Daily Worker
August 13, 1925
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vis being ' ‘do it practically on the job. The Com- -dal. -cowadly mobs who would not dare in- .say- about the lynching of Negroes. 7 % AS WE SEE 7 By rT. r: OFLAHERTY rT new von y NaeN Ties Sule wether tt leading clown of the socialist party; Oscar, who is on many payrolls, was in the comedy game before Will Rog- _4¥s, but he has not succeeded in estab- lishing a style. He apes Rogers. un- successfully, which means that he suc- ceeds in being a bigger ‘ape than Will. Rogers started out well, but he suffered a relapse whem he started to boost the stocks of Pershing, Coolidge, Ford, William Jennings Bryan and oth- ers, for the same reasons, no doubt, that Ameringer sings the praises of Frank Farrington, ‘. 3 * « * MERINGER confuses the class - struggle exemplified in the per- petual war between the miners and the mite owners, with the farce that staged in Atlantic City, where labor leaders and operators are having a good time viewing the bath- ing beauties and other natural scen- ery, The Times says: “The Milwau- kee Leader indulges in some jeering comments that, coming from a social- ist organ, May or may not have a strange sound, accdérding to the point of view. Anyhow it is amusing.” : a *” * BS, it is amusing for the New York Times and the unprincipled jes- ter who is guilty of making the‘trials and tribulations of the poor miners the butt of a buffoon’s joke, but it does not sound so funny to the ears of the poor miners who’go down into the bowls of the earth daily at the risk of their lives. The Times may think such sentiments strange in the Mil- waukee Leader. They are not. The socialists have long ago bid farewell to the class struggle and all that it implies. Their only struggle is now to live down the bad reputation that socialism, in the for United States to beware Of the” "red | ménace.” He charges the reds with propagating race hatred. This comes’ with poor grace from the president of an organization, which allows some of its affiliated bodies to breed race hat- red by refusing admission to black workers. And even many organiza- tions that don’t discriminate formally, munists are not trying to incite the Negroes to hate the white workers. They are teaching them that their enemies are the capitalists, black and white and»the labor fakers of one color: which is yellow, in a political sense. ” * a NLY last week a Negro was taken out of the hands of the sheriff in a-town in Missouri, carried by a howl. ing mob to a tree and strung up. He was charged with attatking a white girl. There is no more proof that the lynched Negro attacked that girl, than there is that she was assaulted by the imperial wizard of the k. k, k. Scores of times Negroes have been murdered for a similar crime, only to have it afterwards proved that some- body else was guilty or.that the indig- nant. lady was protesting too much and without amy reason except worse than neglect. “B * . fPHE lynching. of Negroes in the United States is a national scan- This violence is committed by dulge in their avatistic tendencies but for the unorganized state of the col- ored people. Green has nothing to Tt would not be surprising if he secretly favored it. That sanctimonius church deacon type to which Green belongs is tapable of any atrocity. We venture to predict that Green will have as much trouble weaning the Negroes away from the Communists as he has in driving the Communists out of the unions. + + * HE Negroes are learning one les- son and learning it fast. It is this: No subject people or subject class comments” on the, ibid. ateugais “vketinl ini! the pattwaie-} kee Leader by Oscar Ameringer, the} Fons a - jays of its yirility,. 4 p bes at x ae > + See _— me ; Peg 7 ~f% , ~ a4 , y q > J 7 a sT | oP ae eens St Chicage, Liinol, under the Act of March 8, 1879. AUGUST 13, 1925 =” 7 out. unions backed them up. —wnion gstrikebreakers. He got a >. * HAT the Cuneo plant wanted to do was to reduce the crews on the presses from four to three men each. The men refused. The local “Strikebreaker” Berry ordered the men to take the open shop terms of the bosses and be good slaves. They refused. He ordered the local unions, numbers 3 and 4, to force their members to accept the Cuneo conditinos. He was unsuccessful. The men walked Then Berry, the scab herder, went around recruiting strikebreakers a few jnternatios | men to go into the Cuneo plant, to take the jobs of the militant trade unionists who would B*. not bend the knee to the printing magnates or to their scabby labor agent Berry. The strike against the Cuneo plant is a success. is tied up as tight as Calvin Coolidge’s lips during the Teapot Dome scandal. The pliant . . f T Locals 3 and 4 are not contend with fighting this strike in the old- fashioned way, ¢ each union for itself and the “devil take the hind- most.” Always among the leaders in progressive trade unionism, they are taking advantage of this crisis to strengthen themselves in this fight and in others yet to come. LOCALS 3 AND 4, THE. PRESSMEN’S GAMATE. This is a fitting and effective reply to Berryism and to the prisiting plutes. The printers have seen the united front of labor force the proud government of imperial Britain to its knees, when five million organized workers pooled their strength in behalf of the miners. What labor ac- complished in England, it can accomplish in America. warns the black workers of the} ppd AND THE FRANKLIN LOCAL, ARE PLANNING =. AMAL- ~ This is the way to fight Berryism. The “majer” is only one of the any ith Ob eng who, like old men of the sea,.weigh down heavily the workers Oe es : oe he is nen! high circles of ~~ - d on the American Federation ‘of aber. His ‘scabbery is sinisantelaiia by the exe- cutive council of the A. F. of Li) ft is sanctioned by Green and the cap- italist-tools who are busy denouncing progressives, radicals and Com- ganized labor. munists instead of striving to get more wages for the members of or- ERRY holds his power In the pressmen’s union by force and fraud. No printer has to be told this. state best of all. of Tennessee. NDER THE SIGN OF “AMALGAMATION” THE PRESSMEN WILL WIN, BECAUSE AMALGAMATION COMBINED WITH MILITANCY MEANS POWER. AND PQWER BRINGS VICTORY, ~ It is known by the men whose treasuries have been plundered by the faker who now owns several industrial enterprises in the He knows it. This is known in Chi- ‘ In taking steps to join their forces for the common struggle against the employing class, Locals 3 and 4 of the International Printing Press- men’s and Assistant’s Union, have acted wisely. prepare for the everyday fight for a better living. pare for the greater struggles that lay in the lap of the future. good way to get rid of Berryism and it cannot fail to spur forward the movement for amalgamation and greater solidarity and power among all classes of organized labor in the United States. It is a splendid way to It is a good way to pre- itis a * % News | GLASS WAR WIPES OUT RAGE LINE WITH BLOOD OF TIENTSIN WORKERS (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Aug. 11—The Central dispatch reports that troops of Chang Tso-lin on police duty at eight. The Tientsin, fired into a crowd of strik- ing cotton mill workers wounding strike started over a wage dispute between the workers and the m il! management, the adminis- tration of which is American, while the m ill is owned by Chinese. Reports have been received here that Fatshan, a large manufactur ing center in. Kwangtung province, has: bech” captured by Kuomintang Seeee. Heavy fighting is eontinu- (Continued oh Page 5) of Taza. ~Krim Fights Near Taza. EL ARAISH, Spanish Morocco, Aug. 11.—It is reported that Abd-el- Krim’s | forces are engaged in a battle north | AMERICAN BANKERS TRYING TO | BOLSTER UP JF MUSSOLINT'S REGIME ROME, pa 11 SS ee to si . between Finance Minister Volpi and agents. ‘ and the National City Bank, New York, according to a report carried by the -gemi-official agency Roma today. the lira are being eénducted , “J. P. Morgan, Blair & Company The negotiations are understood to include plans for a large participation well as public works. eg tee oreo _by American capital in the development of the electrical industry in Italy as Labor Defense Puts . Up Bail for Woman Arrested at Border (Special to The Daily Worker) DULUTH, Minn., August 11.—Inter- national Labor Defense will soon ef- fect the release of Mrs. Matilda Wiede- man and her two children from the county jail at Noyos, Minn., on $1,000 bond. Mrs. Wiedeman, tho born in Latvia, has resided in the United States and Canada for many years. born in Philadelphia. Mrs. Wiedeman owns her own home in Manitoba, Can., and was arrested while on her way to Chicago to visit relatives. She is being held by the immigration authorities on a charge of illegal entry. Mrs. Wiedeman has been active in the radical movement in both the United States and Canada. “A fight will be made to prevent her deportation to Latvia. Probe Crossing Smash. GREENFIELD, IL, Aug. 11.—Inves- tigation was started of the crossing accident Sunday which cost the life of Mrs. Roy Wahl, 27, and her 3-year- old son, George. Coroner Ross Ed- 8 of Local Unions, Nos. 3 and 4, of the International Printing. oF Pressmen’'s and Assistants’ Union have tied up one of the largest ining plants in the United States, the Cuneo Printing company of cago. .» They tied it up becauge the big printing moguls, swollen with profits and thirsty for more, habia: they were strong enough to introduce the open shop under the fig leaf of the kind of trade unionism that is sane- tioned by the notorious strikeberaker, “Major” George L. Berry, interna- tional president of the union. No doubt the Cuneo company had an un — derstanding with Berry before ‘they decided to introduce their ao saving scheme ot the expense of the workers. Selma, her ten-year-old daughter, was ~] Being Done at Plant were taken yesterday les of Local Union No. No, 4 of the Print- nd Assistants’ Union ipa to amalgamate the which are engaged the Cuneo Print- om Local No. 3 and franklin Union of the ad met and discussed iBfiliation between the A Stick Together. 8, Will stick together,” me - men, voicing the ® the strikers. The ‘tried to reduce t rs and two prgbs- ff one pressman. re L. Berry, pres- ident of: ‘the I ational Union§ im- mediately 7 ‘yee usual role of gid- ing the empl@ers; and ordered We strikers bagk §® work at the Cun company’s 't ternational | plant from them that t . Berry has sent In- mM to the Cuneo “of town, not telling > was on at the plant. As soon as of-town pressmen find out that e is a strike on they quit. | 7a: Berry ha 4 Gredited himself with the entire 2 rehip in this situa- tion, and f y exposed his true colors . this. and class ¢ strike breaker ae wes em rs ha the bindery ‘Wonsed: The pre eivsad feeders are pick- eting the tg ‘and have explained the situation to’ the out-of-town printers sent in by Berry. The ordérs sent by Berry to Local No. 3 prove beyond a doubt that while Berry draws a fat salary from the per capita ‘tax of the union members _. re ] he is aiding the Cuneo companv. Some months ago the executive board of Local No. 3 made a tentative agree- ment with the Cuneo company, subject to the ratification of the union, calling for certain concessions as a trial prop- osition. This tentative agreement was rejected by the uniom at a special meeting held on July 6 and the rejec- tion reaffirmed at the regular meeting Faly 11. Bosses Appeal to Berry. + ie When the Cuneo company was noti- fied of the action they, significantly enuf, appealed to President Berry, who, following his usual policy of siding with the employers against the pressmen, deciared the _ tentative agreement legal and ordered the men to go to work under it. When the Cuneo company, acting on Berry’s instructions, tried to enforce the tentative agreement, the men walked out. The Intermational board then attempted ‘to fill the plant with strike-breaking Berry pressmen. Those who were honest, brot from out of town, refused to scab. Vice President Marks received all his information from the Cuneo com- pany, and did snot ask one question of the pressmen’s union. RECORD ORGEORGE BERRY, STRIKEBREAKER, STARTS TOMORROW IN ‘THE DAILY The history of the “strikebreak- er’ George L.. Berry, International tf out a week ago when ,| “and expulsion of the local officials. SCORES ATTACK OF AF. OF L HEAD! NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 11-— Word Is reeceived at the headquar- ters of the Joint Committee of Ao | tion, that Locals 39 and 56 of Bos ton had passed an almost unani- mous vote denouncing the action of the New York Joint Board and the Inetrnational in expelling the Exe- cutive Boards of Locals 2, 9 and 22. Vice-president Seidman of the In- ternational attended both Local ‘meetings held on Monday and Tues- day nights, and spoke to the mem- bers for over and hour about the question of these locals. After his speech Local 39, the Finishers passed a unanitnous wote against the International; and Local 56, the Operators, gave only 5 votes in re- sponse to Seidmann’s pleas. This vote of the locals followed the Bostoh mass meeting of union members on July 30 where repre- sentatives of the Joint Committee of Action, Louis Hyman, Rose Wor- tis and Joseph Boruchowitz, told the story of the suspension, trial NEGRO LEADER Finds Communists Are Friends of Oppressed By LOVETT FORT WHITEMAN. Organizer, American Negro Labor Con- gress. _ The statement of Mr. William Green, | ~ a> ani “Labor, F.. Ademniz=by “the lheges abor Congr * ie a startling | ‘ and eloquent proof of one of the big- gest reasons why it is necessary to hold the American Negro Labor Con- gress. This attitude on the part of trade union leaders who think it is not nec- essary for the Negro workers to op- pose the terrible persecution under which they suffer, shows exactly why it is necessary for Negro workers to come together to demand their full and equal rights in the trade unions. If it is to be in spite of the opposi- tion of the president of the A. F. of L. =—as it is perfectly clear it will be— then it is. necessary for the Negro workers to gird up their loins and fight all the harder—and to fight Mr. Green on his own ground in the trade unions. Only a person who has no interest in the Negro industrial workers can say that they do nét suffer.under spe- cial persecution and discrimination, in the industries where they work, and in the industries where they are not permitted to work, as well as in the trade unions where they belong on an equal basis with their white brothers but where they are either excluded or discriminated against in the majority of conse in all of his smug denun- ciatiom»of this supreme effort of the Negro workers to overcome their dif- jiculties, Mr. Green does not offer the slightest suggestion of any other rem- dy for our troubles, nor does he even a motion was ado expelled Before he has- had a? chance to appear before.a trial | committee of the local to which he belongs. of exposing the big election steal, the charge of which the Grand Lodge has not this was the reason for the suspen- sion of Anderson. Johnston and their general execu- Itive board was afraid: of the recall and a new election, to avoid which they put him out of the way. of the Johnston machine spoke but The fighting spirit of the members of the imernaianl Association of Machinists against the present, Johnston tration manifested itself at the meeting last ni ists’ District Council of District No. 8, when to recommend to the locals that they en- dorse the recall of all the officers who stole themselves into o in the last Grand Lodge election. Has No Time f “B. & O. Bill” Johnston, rep