Daily Worker
August 16, 1925
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oe ath - 8 ff i owhethér they should give it up or not. ite bo nat the fifteen di a = 4. Eis f : i ua on an week, to open | women of | 48 hour week labor amend- they | if i and ~ a VP. ruin the 4 Ht Preferably not. But there are politi- eal considérations. The German am- basatior’ as officially demanded the peturn -of this loot. Cal, figures out that: it is better to return the stuff rather*than stand the danger of losing ~the German vote. Nothing very ideal . shout the way capitalist governments act! * * @ - ET PERS coming into the office - *e& show that the report of the British _ Pclitical affiliations, delegatio DAILY: WORKER now running in The is being followed with -keen interest by the American workers. One of our solicitors tells of'a man who had only given him a month’s subscription but the next time | he saw him, the subscriber was so delighted with the British reports and the news about the Swedish and Ger- Man delegations, that he subscribed for a year. n, . ” a ROPAGANDA is now being carried on in Burope seeking to dis- courage delegations of workers from visiting the Soviet. Union. The work- ers who go there, regardless of their feel greatly en- ‘ thused over the progress made by the capitalists and their paid liars. they. proceed to dish out fantastic yarns about “model factories” and “niddel villages” after the fashion of Emina Goldman and Alexander Berk- ‘man, the anarchist renegadeg. But th's kind of a campaign is not work- ing. e@ next move willbe to de- maid” that. the governments refuse permission to workers to visit Russia. Alright! But this also will cause trouble. * * ° tHE following news item is so in- triguing that to comment on it would be as superflous as painting the lly or teaching a capitalist how to rob the. workers; “Athens—Unless they inform authorities of their inten- / ‘ions, Greeks, attempting suicide will be severely’ punished according to a (Continued on page 2) gecsce ie | he admits, but this ; ‘ 5 . - — 5 - ‘>. e ae > : dailies Strikers ratadhe, yesterday “The desperate stteaiitcee’ ae stetha has failed as miserably a ‘the other attempts,”. said Isadore So. |. yy Yesterday’s attempt was one, most brazen frame-ups that sibly be conceived.” besmirch the fight of the workers with manufactured news of the cor- rupted press. You can jail strikers, biit you cannot force them to go back to work, The raid is but another in- dication that the. end of the strike is coming very soon, that,.the Interna- tional is desperate. We are going to stay out until we win.” “There is only one law in this coun- try, the law for those who have money. Workérs? They are thrown in the | (Continued on page 2) Painters Local 275 Vote to Affiliate With State Conference The Painters’ Local Union 275 at their regular meeting held Tuesday, Aug. 11, passed a motion to affiliate with the Painters’ State Conférénce and elected F. Muer, John Heinrick- son and Charles Bossing as delegates to attend the conference to be held Sept. 10th at Champaign, Il. The local also indorsed a $resolu- tion sent out by Local Union 1348 at California, for international unity, and calling/on the painters’ convention to extend greetings to Purcell, the Brit- ish fraternal delegate to the A. F. of L. BERLIN POLICE KILL COMMUNIST PARADER IN STREET BATTLE f BERLIN, Aug. 14.—One Commun- ist was killed and several were wound- ed during a clash with the police to- night.’ The Communists were demon- stratirgg against the new tariff law plan aad the police took a hand to “restore \ order.” DISTRICT CONVENTION NOTICE The convention of District No. 8 of the Workers (Communist) Party of America will be held next Sunday, August 16, at the Workers’ ‘Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Bivd. The convention will open promptly at 10 a. m. Out of town delegates are requested to report directly at the convention hall. - (By @ ALLARD. © CHRISTOPHER, Ill., Aug. 1 re Another viitim of the coal mii was claimed T at East No. 12 of the Old Ben Coal > It was the first day that the had worked for five monthe, ; - previously a shutdown for months after working twd moi Degreeing }of the International Ladle’ ‘Workers are rapidly approaching t.|erisis. The disruption of Petiotsin n| earried disorganization in its train. Unemployment of mem all }in many cases with the knowledge of the officials, union shops send out | work. i ois at ee “2 re Wee eS . a ate les - Meat Taal ages err t 2 " . ete Wyk SS - oat are oe R. " os ve ¥ é ‘ee Members. “Face Third} i y Ee Condition within the Chicago union| is_ wide-| out: spread. Work Is being made in’ non-| aia union shops both in and out of town./ mg es wig Cee members Y dete, haiiea is with vague and flimsy offenses and “The raid was an attempt to ity to} “4 Terror pee age ‘ha&uled up before the grievance com- -“}mittee or special committees. The . Officials are also being incited by the ‘Bigman gang fo disrupt the union completely rather than let the mem- bers take control of it. ; The result is that two weeks ago Friday the Joint Board in their infi- nite wisdom appointed an “investi- among the cloakmakers as the “De- tective bureau,” the “Lusk committee,” or the “Snoopers,” to examine the heads of the members and discover if any were concéaling therein, any stray ideas tainted with “disloyalty” to the officials of the international. The crime of lese majesty is a seri- |Ous offense in the Sigman dynasty, rwhich intends to die just as nasty as it lived. “We—The I. L. G. W.” On Thursday the official snoopers, gathered together with all the pomp- ous dignity of the famous “Tailors of Tooley street,” had an. “investiga- tion,” Yes, sir. They yielded to none in cross-examining the prisoners— beg pardon, the members of the union. District Attorney Crowe could take-lessons from them in handling burglars, murderers and other per- sons guilty of like mild misdemean- ors compared with which opposition to Sigman is a grave offense subject to capital punishment by decapita- tion. The pce. ong committee” called in about teh members sus- pected of having ideas on unionism not consonant with themselves, Sig- man, Peristein, the manufacturers and the police. Knowing their own defici- encies they .wer hasty in taking the offensive and made the prisoners feel that they were in the presence of the prosecuting attorney. : Prisoners Before Their Accusers., The third degrees began. Those in custody were cross examined sep- aretly in the best “gold fish room” style. The uestion me somewhat as follows: “Did