Park Bugs; minutes. By Trolley: get off in’ Burlington at Broad Ce ee Cee eee ee ee ee Under the auspices of the workingmen of Phi Trenton and Roebling Sunday, August 16, 1925 $800 Touring Car; 9 $120 Radio Set; $60 Gold Watch | an 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 $1.00—Children F ree Pier) at 9 A. M. to Burlington. At Camden Ferries take it takes you direct to the Park. Buss @dves every At Campden Ferries take tha/Trenton ampere NJ $300 Parlor “Fr e e! —_—— Wilson Line Boat (Chestnut Street Si RAE 7 vein “Tt is a fe act at wer » has, ven more nee h work as the re- sult of sickness .a ia the readers of this paper durig the occupancy of the new building’ "thar at any time SG a6 a SP Maybe You Still Haven’t Got One? THIS IS FOR EVERY READER! work -_ —gsend for it. mate and send for another. know go without it! return mail. So many fhousands of them have been-sent to workere thru- out the country, which partly accounts for the great avalanche of orders for books and pamphlets coming in every week. : But it is possible that here and there may be stray worker —perhaps even a reader of the DAILY WORKER—whao hasn’t yet received a full descriptive catalogue of all books and pam- phlets from “The Source of All Communist Literature.” If this is the case with any worker you know, by all means send us his name and address so we can These are sent without charge and if you haven’t got one yet be sure tg send for it. . ip are all the.classics of Pintehist literature (ard other class books!) and pamphlets oh ev ery subject of interest to a worker--from, the Communist viewpoint. If you feel you want to read up on any aubject—you will find the book you need here. If you want to give a book of some | kind to your shop mate to read—you will find it,in this catalogue. Not only for your own use—but for-genéral propaganda purposes the catalogue is of great value. If you did not get one If you have one already—give it to your shop Or.send us another workers’ name and address and we’ll send him one. Under any circumstances—don’t go without a full catalogue of all Communist literature—and don’t let another worker you A post card request will bring it to you by send hi this catalogue. Vegetable Canneries Give Work with Low Pay to 1,000 in Ill. HOOPESTOWN, Ill., Aug. 9.—PPar- tial operations in the canneries here, Milford and Rossville, Ill., got under- way today giving employment to ap- proximately 700 men and women. Full operations are expected to Siart Mon- day with the employment of about 1,000 workers. Wages here as in all such canneries are very low, mostly women and children being employed. Estimates of the corn pack here this fear are between 20 and 25 million ‘ans. At Milford, canning officials said he pack would total 14 million cans = ’ corn and at Rossville 10 million. y Workers Lose 5-Day Week. BOSTON, August 9.—(FP)—Shoe in seven Lynn firms signed with the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union, lost the five-day week and are ordered to work 48 hours thruout the summer, by the decision of the state board of arbitration. Union representatives argued that conditions under state board agree- ment expiring April 20 should con- tinue, providing full Saturday holiday Employers asked for work Saturday mornings during these months. At Burlington howe: ip yivan Lakes 30 ar; en car Street. Then take the and get off at 13th Street, walk left one square to the Park. r49y , Your Union Meeting | Second Monday, August 10, 1925, Name of Local and Meeting Place Boiler Makers, 5324 S. Halsted St. Boot. and Joint Council, 1939 Milwaukee Ave. ac tet be ohne 9 Joint Ex, Board, Brewery Workers’ 1700 W. 2ist St. Bridge and Structural Iron Work- ers, W. Monroe 8t. Butchers. Hebrew, 3420 W. Roose- velt Road. Cap Makers, 4003 Roorevelt Road. Carpenters, 2705 W. 38th St. Carpenters, 39 WW. Carpenters, 2040 W. Carpenters, 8. C., 9 ve. Carpenters, 6505 ar State 8t. Carpenters, 1457 “euere Ave. 222. N. W. aapes ters, No. 625 14 $01 1 te i] Ae 2040 W. North Ave. Carpenters, 6654 S. Halsted St. Cigar Makers’ Ex. Bd., ashington St., 7:30 p. Joint Ex. Bd., "3525 8. | 601 Capitol , 4643 S. Halsted St. , 311 8. Ashland Ave. , 180 W. Washingtca St. , 180 W. Washington St Coopers’ (Marine), a mnernowrs ac. ), AY p. Wireiten Be Enginemen, 5058 Wentworth Ave. Firemen and Oilers, 175 W. Wash. Neldog's Gardeners and neeeee, Hall, Hinsdale, Il. E. Bd., 166 W. id gl gk 3 p. m. Ladies’ was tet 328 W. Van Buren Lathers, 725 8&8. Western Ave. longshoremen. 