Brother Anderson in a speech t of the rere Al most unanir or Fair Deal. lying to the request that J. F. | Anderson be tried according to the constitution, says that he “has no time” to go to St. Louis to prefer charges against An- derson. to the District Council, pointed out that a member who scabs on his fellow workers can not be Treated Worse Than Scab. But in this case it was a question to date and cannot disprove— Anderson stated that Davison, engineered his suspension, to Nickerson—Iimbecile Grand Duke. Nickerson, one of the grand dukes said nothing that could disprove the stealing of the election. His speech proved, however, the complete bank- ruptcy of the administration. The District Council and the Chi- cago membership, which constitute the mrengeeyt unit of the I. A. of are . ‘ 4a au . . ; Ae mr of the was given into Fans ve the waste basket by a motion to table, which carried unanimously. Praise Communists in. Union Report. The grand duke of the Internation- al, Nickerson, had to listen to a re- port of.the organization committee, wherein it was. pointed out that due to the royal service of the Commun- ists; the local is carrying on a great organization campaign and many new members have joined the organiza- tion since this campaign began. It seems that the nation-wide “Red Raids” announced to the wondering world thru the A. F. of L. news service, has not materialized accord- ing to expectations, and according to | unofficial statement, the matter is re- ferred to he local unions. Members Turn Against Johnston. The rank and file of the I. A. of M. is awakening to the’ necessity of combatting all the policies of Johns- ton, including his policy-of extermin- ating Communists. Members are no longer fooled by Davigon’s promise to emancipate them from wage slavery with a banking scheme. The members of the I. A. of M. are now aware that only by organizing the unorganized upon fhe basis of struggle against thé bosses in the metal industry, can the organization be able to grow and. become a great , make the. slightest admission of the fact that we have any “social, political and economic discrimination” to over- | come. | It is enlightening to quote another} trade union official, high in another | branch of organized labor, who is offi< | cially reported as follows: “Regarding conditions in the south, | am glad to be able to re- port that during the past two years remarkable strides have been made toward solving the Negro problem. Suffice it to say that we have succeeded in making great president of the Printing men’s and Assistants’ Union will be told in the DAILY WORKER, be- gininng tomorrow. Space permits only the high spots of this scab- herder’s career to be published. In yiew of the strike now taking place at the Cuneo Printing Company's plant, the DAILY WORKER rti- cles should be of unusual interest _ wards of Carrollton was in charge. to Chicago union pressnten and feeders. a _ a . Chicago City Convention Tonight HE Chicago City Convention of the Workers (Communist) Party will be held tonight (Wednesday) starting at«seven o’clock at the Imperial Hall,» 2409 N. Halsted St.. Let all delegates be there on time. . {a2 - a Press- | strides forward in bringing this question to a successful conclusion. On some railroads it has been agreed that there will be no more Negroes hired, which means uilti- mately the entire elimination from (Continued on page 2) I THREE THOUSAND MORE TEXTILE SLAVES GET WAGE GUT OF 10 PERCENT HOLYOKE, Mass., Aug. 11—The 3,200 employes of Farr Alpaca Co. have received notice that wages are cut 10 per cent and working days increased from three to four, — Nhe. 62-4 ye ad eee Oe den ode dta Ln eae ard Ay as ‘, . ay a. oe 3 rm Sees ae Se Te factor in the Ameriean labor move- ment. a | Suspended by “B. & O. Bill” HINDENBURG'S POLICE CLUB COMMUNISTS Throw 5 from Reichs- tag; S. D’s with Hindy (Special to The Daily Werker) BERLIN, Germany, Aug. 11.—Presi- dent Von Hihdenburg has begun his expected policy of violence against the _ Communists, causing five of their dep- uties to be forcibly ejected from the reichstag chamber, and throwing a sie Ria... oa erate: the wale yer are now cohine within ess the st Hindenburg held a Sélebration in the palace in Wilhelmstrasse, to observe the sixth anniversary of the Weimar constitution, which Hindenburg re- gards as a scrap of paper. The Communists were not invited to this royal banquet, but the social democratic: leaders were honored guests. BRIAND MEETS CHAMBERLAIN ON SECURITY PACT French Minister Calls on British King LONDON, Aug. 11M. Briand, French foreign minister, here to lay before the British government the French reply to the latest German note on the security pact, as well as a tentaive draft embodying the French idea of what that pact ought to. be, had his first conference with Foreign Minister Chamberlain today. Today will see the formalities in connection with M. Briand’s visit out of the way, leaving his future time free for the serious work which must be done to bring the English and French ideas relative to Germany into accord. Before his visit to Chamber- lain in Downing street M. Briand went | ' — i ae J. F. Andreson, opponent of Wm. H. Johnston in the union election, eus- | pended from the International Asso- | ciation of Machinists for charging that Johnston stole election. ns Nan Ree Oe. mets Se rage? & eet ced aoe Bie) ke eae : to Buckingham palace, Where he was received by King George. U. S. Agents Shown as Aids of Dope Sellers in Chicago Col. Will Gray Beaclf, chief of the narcotic division of the internal reve- nue department for the Chicago dis- trict, and three of his agents are un- der arrest today as the central figures in the most sensational series of raids ever made by the United States gov- ernment against the dope sellers and addicts. Arrest of Beach and his associates, high federal officers say, brings to light facts which indicate that Beach, who far years was regarded as one of the most efficient anti-narcotic bat- _tlers in the nation, actually has par- _ ticipated in a gigantic distribution of habit-forming drugs, making it possibl® for a syndicate of Chicago men to gather millions of dollars by supplying | the wants of the drug addicts of the country, “ip his drives to f
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Robertson, presi- | /#b0r movement is expelling Commun- * dent of Brotherhood of Locomotive ists as rapidly as they are found out” a Firemen and Enginemen, at its thir. | —*UC2 statements will tend only to Figen tere i one tieth oofivention at Detroit, Mich, | #rouse sympathy mong Negroes for rorize L. | ; 1) Bench Bankers Ground, +2 in nals tun GE Le | Bi 4 | By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ) | French Dankers Ground wr. Green speaks of our alleged ten- plier By ibs when ie means tO ne Chicago end of the Sigman ™* ‘aati Sooke vs: d t “race hatred” among aniza- 4 Bis Betw een Two Up risings Tagre weal agit white workers, . . e Sae that the or: nae en. Te ye Coe at Toa a Philadelphia worker writes in to ask why it is As. sh 8 but not a word does he speak agains@] CO™munists favor “overturning the , that women work in the factories of the Soviet R the Joint Board of the I. L. epublics. ae Serge eee government of the United States,” we (Special to The Daily Worker) the real race hatred which the capi G. W. 7 machine He is especial concerned ab out the mothers with children ROCK ISLAND, Ill., Aug. 11—The talists and their servants are arous-|©®” Only say that the American’Negro ik cs : sy Taecision that) 40 eake care = ; unions of the Tri-Cities, Moline, Rock ‘PARIS, France, Augast 11-—The laborer has already been the cause of | g f : ing against us and which is one-side of the terrible burden we have to bear. } °F civil war in the United States There is tio race hatred in Negroes} With the overthrow of one government against whites. There is no race prejw .{of the southern states), with results all those who will sel br buy the de- fense stamps for thé{ Joint Action Committee of Locals @/9 and 22, will First of all, the letter received-from this worker indi- cates that he gauges conditions in’ the industries of the: French government has been forced "to withdraw troops from the Morocco front and rush them to Syria, due to Amalgamated -Clothing Workers in island and Davenport, are backing the their strike against the J. L. Taylor | a be fined, oF Soviet Union from the viewpoint of the worker in capitalist {anda international’ ‘Tallering ls a en era which cannot be regretted. The Amet- | indust . mee a : ‘> | panies, and Rave exposed the fact that is : dice in American Negroes against . si n’s Kind of Flee Speech. ry. | e a deg lboadlagheg Meggeen to. | whites, but only a resentment of race | !¢am Negro Labor Congress has not eu ditecntes toed the foor to To this he adds the belief, tersely expressed in the usual | these firms paper we k ~ - | i si ie have already left Morocco for| Prejudice. The coming American Ne Spyoanins Tewenetiom: oF. le. Rane oppose it, they w immediately formula that “woman's Se wed is in the home. Hore lerhis: “te Ae i r is > ; 6 Beirut and a number of tanks, avia-|@To Labor Congress is especially 4di- pr ghee nurs Thus far, how- ned that ch will be pre-| question in his own words: _ ne Ae ol ‘ r ton. infantry and machine gun units |Tected to finding means of removing | 8°01 Ti Sevebas OF Slangem tm te) ferred against those wh would speak “Haven't they enough men over there to do the work e pened offices ee ve been dispatched from Marseflles. race hatred from the ranks of the working people, where it is utilized by | 4s country (1861-1865). have not op- employers for the demoralization and | ated to the disadvantage of Negro defeat of the labor unions. What we|!®bof, nor has any revolution any- have to overcome in the Negro worker, vo. been to the disadvantage r.to put can- not “race hatred,” but a prejudice ” squat the createed lair movement, }, Alto the Negro Labor Cotigress has ahha which prejudicé is the sad result of pot taken any position om such ques-}. Machine Attacks M@ibers Thru the brutal cynicism and enmity which’ tions, nevertheless Mr. Green prob- Child: we find among such trade union offi-|*>!y forgets that he is speaking to 2) 4+ rocal 5 Inst weel¢here came up cials as Mr. Green shows himself | ©/#8S which is in an unendurable posi-|,,, question of apprbime the decis- bas ye | + -cdharth ply “ bem ys "an ion of the Joint Bo: that the par- pn So Sve —" wtige ak Naan ploited of all working people shall at peels Bosman. is SI : eg" > Labor Congress as “men who are not | #8t Win their freedom, we can only|.. nine. A motion We made to re. members of trade unions.” In the} °#!! such a change “radical.” The : or vote against the m¢{ion. . Local meetings are frrorized and adjourned in disorder, thile the mem- bers are deprived o right to pro- ceed with the cect vuneiiene ’ in room 204, Industrial Home Building, so that women can stay at home where they belong.” | thus calling the bluff.of.the garment In all capitalist countries toil is : fave strive torture, so | ' The entire French empire seems to j be crumbling, and the bankers, al- feady severely defeated in North Africa by the Rifflams who are de- | fending the independence of Morocco, ' are now fased with the Syrian revolt. England Fears Revolt. The Syrians now have control of the state of Drug, and they are con- stanity being reenforced by large mumbers of natives. General Sarrail, the military dicta- tor of Syria, reports that there are less than five thousand having been | F4 - Ss : = considered by workers, who everl y strive to esc from it, as from a prison. This is use of the long - day, the arduous conditions, ie wages, that make of life a bitter st e for existence ‘alwa s with the know- ledge that a pr ng its toll of plun- der. keeping | the which the In 1 has-leased for six months. ho ap emi No Clothing Produced. The employers of the Tri-Cities do | not invite union concerns to come here. They are trying to get in scab firms, in order to reduce wages and establish the “open shop”. The Daniel Boone Woolen mills company came here to escape the or- ring class is ever The male worker too often thinks that b “woman in the home” he is shielding her from this brutaliz- ing toil. What he is really doing is condemning her to. domestic drudgery against which she revolts as best she can. * ; ght ween ng on ject the recommendatin, and altho iia) ganized clothing markets but after a nerThe citadel of Suedia is besieged by poh ag prytnperegiennie Bs ws ni the Ned ah ee we cutk Le | en entirely different ees int pee Be ype ona ieer Seats realest ypespte 9: 5 goes enpeseed mbers of trade “oe s ing vgs Ror the Druse, and the garrison cannot aby: 7 And when n expresses his |%*! the v owed p overwhelm ing and questionable fi prac- revolution was victorious. They turned back the world cap- ta unions. In the second place, exactly ; , firm crashed. ' hold out’ much longer. The French|, center of our grievances is the | S°MCitude for-“existing institutions,” rei majority for thehotion to re] 1 cite attack Iadnohed against them. They faced hunger | “ree taternatiomal Gob tneiea tn se have already been severely defeated |ract that the Negro workers are re-| “© Probably\forgets that some of the |" 51+ the manager ofthe local be-| . and cold without flinching. They are now going thru a | a worthy successor to this firm. Help wei agar pecsagiey: fused the right of admittance to many| 0St xed ofSexisting institutions” | 4.16 infuriated and pled for an-| period of reconstruction. Already the standard of living is | was advertised for in the papers, and That England fears the oppressed | trade unions, and our biggest imme-|°r¢ lynching, jimcrowism, disfran-| o+4or vote, appointingp Sigman ma-| rapidly rising, surpassing the pre-war standard under czar- | not. word was mentioned about the | peoples of her colonial empire will|qiste fight is to win admission to| (> scment and exploitation of our l& | chine tool as teller, fo—quite nat-| ism. Work Tn the Soviet Union is not a continuous.torture | New York and Chicago strikes. Now, | _ take action stnilar is shown by Pain-| trade unions on an equal basis with| (07 0S Reope®: and That it is exactly | rally reversed the miter by count-| with no escape as under capitalism. Labor in the Workers’ | however, the Amalgamated members | leve’s statement that the attitude of | white workers and to bring the masses| ‘0 Sot Tid Of these “institutions” that |i1¢ 45 he was told. However, the| Republic. i joy, born of the knowledge that every inch of | Dave widely spread sarags 25 Mme Gat the British is adjacent territory to- of Negro workers into the unions. all sincere Negroes are degirous, ° epublic, is a joy, strikes, and the fugitive garment boss- es are unable to secure help. No clothing is being manufactured, and no cothing will be manufactured. Organizers Brought In. ; The workers here are determined that, their town will not be given a national reputation as a harbor for runaway labor-hating corporations. ' Amalgamated Progressives counted he vote as 55 for the motion and 34opposed. Sigmanites Break (p Meeting. The members ther/began to de- mand explanations w'} elections are not held, and a few f the members started to tell the resons, why they should be put on th: ballot and an election be held, but he machine fol- ward the French has been “not only The fact that the president of the — he Federation of Labor in de- nouncing our plan does not (so far as the quoted denunciation shows) offer Mrs. Scott Plans to Resume Her Tales of one word of encouragement for us to “Capital Night Life” In publishing ‘this open afiswes Mr. Green, we wish to say again that we solicit the support of all of organ- ized labor, and we believe that we will ultimately get it. The sole object of the coming congress is the solidarity of all of the workers, regardless of race, color or nationality, for the free- dom and welfare of all who toil. Our progress made redounds immediately to the benefit: of the whole working class struggling to establish a better life in the Communist Society. e ° | The new womanhood of Soviet Russia would be the first to resent the claim that her place is “in the home.” She in- sists on playing her role in the life of the new nation. With domestic drudgery lifted from her shoulders thru enter the unions, altho he knows that hundreds of thousands of Negroes are enrployed in the large industries with- that a out organization, and that the fate of lowers began to raiseso much noise} rapidly developing communal methods of living, Russia’s Soe Aa ae Sabet ALPENA, Mich, Aug. 11—Mrs.