you attend the. mass protest meeting held under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee of Local 2,9 and 22? Do you sympathize with them? What is your opinion about the present officers, local and gen- eral? Do you know the decision of the general executive. board in regard to the actions of Local 2, 9 and 22?” Something Given for Nothing. The information was volunteeréd, (Continued on page 2) ‘Members are prateating the ed iy gation committee” otherwise known_ chine and who are in turn co-operating one bey: Ries AS RE Suh eat ei arer. “% , oi) ait’ oe ait Bs ‘ $ a P oiktermge Sedaniie eoeaee AY ee rf. Re a y'¢ SP Sek Le ae ae he tried to break the strike and % back to work at the . Which does the printing o Berry International ma- ny in forces. i Da ‘a lackey and lickspittle of Pa ‘a half. But evidently hear- “that the pressmen and feeders or ee to unite their forces, prob- 7 oe off by the Berry ma- Crambert hurried back to town 1 to. cal a meeting of the feed- on, strike at Cuneo’s. iracy to Block Amalgamation. t bright idea was to coax, Diackjack the feeders to go } work. If the feeders went International’s machine ‘Pressmen could point o“ feeders had broken the » and thus by setting No. 3 igainst each other, to be- the effort of the mem- 1 unions to amalgamate uled to take place stitute, Leavitt and gets, Saturday at 2:30). - ae gang.is making yom ag 7A, ¢ _ i bee + , _ SS cae 4 + ee et ae pet Toe ape | When Crambert tried to tell the feeders at Thufsday’s meeting that Cuneo’s shop was full of scabs and that they had‘to go back to prevent complete loss of the union, he sound- ed the wrong key, for the feeders knew the conditions at the plant. They resented the 'strikebreaking threats and actions of Crambert and altho he tried to hold a meeting secretly of feders only, the progressive feeders knew what was coming. — When the meeting opened, about 250 men, both feeders and pressmen also, were present, and when Crambert pulled his strikebreaking stuff a near riot ensued, in. which Crambert eés- caped physical injury only by the skin of his teeth. Tricked Them Before With Lie. Crambert has a bad name among the feeders, not only as a general faker, but for his lying method of getting them into the International three years ago by a promise that if they would go back in the International, the color houses would be won back in three months. It is now three years since Cram- bert made that promise and the men agreed to accept the proposition. But the color houses still remain where they were three years ago, The feed- ers are determined to defeat all ef- forts to split them away from the wressmen, who ware kept thoroly in- formed of all moves of the Berry ma- fully with the feeders. CARTOON OF “BERRY” SCAB IN NEXT MONDAY'S ISSUE OF “DAILY” The next issue of the DAILY WORKER will carry a striking car- toon on “Strikebreaker’” George L. Berry. The artist is the noted labor cartoonist Fred Ellis. Confer on Kluxers’ Murder Case. NOBLESVILE, Ind., Aug. 14—Judge Will Sparks of Rushville arrived here and immediately went into confer- ence with Judge Fred Hines of-Ham- ilton circuit court in regard to the trial of D. C. Stephenson, Ear] Klinck The tine of | same revealed as an attempt} » pressmen and feeders be-/| whose reputation is well “been on a vacation for a} SAYS LEWIS AT PHILLY ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 14.— The scene of the anthracite wage controversy has shifted to Philadel- _phia. John L. Lewis, international president of the United Mine Work- ers of America, was to establish pong aa aaa there yesterday after- ge ee of our whlon expect to confer with bituminous union lead- ers,” Lewis said.. “There has been no change in the situation.” Samuel D. Warriner of Philadel- phia, ehairman of the operators’ pol- icy committee, has not replied to Lewis’ note stating that no further correspondence was desired unless the operators changed their stand. Hired Detective Agency to Supply Finks This is the third of a series of ar- ticles exposing the record of. the notorious strikebreaker “Majah” Geo. L. Berry, president of the Internation- al Printing Pressmen’a and Assist- ants’ Union. ARTICLE IIL. “Majah”) Berry, like many other high officials of the American Feder- ation of Labor, has conveniently for- gotten the early history of the trade union movement in this country, when the unions and the men who organized the unions believed in fight- 28 grog the epic ¢ for better letee the? mem «nf: ‘Today Hateyt ‘Claims to be a-prominent business mean and one of those good labor leaders who never have any quarrels with the bosses. If Berry does not quarrel with the bosses, he cannot say the same about his relations with the members of his own union. Broke Two Strikes. He has succeeded in breaking two strikes in New York and getting David Simons, former head of Web Pressmen’s Union, Local 26, black- listed by the newspaper publishers, after expelling him from the union. The “crime” committed by Simons was that he believed in making the publishers live up to their agreements. Even a capitalist newspaper, the Brooklyn Daily Times, admitted that the publishers broke the strike of the New York web pressmen in Septem- ber 1923. In its issue of July 19, 1925, the Times, commenting on a court de cision which gave Simons the right to a jury trial in his fight with Berry, said:- “Simons lost his position in the union following the pressmen’s “out- law” strike in September, 1923, that practiclaly tied up the printing of newspapers in the city for nearly a week and was finally crushed thru the efforts’ of Berry in bringing in pressmen from other cities.” Hired Detective Agency. The pressmen and feeders of Locals Berry’s strikebreaking activities here are not novel. During the pressmen's strike of 1919 in New York City, Berry was not able to break the strike with the aid of stool pigeons from the inter- (Continued from page 2) Mixed Court Deals in Unmixed Injustice to Chinese Newspapers By ROSTA SERWICE. SHANGHAI, July 12.