355 N. Clark St. peepee Dis. Council, 118 8. Ash- Conf. Bd., 119 S. Throop 3316 W. North Ave. 19 W. Adams St. Painters, Madison and 5th Ave. Painters, ith and Michigan Ave. Painters, 2432 8. Kedzie Ave. Painters, 20 W. Randolph 8t. Railway Carmen, Cicero and Supe- rior. Ashland. an Moulders Painters, Painters. —s —_ ~ Council, 549 W. Washing- 165 W. Madison St. Madison and Sac- Railway Carmen, 5252 8. Railway Carmen, 88th and Com- mercial. Railway Carmen, 92d and Balti- more. Railway Clerks’ Dis. 166 W. Madison St. Railway Clerks, ton St. Railway Clerks, Railway Clerks, ramento. ilway Clerks, jilway Clerks, ton Bivd. 7éth and Drexel. 549 W. Washing- AV6., 3: Retail Clerks, Ashland Sailors’ Union of Great Lakes, 355 N. Clark §&t. Scientific Laboratory City Hall, Room a Signaimen, 2100 W. 56 nen. 323 Goliins «he Van Buren and Workers, "Joliet. Teamsters, 220 S. Ashland B _™ Trade Union Label League, 1 Washington St, 230 p. in. Typographical 180 W Washingion (Note—-Uniess otherwise stated ali [ magetings are at 8 p. THE ia 706 350 | during July, August and September. 139 Commercial! , Wauke- | ti gs w. 1, R.), 2438 W. Roose- 3900 W. North | Hotel and Restaurant Empl's Joint | Railway prainmen, 2900 W. North | 9:30 m. Trust Will Make the Pie Crust NEW YORK, Angust 9.—(FP)— Seven large pie baking concerns are merging to begin a trust in pie and pastry. Their combined sales agre- gate over $6,000°000 and their shops are in Newark and Chicago as, well as New York. Hodearriers to Strike. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Aug. 9.— About 550. union hodcarriers and build- ing laborera will strike if the Master Builders’ Association does not grant a uniform minimum wage rate of 65c an hour and réeognition of the union. New Haven members of the union are still striking. -. ' &F Subscribe for the DAILY iF AIRPLANES © AN BE USED FOR WAR PURPOSES Heary Buys ys Stout Co., for Big Production DETROIT, Aug. 9.—Henry Ford en tered the ranks of the airplane manu- facturers today after less than four months operation of his own private inter-plant air freight service. Out right purchase of the plant and assets of the- Stout Metal Airplane Co., was announeed by Henry and Edsel Ford: The price paid was par, plus 26 per cent, it is understood. William B. Stout, president, alone remains out of the 50 original stockholders, with an interest in the new company formed as a division of the Ford Motor Co, total consideration is said sm 10,800. | The to. Pico than ible me, ji ’ industry and school were voiced by the American Civil Liberties Union in a mass meeting at the Park Palace. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn denounced the persecutions in California where near- ly a hundred members of the Indus- trial Workers of the World are con- fined in San Quentin and Folsom peni- tentiaries. Louise and Alice Kimball spoke on the deni! of free speech in Paterson silk strikes, a topical subject in view of the likelideod of another Paterson strike in August. Both girls were arrested in the strike last fall. Arthur Garfield Hays, associate de fense counsel in the evolution trial, dealt with the Scopes’ case. Severe Quake Registered. An earthquake of severe proportion approximately 1,840 miles from Ch cago in a southerly direction was reg- istered on the seismograph at the United States weather bureau observa- tory at the University of Chicago. ———w PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for thelr money, | will, cave 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK OOENTISS WORKER. | 645 Smithfield Street. ier if fara ca ifafefefeleleleleieles eferer rT, Tare ip if fereferee rer , . LB*Y '*Dear Comrades :— My father read in dren. eo ~ “we would like to read we said yes, for we a thanked dad for. the ‘ceived. ' 7 day they will succeed - ers of the world. cause it had poor peo imagine. I liked the stories 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 —for-the workers. How 1 dryad who told him be tomorrow but it a workers. book I ever read. 1113 W. WASH «> Just a Wee Little Girl Wrote— — ‘THIS LETTER: a ‘o*Taisve” an appeal to buy a book for chil- He asked us, the children of the family, if rn FAIRY TALES FOR WORKERS CHILDREN by Herminia Zur Miihlen 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 ‘I also liked this book be- Fairy tales for workers children is the best Fairy Tales for Workers Children is also the best book that your children wili enjoy. The transiation by Ida Dailes and the beautiful color plates by LYDIA GIBSON add to the charm and beauty of Sys stories. Duroflex Cover 75 Cents—-Cloth Bound $1.25 The Daily Worker Publishing Co. CHICAGO, ILL, wescssisiwsssisissssegsssdesdseveleeie Pe ee i ee ee er ee ee le, ; J ry ‘ * i - . . Mia re ’ r the Lithuanian Daily such a book. Of course ll like fairy tales. We money which we re- ort | 4 on a a | Sie ieie ied: wie lel ele 4tricicicse ririr rJ tT.) “i Jeirr — yy r and become the lead- I-JrJIriIrj ple in it and not kings and queens which I think are very hard to of “The Little Grey rJirtro fd —re - — he found the little she would answer his | Tp questions when the workers would awaken from their sleep and become wise. that glorious day for the ‘workers would come maybe eighty years from fiow or may- She said ll depended on us, the efeferereierels Fraternally Yours, Helen Viskocka. INGTON BLVD. MS ‘ 4 ir A TTT Sn