| the Americkn labor movement as well! To strength and numbers to te {thet the meeting wa Adjourned in womanhood strives for new aspirations, equal with those of pie elgg gg ge i Se oo Frank D. Reott was ready today to) 8s the tata of ig Negro workers . organized trade unions by bringing all | 2!8°F@er- £3 Russian manhood. Nurseries are not the product of philan- | given the fullest publicity. “They will oy gga wa OY aggre “— nt ie is oa 4 } pe ener aeae Bana of Negro labor into them. . thropy, as is the case in this capitalist land. Nurseries in | find the Amalgamated as ready to de- faced seven months ago before hear-| ment of the recently announced plan Shoe Workers Need a orkers’ Republics bacome institutions for the scientific fend itself on 13th street, in Rock ‘| the “Protective’ Union | care of growing children; just as the schools, instead of be- | . ; ing brain factories to develop by wholesale cogs for the cap- Against This Policy italist industrial machine, are real..educational institutions Saar Basin Miners Win Wage Struggle SAARBRUCKEN, Germany, Aug. of Mr. Green’s office to grant a better deal to Negro workers. As for the statement of Mr. Green that the Communists are backing the ing in the divorce suit of her hus- band, Representative Scott, was inter- rupted. Both sides stood on clear | decks, prepared for a fight to the finish in the circuit court of Judge Island as on Jackson Boulevard, in Chicago,” said one union organizer. “The Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers will carry the fight for union for broadening the minds and developing human beings American Negro Labor Congress—|10—Work in the Saar mines, where | HAVERHILL, labs. Aug. 11—Mass}| eager and able to think for themselves, bcs gs ee ae gory ned neg tated Frank Emertck. while he, Mr, Green, refuses to back | 70,000 workers struck last week over | moots meombes of the Shoe } ed o. AR eS. eB ts - - & tries to hide from the ‘iza ‘ ~caze wep halted to permit Mes.|it—such a statement on] | ! tion ‘ orker rs Frowe 2 A jon ape, being} = Ranitalism bret'+- un the, home and forces women ard | aaid another un i tt time to gather depositions to| Green in a very unfavo ib i] PPR lag AR a PRE shoe >marinfacturer ‘and the children inte taddietry, where it dexre es and crushes them. More Pickets Arrested, ‘\ support her charges and also to re} comparison t6 the Communists. Inj fected by the s have returned to | union, prel ryto deeiding whethe Under Soviet Rule, “The Home,” freed of its capitalist Three striking employes of the In- ' fute those of Scott launching an effort which means life | their regular schedules. The miners 1 er or not the w agreement shall be continued. ms bs terre Considerable dissatisfaction has been noted among the workers on the oper- ation of this peace arrangment which established a shoe board of employers and workers and employed an “im- partial” chairman whose decisions were binding on both,sides. Unless 90 days’ notice is given by either party the pact continues automatical- ly for three years after January 1, 1926, . * Neither side is completely satisfied but it is probable that.a new and simi- lar pact will be negotiated, including possibly the same protections of em- burden upon an agonizing family, realizes its mission for the first time in history. The family relationship takes on a new meaning, that will gradually become apparent to those like the worker in Philadelphia, who does not yet sense that a new social order is building thruout the Soviet Republics. MOTHER BLOOR SPEAKS TO LARGE. GATHERING AT COLUMBUS, OHIO (Special to The Daily Worker) COLUMBUS, O., August 11——Ella Reeve (“Mother”) Bloor held a rous- ing demonstration here last night speaking from the steps of the State House. Speaking on the American labor movement, the 62-year-old veteran Com- munist fighter, who is now on a cross-country hitch-hiking tour for the DAILY WORKER, denounced the reactionary officialdom of American labor ternational Tailoring company, James Hovoko, Joe Diciolo and Charles In- trierl, were arrested while walking the picket line yesterday. | and death to the masses of colored | demands were granted by the govern- toflers, we appeal to all of the labor | ment of the League of Nations con- movement to help us, regardless of | trol. what section or what political views they may hold. If the Communists come forward and say, “Yes, we are ready to support this effort of the downtrodden Negro worker,” as W®)pafional Union, are after a new con- are glad to say they have done, then| tract to begin Sept. 1 and after a we heartily thank the Communists; er union membership. Only 10 per and we can only wish that the entire boot the 2,000 window washers in labor movement would do the same.| €hicdgo are in the union, says Busi- Our appeal ts to every portion of the ness Agént Stephen Zaharchuk. Prohibition Sweeps Mexico. MEXTCO CITY, Ang 11—Heonomic conditions are forcing Mexico to pro- hibition. One by one the celebrated old cantinas are closing their doors, never to be opened again. Ome may travel for hundreds of miles thru the smaller Indian villages without being able to get anything stronger than the native drink, pulque. This has about the same alcoholic content as beer. Agents of the company approached one of the members of the Amalga- mated who is on strike, and attempted to bribe him to give information con- cerning the activities of the union. | Window Washers Seek New Members. ew indow washers organized in Local 34, Building Service. Employes Inter- This union member was told if he would induce some of the strikers to come back to work he would be paid a large sum of money. The striker of course, spurned the offer. ——_—— ~— | ~ IN A COMBINATION ® OFFER RUSSIA TODAY | °%20™ | THE DAILY WORKER (The book) bound in Duro- flex cover, $1.25 $5.00 | Comics (8 month subscription) , “Law and Order’ in Detroit. RUSSIA TODAY To arrange for the widest possible distribution of that great docu- ment RUSSIA TODAY—this report of the official body of British Labor on every phase of life in Soviet Russia today, is being offered in a combination offer with a subscription to the DAILY WORKER RUSSIA EVERYDAY can be seen in the pages of the DAILY WORKER— in reliable news and direct Russian correspondence from the factory and farm | —and with the book—these records of past and current life in the world's first workers’ republic should be in the ‘hands of every worker. The combination offer is made for both new subscriptions and re- newals. If you are already a subscriber—extend your subscription to get RUSSIA TODAY. ployers against strikes and stoppages and workers against lockonts. Three Billion Bushel Corn Crop. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—The Unit- ed States will nave a‘ corn crop this year of 2,950,000,000 bushels, the crop reporting board of the department of agriculture predicted today, basing its estimate on a condition of 79.8 per cent of normal on Aug, 1. Last year’s crop amounted to 2,437,000,000 bushels. The number of acres,planted to corn is 106,621,000, and a yield of 27.7 bush- els an acre is estimated. DEROIT, Aug, 11—-A woman was beaten to death, a man mysteriously slain, an alleged . bandit seriously wounded, two men were arrested as murder suspects and numerous holdup attempts recorded as aontinuation of Detroit’s crime wave, = A Correction. An error in location has been made in a report on a Y. W. L, students’ farewell party. Thidfischool was lo- cated at Wain Hall,"Brue, Wis., and not at Rock, Michigat¥, as published in our issue of August - LONDON, England: August 11. — London big busines# expresses un- easiness with regardato the proposed mérger of the Junker Airplane com- pany of Germany, with a British air- craft line. UNITED FRONT MEET PLANNED FOR NEW YORK NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—The efforts of labor organizations particularly the Red International of Labor Unions and the Communist International to form a united front is being crowned with success, In England, Germany and Russia mass conferences are being held to rush immediate aid to the striking workers of Shanghai. In Zurich, Switzerland, on July 5, at a conference attended by 1,000 trade unionists addressed by Edo Fimmen in behalf of the International Workers’ Aid, a resolution was adopt- ed expressing sympathy for the strug- gling proletariat of China. On July 6 at Basil a similar resolution was adopted by 1,500 trade unionists. New York City will continue the campaign begun with the mass meet- ings in Union Square and will hold a united front conference on August 28 at Stuyvesant Casino, 142 Second Avenue, near 9th Street, New York City, at 8 p. m. All labor organizations and Work- ers Party branches are expected to elect two delegates each to the con- Build the DAILY WORKER. ference, o— PROMINENT POLITICIANS SEEK |er’s demand and Mother Bloor. con- and outlined the Communist policies which alone can lead to success. Over_ five hundred people cheered the speaker repeatedly in her keen and vigorous speech. While she was in the midst of her talk, a group of the Salvation Army moved alongside with a full brass band and a preacher who seeing the nature of the crowd, made a competitive appeal that he was also “labor’s representative.” The meeting of the “bible-bangers” came to a sad end when a member of the Locomotive Engineers who had been listening to Mother Bloor, made a determined request of the Salvation Army preacher to “shut-up” or he would force him to do so. Thecrowd joined in loud approval of the work- tinued with no competition for an- other two hours. Tonight a “Hands Off China” dem- onstration will be held in the same place with Mother Bloor again as the main speaker. From hpre, continuing her hike thru Ohio, Mother Bloor will reach and speak at the following cities dur- ing the week: Wednesday, Aug. 12, Mansfield; Thursday, Aug. 18, Akron; Friday, Aug. 14, Warren; Saturday, Aug. 15, Cleveland. Sit in Joint Trial of Indiana Kluxers NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Aug. 11.—The task of selecting a judge to. sit in the joint trial of David C. Stephenson, Ear! Klinck and Harl Gentry, alleged Slay- ers of Madge Oberholtzer, was re- newed here today. Judge Fred E. Hines of Hamilton circuit court was disqualified from pre- siding over the trial when defense counsel late yesterday led a motion for a change of judge. This motion followed on the heels of a previous motion granted by Judge Hines asking for a joint trial of the trio. Three Indiana jurists must be chosen for tentative duty. The state will eliminate one, the defense an- other, and the third automatically wil! become the judge to preside at the trial. Receivers Seek Freight Cars. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11—Receivers -f the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul ailroad today applied to the interstate commerce commission for authority to issue and sell $9,270,000 of equipment trust certificates, which are to be used in the purchase of 6,500 freight cars of various types at an estimated cost of $12,376,715. It is proposed to sell the certificates to Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Build the DAILY WORKER with subs. | and the National City Bank of New York, at 97 per cent of par. | nes = - —- rr rar , OBO BOD PD? I I Selecting Judge to | . PARDON-FOR INDIANA GOVERNOR |i CRAMER = ~— i THE DAILY WORKER = Russia Today ....... .$1.25 1113 W. Washington’ Bivd., Chicago, III. SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR FORGERY Wray Big ais ee Be tr i & month subscription For the enclosed §............... send RUS- WASHINGTON, August 11.—Arrangements were made at the department | } : oe SIA TODAY.......... 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Pe rages ye ters conflict with each other in their teachings, because “ideas oasis ing is the answer of Philadelphia . rom heaven” and the only place the workers get them is from Sain North Asnatiben Seslide of the others by teading, lectures. conversations and experience, and naturally ex- Back Joe Loda, Honest pasties a Workers, to Sl “an ore: RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS pect to get the right teachings from a workers magazine. Checkweighman RESOLUTION (R. L he U.) _ But when one writer disagrees with himself ....! We offer the fol- ee “After hearing the re PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—The recent: lowing fram the pages of the Industrial Pioneer, written by a modest’gentle-| spRINFIELD. Ill., Aug. 11.—Kight!| "ose Wortis and Brother L. election in Local 1073, of the Carpem-| man under the anonymity of his union card number, but in fact by our old | pundred coal miners em ‘aie at Pea- about the attacks of the ara i THE 7; U. E. L. ters’ Union was an example of the friend Petrus Jesus Welinder, for a fleeting few months the I. W. W.’s high- engage tional, teat new Hutcheson tactics of fighting the] os¢ official: body Coal Company Mine No. 6, “We, Cloak and Dress Makers Poy e hed Represents the Left Wing of the Labor Movement. Ite left wing in the Carpenters’ Union, An _ By-P. J. WELINDER aye. 9 wekin Springfield, Ill., are still on strike fol-| Philadelphia, gathered in Mass Meet- Bf rit Purpose Is to Strengthen the Labor Unions by Amalgamation organized gang of gunmen took charge “The main task ssntrontio ' ren 7 > @ B ” S c ~ oe joy) ‘tal expenses for that year were} paper without a spark of militancy or) reaction to these tactics will only re-| by have done what Hutcheson so far| The pay is fifty cents per hour for ton machine in the last election. | nolds was soon on the outside o> $11,820. About $12,000 expenses—| of class consciousness; the personal] sult in a greater and more militant | has failed to accomplish thru his ex-| twelye hours’ work. If a man c On Monday, after the miners walked | i". A formal written request by ab : $7,500 of this or about 70 per cent be-| organ of pie-cards, hard boiled guys,| effort on the part of the progressives, | Pulsion policy, namely, the destruc- AMR S an | out on strike and the decision of joint | 2140 that their representative De @ivem — - 8. , stand the pace he receives time and a| board was rend the floor to make a statement S g Short’s salary and expenses. It} who can see nothing except petty| The situation in Local 1073 ig a new | tion of the union. half for overtime ndered the mine commit- = = is somewhat doubtful if he ig. worth] craft unions, tactic of the Hutcheson machine, but ieee tee goes back to Farrington to see if|Tuled out of order by Chairman Se- 5 ss that much to the workers, somewhat} Lumber Neglected by Both Fakers it is only the first phase of the fight. ee ° ° ° he would keep his word, which he aes, tho the only desea a De ¥e doubtful. and Wobblies. —— The matter is not closed yet, the POOR FISH D ¥ Illinois Federation made last Saturday when he told the | troit supported it vigorously. f * We'll Say Its Doubtful. Lumber, the leading intlustry of the | membership is now rallying together dé C ti t B t a are eee see nek A Poor Mood. 9 ie The past year’s accomplishments| state, remains almost unorganized.