—(By Mail.) — The editor of the newspaper Hot Blood was tried in the mixed court cn Saturday under the charge of “dis- turbing order” in the settlement. The prosecution was based on the fact that the police had fomnd in his possession a thousand copies of his own paper, as well as some books and writings of the noted Chinese Communist Chen Tah-chie. 3 and 4 in Chicago already know that} LEWIS OPENS OFFICES AT PHILA. HOTEL Operators’ Editor Says} Strike Sure PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 14— John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Woarkers of America, has established his headquarters at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel here. He refused to comment today on the hard coal situation. He listened with interest to the questions of re- porters but kept silent, except to say, “Here will be my headquarters for some time.” In the event of a strike of anthra- cite miners September 1, the coun- try east of Buffalo, N. Y., will be the principal sufferer. Chicago and the territory west of Buffalo will feel it in a much lesser degre. This was the statement made by Andréw. T. Murphy, publisher of the Black Diamond, a national coal jour- nal, In his opinion, Murphy said, a strike was inevitable and he believed, there is little likelihood of the government intérferring. B.S, AND A. U, IS BULLDOZED BY A SOCIALIST GANG Meeting Monday May Fight Back (Speciat to The Daily otey. NE iW. ORK GI was ee aan te Who labie movement, and perused the bi- ography of Ernest Bohm “and wonder- | ed how he had become the tool of the reactionary wing of the movement, at this late day. About two weeks ago, ‘Bohm flashed a very poorly typed sheet of paper before me, and said, “Sign this!” If I remember, it was addressed to Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor and contained, after a lot of explanation a request, to empower Organizer Frainie here in New York to expel and member from the Bookkeepers,’ Stenographers’ and Accountants’ Union, who did not suit the officers, were audacious enough to oppose them or had the courage to criticize their neglect in propagating for new members. Terrorizing Girls. I am ashamed to admit that I signed my name, much against my convic- tion and opinion, .to this document, but I am a working girl glad to have a position, and Bohm, big and strong stood towering over me and well—lI was afraid to refuse. The Bookkeepers’, Stenographers’ and Accountants’ Union for years was known as a progressive, if not a rad- ical union, and I have been a mem- ber for many years, but it has re trogated shamefully. Bright-Bohm Mismanagement. It is managed, or better mismanaged by Bohm, secretary, now conserva- tive trades unionist, and one Bright, as president, a dyed-in-the-wool so0- called socialist. . Some of my friends worked in the now defunct “Call” office under Bright, and they used to tell me, that a more overbearing boss and dictator could hardly be found in a capitalist office. ' Violations of the injunction restrain ing miners of district 21 from in terfering with operation of coal companies in Sebastian County are. charged, in a motion -filéd by the Mammoth Vein Colliery for an attachment for comeany Thousands Arrested — (Special to The Daily Worker) WARSAW—Three Communiete, Tu- rovitch, Kniewski and Rutkowek! were attacked In a2 Wareaw street $y agents of the Polish secret polices. The der paragraphs 51a . czar regime crimina Directly a made in the sued a, manifesto that . “The fight against then: and the bourgeois pple will cease. In the place of the — ‘hee heroes shot down today 1,000 new.ones will arise.” At the same time, the of- ficial organ of the Robotnik, condoned these last acts of for more energetic actions against the Communists. Workers’ Delegation Protests. There has arrived * Warsaw statement issued from Moseow members of verious workers’ trade union delegations visiting there from Germany, Sweden, France, etc. This statement calls upom the workers of the world to protest against the re- cent excesses of the Polish terror among which are mentioned the mur- ders of Baginski, Wierczorkievitch, Haithek and Pilarchek in addition to the three- wounded Communists now on trial, The labor movement of the whole world is-asked to agitate for the release of these last victims. - . - MARSAW—The bourgeois, semi-of- ficial Rsheteh Pospolita has the fol- lowing to say about the ten “gentile” manner in which the white terror ts being conducted in Polen, “Howhere are the Communists tréated @ hu- manely as in our country. When po litical prisoners pass thru the werk- ers’ quarters the workers sing ‘the “International” and call out their revolutionary slogans. The police Keep silence altho they are justified to use their arms in quelling such turbances. In Bulgaria it is quite ferent. When the Communist terror- ists are led thru the streets thers, At the last meeting of this union, the administration with help of a (Continued on page 2) everybody knows that expressions of sympathy will be answered by the /Tevolver and the sword.” WORKERS PARTY ENTERS MAYORALTY CAMPAIGN, GITLOW FOR MAYOR, AND KRUMBEIN FOR ALDERMANIC BOARD NEW YORK, August 14.—Benjamin Gitlow was nominated as the Work- ers (Communist) The court found that Mr. Chen’s articles were directed against impe- rialism and too much in favor of Com- munism, and Earl Gentry on a murder charge growing out of the death of Madge Oberholtzer of Indianapolis last April. | and as the paper urged the | Party’s candidate for mayor at a nominating convention held here, with one hundred and fifty delegates present. Charles Krumbein | was nominated for president of the board of aldermen and William Wein stone, comptroller. The Workers Party nominating convention also selected candidates for ‘population to unite in their struggle Boro officers in Manhattan, Bronx, Kings and Queens. Resolutions on political | against imperialism, the editor was | Prisoners, trade union unity, the struggle in the needle trades; the DAILY fined $150. WORKER, imperialism and Soviet Russia were also passed. “ES slogan which we shall take back to the German workers, will hart NEARER TO THE SOVIET UNION?” speech at Kharkov, Soviet Ukraine, July 27, 1925. > (ay —German Social-Democrat delegate, Offenhagen, in 7 oe FORT SMITH, ARK. Aug 14—=" C i Candies Shot; + three fell wounded, ty police were also Injured, ” The Com munists were taken pli and are held for trial, ae socialist party; the Polish white terrorists and called deadly silence reigns everywhere and