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yA i pr SEI TS. % ; 1 i 4 POSE ao _ 7 a 3 Sd"-i a *% ca ra a Cer? >, red Be s-9 i POP es aa eS rr r a . af 4 eet «3 --.- a 7 e- wi: “ year due to’the failure of the crops, the peat supply and the fishin s,s Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING ©O. uit w. Washington Bivd., Chicdgo, IL Phone. Monroe 4712 Pasi. SUBSCRIPTION. RATES By mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months | $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Illinois | J. LOUIS ENGDAHL } WILLIAM F. DUNNE j{ MORITZ J. LOEB Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, et the post-office at Chi. cago, Iil., under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates on application. It Makes a Difference Campbell McCarthy, a Negro, was sentenced to be hanged on the 16th of Octobre next for the murder of a Pinkerton detective. It Was a case of self-defetise according to the condemned man. The presiding judge refused the Negro a new trial. According to the testimony of the Negro—and it was not refuted—both men drew ir guns at the same time. McCarthy was quicker on the draw. There was no money raised to defend the Negro, and unless a miracle happens he will forfeit his life on the gallows. ‘It is a significant commentary on the anti-Negro prejudice pre- vailing in this city, that out of the many people condemned to suffer the death penalty in Chicago during this year only two Negroes ewung at the end of a rope in Cook county jail. Yet the capital. ists tell us that all are equal under the law. Contrast the cases of the convicted Negroes with that of Russel Scott’ who was declared legally insane by a jury last week. Scott would be hanged by now but for the money raised by wealthy people to save his life. Clever counsel Was retained and an old law Editors Business Manager = before being exeguted. The plan worked, and Scott goes to an insane asylum instead of to the gallows. Poor people and particularly poor colored people are’ not equal under capitalist law. It will take considerable searching of the criminal records to find a case where a wealthy man has paid the death penalty for murder., Thousands of Negroes thruout the country are executed every year without arousing the sympathies of the bourgeoisie. Communists have no desire to pose as defenders of murderers exhumed which gave a condemned man the right to a sanity trial ‘pan no thought of leadership of the ‘spirit of discipline, and links its in-j} tellectual life closely to the actualities?: | policy of unrelenting struggle. munist Party is a policy of strug- the actual struggle it establishes its leadership over the masses, consol dates its own ranks, develops i of the class struggle. Without th policy of struggle, of maneuvering, no party can be a Communist Party in the real sense of the word. It is an unfailing characteristic of the right-wing in every Communist Party to shrink from the Communist The Lore tendency in our party sharply manifests this characteristic, thereby demonstrating clearly that it is op- portunistic and menshevistic. On all sides the comrades following Lore ex- press their opposition to party man- euvers. Lore himself has stated this opposition many times. w comes Comrade Askeli in his article and says the same thing. But the point of view of these comrades regarding maneuvers was perhaps best stated by Scott Nearing in his letter a year party. He proposed the following program, as against our policy of “maneuvering”: gle, of manetivering against the cap- . maneuvering means fighting, it means | to attack the enemy, a Communist) Party must grow by fighting. Thru} ago dealing with the policies of our) gle which ~ w the , s being aa ainedest immense odds, n a hostile peoergapil and against skil- : organization and its no step that will . ‘ily @ it to destruc- ; io thove that will en- able the enemy {) Weal a crushing blow. le ae UCH a program, ‘whch is a true expression « sism, has noth- ‘ing of Communist in it. It is based upon a great underestimation of the power of our parfy ‘and the fighting spirit of the working masses. It be- trays a complete lack of faith in the revolutionary movement. To put it into effect ¥ ‘to condemn our party to i on from the masses and to a life of sterile rianism. Op- position to party vers, that is to party struggle, | manual of erage e: igh road to ratio: : and the eventual But the opposition to im ee. by the 1. Realize that its (the Workers Party’s) available clientile together is asses, and highly localized, and ren- red in part ineffective by its foreign admixtures. 