| and Hutcheson will soon get another | 3 | — “ae saboicyilers A sade and see to it that Joe} The delegates realizéd that am af : are as follows: No strikes, absolute| Perhaps the gang is not anxious to| and quite different story from Local WISE CRACK OVER Champaign, Sept. 14 as 1 Cb stay on the upple as long! tempt to get consideration of ¢ defeat politically, an increase in mem-| organize it, for that can only be done | 1037. ———- men wanted Bim. problems would be put down, They bership of 1122, making the total} by an industrial union, such as the The Daily “Backwards” as Usual. | CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Aug. 11.—(FP)— “Mr. Looking-Both-Ways”. | seemed in no mood to fight, so The; 21,386; increased wages for a very|I. W. W. advocates but do not build. Needless to say, the new administra- WING FIGHT The Illinois State Federation of Labor But Farrington again riglits-about-| ™°°''"* developed itno & talktems with © few local union. Only one serious; There is no room for craft unionism or} tion in Local 1073 has the full sup- r annual convention opens in Champaign | face and said, “You men didn’t tell me | the officials doing most of the talking, | strike was threatened, that of 1,600| class collaboration in the lumber in-| port of the Jewish Daily Forward é SiC Sept. 14 the truth last Saturday, becaus i ‘and the paid parasites smiling and — " Seattle teamsters who asked better dustry. which spreads daily lies about the Explaining Mystery of Ratt alg ipa Fas cpa enn gle nee re |‘ back-slapping in that “oh, so friendly” 7 conditions and $1.00 a day increase. Look Out for Pickpockets! Communists and progressives and | {| {commissioner, told me a or ated | manner peculiar to those whose meet The Satte Federation aided in set- President Short and Governor Hart-} piles many wreathes of honor and Earless Fel NEW JERSEY “ART” story and the big boss of the Guahane jis the fruit of others’ sweat. tling it by arbitration—and the men | ley celebrated convention week by hit-| glory on the new administration to ‘ Coal Co., at Chicago called me up However, the delegates are acquaint. got 50c ‘a day raise, nothing else. ting at each other in public speeches] hide their Corruption and incompe- NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 11.—That FACTORY PAYS $16.00 over the long distance telephone and ed with the plight of the 600 carpen- ‘ The Short machine is very proud of| on all possible occasions. Short can} tency. there is no fish like a poor fish may be told me about this man Loda, also if|te™s Who have been deprived of their the no strike record, and so are all} not understand a fight for principles, seen in the remarkable statement A WEEK, 10 SLAVES you insist upon having this man for |"ishts by the whim of a czar, and as the business men’s organizations. only one over personalities, to judge } | made to the capitalist press by Jos- your check-weighman he would close |they report to their locals the vital — To those who remember the militant | by his record. He and Sartley squab- THREAD WORKERS KEEP eph Fish, who marches around in a By JAMES SZEPESY the mine down indefinitely. So the; Problem in Detroit as they have spirit of six years ago, this official re-| ble. Years ago, at circuses clowns circle with the imposing title of ‘‘Sec- A : best thing you men can do is to elect | learned it by the printed and spoken port comes as a shock. What has hap-| battered each other with slapsticks, IP STRIKE In CONN, retary-Treasurer of the New York (Worker Correspondent.) a new check-weighman and go back }w@e4d will be the chief burden of their” pened? The answer is that after| while pickpockets worked thru the ’ Joint Board of the International Lad- PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Aug. 11.— | to work,” istory, even tho Hutchesen’s machine — eight years’ hard work, the Short ma-| crowds, and the shell game ran open- NOW OUT ?1 WEEKS ies’ Garment Workers’ Union.” There is a branch of the Embed 800 Mi S prev ented a regular discussion and his _ chine with a policy of class collabora-|ly. They no longer do such things— Concerning the demand made for{ Art corporation in Perth Amboy, lo- Ee SINE Sy Seem. vipers spewed their poison gas. { tion ie in‘full control. at circuses, WILLIAMANTIC, Conn., Aug 11 the resignation of Morris Sigman,| cated at 72 Fayette street, employ- _ os oe —_ committee then 4 , : FOS ROT RS On eee eee re ee norsk. SRE aang Me, " #president of the I. L. G. § ing fifteen workers. said, “So the coal company’s commis- , 7 rrnrend workers of the American J 2500 Cunirmen and commiticenes at| Thi® factory makes shaving | sioner’s story is true, while the unior Fall River Textile, — ” BROOKLYN, N. Y., ATTENTION! their atrike against wage cute which | the Breat overflow meetings at Cooper| brushes, ash trays, cigarette cages, | Miners sory '& Tats, ie Dluks wor | Workers to Ask Old they have already carried on f Union and *Manhattan Lyceum, Fish crosses, etc., ou o' akelite. e you rather Delleve es ory Oo an out- R ee CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY weeks. Many ec ee who nebessfie emits the following drops of wisdom:| "°¥'® of work Ore SIGs Ate Heme: | eer than of & rank and Bier. Scale Before Cuts voluntarily left company houses | “We don’t listen to the other side.} “'t” °ne half day on Saturday. “Well, Farrington, the miners of Meat Market | Restaurant IN THE SERVICE ete CONSUMER. Bakery deliveries made to your home. * : ig FALL RIV ER, Mass., Aug. 11a have been evicted. Co Sigman does not co ‘| Wages are thirty-five cents an hour | Peabody Mine No. 6, have already Curtis claims that \Aab ence gestions and deencuns aoe athg| or $16.50 a week. There are a few | gone om record that they will stick |toration of the 1920 wage scale in Fall ers are now emplayed in the enilt, left wing.” . After sayi ia 4 he} young workers who have been em- | with Joe Loda and want him and no| River cotton and woolen textile mills Strikers assert that less than 100 lapsed in ' silence Bie ‘nine Se statuing | ployed ‘Here thr Saute ae wee foe ne to ween ther ou ee will be sought by the Unto) am AA AB EAB KB KBMAMAMA AMAA AAA ee ee ee ee ee ee De De eed only get about $22.00 a week. that they will fight this fight to a fin-| Workers’ Union in accordance wi | FINNISH CO-OPERATIV TRADING ASSOCIATION, Inc. ee ere ont age ng ~oreulinmete ” pmmatemumpresuapaees Las yi) ran | aa OD cate ns “vy ~ ww Recenter - rie hcons: scythe “it Ms ati aa ite a) ig i: — ene OD —— NA OE NEE REIS relies
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‘we ‘ a yy 7 ie . i ra ry Ait ‘ “es 4 . * Bat iy Ne a 4 Ps, " ; Mey ‘ ir re ie “Ye { @ bee “ :. ' ’ a ‘ : 25) ee y? iw ) Pa ? a 4 hy a § imterest of the Farrington ma-» ~ a, - eet fax fa 4 _ be continued after divorce. - ontinuance of the maintenance after divorce can be modified __, by the Court. Ms _ Rights of Children OW j a es ; S : a , 7 ; mF : ha Union. The last election of the district officers, of District Twelve, the subdistrict elections also, are still the subject of bitter controversy e Miners’ Union. All over District Twelve the vote was manipulated in union. In Buckner the ballot was stolen, in the middle of the night, and | Work in the Dark. i Zeigler, Illincis at one _ local John Hindmarch received about | per cent of the vote cast in a local about 1,000 votes. The Far- (rington-ku-klux faction manipulated ‘the ballot in such a way that it be was voted, where the mines wege shut down for threes years and most of the men had left town, and working else- where, , The officers officiating at a local union near Benton during the election for the machine (for Farrington.) secretary of Sub-district Nine but was from almost total defeat in that local in other locals the full membership’ ia apenas CR DRED a * buey ’ ® be ¢ —_ . rict by registered m special delivery, and technicality the ballot and this same ballot ston. Some places the vote) was held up for a few days too long, and on ac count of that technicality, the ballot was thrown out also. The traitors stopped at nothing ta, destroy the Progressive Miners’ vote tp put the Farrington fakers in office. » No Doubt Left. In face of this rottenness can any- one doubt the necessity of a district investigation and house cleaning? Consider the fact that every Progres- sive Miner elected in Springfield was beat out of his office. The Chris- topher cases were just,@s, rotten, as the Springfield ones. Te Too Busy to Call Convention. Down in Harrisburg all the Farring- ton machine were defeated, but illeg- ally put themselves backvin office. The e not members of that local union were working at another mine ‘and had their cards withdrawn out of that local union for some time prior to the. el n, and even in spite of a telegram from Lewis that men could not officiate at elections unless they were members of that local concerned, the Ballots were counted in this local In West Frankfort. . In West Frankfort the Farrington machine came near wrecking the Miners’ Union completely. Frank Johnst8n was duly elected financial counted out by the sub-district thieves. Johnston was elected by a large ma- jority. but in order to have the tool (Cobb),.a Farirngton republican hench- ‘man put over, Johnston was beat out in every local where the gang had a | chance, A local union in Zeigler gave John- ston.a large majority, and this vote, came illegal, thereby saving Frank instead of being sent in to the sub-dis- ya ey k | i ontinued from Yesterday's Daily Worker ) | - SYNOPSIS.—The British trade union leaders’ report on Soviet Russia, |. Which is running serially in the DAILY WORKER, Saturday took up thd £ subject of foreign trade In the Soviet Union. Transportation, Industry and agriculture have already been described in the official report. The union leaders concluded that foreign trade and agriculture is steadily improving, and told how the finances of the Union have been placed on a stable basis. The New Economic Policy in relation to agriculture was explained. The Industries are increasing production, the report stated. Recent instal- ments of the report dealt in detail with the relation of the Union with for- éign countries. The regulation of trade, financing, foreign bank credits, statistics of foreign trade, status of foreigners, were some of the subjects ? } : @ealt with. The instalment concludes that foreign trade is workable, and Es Bhat harm is being done Britain by the absence of full diplomatic relations. S Rv: : soe ° a The Civil Code of November 6th, 1922, contains much that is very interesting in respect to the regulation of property rights on a new basis of State Socialism. The Code of Civil Status is also of interest, and.a summary of its provisions concerning family life is given as an appendix. _. There are also Codes of Civil and Criminal procedure and on special subjects. These Codes, while not without deficiencies, and even de- fects due to hasty preparation, provide a firm ground for build- ing up a new structure of jurisprudence. The critical examina- ie tion to which they have been of late subjected by German and oe —— continental jurists has not shaken them in any serious The Code of Civil Status _, . _ The code as to personal status, and on marriage, family, ) - @ad guardianship rights is the only code which dates back to the “Wlution. It. originated in 1918, and was not essentially af- by the new order which introduced re-orientation of the New Economié Policy in 1921. Section I. deals with personal status. Marriage | _ Section II. concerns marriage. Only civil marriage is rec- ognized, if registered in a Bureau for Records of Personal Sta- tus. A religious marriage has no civil validity. Marriages per- formed according to religious rites before December 20th, 1917, valid. Marriage must be a public ceremony, amd may be performed by the Registrar of Records of Personal Status or before a Notary Public. Publication of the banns is not re- | , and the marriage is valid as soon as entered in the Regis- ter. Any man of 18 may marry and any woman of 16. Polyga- ‘my is forbidden. Obstacles to marriage are mental deficiency, blood relationship in direct ascent or descent, brothers or sis- ters,.or half-brothers and half-sisters. A marriage can be nulli- fied between minors, if they are still minors when the marriage is denounced or if no children have been born and the wife is not pregnant. Marriage is invalidated by mental deficiency at the time of marriage, a previous valid marriage, or want of con- sent of either party due either to ignorance or to compulsion. Religious marriages are invalid if contrary to the marriage laws in force at the time. Divorce A divorce can be obtained by mutual consent from the Courts or from the competent marriage registrar. A divorce } whether of a pre-revolutionary marriage or of a new civil mar- riage, may not be granted merely on the application of one par- _ty if opposed by the other, but the application need not be based on a charge of any kind. A judgment of divorce can be appealed and becomes valid only at the conclusion of the legal proceed- ings. Married Women’s Rights A wife’s property is absolutely independent of marriage. Marriage settlements which affect the property rights of the wife are invalid. The parties to a marriage take a married name. The married name may be either the name of the man or of the woman, or the combined name of both. Marriage has no effect on the citizenship of either party. The wife is not _ obliged to follow her husband to another place of residence. The _ principal effect of marriage, as far as property rights are con- cerned, is the responsibility of maintenance. This responsibility “is mutual. It presumes that the one needing the support is in- Capable of working and that he or she does not possess any means of livelihood, and that the one obliged to support is in a - eondition to furnish maintenance. Minors (under 18 years of _ ‘@ge), men over 55, and women over 50, are under no obligation _ Of maintenance as earners. The obligation of maintenance must Arrangements by the parties as to ~~ $Seetion III. deals with family law. Married and unmarried _ : mothers have the same rights of maintenance. The unmarried + mother can, three months before confinement, apply for an affil- » iation order. If the alleged father does not enter defense with- _ in two weeks after notification by the cil a he is assumed » to have accepted paternity. If he denies paternity, the matter before the People’s Court for inquiry. If the inquiry estab- les paternity he is obliged to support the mother during preg- fancy and confinement and maintain the child. A defense that thers might have been the father, if proved, results in their being also obliged to contribute. - The child born out of wedlock _ tages the name of the father, or the Ne OT wee ogre ~° due ei SSIA TE ment in Ohio during July reached the highest figure in the 13-year history of the state-city free employment bu-| reaus, the state industrial commission reported today. at the employment bureaus for jobs, and 49,848 were turned away without work. showed 22,589 applicants and 6,111 em- ployed. tion signed with the constitutional amount of signatures, for a special conventino, presented it to the sub- district officers, but the sub-district of- ficers still refused to call the conven- men in that sub-district got up a peti- p Pit A agl % (Oem FT Siea hee f : e Ve ¥ oa ¢ f. 6 eget Oe": ; vp COLUMBUS, Aug. 11—Unemploy- vention on cause of the loss of the Last month 68,824 persons applied Miners, Do Something. are you going to stand for this corrup- ry Figures for July from Cleveland | that Freeman Thompson, Parry are fighting this bunch of yellow cowards and traitors? .Rally to support of the progressive | bring back ‘our fighting organization to Yant weapon : U. M. W. A. (Continued Tomorrow.) - — of the rank and file ofthe cee rts ea was ee, Thru Courtesy of the International Pub- —THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BRITISH TRADE — UNION DELEGATION TO SOVIET RUSSIA Copyright by the Trades Union Congress General Council in Great Britain. + J mother, ox combines that _ et ee a on ee —— -? 