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———_ - — | 4 ty we > | oint Board has made a decision that tr Chronic. Starvation >) PARIS, France, Aug 14.—Certain eeections of Paris, especially the pu- . ioe on a strike since last week. 7” ‘police ‘'Phe strike affects o on disputes largely as a result of } TROOPS Handling Cash % - ei i squares and streets close to the rs area, took on a warlike ap- nce today. Steel helmeted mu- ' guards, mounted police and ounted republican guards in war kits up a patrol trying to disprese crowds of bank clerks who have The strikers had not given the . Yauch trouble until yesterday : they learned with indignation at the bank directors had refused y to pay the $4.60 a mbnth in- in wages demanded. ‘all banks tn France except the American and pte Boll ot their “first demand stmilar in- near future. Compulsory Arbitration. ‘The to-day approved the principle of compulsory arbitration in - the ctrike of bank.employes and a bill - oa as in j (Continued trom page 1) without request, that the member. can sell or buy any de- tone coupons of the Joint Action es. Most of the members, howesver,, whatever their options, would not garrender their constitutional @nfer the L L. G W. U. laws, and insiwted that if any charges exist against them, they are called form- diy and legally before a grievance @xmmittesn. Since the chairman of! “@etective bureau” himself ad, a Theat HM was not a grievance fous. It is a serious offense when gummoned before the L L. G, 'W. “De- tective Bureau” not to fall prostrate, knock your forehead on the floor and gasp for mercy. It is even worse when you fail to at once volunteer that you are guilty of anything they are about to charge you with. It is positively unforgivable to refuse to answer. The very idea of a union ‘ member asking a trial, even tho an unfair trial, is utterly unsupportable. The “investigation committee” made it clear. Thus is the reign of terror tntroduc- ed again in the Chicago L L. G. W. U. Workers still remember the last pogrom of expulsions by Perlstein, when over $200,000 was squandered, with the result that the union has been cut in two and weakened so much it cannot protect the interests of the workers. Many of the cloakmakers are de termined to tell their brothers and sisters of the union that each and every one must raise their voice and act to stop the new terror. All mem- bers are called to support the Joint Action Committee of Locals 2, 9 and 22, for its program of construction, organization of the unorganized, for agreements to be brot to the rank, anfi file, full control by member of fmancial affairs, free speech and no pogroms by the officials These things are nesded also in Chicago to build a better L L. G W. which will take care of their interests. J. KAPLAN MERCHANT TAILOR Suita Made to Order at Reasonable Prices 3546 ARMITAGE AVENUE $5 Lee TUMILTY-FARRINGTON LETTERS “Mr. Joe Tumilty, “Mr, Frank Farrington, President, “District No. 12, U. M. W. of A., Now observe F n dodge the an pee ae, " question br handing out in the follow-, _. “F, Farrington, President.” ing the old gag, “Heads I win; “Springfield, Ill., Feb, 20th, 1926. tails you lose”: Office of the President, District No. 12 UNITED MINE WORKERS OF UNITED MINE WORKERS OF lilinois Mine Workers Bullding “Dear Sir and Brother—I have your lettter of January 29th (an error in date, Should have been Jan. 19—Alex Reid), which reads as follows: “‘*Will you rule if it is legal for a member of District No. 12, U. M. W. of A., to act as an officer in any ca- pacity for one local union, while hold- ing his membership in another local union?’ “If you will give me some particular case in point I shall be glad to give you my interpretation of our constitu- tien as it relates to the case you cite. “Dear Sir and Brother—In answer to your letter of Jan. 28rd, which is in answer to one that I addressed to you, dated Jan. 29th, will say, that I am very glad to have the chance to give you one case in particular, this par- tloular case if of Local Union No. 2385, Tuxhorn, of Springfield, where Brother Mark McGraw holds his membership in, it was found on elec- tion day that ome Charles Bohanan acted as President of Local Union No. 2385, and was a member of Local | Union No. 1632. fined Charles Bohanan one dollar (1.00) for not voting on election day. “There was no excuse for this kind | of a thing in this lecal union, and many other violations of th connection with the election of Dis- trict Officers, held Dec. 9th. “Hoping that this is the information you desire and that I may have a rul- ing from you on the question involved, at an early date. “333 N. English Ave., City.” illinels Mine Workers Building “Mr, Joe Tumiity, “Dear Sir and Brother—tThis is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 24th with reference to the ac- tivities of Charies Bohanan. hanan was guilty of any irregularities or if there were any irregularities in connection with the election of Local Union No. 1632, a protest should have been filed as required by our constitu- tion. “If a protest was not filed ag re- quired by the constitution, it ig rather late to now deal with the matter, but if a protest was filed, then the case will come to the District Executive Beard in due time, and I shall be obliged, at that time, to give my opin- ion concerning the position of Bohan- an, therefore, I must decline to give you my opinion at this time as it would be highly impossible for me to do so if a protest is pending and if no protest is pending it would be use- less for me to pass judgment on the case at this time. ~~ ; . . : r Saat 4-2 eh a Se tet t . , , re « adie ae ee : P beeen item 9 deer - le a. ‘ “CLEAR PROOF OF FARRINGTON’S ILLEGAL AID TO HIS MACHINE| By ALEX REID (Secretary of the Progressive Miners’ Committee.) ARTICLE XVI. The following letters will explain themselves, and will convince any fair-minded man that the Illinois miners will never be in any better position as long as the Farrington machine is in control: Office of the President, District No. 12 “Springfield, Ill., Jan. “Mr. Frank Farrington, President, “District No. 12, U. M. W. of A, “Mine Workers Bidg., Springfield, Ill. AMERICA Affiliated with A. F, of L. Springfield, Ill., Jan. 23, 1925. “Springfield, Il. lowing question: his union? Yours truly, “Joe Tumillty.” ing at all. “Yours truly, “F, Farrington, President.” “Mr. Frank Farrington, President, “District No, 12, U. M. W. of A. “Mine Workers Bidg., Springfield, tll. “Dear Sir and Brother—. writing you in answer to “Springfield, Ill, Jan. 24, 1925. “Mine Workers Bidg., Springfield, Il. letter of Jan. 27th did not r lowing question; his membership Ill, | union? (Signed) Joe Tumilty.” UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA Affiliated with A. F. of L. Illinoig Mine Workers Bullding “Mr, Joe Tumillity, “Springfield, Ill. Local Union No. 1632 law in unlon, “Yours truly, “Joe Tumilty.” covering the matter mentioned. “Mr, Frank Farrington, President, “District No. 12, U. M. W. of A., “Mine Workers Bidg., Springfield, Ill. AMERICA Affiliated with A. F.. of L. “Springfield, Ill., Jan. 26, 1925. “Springfield, JI; in particular, If Bo- members of our union. “| did not think we had one con- stitution for certain members of our organization and another for the rest of our members. But then, it has been said, ‘What Is the law when It comes to friends?’ work, I am, “Yours truly, “Tumilty.” (Continued Tomorrow.) “Yours truly, “F, Farrington, President.” ~My Flight — From SIBERIA By LEON TROTZKY , BOARD BOUND 27th, 1925. “Dear Sir and Brother—In answer to your reply of January 26th, and after a careful perusal of the same, I am sorry that I have to again ask you to please give me a ruling on the fol- “Will you rule if it is legal for a member of District No. 12, U. M. W. of A., to act as an officer in any capac- ity for one local union, while holding membership in another local Readers will observe the dates of the above and the following letter, and see from Farrington’s reluctant reply that he wished to avoid answer- in I am reply of January 26th, it is possibl@ that my you. So please give me a ruling on the fol- “Will you rule if it is legal gg member of District No, 12, U. M. W. of A., to act as an officer in any capac- ity for one local union, while holding in another local Office of the President, District No. 12 “Dear Sir an@ Brother—wWith this I reply to your letter of February 4th. As a general proposition you could not hold membership in one local union and act as an-officer of- another local However, there are instances where that has been done because of the circumstanees surrounding some particular case, therefore, I prefer to have some particular case submitted instead of making a blanket ruling “Dear Sir and Brother—In answer to your reply of February 4th, will say that in a previous letter to you (at your request) I did submit one case and you evaded the question that I asked of you, the question that I asked was a very plain one, and when I wrote you asking for the ruling that I did, I had in mind that we have but one constitution and that it applies with equal force to al] “Frank, when I was in the last in ternational convention I heard our friend John L. Lewis say, ‘Woe is ye of little faith,’ and it recalled to my mind the statement of one of our great statesmen, Abe Lincoln, when he said, ‘You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the peo- ple some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all of the time.’ Wishing you every success in your | 6722 SHERIDAN ROAD Tel. Sheldrake 0515 FUR GARMENTS MADE TO ORDER, REMODELED, REPAIRED, CLEANED, STORED AND INSURED. Special Summer Rates—Reductions on All Furs. Phone Albany 9406 1 — + — _———_—- -_— —_ Board and no longer recognize it as an official body of the union. ; to us to carry on democratic union, | continue it until the d J " on the. ple of pro portional represen the work ers'are guaranteed a in the af fairs of the union. When this is ac- complished, and all cers have been re! we will have won a victory which will insure a union controlled by the rank and file and interested in their welfare.” | 4S WE SEE IT | (Continued from Page 1) new law passed to curb a suicide epidemic in Greece.” * * @ Hoes who were of the opinion that sheiks were only d for wear- ing baggy trousers and up cocoa nut oil, have another coming. The Sheik Ali Abdel Razek Cadi of Cairo wrote a book im which he said things about the Moslem code,. that made the Egyptian clergy: as sore as William Jennings Bryan whenever he thought of having to waste a little bit of real estate on.hig dead body. The sheik declared that, the Moslem code was not intended.to be incor- porated into law. Whereupon he was placed on trial by a ‘Mo8lem univer- sity. Prominent writers*are now de- manding that the tri ‘be called fearing that Egypt*” a bad reputation for ‘in Daytdn, Tennessee; ©» ") 908M ai; Te 7 be bs Ke a ‘ HICAGO: is becoming ?quité ous for 7 n at to . tleman. There is reason to believe that Berry’s strikebreaking days are cmoing to a close. the pr sives need is organization. it they cannot win. progres- Without Garment Strikers Not Scared by the Brutality: of Police (Continued from page 1) ‘can.’ But while one “hitmdred of the strikers are in jail the other seven hundred will carry on’the work.” Grady “Treats 'Em Rough.” The strikers who had been arrested in the Grady-International frame-up told the DAILY WORKER how they were jammed into a small room at the detective bureau, finger-printed- and photographed, and paraded numerous times before detectives and employ- ers, for “identification.” Late at night they were driven to the Maxwell street station house, and thrown into cells, from eight to a dozen strikers being crammed into one cell. The process lasted until 4 o’clock in the morning. AMALGAMATED WINS STRIKE IN SHOP AT ROCHESTER, NEW YORK ROCHESTER, N. Y., Aug. 14.—” (FP)—Another shop has been won by the AmaigamatedClothing Work- ers Union in its organization drive, 8. &. Bloom & Co., which agrees to all the union's demands, including complete unlonization of the factory ahd contract shops, Whion standards, collective bargaini recognition of the employment exXthange, the 44- hour week, and time and a half for overtime. The union won in ten days’ strike. Two other shops set- tled during the week with the unlon and one other became party to the agreement signed with the Roches- ter Clothiers Exchange. a * * Settlements In New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 14.—(FP)— Settlements with five smaller shops in New York are announced by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers In their ‘local organization drive. Strikes are on In other unorganized shops. PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIS* 645 Smithfield Street. *“ 4 = t huh! ee Me Ps i w | ™ y ie oe ‘ > i. an i , Ore , F Ps Se BB Fg _ ~ + » 4 . * i : . : Pid. sg 7’ By J. LOUIS ENODAHL. 