2. Aim to hold this clientile toge- ther at all hazards; to preserve its morale and efficiency; to train it in effective and cooperative activities; to teach it to trust itself; to try it and discipline it until it becomes a really ‘party relates only epoch’ when our party is young ‘and weak. This is a sophistry. ‘Thé fact is the further we go along the greater their opposi- tion will become to’ the party partici- pating in the struggle. “Our imme-’ diate tasks will sonstantly become greater courage and more Communist daring will be required to fulfill them. The opposition of the right wing will become keener and keener, and it will culminate in. its utmost bitter- mess at the su “maneuver” of | way be as it is now, so long as tive working force; and during the revolution. 4 comrades say our party is not strong Siok an well enough ,disciplined to make real fight at present. And if we lea it to them to decide it never will strong enough, Their policy will al-| i remain Loreites, to shrink from the | iner struggle. . chi BUNDANT revolutionary expert ens ‘ ence demonstrates this fact. In| voluti the Russian movement before the re- volution of 1905, the mensheviks op- | posed every effort of the Bolsheviks to really put the party at the head of the growing revolutionary uphea- val, and arguments were always es- sentilly the same as those of the Loreites now, that the party was too weak, that the workers were unpre- pared for a struggle. They stabbed in the back the men who made the heroic uprising in Moscow. In 1917 their policy was the same. They did not hesitate to take up arms against the Bolsheviks who were determined upon a real struggle against the cap- ticipation of the party in this govern- ment. The mensheviks, on the other hand, animated. by their fear of the workers assuming leadership-in the desperate struggle, bitterly opposed such -partici . And character- italists. With their constant policy| of revolutionar _ Phrases. They de- of underestimating the strength of} noun Lenin_ as a opportunist and party and of the working class as a/| condemned his ‘policy as in opposition whole, they maintained, and their po- sition was that of the whole Second International, that a proletarian re- volution was impossible in Fussia, In Germany, Brandler, again undestimat- ing the forces making for the revolu- tion, shrank from the struggle and brought the whole movement to a disastrous debacle. In Italy in 1920, when the workers, during the timé of the metal workérs’ strike, were ready to deliver a final blow at cap- italism, D’Aragona and the other menshevik leaders were on hand to tell them that they were not yet well enough organized and educated to take over society, and that if they attempted to do so their effort would be drowned in blood. Then these mensheviks, in the: name of niore compfete organization, better disci- pline, and more thorough edtication to that formerly enunciated by~ the Second International, which discoun- tenanced the participation of social- ists in bourgeois governments. They pretended not to see any difference between participation in a bourgeois government during the pre-war period, and participation in a revolutionary democratic government engaged in a death struggle with Czarism. Their real aim was not to preserve holy the principles of the Party, but to avoid the struggle. Their cries of “opportu- nist” at Lenin were merely a cloak for their own timidity and lack.of faith” in the Party and the working class. N our party we have had a classical illustration of the same tactics by the right wing. This was in the case of the proposed third party al- liance. The Loreites denounced this in all keys. The burden of their song or other criminals of that type. We claim that crime is the product of a society that is based on injustice. We hold that no successful attempt can be made to abolish crime in a society that is dominated by the greatest criminal class in history: the capitalist class. We state that the taking of one life or two lives by the gunmen is only a drop in the bucket compared to the wholesale murder by slow methods of young workers employed in the slave hells of the na tion, under health destroying conditions. Only when capitalism is abolished will the evils flowing from it be eliminated. Of those ‘evils not the least is race and color discrimination. Famine in Ireland - According to late dispatches a terrible condition of: distress, brought on by famine exists in Ireland. The destitution is:‘no longer confined to the west coast which was ravaged by hunger for over on industry. The midlands are now stricken. '- Children have died of hunger in the largest town:: in Tippera one of the most fertile spots in Ireland, But evidently the fertilit of the land means