7 2 J lishers Co. r * a Copyright in the United States by the International Publishers Co, All Rights Reserved. ih Stall of both, as the parents may agree.. Failing agreement, the Court decides. Children born in wedlock take the married name of the parents. If the parents are divorced they dgtee what name the children shall bear, and, failing agreement, the Court decides. If one parent is a foreigner and the other Russian, their children have such nationality as their parents, agree. Fail- ing agreement, the children are considered Russians, but on at- taining their majority they may choose the citizenship of the other parent. The religion of children under 14 years of age is determined in writing by the parents. If the parents cannot agree the child is considered as having no religion. Upon at- taining the age of 14 the child chooses his own religion. Pa- rental responsibilities are exercised jointly by the parents and the Court settles disputes. The Court may deprive the parents of their parental rights if they do not serve the interests of the child. Parental responsibilies include care for the child’s bodi- ly health and mental preparation for a useful life. Parents are required to meet those responsibitities. They are legally respon- sible for the children before the Courts and otherwisé., Parents must provide for their children living with them and have a claim against those who have provided for the children, without* the right to do so. As far as property rights are concerned, the children are absolutely independent of the parents...The par- ents have absolutely no right to use the property of the chil- dren. Parents must provide for their children in proportion to their own resources, but éach parent is obliged to pay at least half ‘the minimum of existéhce determined for the child, so far as he is able to do so. On the other hand, parents when inca- itated and indigent may claim maintenance fro) eir chil- arn! These obligations of parents and vhiidres Semana after the dissolution of the marriage. Sisters and brothers anc half- sisters and half-brothers can also respectively claim’ mainte- nance. An agreement by which one party reno 'mainte- nance is invalid. It is forbidden to adopt childre a decree is being prepared again allowing it. ok Caen Wardship et oe Minors not under parental care and mental deficients are State wards. Other persons, especially spendthrifts"and per- sons who, in the opinion of the Public Trustee, requtre "guar-. dianship may be put under ward. The guardianship*'tnay be exercised either directly by the Public Trustee pais 4 special guardians appointed by him. The guardian represents the ward and has the care of the person of the ward. Any adult not in a condition to look after his own affairs may put himself under guardianship. ye peer ae lan we . ‘a General Conclusions j The conclusion reached by the Delegation in the, matter of law and order is that public order is now on a footing well above that in most Continental countries; that justice is equitably en- forced in the new courts, and under new Codes that constitute a judicial system still in its youth, but adequate for its present purpose; and that there is nothing to prevent the early devel- opment of a body of law and of lawyers capable of bringing the principles of the Revolution into further accordance with the established precepts of European civil and commercial law. The judicature~is necessarily the latest organ to function fully ira new State, and the new judicature of the Union, still in its infancy, will play a most important, perhaps the most im- portant part in the further development of the Soviet system. PART Il THE SOCIAL SYSTEM CHAPTER Vill os wh. cemeompen aakt Social and Religious Conditions The Soviet Social System and its Penetration Before entering upon a review of the social side of Soviet life it is necessary to realize the main objects of the system, to remember that in many cases it is still in its experimental stag- es, and that no conclusions as to its stability or value can be obtained from those who steadfastly refuse to accept what it offers. It would be misleading to state that the systemMias perme- ated the whole country, or that it has not been modified in cer- tain districts to meet the requirements of the varioug, nationali- ties which are to be found in the Russian Empire. jJt is, how- ever, a gross misstatement to say that it is only found to be in ‘operation in the large centers and a few miles from the railway track. It is undoubtedly being supported by the whole of the industrial workers, by many of the peasants and by those of the former middle class who have joined the movement either from conviction or through force of circumstances. Critics who maintain that its working and results have had very little effect on the country as a whole, and do not penetrate beyond the few Communists who have accepted it, should real- ize the following facts:— ; | The total population of Russsia, including all the Autono- mous and Federated Republics, was estimated in 1923 at 133 millions, of which 70 millions were women. The ee of the urban and industrial areas numbered 21 millions, of whom five and a half millions, or 25 per cent., are members of the Trade Unions and directly involved in the system. |. Women, however, only constitute 28 per cent. af the Trade Union membership; but. most of the women and all the chil- dren under the age of 17,must be added to the figure of five and a half millions as being equally affected. Thus it will easily be seen that the whole of the industria) population has come within the system which controls the lives of the majority of the bajance. The 80 millious of peasants are allected to @ as ; ae : . . j ——— s much idsser degree, while the indigene and native tribes are scarcely affected at all. It should also be remembered that the ‘present system came into operation only three years ago when it replaced War Communism, which was a very different form of social construction. | | As regards the large mass of peasantry, now that Budget economy has forced the réduction of the large expenditure and elaborate equipment of propaganda trains and perambulating lectures with which War Communism hoped to educate the peasants, more practical methods are being followed. It is now generally recognized in Communist circles that the peasantry can best be educated by giving them a larger representation in the Government and District Councils, and by teaching them to govern themselves locally. The Communist attitude to the peasant is a curious combination of contempt and consideration. Sovietism as practised at present appears to be a compro- mise between Communism and State Socialism, with strong tendencies towards the latter. It is the result of practical ex- periment among large communities, and the success of the movement is undoubtedly due to the courage of its leaders in acknowledging mistakes when by practical demonstration their theories have proved to be impracticable. The fundamental principle of the system is the formation of a State and society which shall give the greatest possible benefits to the majority of the workers (by which is meant both hand workers and brain workers), and equal opportunities to all men and women. Without entering into a detailed survey of the means to b employed for the Construction of this State it will be sufficient to mention the main features. : Work vs. Wealth The keystone or main feature of the new structure is the creation of a power of personal worth by the destruction of the power of private wealth. ot | . | In order to effect this, the reacquisition of power by individ- and acquisition of wealth and the amassing of money by private persons is rendered, not only unnecessary, but'unlikely, although not in principle impossible. ci (a) The Worker This is accomplished in the following manner. In the first place, all real property, industry and capital wealth are vested in the State by nationalization, the.State being composed of men who have obtained their position by other means than the influence of wealth. ° : Secondly, a worker is granted a minimum wage according to the category in which his duties or professsion place him. This minimum wage is really only intended to cover the actual necessities for which he has to pay cash. The rest of his re- quirements in life, social recreation, travelling, yearly holiday, medical and insurance benefits, education and upbringing of his family, housing, etc., accrue to him in the form of benefits supplied by the State. | These benefits increase in value as the worker rises, by his own efforts, from a lower to a higher category. A member of the Government, even a Cabinet Minister, for instance, receives only £20 per month. His benefits, however, are free and include a house, motor-car, servants, and entertainment, etc. At pres- ent the worker has to pay a nominal fee for most of his benefits; this fee is graduated on a sliding scale according to his category and income. Eventually as the State becomes wealthier al] these benefits will become free. . The next measure to prevent accumulation of persona’ wealth is heavy taxation over a certain maximum income and the reversion of all property to the State at death. A man may leave to his heirs not more than £1,000 (under the system he has no dependents). Exactly the same principle applies to man and woman. A woman to be counted as a worker must either work or show that she is necessary to her house and family. 7 (b) The Peasant With regard to the peasant or land worker, his land and house represent the workers’ wage. fact that this form of wage is not constant, but varies in accord- ance with his own efforts and his general facilities for cultivation: his status is somewhat different. His benefits are primarily con- cerned with the facilities for cultivation and the disposal of his produce. By centralization, organization, and the acquisition. of more up-to-date machinery and appliances he is able to increase his profit, and his standard of living. The greatest benefit of all, however, will be realized when the huge electrification os t mentioned in another part of this report, have materialized. will give him practically free power. His social benefits consis of education, medical attendance, clubs and recreation. (c) The Non-Worker Any person between the ages of 17 and 55, having no physi- cal or mental defects, who is not classed as a worker, has abso- lutely no political nor social status at all. He has no vote and re- ceives no benefits. He must pay the maximum tariff everywhere. His education and medical attendance must be obtained from private sources. He will have to pay the maximum house rent, and 468 liable at any time to receive a month’s notice to make room for a worker. He must pay high prices for a meal outside his home, and his theatre ticket will cost him ten times that of a worker. He will have no recognized club; recreation and sport will be difficult and expensive. i. 08 The lot of some of these people»xwho cannot, or will not, fit in with the new system is often very lamentable, and at pres- ent they doubtless number many thousands, But in Soviet Rus- sia everyone must work to live. Brother miners how much longer| tion in our union? Is it any wonder Watt and the rs and its former fighting position, as a mili- 7 here ‘tl me fs Sag | Bee cera, ae | _ (Worker Correspondent.) x PAWTUCKET, R. I., Aug. 11.—B. M. | Loew and Philip Berler, owners of the Music Hall; Pawtucket, have n» illu. | | sions as to what the courts are for in | a capitalist republic. They rocently fired an operator, Thomas Hayden, and when the union objected to this smash- ing of the agreement, the owners | promptly went before Judge McLough- jim for an injunction to restrain any _|an@ all unions from interfering with |any and all theaters operated by the {cireuit. . oe. |. Since this is one of the theater . chains that are mow rapidly being combined into a nation-wide trust, the . es | situation affects not only Pawtucket, but New Bedford, Lynn, Lowell, Fitch- burg, and Boston, where the company © has holdings. Accordingly the injunc- -’ tion is sought against “L. N. Shattack ~ In view, however, of the and the other persons comprising the © ‘American Federation of Musicians, Lo- cal Unions Nos. 193, 83, 9, 126, and - 214; and the International Stage Em. -ployes and. Motion Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada, Locals 182, 546, 245, 73, 86, - 131, and 134.” Evidence is to be taken before a master, and since the union would not agree to the bosses’ nomi- . nee, the court will appoint—which pro- duces the same result. Two notable facts stick out from this news.item. The first is that the struggle between master and man in the theater field has grown beyond the confines of a single theater, or even a single city. Against the natien-wide combine of capital as represented in the chain theaters directly affiliated with film producing and banking inter- ests, there is pitted the nation-wide ‘or even international organization of the workers. A struggle ovér the working conditions of a single worker may thus in a single day bring on a clash of major proportion and widest extent. The second is that the bosses im-. mediately and often effectively para- lyze the strength of organized labor by . jos a to court action. The ever-ready capitalist court promptly forbids pick. . eting, boycotting, strike benefits, or- ganization work and publicity—forbids every means whereby the union can function. The strikers soon must learn that the Communists are right in their condemnation of court and legislature — pas servants of the employers, of the ruling class, and that the workers must, thru conquest of state power, turn the tables against those who now exploit them. The more the everyday struggle of the workers becomes in- tensified the bettter will be its lessons in class solidarity. The more the clashes become intensified, the more ruthless will be the masters’ recourse to the help of political state power, and the more speedy will grow the workers’ recognition of the true nature of the struggle he fights, and the rem- edy—Communist organization, strug gle, and victory. Wm. Morgan Butler, Big Capitalist and Fink Boss, Needs Aid SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug. 11,— President Coolidge’s political advisor and bosom friend, Wm. Morgan Butler, is needing his help in the election due next year. Butler has several thihes to recom- mend him to the workers—for. punish- ment. He cut wages of employes in his cotton mills last fall. He has speeded up the woolen mill slaves to the point of frenzy—when he gave them work, then let them whistle for a job much of tthe time. In addition Butler and his son, Mor- gan Butler, president of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers are known as enemies of labor unions, the old duffer having become famous for hiring finks to control the textile unions in New Bedford. “ However, David Walsh; his <lemo- crat opponent is little better. Reasons for Foreign Imperialism in China Shown by Labor Wage NEW YORK, Aug. 11,—Men work- ing in the Nanking Turkish towel fac- tories make only $4 a month while women in the same factories get only about $1 a month for their labor. The Shops are mostly family affairs, the largest having only 20 weaving ma- chines, a New York textile trade pa- per states. Boys and girls go to work as ap prentices without pay the first year, with a few cents a month during the second year and a littlte more the third. Board and lodging is given. | Full fledged workers pay about 10 eents a day for food. . a PITTSBURGH, PA, To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTISS - 645 Smithfield Str mK ; nee ee ----8 —s A TD