4 A neh . © 5. e Pe, + amas | - depends stant ODAY, Stockholm, Sweden, looms aa: the source of | another gusher of pious words. It is soon to be the scene of the Universal nclenen Conference on Life and Work. it no doubt uses the word “universat’ in its title since it ance. The conference has been five years in the making. It consists of four A gyros Protestant Churches of ae ’ the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the British Co palth of Nations and the United States of America, truly high- sounding and far-reaching. Pete | Perhaps the most interesting feature about this confer- ence is the fact that its promoters claim that it has taken up the challenge thrown down to it, that it did not prevent the last war, “that if another war were to occur the fault would lie at their door,” and so a going to make a “brave en- at ; in the words of * . °. can best be a ig attend is found James Ramsay MacDonal Ago lag under the heel of British im- goes to Stockholm with the wings of ism. A pretty picture to be sure for the Sunday comics and smirking religious publications, but for the workers of all countries a another, opportunity to study the treachery of one who did not fail to betray t om at every opportunity. * * * Not many years ago Stockholm was the scene of another anti-war conference. It did not raise the slogans of pacifism to draw forth roars of derision from the great lords of cap- italist wars. It raised the standards of war against war. It brought together the left elements of Europe’s working class, that bade defiance to the devastating flames of war. Previous- ly these courageous spokesmen of labor had met at Zimmer- wald and Kienthal, in Switzerland, not after five years of preparation, not after the war storm had passed, but in the very midst of the thundering cannon. These were the begin- nings that later resulted in the creation, under the guidance of Lenin, of the Communist International, the only anti-war organization in the world today worthy of the name. + * . The Communist International. to abolish war thru the breeder of wa profit system. That system will be energetically defended by all the elements; in- c uiing James Ramsay MacDonald, the “socialist” and paci- hh 0 will ie of cs yeh gp this Bayer gage oe the fey Ba e holy men, black frocked in their uniform not much unlike that of professional h for voitory for their respective national war bonds to provide the weapons of slaughter. That was the service they rendered their gods. — The modern church is the creature of capitalism and as such slavishly does its bidding. It anointed the last world war with the holy water of religion, no matter what the creed or denomination. All gods, no matter what their names, were called upon not to end the last war, but to aid, in achieving the coveted victory. : * * e Communism will level its broadsides against this fraud, garbed in the seductive robes of holiness, before which un- suspecting and unthinking millions still kneel in awed venera- tion. Communism will tear the Stockholm religious mask off the ugly face of capitalism. Communism will teach the workers that the end of wars, the coming of world peace, can be achieved only thru the victory of international labor, establishing peaceful relations between all nations, creating a world economy that will serve instead of enslave all man- kind. . } Former Manager of majority of the so-called trial com- mittee, succeeded in expelling Primoff, with no one, but like a good many other members, got tired of being bored .with the monthly reports made by Bohm and Bright, which looked big, sounded good, but did not get any members, . Bright always stressed his great activity and brooked no opposition. He danced from one foot to another, with the ever spectacled eyes roam- ing around the room, and the gavel clutched in his hand, ready to pound the table and mayhap pounce upon an opponent. roading of Primoff.' A pseudo trial committee, prejudiced and biased, will “try” these three rebels and find them guilty at the next meeting. President Bright will snap the whip, and ‘out will fly Chernow, Cooper and Kitzes. The socialists will have gotten rid for the time being of three more they cannot use, hence have no use for, and Bohm can again report to the State ~~ | tion, . that the Bookkeepers’, graphers’ and Accountants’ Union has saved the labor movement, by clean- ing out some more Communists. ‘If my brothers and sisters, who are members of the B. 8. and A. U,. and read this, will only attend the meeting on Monday, August 17, at 3 W. 16th |Special. Arrangements for Parties on St, 6:30 p, m., I am’ of she poinion | nd Dead Socialist Daily Now Union Disrupter that they only the last meeting. 3 Let’s Fight Back! (Continued from page 1 has issued an ultimatum, nice quiet fellow who interferred inch of ground. Scranton Bakers Organize. The Way Not to Run a Union. Union. on the skies above to render it comfort and assist- — » all Stig y all ‘joined in sending their youth into the trenches, in selling the - that these officers and their trial com- mittee will not succeed, for remember won out against Primoff by a majority of 3 votes at President Green (see press reports) that the Communists must be driven from the labor movement. Let us follow the example of.our Huropean brothers and sisters, let us fight valiantly for every SCRANTON, Pa., Aug. 14.—(FP)— Jewish bakers in Scranton are organ- izing Local 471 of the International Bakery and Confectionery Workers z 8 z a j mitted it cost the union. $128,000 to do the job. Where did He get. the New York publishers today, The New York pressmen have never g : oH E ; 7 do the ther example of Berry's treach- ery to the workers was his handling of the Web Pressmen’s disput with the bosses in St. Paul in 1920.. He sent how the job is done. In New York City, for instance, there are 60 per cent of the entire membership of the> International Ladies’ Garment Work- ers’ Union in three locals. The other ten locals have only 40 per cent. But the 40 per cent outvotes the 60 per cent. Each local is entitled to five delegates to the Joint Board. In this way 60 per cent of the membership are given only 15 delegates while 40 per cent have 50 delegates. This is done so that the reactionaries who now run the union may retain hold of want. It is much the same with “Majah” Berry’s union. For instance, the 3,800 union members of the twe Chicago locals may be outvoted by twenty “sky biue” locals with only one hundred members. Some of Ber- ry’s fake locals have not held a meet- ing in five years. Some of them have only one and two members. When he needs a new local to retain his hold ah Madison Pharmacy Poor Chernow, Cooper, Kitzes are INC. slated by these despots for the grand bounce and why? Because they have BE I I ER had the manhood to oppose the rail- D RU G S Light Luncheon Served Corner Ann OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Four Phones The Yellow Tenor. 1154 Madison Street, Chicago { f { f = - j } 'a the unfon, with a show of legality, Ne sends one of his “salesmen” out and they line up six or seven non- descripts regardless of whether they are race track touts, circus barkerg or pressmen. The members of the I. P. P. and A. U. in the large cities where the union really exists-are about sick and tired of this confidence game. They do not intend to allow Berry to become the John D. Rockefeller of Tennesse at their expense much longer, Other tools of Berry, in official posi- tions in Franklin’ Union, will be ex- posed in other articles. Genova Restaurant ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street N. E. Cor. Elizabeth St. Spaghetti and Ravioli Our Specialty conven- Steno- Federation of Labor Short Notice. 47 3 oi a ieee P| j :- jo —— GRIGER & NOVAK GENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS Union Merchandise . . 1934 W. Chicago Avenue (Cor. Winchester} ; Phone Humboldt 2707 it, regardless of what the workers ‘|