nothing to the children of the working class. Th land is not theirs. Neither does the fact that Ireland is now gov- erned by the Irish capitalists and not directly by English bring any relief to the enslaved Irish workers. The mayor of Clonmel said: “It is terrible to listen to the tales of woe. Children have died of starvation and others are ‘dying of illness caused by the prevalent lack of food.” These tales of suffering appeared in the capitalist press and the- conditions of workers must be very bad indeed, when the placemen who run the Free State government allow the news to get abroad, The petty robbers that rule the Irish Free State have attempted to keep the facts of the situation from the outside world. The ef- forts of Comunists and progressives in the United States to relieve the famine stricken on the west coast of Ireland were assailed by Irish nationalist elements. The clergy did not relish having to admit that their prayers and supplications to their deity did not bring plenty to the catholic people of Ireland, tho those same clergy had thun- dered from their altars during the days of the Russsian famine that god was punishing the wicked Bolsheviks for denying his existence. While want is bringing death to the doors of the working class we find in an Irish paper carrying a quarter page advertisement soliciting funds to enable the eatholic church to send one hundred strapping young Irishmen to China, not to help the Chinese free their country from the imperialsits, but to convert the Chinese to the catholic religion. Here is a sample of the hokum that is peddled out to the starving Irish workers: “Those young students are preparing for the priest- hood for China. Please help them. They need your help. By help- ‘Ing our missionaries you share in their sacrifices and in their reward. “Their, converts will be your converts too. We need prayers. We “need funds.” And then in return for the cash the following renumer- ation is offered: “We celebrate 2,500 masses every year for our benefactors living and deceased.” Is it any wonder that famine and want dogs the footsteps of a people who are*not only cursed with capitalism but with the most “eynical and coldly efficient religious opium joint in the world? This, ivstitution thrives on ignorance and misery. Side by side with the work of relieving the destitution—ef the starving Irish workers must | immediate ft future for a labor porty or . By JAY LOVESTONE. .) N making the report on the Ameri- can question before the last Plenum f the Executive Commitee of the Communist International,. Comrade | Kuusinen declared as follows: “The question upon which the con- flict arose in the American party was whether the party should fght in the not. As you know, the majority of wnt C. BE. C, asumed the direction of | arty affairs and , policies, until the E. C, ¥,, in, October 1924, brew overboard Jabor party pol- icy, the Ruthenberg gnd Foster groups practically voted t er and had a common policy ™ ing the labor arty program, aN ) We hereby * r.in tabular form an analysis of t record of the C. E. C. on net : r yr pal ‘y policy from January to Ie 24: the Central Committee of the part opposed it and the minority supported it. In the opinion of the commission, the majority based its policy in this respect too much on superficial tem- porary phenomena. The minority is absolutely fight in its confidence of the vitality of the labor party. mov ment.” (Our emphasis.). Here we have stated concretely and tersely what has been the major po- litical issue before the membership of our party until the C. I. made the above declaration endorsing the stand taken by the minority of the Central Executive Committee. The Limits of Mere Acceptance. All but an insignificant handful in our party have declared their accept- ance of this decision of the Commun- ist International. But, since this de- cision was made by the plenum, some of our leading comrades have taken it upon themselves to interpret this decision as a repudiation of the labor party policy pursued by the Ruthen- berg group. If our party is to carry out this Comintern decision whole- heartedly and effectively such misin- terpretation must stop. The comrades must remember that a mere declara- tion of acceptance of a C. I. decision does not give them a license to con- tinue a policy of misinterpreting to the membership the fundamental meaning of so basic a policy as the labor party declaration of the last plenum. This article is written in order to help secure the conditions for effective execution of the C. I. decision—a proper understanding of this decision Some leading comrades have, per unconsciously, perhaps unwillingly, perhaps even without full understand- ing, accused the Ruthenberg group of standing for “fake” labor parties. In view of the fact that this