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s t al % Q : 1. , : S| * — of past differences. gard to our past differences. Why Can’t We Forget Our Past Differences? 4 RDINARILY the question of past differences should not enter at all in the relations between two Com- munist groups who in the present both subscribe to the policies of the omintern. But somehow this does ot happen. For some reason or other past differences are forcing their | y thru and are becoming the “big | thing” in the discussion. Why? There re three main reasons for it. One is the coming party conven- . Had there been no convention, ‘decision of the Comintern would hive finally settled the matter. All) real Communists in the party out any discussion at all as to who was right and who was wrong. But there is a convention coming, with a pre-convention discussion period. Hence, the whole thing is thrown open and naturally also the question Two is the election of a new Cen- tral Executive Committee. This means the selection of the party’s leadership, undoubtedly a great and serious matter for the party to de- cide upon. This is bound to precipi- tate a struggle, under all conditions, particularily when the momentum gen- ted in the past struggle over real erences between the majority and ; minority has had no time to end itself, and when two organized groups stand against each othtr in the party. Comrade Zinoviev must have known what was coming when he proposed that the composition of the Central Committee of our party be initiated in since |f lig VT jie: Moscow. He proposed that the present so : part of both groups to thes Comintern on thé GAmerican 14 Let ve readjust ourselves to the intern decision. IRST, let me state that tlie libble about. It is clear and un- yu univocal and permits of * ‘little arp. on. It says what it means ‘it means exactly what it says. en Comrade Kuusinen introduced report of the American Commis- on to the Plenum of the Enlarged cutive of the Comintern, he formu- ated the issues in the American party in the following way: “The question upon which the con- flict arose in the American party was | whether the party should fight in the immediate future for a Labor Party or not.” The point that needs,emphasis here (emphasis and not interpretation) is the expression in the above statement of Comrade Kuusinen which says: “in the immediate future.” Why must this be.emphasized? Not because it adds. to or changes anything in the Comin- tern decision, but because it disposes once and for all of the myth that the majority was opposed to the fight for a Labor Party in principle. — According to Comrade Kuusinen the question was, shall We or shall we not ‘fight for a Labor Party in the imme- diate future? The majority said: No. The minority said: Yes. On this point the minority was right. Not on the question of principle, because the question of the labor party in prin- ciple was never involved. Anyone who tries to misrepresent the past discussion as a discussion on the labor in principle is failing in’ his ‘to. pase ee Comintern to the American question. What was the basic teature: akaie political analysis given by the majo ity following fhe last presidential ele tions? It was this: That the La Fol ) lette movement had captured or swal- lowed the labor party movement and that the backward working masses are accepting the petty bourgeoisie La Fol- lette movement as their own! move- ment, as the new party that they wanted to see created. This statement was a cor e ct ex- pression of the real situation. On this point the decision of the Comintern says: “Prior to the last presidential elec- tions, however, the petty bourgeois liberal opposition movement léd by La Follette came’ to the foreground and irresistibly captured the mass Ben- timent of the semi-conscious, anti-cap- italistically inclined workers and farm- ers.” And further on we find the same point elaborated even more. Says the decision of the Comintern: — _ OUR DAILY PATTERNS A PRACTICAL GROUP OF GARMENTS FOR BABY 5172. This makes a splendid set of “first short clothes” comprising three desirable garments. Dress, Petticoat, and Combination—Waist and Bloom- ers. The Pattern is cut in 5 sizes: 1, 8, 4, and 4 years. A 2 year size re- quires 11%, yard of 86 inch material for the Dress, 1% yard for the Petti- coat, and 14% yard for tht Combina-, tion. 9 NOTICE TO PATYERN BUYERS—The atterns being sold thru the DAILY wo RKER pattern department are fur- he by a. New York firm of pattern a Ww Orders are. forwarded by RKER every day ag re- oy Re ant! they are mailed wy the mae: facturer direct. to the customer. AILY WORKER does not keep a stock f patterns on hand. Delivery of _ terns ordinarily will take at least 10 se from the date of mailing the order. not become impatient if your pattern is : | A JAUNTY “PLAY SUIT” 4905. Chambrey, pongee and repp would supply very satisfactory ma- terials for this garment. The front forms extensions under which ample pockets are arranged. The “drop” hack fastens over a waist portion. This is a very practical model. The Pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 2, 3, 4 and 5 years. A 4 year size requires 2% yards of 27 inch material. . FASHION BOOK NOTICE! | $end 12c in silver or stamps for. our up-to-date Fall and Winter, 1925.26, Bdok ‘of Fashions, showing color plates and containin designs of ladies’, misses’, and children’s patterns, a con- cise and comprehensive article on dress- making, also some points ae the needle { of the simple dreesme e. “a valuable hints to the No aine r ker “A Ve Build the DAILY WORKER with subs. 4, * @y* eae * Comin- } tern decision is not a document to a | movement toward a labor party in the 7 thie seoveniens dgutra® the teneiiaiar’ of a labor party, a ee ee demand an it t proletarian class policy; they preferred to accept the guardianship of an oppo- sition party of the petty pourgeois.” This is precisely the political analy- ‘sis given by the majority and it was janto the upon this correct political analysis that the majority losed its opposition to the fight for a labor party in the fsequentiw’«i;, immediate future. This opposition was wrong. Why? see the inevitable coming of a fresh immediate future, because we were too skeptical about the ability of the, labor party movement to recover soor from the disintegrating influence the La Follette movement, and be use we lacked confidence in the these conditions to promote a bor party movement. Passing Differences and Fundamental Differences. de@ision of the Comintern sets the party right on the question of fighting for a labor partyin the imme- diate future. But that is not all. The Comintern decision sets the party right on many other points which are ‘much more basic and fundamental for our future labor party policy. For instance: How soon shall we begin to resort to organizational measures in our labof party policy? Says the Comintern: “It would be a mistake for us to begin too prematurely with the or- ganizational measures for the forma- tion of a labor party. This could only give the La Follette crowd a trump card in their fight against the labor party movement and-aid them to re- consolidate their ranks. We, however, should drive an ever deeper wedge into the La Follette movement.” How shall we fight for a labor par- ty? Merely by the use of the slo- gan? No! “This is not to be done abstractly, for it would not succeed in this man- ner, but in immediate connection with the most urgent everyday demands of | the workers.” When are the conditions ripe for the formation of a labor party? “The conditions for the successful formation are not ripe as long as there is not a firm mass basis of trade emphasizing ‘this | Is Communist leadership ‘in ‘the bor party an absolute prerequisite/| r its formation? No! “The Communists need not demand nor even expect that the labor party will immediately be a revolutionary, radical party of workers, in which the Communists will have to take the lead. In this respect the slogan has been put somewhat too narrowly by the minority of the C. E. C. It is very possible that in America at first there will be for a time at the head of the labor party similar reformist labor traitors to those in England, or en worse.” Shall we form labor parties consist- ng only of the Workers Party and its ympathizers? No! “If the Workers Party were merely to be combined with the organizations sympathizing with it, nu labor party could be formed from this combina- tion,” Shall we split off the left wing from the broad labor party mcv::ment to transform it into a mass Communist Because we failed to | workers the Comm tality of the labor party slogan un- | basis eral im ci (of which I shall ail in my subsequent mittee f a 3 app + this reformu- lated policy, gpg 0:nn continua- tion will ¢ a large measure union su the | e tral et ree | ee ely right ; point.” —— Party? Says the Comintern: s* for feos on of the Labor emphasized ss hae in mind) to endeavor ae i into a We must cathe Masses Ip tie revolutionary let this left wing "labor party and at } take the most adé ry element: sages . This polic both prior to a J ) oe canes on ofthe labor. party and su Shall we | the role of the ? the Workers Party as Party of the country red nor min- : “= nh demands that our t and further develop ‘its lat tactics on the of the * ation in the United § already being done. Tal Executive Com- mittee has ormulated a labor party. which ids .adjusted to meet. the mn. On sey- upon the unific teak of the Communist forces in ‘the party and the complete liq # Lorersm. This will be uidation | the big job of the coming party con- vention, © ape GES oa Foreign Exchange. 4 NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—Great Brit- ain, pound Sterling, demand 4.85%; cable 4.85%. France, franc, demand 4.68%; ® 4.89. Belgium, franc, demand 4.51%; cable 4.52. Italy, lira, demand 3.68%; cable 3.63%. Sweden, krone, deminnd 26.85; cable 26.88. Norway, €, demand 18.64: cable 18,56. Denhiark, kro krone, demand 22.98: cable 23.00.' Germany, mark, no quote, Shanghai, 'taél; demand 78; cable, no quote. VCore 4 Build the DAILY WORKER. ve Paarl> Ste, Four hundred he sg a resolution pro- cole ae st the imperialist cam- paign ye hina, and calling for sup- port of So} et Ruaeia. The epeakers were L, Lee, repre- senting the Kuomintang Party, and Wm. Simons, District Organizer of the Workers’ Party, Connecticut Dis- trict. Comrade Simons and local Hart- ford comradse paid a visit to the lo- cal headquatters of the Kuomintang Party, and were impressed by the files of ten Chinese newspapers, pictures of Sun Yat Sen, the Kuo- mintang leader, and of several Chi- nese revolutionary martyrs, who fell in the struggle against their oppres- sors. The meeting served to establish closer relations between the Work- ers Party, Local Hartford and the Chinese workers of Hartford, 70 of whom are organized in the Kuomin- tang Party. SYLVAN LAKES PARK Free! $800 Touring Car; —_ DANCING ALL DAY await you. minutes, By Trolley: get off in and get 0 PUBLIC FESTIVAL for the Benefit of the DAILY WORKER and UL ELORE Under the auspices of the workingmen of. Philadelphia, Trenton and Roebling Sanday, August 16, 1925 $120 Radio Set; $60 Gold Watch and 96 other valuable articles: FIRST CLASS ORCHESTRA REFRESHMENTS Singing Contest — Athletic Events — Bathing — Fishing Boating and Other Amusements. REAL HUNGARIAN GOULASH AND ,PAPRIKA FISH Ticket $1.00—Children Free ary DIRECTION—By Boat: Take the Wilson Line oat (Chestnut Street Pier) at 9 A. M. to Burlington. By Busses: At Camden Ferries Park Buss; it takes you direct to the Park. Hyss leaves every 30 At Campden Ferries tak urlington at Broad Street. at 13th Street, walk left one squate ‘fs {[o BURLINGTON, N. J, fy $300 Parlor Suit; Free! —_ At Burlington committee will &ke Sylvan. Lakes the Trenton car; nae the greén car to the Park. Then. a ° . tw —s was — “a * ws > aa ¥. # sl an wae — — os F ag Os ARE NS: AES, BRE eal. IEE Wa EO F: oe ah eae A =) = aia - 2 The Daily Worker TILDERS AT WORK Is a Labor Paper. THERE’S AN “ARGUMENT” ON EVERY PACE. us how they the subs they the subs wee One gets this Builder who asks that his The DAILY WORKER: _..,, These subs I am sending ers with only one argument. I showed the machin# also about the situation is had a number of items in job was easy. ae Then on the same day, in “3 ! running on the situation in his Chicago. That worker would ~ his sub. ers that the DAILY WORKER of subscription bait. There’s a good argument every page. And all of them show what a of good arguments there are for the DAILY From one Builder after another we receive letters _—e send in—and whom they reat num ORKER. a sub from a plumber, another from a brick- layer, another from a machinist—and all say something like name not be used: a I got from two different work- ni | the news about hig.tinite and is union (the DAILY WORKER t issue) and from then on the d in the same issue—I showed a clothing worker the big stories the DAILY WORKER was trade in both New York and have followed me to give me I am sure that if we had more people to show the work- is a paper that carries news of interest ONLY to workers—and in every trade—we would not need special offers, special prices, premiums and all sorts for the DAILY WORKER on Yours for more Builders to give these arguments, more of. as this builder well su on every page. an argument (and a good one!) for the This loyal builder who has steadily contributed his ef- forts with splendid results is the type the movement needs With a fairly large size army of Builders, no “bargain” metods to build the DAILY WORKER would be necessary— Without question—there is AILY WORKER NEGROES HAVE RIGHT TO LAND PETTIGREW SAYS Praises Soviet Union, _ Condemns Wall Street SIOUS FALLS, South Dakota, Aug. Senator R. F. Pettigrew, addressing i 0th anniversary of the freedom of the American Negroes, said that the Ne- groes should have ben giver the land on which they worked when freed. The Negroes were justified in leaving the south, Pettigrew said. America is a backward and barbar- ous nation, Pettigrew continued, 56 per cent of the land in the middle west is owned by “parasitical land- lords”, and that most of the wealth / of the United States is in the hands of a few persons. Pettigrew de- nounced the domination of Wall Street. - He praised Lenin, and declared that the workers and farmers of America |_AS WE SEE IT | (Continued from page 1) ever gained any concessions, not to speak of freedom, from their masters in the recorded history of the human race except by fighting. They can see the once despised Riffians now ex- alted to the position of almost equals by the proud militarists of France and Spain, They can see the Chinese. ‘}long trodden on by every capitalist peddler that came along, rising to the height of their dignity and showing invader the cglor of their It is working. steel, ~ HE Communists tell the Negroes that their freedom depends on their own organized might. . It is un- fortunate that many white workers should be prejudiced against the Ne- groes.. This prejudice, like all other brands of race and color prejudice is the fruit of ignorance. white workers know that all world labor, black and white and of all shades in between, are brothers and that they have only one enemy: the exploiter. The radicals want unity of all workers. Labor fakers like Green should support the Soviet Union. He urged confiscation of land, railroads and banks by the workers. Your Union Meeting Second Wednesday, August 12, 1925. Name of Local and Place No. of Meeting. Blacksmiths’ District Council, 119 S$. Throop St 1 Botter Makers, Monroe —s Racine. 