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Beate alist ie ; ( ‘limits*) I did Up to the present the French party LONDON, (By Mail).—When Alfred A. reel, was ©@ Biber parUa- PARTY ON TROTSKY’S the intention of has received no reply from Comrade| ment in the by-election from the Forest of Dean Division of Gioucester- DEOLARATION. in Russia, or I er oe em tester ng shire, the British workers showed by this test that they are getting less : advised onatte and Co, are still ena so. I isa people of the “Prole f continue their utilization of his name once a pte a rir gg merneye Poa: wt 0 et eg Senn Ne he oe. yer: Comper Seataey Se, Sous The tabulated vote of Purcell’s district, where he ran against a con- “free writer;” he has lived in Russia, OUT dealing, in this purely munist Party of France, precisely at a “§ a wal isa Ge . collected material; at present he is in | et ten letter, with the critt- moment when the C. P. of France is pre = * , France, if not in America. Shall beg| wm of the historiéally possible dan- | in the midst of, its struggle against Oe ee purcelt (Labs) umnn11,629 ALFRED A PURCELL not to publish this book? I am not he in his article, the members of the full force of the blows of the sup- oe a ae ae age oe sufficiently intimate with him to do/,,, political and organisation bu- pression policy of the government. Ris aieus , ’ this. And it would bevout of place.”| 445 consider it neccessary, tn order of - . The Central Committee of the Com- ieee ieadeenty pp the book is bare of all political value. Tho the author of “Since Lenin Died” | ks political understanding, yet he tes for poli reasons, and, work: against the Communist Party of Rus- sia.” ' in question (“Since Lenin’s Death”) from Comrade Inkpin, secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain. After looking thrn this little book for half an hour, I came to the conclusion that the work is of no importance, I afterwards received the pamphlet to avoid possible misunderstandings, 7. to declare unanim usly that there is| Comrade Trotsky ascribes no politt- nothing in the inner activity of the|cal value to the work. He says ex- Central Committee which gives oc-| Pressly: = casion to fear the dangers of asplit.”| “Hastmafi’s book is bare of any po- expressing the unanimous opinion of | trariness the Central Committee on Lenin’s pro-| tions, and cot posal to introduce the Workers’ and| ‘The Centra Peasants’ Inspection, also bears the/| munist Ps signature of Comrade Kuybyshev, we | the tr | have here at the same time the con-/ this book, wri futation of Hastman’s assertion that/ ing to be a Comrade Kuybyshev was placed at the | party of , whilst in reality he head of the Workers’ Peasants’ In-| jeft the ike of the Communist In- spection” as “opponent” of Lenin’s| ternational long ago, at a time when plan of organization, all that is counter-revolutinoray in | Eastman’s quotation from the word-|the world has been striving to form ing of the “will” is equally wrong./an alliance against the Union of So- This was published in the “Socialist, viet Republics, to be a political work Messenger” (Berlin Negron paper. | of the first water. Bd.) and was stolen from the party Techiveds ts 46 dpeah Up buster dove eae bourgeois prewvs has for its part lutionists. In reality the wording as published in the “Socialist essen- ger” passed thru many hands before al Committee of the Com- y of ce is however of ( , and considers | by a man profess- of the Communist utility of this book for its purposes. d ge tone adopted by Trotsky in ad- dressing ed the far-reaching, mation. position between the munist Intrenational, and that point, The Central Committee of the Communist Party of France. TIENTSIN ASTIR WTH ANGER AT munist Party of France begs Comrade Trotsky to put an end to a situation which is exceedingly dangerous for the Communist International by rea- son of its disintegration influence up- on the young parties in course of for- The Central Committee of the Com- munist Party of France is of the op- inion that Comrade Trotsky cannot remain any longer in this ambiguous bitterest en- emies of Communism and the Com- the matter demands an immediate, defi- nite, and unequivocal reply to every IMPERIAILISTS Previous elections in the contitu- ency have resulted thus: 1924—Lab., 11,047; C., 9,739-—ma- jority, 1,309; 1923——Lab., 7,383— majority, 4,103. 1922—Lab., 10,820; C., 5,966; L., 3,861—majority, 4,854. The labor majority is therefore increased by 1,713 compared with that of the last general election, “Why | Won.” “I take my victory as prof that elec- tors generally are in favor of the principles we advocated,” said Mr. Purcell after the result had been de- clared. “And that it is important to remem- ber that we fearlessly accepted an entire change in the present struc- ture of our social system, by which the community shall own and con- trol the means of life for the bene- fit of all as against the system whereby the few profit and the ma- jority suffer. “The victory is the more remark- able, since it has been won in facé*of the most audacious attempt ever made 11,486; C., Coventry, losing fe seat at the gen- eral election. Head of Amsterdam International. Purcell now occupies the position as president of the International Federa- tion of Trade Unions (Amsterdam) ) a : to pile filth into an election for the|and recently became an international he deals with in his book. But Trot- ony Bae naples seagoing ll wrats nm mci in wre he, cil aon eathane so bsg ge soa Murders of Strikers) purpose of prejudicing the minds of| figure as head of the Britsih Trade himself repeats the error and ap- reading agai , ° ° “| electors, most of whom f l Union Delegation to Soviet Russia, pbs Hastman’s bosk in an unpo- less intention still of reacting upon distorted to such ayn extent that it is revolutionary enemy of the type of Brings Giant P rotest . long oppressed.” at ee whose comprehensive report on condi- litical manner. As a result he comes | it. as I assumed that my telegram to absolutely impossible to restore its | the author of the book: “Since Len- itame a2 tabee ender Meetet rele bes to the conclusion that Eastman is an| CO™Mrade Jackson was entirely suffici-| orinigal import. It is possible that|in’s Death.” It is the tone customar- Liberal Fall. | It was the duty of Comrade to meet the political attacks of man with a political repudiation. such. factories were fired upon by reaction- | tnt ” . literary endeavors on that line.