charge is hurled against those comrades whe have always stood for a vigorous la- bor party policy, the accusation tends to have an effect of discrediting our whole labor party campaign. It must remembered that now, more than prapeigi aa ict Reel eos our membership with an understand- ing of, rather than a sceptical atti- tude towards the need for a labor rty campaign by our party. No one ah deny that the months of insistent propaganda waged a short ago in our ran against a labor party have borné) harmful effects which still have to be counteracted ideologically. comrade who spreads such un- accusations, as that of “fake” arty, is making a serious mis- This is true despite the fact many comrades -insist that the onlyg requisite to being a Bolshevik is to Reale : “mistakes and then say: ell, we admit our mistakes.” How- wer, admission of mistakes is no cense to repetition of mistakes. Let fc look the facts squarely in the face. flow unwarrantable and dangerous such tics afe in a party discussion gh e propaganda that will also relieve their congested brains of the superstition which helps to make them tools of bigotry and op- pression. *y ° fi Amalgamation While reactionary labor officials are invoking all their tricks to block the movement for amalgamation of the craft unions into industrial unions, the capitalists are proceeding to merge their in- dustries, in the interests of more efficiency and larger profits. The latest outstanding proof of this development in big business is the amalgamation of seven independent steel companies in Gary and eastern districts. Those plants. have a total value of $20,000,000. Instead of the competition which formerly existed between those com- panies there will be unity of direction and underbidding will cease. This makes fer more dollars in the pockets of the owners. When will the workers of the United States take a lesson in the value of amalgamation from their masters? The capitalists do/not care where an idea comes ‘from, whether it be Moseow or Atl intag Georgia, provided it sounds feasible to them. The superiority of 7 industrial form of orgaifiaait ion to the craft form is oe to ever body. The day of craft” unionism is over i L is to seem rom the following ir- ‘efutable facts? ° From January, 1924, when the pres: | \ re 4 Ci & oe eae ‘ : ©: ae my - 7 Tople, St wing Mae . wy * ory ae ees F pe REAL, ee e - “ = Ma « “ ‘ ‘ | es Pee hs » see. ; FF : : * . f: / ne ;. ty A ; ~ D, were ih of somplet * y.) The date, a “er f proposals and the suagnalll Ws 1. Jan. 3, 1924, oe e C., Ruthen- berg—Proposals on,s . Louis C. P. P. A, Conference> Uni ly adopted. 2. Jan. 3, “eo C., Ruthen- berg—Proposals ta situa- tion relative to. attitude to Shipstead and. phe oad Unanimously adopted ae ge 3. Jan. 7, 1924,% berg—Proposals r Unanimously 4. Jan. 7, 1024, Polcom., Ruthen- berg—Three proposals on California L. P. situation. Unanimously adopted. 5. Jan. 16, 1924) Council, Ruthen- berg-Pepper—Five | motions regarding proposed May 30. conference. Un- animously adopted. — 6. Jan. 16, 1924, Council, Ruthen- berg—Five motions on North Dakota policy. Unanimously adopted. 7. Jan. 25, 1924, ‘Council, Cannon— Four motions on policy regarding ef- fort to postpone May 30 conference. Unanimously adopted. ‘Conneil,, Cannon— May 30 con- erence. Unanimod ly adopted. 9. Jan. 28, 19 ‘Polcom., Cannon —Six proposals regarding May 30 con- ference. Ruthenberg—One. proposal regard- ing May 30 conv tion. Pepper—One proposal regarding May 30 convention. | Unanimously adopted. (1c) 10. Feb. 8, 1924, Polcom., Ruthen- berg-Cannon- PeppetMotions regard- ing C. P. P. A. conference. Unanimous- ly adopted. cs 11. Feb 17, 1924; Poleom., Ruthen- Foster’ 2), Cannon (1)— Motions regard May 30 negotia- tions. Unanimously adopted. 12. Feb, 18, 1984, Polcom., Ruthen- berg (2), Foster (1)—Motions regard- ing policy of California F. L. P. Un- animously adoptdé. 13. Feb. 25, 1924, Council, Manley— ‘Report on Nebraska-Grand Island F. L. P. convention enerons. Unanimous- ly adopted. 14. Feb. 26, 1934, Council, Ruthen- berg—Report on Minneapolis negotia- tions regarding May 30 conference. Adopted by all camembers of both groups except Pepper, 15. March 7, 1984, Council, Ruthen- berg—-Five proposals regarding March 10 conference, {* Lovestone—-Modti®n regarding this conference. Unanimously adopted. 