10 Carpenters, 12 Garfield Bivd. 21 oe aaa Western and Lexing- 242 Fs 5443 “ ar Ave. 1693 Carpenters, 505 S. 1784 Carpenters, 1638 N. “Halsted St. H. Fehling, Rec. Sec’y., 2253 Grace St. Irving 7597. 1922 Carpenters, 6414 S. Halsted St. Carpenters, 1581 Maple Ave., Evan- ston, 4 Coopers, 6901 Escanaba Ave. Hod Carriers, 1352 W. Division St. Hod Carriers, 810 W. Harrison St. Jewelry Workers, 19 W. Adams St. Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren Street, Marine Cooks, 357 N. Clark St. ‘Machinists, 113 S. Ashland Bivd. TAachinists, 735 N. Cicero Ave. Maintenance of Way, 426 W. 63rd St. Painters, eg ems & Main Sts., Evanston, Plasterers, 910 Ww. Mon St. Railway Carmen Dist. Council, 5445 S. Ashland Ave. Railway Carmen, 5444 Wentworth Railway Carmen, 5445 Ashland Ave. Railway FPREROM, 426 W. 63rd St., W. Adams 7:30 p. Roofers, 777 St. Sheet Metal, 714 W. Harrison St. Sheet etal. 5324 S. Halsted St. 7: “175 W. Washington St. Ashiand | :30 p. Teams: Poss Teamsters (Meat), 220 S&S. Bivd. Teamsters (Bone), 6959 §S. Halsted | Street. Tuckpointers, 810 W. Harrison St. | Tunnel and Subway Workers, 914 . Harrison St. otherwise all Note—Uniess stated 7 Waiters, 234 W. Randolph %. apna et | ——— FE A +» + » + A A» dp bp bp bn, be tn he ton hinthon St. Louis, Mo., Phone Forest 8749. Attention! | Joe Kaizer Candy Co. | HOME MADE CANDY ICE CREAM LIGHT LUNCHES PHILIP RACHEFF, Manage: 4975 EASTON AVENUE a PP yee, Mo. 164,131. complete uncontested votes for 43 peorenes by a firing squad. want disunity so that he and his kind can be in a better position to sell them for cash. T is now definitely established that the man who helped Ellis Searless, editor of the Mine Workers Journal, prepare the articles exposing “radical activities’ in the United States, is no other than Bert Clarke, former public- ity man for the Logan County, West Va., scab coal operators, the same gang that employed the notorious Don Chaffin, to shoot down members of the U. M. W. of A. Clarke is now suing the officers of District 14 and also John L. Lewis and Thos, R. Ken- nedy of the Internaitonal Union. The old story of thieves falling out, a * . HE distress in Ireland is not due to crop failure but to unemployment according to the most recent dis- patches. There are over 60,000 un- employed within the jurisdiction of the Northern government and 100,000 in the area governed by the Free State. This shows an appalling per- centage of unemployment. Granting that one out of every four of the four million population of Iréland, north and south, is a worker in some call- ing, the figures mean that one out of | every six is without work. The Irish | workers are learning that capitalism | ‘and not British rule only is their en- emy. Brookhart Still Leading. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Senator Smith W. Brookhart was k*ding his democratic rival, Danufsi Ste.™, by 213 votes today in the recount of lowa’s vote for the senatorship. The figures were: Brookhart, 164,344; Steck, These figures represented the NE counties. Caribinier Is Executed. BARCELONA, Aug. 11.—Ramon Ro- mero, the caribinier found guilty of murder in shooting Captain Alonzo, whom he held responsible for his dis- missal from the caribine troop, was The radical) o ‘Tete ARE is MHLY ell hiterested i in itv Crouch and Trumbull Case By L. P. RANDALL. LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 11— The other day, while selling DAILY WORKERS at the slave market, a re- cruiting officer was there looking for young men willing to “travel and see the world.” A civilien, who was in conversation with the soldier at the. time, asked me to give the paper to the man in U. 8. uniform. The writer was pleased to do so, and he found out that the “boy in gray” knew a lot abput the Crouch-Trumbull case. ‘Where did you get your informa- tion from concerning the coriviction of Crouch and Trumbull?” this Uncle Sam servant was asked.—‘‘From the DAILY WORKER,” was the answer, . Now this soldier can be seem read- ing our daily fn public while waiting for the next boy hungry enuf to jein the army or navy—as the case may be, t- Ms Rauleton Criticizes Darrow. {”~ Judge John T. Raulston, in an ad- dress at the North Shore Congrega- tional church here, criticized Clarence Darrow, his religious views and his defense, and praised W. J. Bryan in a flowery eulogy. Raulston revealed how biased was his attitude toward the Tennessee anti-evolution law, when he presided over the Scopes trial. ie BELLAIRE, Ohio, Aung. 11—A pie- nic will be held at Klee, Ohio, on Sun- day, Aug. 16, beginning at 11 o'clock, a. m., by the city central committee of the Workers (Communist) Party of Bellaire, Ohio. New Writers _ \Are sure to develdp with the growth of the Com- munist movement in this country. To these new writers the Little Red Library presents an unusual op- portunity. Original manuscripts on any subject, from a working class viewpoint will be given the closest 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 vs. Class Collaboration by Ear! R. 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He has resolved | revolts must quickly come, to and end if | ; ‘to Start a new thrift movement. By | in victory or defeat. Teer Ages a ) If the meek and lowly Nazarene whose mother rode into Bethle-| pequcing his own salary of $5,000 a/| ference if itis a — v7 sth a ms | hem on an ase—according to religious mythology—prior to being] year? No, indeed! He can not afford | fon or in «scl abst % ered mee f William Jennings Bryan} that. What he proposes to do ig to ruggile in: Vaihalla a ha! no ogc aeog hristian sg the ei cut the wages of the scavengers. But this struggle which, is now be- — plea lbs ghee A. sapamtran 2p vl : The city of San Diego employs 190} ing led by the cloak and dressmakers should be able to carry on an entertaining conversation on the evolu-| negroes at $4.50 a day. to handle garb-| has overcome this general rule. It is man with the Breslau group? Not Possible. tion of christian - ethics during the 2,000 years that spanned the| age. Rhodes considers ae dor to - en ery = the peta ‘We permit ourselves to say that it fi extravagant. He has deci to cut} i fying oadening itself. | i, not possible, a complete true unifi- earthly careers of both prominent historic figures. ft to $400. In justification he says: | The self-defense of the-masses which cation. Not because both sides do not agree in principles. No. If Breslau and Sigman have any principles they | are surely one and the same. There is no true unity possible be- tween them because of other reasons. First, the struggle between them has gone so far that the personal bitter- ness engendered cannot be rooted out. Second, it appears that Sigman is such a person with whom nobody can work harmoniously and nobody ever will. Anarchcist by Nature. we. Sigman’s egoism has no limit. He is a true individualist, who cannot work in a collective manner. He does not recognize any other opinion but his own, no other persons understand- ing, and no collective will. He has a hame as a “strong man”, with a “strong character.” There are some who figure that as something to his credit, but in truth this is his biggest fault. In truth he _ Jesus of Nazareth was as poor as the proverbial church mouse and not only did he hold his own poverty in high esteem, but his Pp da had a most demoralizing effect on the minds of those who had set out to amass worldly goods. Jesus of Nazareth held it inconsistent with christianity for a follower of that creed to ac-} eumulate wealth. He stated emphatically that it is harder for a rich man to get into heaven than for a camel to get thru a needle’s eye. In those days a man who could purchase half a dozen camels or a dozen ero be considered a man of wealth. Today such a man would not be eligible to join the Fish Fan’s club on the ground of disgusting poverty. If the owner of half a dozen camels, could not get into heaven without experiencing almost insurmountable dif- ficulties, how in the name of evolution could a man who possessed the enormous fortune of $860,000.00 get there? This sum is the value of the wealth that William Jennings Bryan left behind him. Since Constantine the Great murdered all his relatives in the name of god, it is doubtful if there lived a man who so widely advertised his piety as William Jennings Bryan. He} part of Rhodes. He is accomplishing was a good christian and he did not care how many knew about it. akin nat Gale pone te naar bw The fact that christianity paid, made it ever so much easier to be a Sigman’s pogrom has ,prevoked has been transformed into ,a powerful struggle against the pogrom leaders. The tasks of the revolting masses in this struggle have almost become a daily routine. Day in and day out it is the same, only with. more fire and more audacity. Apparently this fact itself is an in- dication which shows that me yeas “Why should I not save the taxpayers this money?” - Cheapest of the Cheap. San Francisco some time ago lost ‘to San Diego the palm for having the stingiest ‘taxpayers in the United States. Rhodes is determined that the “Port of Lost Opportunity” will keep that palm. Even if it is not tangible, it is of significant value. The savings to be effected by cut- ting the wages of the scavengers will amount to $28,000 per year (on a basis of 300 workdays). As there are 14,000 taxpayers concerned, the ap- preciable sum of $2.00 net a year aver- age, is to be saved to each and every one’of the contributors to: the munici- pal exchequer. This is substantial thrift on the hae, such conditions it be easy for Breslau and his co) to deliver from their locals all they might wish to. And there « not be a doubt that if they will the attempt to throw the whole of their locals into the io gg side of the pogrom leaders, tha provoke a shaking-up in those themselvés. The chiefs of the Bres- lau group then will need to seek as- } sistance from others rather than be able to give assistance to other politi- cians. ers is ‘such a phena must bring about an situation, Prepaid for Decisive Finish. It appears that the tens of thou- sands of members of the International view their present struggle as a de- cisive one. It appears that the cloak and dressmakers have decided once and for all to liberate themselves from their misleaders. The Joint Ac- tion Committee which leads the strug- gle has taken into its hands every 10n which together new Coa Cae tte gee. ee Re Sonate Aut Rge oppression of French bankers, folloy in part Excuses for French Failure. “There can be no doubt that ene of And just so,can the assistance of the bosses in the season not have greater value than they give now to ~ whe gx &. a gives the taxpayers a clear profit of battler for the lord. If his god demanded that he wear sackcloth instead of B. V. D.’s and powder his body with ashes instead of talcum, it is doubtful whether Bryan would make such lusty war on a rite at SSE that he is worthy of his hire. $23,500, or nearly four times as much he is paid. That ought to show It indi- knowledge, the foe of religion, during the latter part of his life. to see him try to squeeze thru the eye of a needle. ocean. No doubt he will send us messages a la Northcliffe. , 2 the “Commoner” was being crucified on his own cross of gold. The Anglo-F rench Conflict iy ! ‘ most constantly at war with each other. i | a ' other suspiciously across the channel. Bryan’s fortune is only a little short of a million. We would like Surrounded by his money bags, he would exceed in girth quite a considerable camel. We are of the opinion that so successful a publicity man as Bryan will continue to get on the front page from the other side of the dark What we would like to know is, whether possession of a million dollars is «~~ considered a bar to membership in the heavenly kept Bryan outside \jne gates for a couple of million years, until his descendants suc- ceed in exchanging it for liquor or poker chips, it could be said that roverawe For centuries the ruling classes of England and France were al- Up until the time of the formation of the entente cordiale, which was a security pact against Germany, of the same character as the one England is now trying to frame against Russia, the two great European powers eyed each Their agents were at logger cates that he deserves employment as a city manager. That is his main pur- pose. ; Negroes Inured to Poverty. As to the scavangers, they should not complain. Rhodes might be of- fended if they did. Then they would probably fare worse. The city man- ager undoubtedly came out of a col- lege with a B. to C. (Born to Com- mand) degree, flitting him to be an executive. If the Negroes manifest discontent, he may show them that he could cut their pay $1.00 a day as easily as 50 cents. By assuming an E. N. M. (Expect No Mercy) look, Rhodes would quickly the scanvengers and then chivalrously hand over the $150 taken from’ each of them to the taxpaytrs. The beneficiaries, grateful to their Robin Hood, would énjoy the savings effected and mark up the value of their property $285,000, based on the $28,500 economy. Banks would loan so much more on the appropriation. Rhodes would be given the credit for heads in every part of the world where the rival bagmen of the two imperialisms stepped on each other’s corns. During the world war which wrecked Germany as a world power, much sentimental gushing was indulged in by the hack writers of England and France. Lasting friendship between the two nations was cemented by the blood poured out by both on the same battle- fields against the same enemy! This is what the hack writers wrote and the statesmen said. What is the situation today? Seven years after the armistice be we find the French and British ruling classes at sword’s points. The interests of both robber groups conflict. Only the weakness of both | powers and the fear of revolution prevent a war between them. | 5 In Morocco, it is generally believed that Britain is aiding the | | to Riffians in their struggle against French imperialism. Not because Britain wants to see the Riffians free, but because she wants to see French power in Africa weakened. ily to | In Syria it is openly stated by French correspondents that Brit- ish intrigue has incited the natives to revolt. In return the Britisht J blame the French for John Bull’s troubles in Egypt, India and the a Near East. Both are undoubtedly correct. French correspondents attribute the British intrigue in French colonies and mandatories to an effort on the part of London to stop the Freneh government from “flirting with the Soviet government.” A few days ago the newspa- pers carried a story which indicates that substantial agreement has tions and education. the general improvemént, As to the scavangers, soon accustom themselves to the deprivation of $150 a year Knowing poverty well, they could ad- just themselves to the