16, March 7% 4, Council, Ruthen- berg (5), Pep (1)—Proposals re- garding F. F. organization cam- . Ruthen- a, BYE. P. per (1), Foster (1)—Proposals regard- jing California situation, Unanimously | adopted. — 32. _May—_26,1924,-Council, Bittel- | paign. Unanimously adopted. | ns vA istically they. did it under the cover} Seti ih \ is jor Sit AMS * vo. Gee. - Liege? Gp aus ** : r ere 7. . posed the alliance because of op) tion to-maneuvers in principle. _ Comintern opposed it: because ad the wrong kind of a maneuver.. ween these two points of view . is abroad ocean of difference, - difference between ae Bolshevism. We must defeat the ineistlesiiih. ency “In our party which opposes ma- neuvers and our general policy” Ot struggle. Our party is a fighti) ganization. the battles of the working class, Tt does not mean that we shall have a aay reckless policy of, <manon ones the contrary, the greatest s will be necessary to steer our party be- tween the left Scylla and putchism and the righ Charybdis of opportun- ism. But fight and struggle we must to the best of our ability. Our party cannot postpone its active partici-. pation in the class struggle to some far off day when, by a policy of care- ful education and organization, as the Loreites propose, it might have as- sembled sufficient strength to make a showing in the struggle. Communist parties are not built that way. That is the way to build ménshevik wd ties. Our party must fight today, to- morrow, and every day. That is the only way it can become in fact as in name the vanguard of the proletar- iat. munist 17. March 17, 1924, Council, Ruth- | *nberg-Foster (7)—Motions regarding 4 P. policy. Unanimously adopted. 18. March 24, 1924, Polcom., Pep- per—Motion to approve our poiicy re- 39. July 2%, 1924, Coanell, Bittel- man (6)—Motions regarding C. P. P. A. Unanimously adopted. 40. Aug. 2; 1924, Polcom,, Ruthen- berg—Election platform and labor par- ternational Decis reached unaninmity. On only ten oc: casions involving 16 motions dealing with our Labor Party policy did any differences manifest themselves while the party was pursuing the Comintern ty. Unanimously adopted. 41. Auge4,;,1924, Polcom., Ruthe berg-Bittelm@n=-Proposals regardi California ‘-situation. Unanimous! adopted, ~ vi 42. Aug. 25, 1924, Polcom., Cannon —Motions regarding Buffalo ‘ Pp. 6 3 icy. Unanimously adopted. 43. “sept: "B2, 1924, Council, Ruthen-} berg—Proposals . regarding North Dakota labor _ Party. Unanimously adopted. garding Reading L. P. Unanimously adopted. 19. March 25, 1924, Polcom., Ruth- enberg—Motions regrading F. L. P. situation in Indiana. Unanimously adopted. 20. March 25, 1924, Polcom., Pep- 21. March 25, 1924, Polcom., Pep- per (4)—Motions regarding Minne- sota situation. Unanimously adopted. 22. March 25, 1924, Polcom., Pep- per (2)—Proposals as to opposing W. P. members running on F. L. PR. METI i Mg @ : ae ere NO. 2. Table Showing Number of Occasions on Which the :Ruthenberg and Foster tickets without announcing them-| Groups Digagreed on the Application selves Communists. Unanimously] °f the Labor Party Policy (January to adopted. | October, 1924, till the C. E. C. Major- }ity Dropped jthe. Labor Party Policy Completely). ‘The date, , authors of proposals, and proposals follow: 1 Jan. 26, Council, Pepper—Mo- tion so Wicd that Mahoney was in- 23. April 2, 1924, Polcom., Ruthen- berg—Proposals regarding New York L. P. situation. Unanimously adopted. 24. April 24, 1924, Council, Ruthen- berg—Proposals regarding L. P. situa- tion in Illinois, lowa, Michigan, New fluenced wi elements in York and Oklahoma. ee postpo ibe uh aiabeuhion and | adopted. that C. ef should carry out ener- 25. April 24, 1924, Council, Ruthen- berg—Proposals regarding California, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsyl- vania L. P, situations. Unanimously adopted. 26. April 28, 1924, Councll, Ruthen- berg—Proposals regarding Minnesota situation. Unanimously adopted. 27. May 24, 1924, C. E. C., Ruthen- berg (10)—Proposals regarding June ity—-Theses on present political situa- 17 convention policy. tion. Carried (Majorlty’s by 8 to 5). Bittelman (7)—Proposals regarding 4. March 7, Council, Pepper— June 17 convention policy. Unanim-| Amendment to one of Ruthenberg pro- ously adopted. posals regarding March 10th confer- 28. May 14, 1924, Council, Ruthen-|¢mce. Lost. Pepper, Engdahl, Love- berg—Proposals regarding labor party stone vote in affirmative, all rest neg- campaign, C. P. P. A., Committee 48, | ative. Oklahoma, etc. Unanimously adopted. 5. March 26, Pol Com., Pepper— 29 May 21, 1924, Council, Ruthen-| Regarding F. F. L. P. in Illinois. Fos- berg (5)—Proposals regarding Okla-|ter—Amendment'to this motion. Car- homa F L. P. Motion to defer. Un-| ried (Foster’s amendment) by groups’ animously adopted. voting. . 30. May 21, 1924, Council, Ruthen-| §- March 25, Pol Com., Pepper (2), berg (2)—Proposals regarding Penn-| Ruthenberg (2)—Proposals regarding sylvania Labor party policy. Unan-| Minnesota situation. Cannon (7)— imously atepted. Proposals for Minnesota situation. 31. May 21, 1924, Council, Ruthen- Carried (Cannon’s proposals instead of berg (3)—Proposals regarding New Fapper-Ruthen bers. motions). York, Colorado, Minnesota situations.