increased want. they would apiece. Ignorance Desired. Nearly all the negroes have families support. The 50 cents a day pro- vides many necessaries and comforts, shoes, clothes, food, etc. sum goes far to amplify education of the children. But, recruited from the most ignor- ant element in the Southern states and selected as unconscious of indus- crial injustice, the scavengers are eas- That little denied right to better living condi- It takes years train them to know what their labor entitles them to. White San Diego taxpayers flout the idea of education for their Negro wage slaves. down the wages the Negroes will be kept ignorant, and that is desirable. The whites of the California coast are hopelessly lazy and must have slaves. They seek Chinese, inos, Mexicans and Negroes and the They argue that by keeping ‘Japanese, Filip- heen reached between the Soviet Union and France on the very im- portant question of the debt. It is also hinted that the two govern- last mentioned are favored by them because they can be kept: ignorant’ ments are near an agreement on matters pertaining to the security pact which Britain has set her heart on. Britain has apparently succeeded-in making a servile tool out of her former rival Germany. It is not likely that she will be able to reconcile her interests with those of France. The whole business proy es the impossibility of the capitalists accommodating their dif- ferences peacefully. Nationally and internationally the conflicts within the capitalist system, tend to destroy it. It will take the longest. Setting Blacks Against Whites. City Manager Rhodes “knows his stuff” (California English). eonsumption of Negroes, he suggests that, if they do not accept the reduction of wages, their places can be easily filled by white men. For the the impressionable His suggestion is ‘truth- we ful. The average wages of white men , organized might of the working class to give it the farewell historical|im San Diego is much less than the : Ste ic j : > wi vy of the scavengers. It is very eee kick ¢ ‘econstruct society on a basis, in harmony with the needs | P@Y © Shady ommegae pate. probable that white men could’ be : ) , , , 5 of the producing classes and with industrial evolution. » ---—-— er mea operator If it is true that an amateur radio from Fremont, Nebraska. heard Novgord, Russia,’ a new danger for the American | bY capitalist class looms. How to keep Bolshevism out of the air is ene next important duty. Evolution, is surely the work of the devil. whether industrial of organic Now that. the aio a is hed its a iy in Washington, parade should wacenc te to the Knights of Columbus. the next . A war in the Pacific pon out of the question, said Rear Admiral Phelps. If so what is the idea in building so many battleships? ip Bi Tell it to the marines, admiral! 4 “Don’t abandon Europe” cries Lloyd George, in a speech to some : -American visitors in Wales. What’s the matter George? Isn’t Ran- | gis ae ‘dolph Hearst paying you for your miss: articles? etc, i amen an | ook har any as a Seeing” *p yet tag ev wees DAME AOE, CLP IO hired to take the places of the Ne- groes at as low as $15 a week. The blacks know this. They are terrified the white peril. To them it is a menace of starvation. So, continue to render indispensible serv- ice in their lower wages. and should be organized for future ac- tion. it is most likely that they will undesirable calling. at Nevertheless, they could A. F. of L. Indifference. The A. F. of L. of San Diego is a ability. real labor aristocracy, not interested in the plight of the Negroes. jeer at,any intimation that it should intervéne. It would A step in behalf of scav- engers might result in besmirching its immaculate relations with the Spreck- banks, new spapers, public utilities, | +e see : ae, ee ee possible weapon and is. prepared not to drop these weapons until the strug- gle is brought to the desired conclu- sion. Does the Sigman machine feel this? Yes, Sigman and his gang have long since understood this. And there- fore they have become desperate of late. Even Yanovsky in, his “Justice”, who but last week pinched. himself in the cheek and made believe that he was overjoyed at the result of the fake referendum—even.he came out this week with a howl. of conster- nation. — “It is hard to remain quiet and keep still,” he says, “seeing how this wild craziness (meaning. the revolt of the membership) drags in more and more people. You ' ‘think ‘perhaps we can save some yét, perhaps a word of é may ake many to im impossi- ble things that they are’doing. ” What Do, You. Mean. “Wild”? You understand that what ig “wild” and “impossible” to Yanovsky, ig that great phenomenon that more and more members have mustered them- selves in the struggle..to liberate themselves from the hooliganism of Sigman. But it is interesting to see that even Yanovsky has now started to cry openly instead of, pinching his own cheeks. “It is possible,” he says, “that it is now too late to warn, if it is true, as we hear, that this hysteria has now become a general epidemic in they union.” Sigman himself has ‘surely become more ‘desperate. He was forced to “fix” the resignations of two of his closest colleagues, Perlstein and Fein- berg. He was. foreed to take over himself the administration of the New York Joint Board, to take over the leadership of the pogrom on all fronts. What then are the prospects? And on what does Sigman build his hopes? Prospects. Sigman builds his hopes still in two directions: On the one hand, for a united front with the Breslau group; and on the other, for the unification of his machine with the bosses, from whom he expects to receive greater help, especially when the beginning of the season in the trade will be felt, which means at the time when there will be bundles in the shops. Sigman began to hope for the ac- tive support of the Breslau group as soon as he made peacq@, with the idea that Perlstein and Feinberg should re- sign, We have already,made clear in a previous article this;fact that the resignation of the two,pogrom-heroes was given more as a concession to the Breslau group than ag,a concession to the membership. «¢p, The Sigman clique was forced to that concession, and.gbey were cer- tainly forced more thry the powerful struggle of the membership than thru the pressure of the infernal machine opponents; but in agfeeing upon the resignation Sigman had in mind to receive a certain price. A Deal With Breslau. This consisted in the “delivery of the goods” by the Breslau group in the pogrom against the membership. Maybe there was no formal agreement, but the understanding is that the lead- ers of Locals 10, 35 and 48, should actively throw themselves into the struggle, they should deliver money and sluggers to the, limit of their At least that is the expecta- tion of the Sigman group. The assistance of the bosses in the season-time Sigman expects, because then they hope to be @lile to fight th« workers with the bun in the shops They know that the ¢loakmakers ar, hungry. Therefore they hope thai when the bundles coz they will be } is not a strong man but only a foolish and obstinate one. His character is not strong only wild. If Breslau, Dubinsky«and Ninfo, would be dependent upon Sigman’s good-nature, as are for instance Hel- pern, Wander and other fallen leaves who “stick” to Sigman, they would then perhaps unwillingly have to unit- edly act according to the orders of the chief. But in that case their help for Sigman would have the same value as, for instance, that of Lekhovitz or Seidman. They are not, however, so dependent upon Sigman. They are still on the payroll of their locals and not of the general office. But if no complete unity is possible, it is possible for the Breslau group to close a united front with Sigman to give him more assistance in the po- grom which he carries on. It is possi- ble that generally they should not love themselves as herétofore, but that in the offensive against the re- \volting membership they should begin a united front activity, more actively than heretofore. Unity With Bosses hbosader: And just as in the first front; it is also possible for the Sigman clique to receive additional support on the sec- ond one. That means to receive the unity is already long prepared. There is no doubt that in the season the bosses will be loyal to Sigman and his lieutenants. But now there is another question. Can this assistance on both fronts have a determining effect? Depends on Mémbership. This question can be answered, no. Sigman cannot receive any great help. Not from the Breslau group and not from the bosses. Regardless of the united strength, all of these unifica- tions are very weak as against an aroused membership, and cannot bring Sigman any substantial help. If the cloak and dressmakers themselves will not weaken in their struggle, then Sigman’s last hopes will also dis- solve. We’ must not forget the following: | Night Vigil (Inspired by the glorious fight of the militants of Local 22 against the Sig- man machine.) » They are coming—going, Groups of two, and three and more. Lips murmur, nostrils quiver— We'll fight on; our stronghold; we'll win. The vigil breaks the quiet of the night With undertones of hate and determin- ation To fight and conquer. Here and there, the total darkness Is penetrated by a face— Pale and warm ... Noble fighters... Eyes weary, yet bright In the hope of conquest. For many nights, many days— Sleep has not been theirs. The watch must be contin, ed, They feel it in their bones, their very souls. . All they possess. ... Thru countless years of sacrifice— struggle. .. One begins to hum, “Arise ye prisoners of starvation,” And many voices Weakened thru lack of sleep Pick up the air of challenge, “Tis the final conflict... .” J. KREININ, 4& New York City. assistance of the bosses. On this front. the Sigman machine. In the first place cloakmaker they cannot scaré the with the bundle any more. The treach- erous Maneuvers of the Sigman ma- chine have brought the trade to such bad conditions for the workers that the cloakmakers feel already that with silence they will not gain any bun- dlege.c.s . _ >, Bundles Poor Argument. And’ when he does receive bundles he cannot make a living at it. The suppressed voices of the workers are raising higher and higher. The pres- nl Tevolt against the machine has also come as an expression of protest againt'* the begging - The present revolt is an outcry against the wounds which have bese pong of scab and cooperation shops, and it eomes because of the better conditions in the union shops being abolished so that they cannot even earn the most necessary things for their livelihood. This revolt is a cry of pain against those’ ‘who have forced the workers to suffer in silence, against those who have: made this brutal pogrom simply because-the more conscious of the workers have dared to raise this cry and not choke in silence, ; Secondly, we can say the follow- ng: Acs f Beene will Suffer. If the bosses in the season will at- tempt’'to hurt the workers with the bundles they will without a doubt pay dearly for it. A strike against the boss, against machine terror, is a much stronger weapon then, then a strike in slack time. The workers will not be short of pickets as long as the struggle lasts, even in the busy season. And the bosses will certainly not get any joy out of these ogee at that time. It seems that the figure “to hurt the cloakmakers with bundles” will have to be discounted. Sigman will apparently very soon find out the mis- take invhis figures. Members Are Set On Victory. The saving of the Sigman clique can only come if the cloak and dress- makers should themselves weaken their struggle. But this is impossible to imagine. The struggle of the cloak and dressmakers is not an accident; it is a revolt from long years of suf- fering, @ revolt against union usur- pers who dragged. the workers into all kind of mire. Such @ revolt cannot, from i elf, be given up. And this struggle if con- tintied’‘as it will and must be, will surely bring defeat to the pogrom leaders, and the conditions of the workers will then be improved: Must Take the Offensive. In order to bring to an end the present struggtie, the cloak and dress- | makers must have in mind but one thing; they must see that the strug- gle should not be one of defense only, but much more on the lines of attack. They must lead the attack, and not the Sigman machine. All the attacks of the nlachine must be repulsed be- fore they are yet made. Maintaining the struggle on such lines the vic- tory will come all the sooner. Gun Squads Hunt -Bandit.. - MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 10.+ Gun squads of both St. Paul and Min-} neapolis were searching today for two!] ne@ro bandits who boarded the ‘din-} ing car of the crack Olympian ae of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. * railroad here last night and He six members of the dining car érew shortly before the train left here. s the times consider the question of the por of his campaign at home. How often must he ask himself: “Will my Bue ag Ale Ho French people, and will I receive es- sehtial support in the substantial form of ‘troops, arms, ammunition and sup- plies to prosecute my campaign?’ “Compare the situation of the de | Z tiative, to live end fight — A by himself and with the different fron’ the French soldier of « ea the world war. He is distinctly a team man. His individuality and ini- tiative are limited. | “The factor of morale is always im- — portant in any form of military or | civil endeavor. On the one hand we © have the French’ soldier away from > home, or a colonial engaged in oper- | ations against a neighbor, while the . | Riffan is at home or just across border, supported by the tradition centuries. The terrain, climate 2 a strange to a large percentage of the — French command, while the Riffian is on a battlefield of his own chossing. U. S. Hopes French Win. “It is a well-known principle of war that only an offensive campaign wins, This does not mean that all offensive | campaigns do win. The French today are strictly defensive in their tactics. Whether or not the French take the offensive will depend probably more upon the political factor than any other factor affecting the present sit- uation. If the offensive is taken and the campaign goes forward, is it not reasonable to assume that the French command will utilize the- weapons and means best suited to bring about @ decisive action? We may expect to see mobility used to overcome mobilé ity and each of the modern weapons utilized in its proper role. “Above all, keep the Riffian situa- tion in proper perspective. Consider all factors before drawing conclusions, and bear in mind that the army, and especially the ordrance, of a mocern nation of first magnitude, must be ready to meet all possible continge cies, and must not allow consider | tions peculiar to an isolated case | exert an undue influence on its orgail.- ‘ization, its ordnance of its tactical em- ployment. ~ _ Cost of Bridge in Workers’ Lives, CAMDEN, N. J., Aug. 10.—(FR)~— Two more workers’ lives have bee added to the cost of the great pension bridge across the Dela river, connecting Philadelphia Camden. Nie workers have been killed on the job to date. These last two were on a girder being plated in position on the approach to the bridge when the girder slipped and dropped with them 65 feet onto a flat car. NN The Search Starts, | : With an excellent description of the lone bandit who obtained between . 10,000 and $15,000 jn a daring 1 A " ‘theater robbery, police and detecti bureau squads today began an inte mre search for the man, |
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