| 7 May. 2, C. E. C., Ruthenberg— Unanimously adopted. Proposal regarding June 17th policy. Lost, by .groups’ voting. man—Proposal regarding special de- , 8. May 21, Council, Bittelman—Re-| claration on L. P. policy. Unanimously | 84?ding instructing members in secur- adopted. ing petition signatures in Oklahoma. 38. May 27, 1924, Council, Bittel-| “St tle vote, group versus group. man—Proposal regarding LaFollette}| 9% May 27, Council, Lovestone (2)— attack on Communists, Unanimously ‘Motions regarding California situation. adopted. Lost, by groups’ voting. + a +* 34. May 31, 1924, Council, Love- stone (3)—Proposals regarding Cali- fornia situation. Unanimously adopted. 35. June 7, 1924, C. E. C., Foster— Moton regarding C. I. decision. Un- animously adopted. 36. June 8, 1924, C. E. C., Sub-Com- mittee—Report on policy and plat- form. Unanimously adopted. 37. June 8,.1924, C. EB. C., Sub-Com- mittee—Special platform report. Un- animously adopted. | 38 July 16, 1924,” Council, Ruthen- berg (3)—Motions . rding Montana | situation. Unanimously adopted. oe eee : #. 7 , cision on this matter. votes. 2. Jan. 28, Pol. Com., Pepper—Pro- posal regarding May 30th convention. Foster—Proposal regarding May 30th convention. Lost (Pepper’s), Carried (Foster’s), by groups’ voting. 3.. Feb. 15, C. E. C., Majority-Minor- Lost by groups’ Louder Than Words. This record is very plain. This rec- ord speaks louder than the loudest words of misrepresentation hurled by the C. E. C. Majority supporters. This record shows clearly that from Janu- ary, 1924, until the C. E. C. Majority repudiated the Labor Party policy and campaign the two groups participated in voting on Labor Party policies on 53 occasions;‘involving a miu:mum of 146 motions. This reo.™ -*jws a s involving a mini dealing with the phe berg and Foster groups qewets getically its January full meeting de | towards the Labor Party cam- The writer has made no effort to defend the position of the C. E. C: inority against the attacks of the ajority of the C. E. C,. First of all, these attacks are of a non-serious na- ture. Secondly, the best defense and criticism of ‘the Labor Party position taken by the Minority is already to be — found in the decision of the Commun- ist International. The Minority of the Cc. E. C. has fought for this decision before the Comintern while the Ma- jority of the C. E. C. was fighting ajainst it. The Minority of the C. HB: C. has forced the Majority of the C. B. C. to consult the Comintern on the Labor Party tactics before a convention and thus spared the party the, possible overruling of its conventif, by the Communist International. * * *® “Fakes” and If there is anything at ell in the “fake” Labor Party accusation hurled at the Minority of the C. E, C. by the C. E. C. Majority group, the Foster group shares this blame equally with che Ruthenberg group. The two groups have made jointly nearly all the Labor Party policy mistakes which were made by the party during this peri The two groups have, voted the over- whelming number of times unanimous- ly on the application of the Labor Party policy while the C. E. C. Ma- jority permitted the party to have a Communist pro-Labor Party policy and not a states _anti-Labor Party pol- icy. If the C. E. C. Majority insists that its application of the Labor Party pol- icies cannot be characterized as “fake,” then, in the face of tha,above analysis, the application of the Labor Party policy by the Minority equally cannot be characterized as take. . + + A Dangerous Practice. We fear that the psfw:ious slogan of “fake” Labor Party thrown in ‘by the C. E. C. Majority only tends to discredit the Labor Party policy adopt- ed by the party thru the advice of the Comintern. What more effective weapon could the C. E. C. Majority employ against the Labor Party policy than to brand the most consistent and »xolitically honest supporters of this 2olicy as advocates of “fake” labor rarties? In effect this campaign. of he C. E. C. Majority only tends to | strengthen the already existing anti- Labor Party tendencies in our ranks, tendencies for which their months of energetic propaganda are largely re- sponsible. Consequently, the membership of our party must, in the most decisive terms, declare themselves that after the last Communist International de- cision on the Labor Party policy, the Workers (Communist) Party of Amer- ica will brook no further opposition to a Communist Labor Party policy, and will tolerate no further hostility to a vigorous Labor Party campaign: re- gardiess of the form in which this hostility may manifest itself. The present economic and political situation calls for the united efforts of all the Communist elements in our party for an unhesitating and wre * Labor Party campaign. Se ee ee eee aS . Ve aoe y OL Wm. Z. Fo ? ‘ r * or-— It must-live and Yh ‘- oO ea SAS Se & ” *. i