| most vital actuality: The Red Army. | arrive at the conclusion that t- nsequently he re-| sry troops, which included a detach- os: Panel ae teen with. the Joe Kaizer | eae Surely could never| Eastman maintains that sin bman's Hterary structure is butitup olutionery. H@+} nent recfuited trom the Rusian white | o1q Amalgamated Society of French| | “OME MADE 4 ie. entertain even for a moment the idea} have taken place on very inadequate and shaky founda- on (eee guard refugees in China. There were | polishers, now part of the National | 'C& CREAM LIGHT LUNCHES that the eg ng proletariat will be neyeay He se is tions. It will therefore suffice if the his boc * ng a 800 troops in the command, whose | amalgamated Furnishing Trades As- PHILIP RACHEFF, Manager revolutionized sentimental biog- conclusions drawn by the author are i 4 ent. But comrades in the party with knowledge of the book expressed the pinion that my silence might be the impression was strengthened in | party without a serious poli , seria tea puierie: soe tuaniattonl Taam ner, and thus effects a subjective arbi- trariness in the estimates, substantia- the alterations were made by the edi-| ily employed in a discussion between torial. staff of this paper. friends. Comrade Trotsky states Hastman’s assertions that the Cen- further: ...s% 5 tral Committee confiscated pamphiets; “An atttemtive perusal of EHastman’s or articles of mine in 1923 or 1924, or! pamphlet™would doubtless afford me at any time, are untrue, and are based / further opportunity of pointing ou of imaginative rumors. j other inaccuracies, other errors an Another false assertion is that Len+\§nisrepresentations.” in offered me the post of chairman t¢@} the council of people’s commissarie An attentive perusal of Bastman pamphlet would doubtless afford ‘further opportunity of pointing 01 other errors and inaccuracies. It seems to me, however, that th attentive and thotful reader will nc require an accumulation of docu ments—which in any case does not af peal to everyone’s understanding—to ce Trotsky says: . & revolutionary would Tight to write politically ;figes, if he were to op- party to ours,” ade Trotsky admits that - ’ today. marching in orderly formation loiters!”’ fous days. IENTSIN, China, Aug. 13.—Follow- g the massacre of mill strikers by actionary Chinese and White Rus- ian volunteer troops, in which ten or more were killed and scores wound- ed, tens of thousands of Chinese pa- raded in a great demonstration here Great crowds filled the _ streets, and bearing banners labeled “Down With mperialism!” and “Banish Alien Ex- The leaders of the parade isclaimed that the demonstration as connected with riots of the pre- The riots came about when 10,000 strikers in demonstration before the chief is the infamous traitor to the! “extremist,” and a “description” of olectrified the w labor movement. This report is now being published by the DAILY WORKER for American workers. After returning from Soviet Russia, Purcell and the other leading officials of the British unions, set up a joint committee with the Russian unions to bring about the unification of the trade unions of all the world in one single international to include both Amsterdam and the Red International of Labor Unions. DOAAIBABABIAAOASAA DALAL St. Louis, Mo., Attention! ‘ Phone Forest 8749. . 3 ternational to parley with the Third : ‘ _ The vote polled by Mr. West, whom the liberals widely advertised as a “working miner, straight from the coal face,” is less by 87 than the lib- eral vote of 1922. Thruout the contest both liberals and tories branded Mr. Purcell as an’ the new M. P. from the pen of the Daily Chronicle special correspondent at Cinderword on July 1 is typical of the sort of attack Mr. Purcell had to meet. . Itran: “. . . Mr. Purcell, the de- voted admirer of Soviet Russia, who has taken the British trade unions be- hind the backs of the Amsterdam In- sociation. He was chairman of the subjected to examination, conclusions S Soe cause of his country’s liberation, | Trades Union Congress last year, and 4975 EASTON AVENUE cannot learn the necessity of a decis-}this. But its absurdity ‘| placing our party and its leaders SY ab aged | {Pere rneel rey qe | Chane Tso-lin. sat in the last parliament as M. P. for St. Louis, Mo ive struggle against capitalism from |‘He does not see that.in th such a ligh that the same attentive Trotsky indiéstes tha 4 t} Angered by the murders of their ’ : ‘ the hard and bitter experiences of | terizing the ere. OT cmd gghotora Party of France and its own state ment on the matter be printed with in the Party presé. |The. Central Hxecutive Commit | of the Workers (Bommunist) P _further pledges its \\ ist International to guard more care- , fully in the future against the enter- _ing of our ranks of elements who ‘have neither socially nor ideologically, any roots in the working who generally end with the we of the cause of the proletariat. the menshevist legend on the Bonapartist character, the Pretorian character of our Army, etc. For is clear that an army which is cap- of “dividing” because its com- er is changed is neither Com- | goodly truthful In several places Dastman states party has “secreted” a large number on the national question, the famous “will,” ete.) This implies Lenin wrote these letters, refe with the intention of their pu cation, i from long years of secret struggle? and thotful reader is inevitably forced to the question: What bonds can unite Hastman and this party, or Eastman and the revolution led by this party? What has Eastman to op- pose to this party? F we were to assume for even one moment that the views formulated by Eastman on the leading personali- ties in our party are correct, we should ask: How could this party emerge circumstances a@ revolutionary party and a revolutionary international can exist outside of the Communist Party and the Communist International. It seems as if he reproaches Eastman for having -written his book, before this revolutionary party was formed. The Central Committee of the Com- munist Party of France considers such a declaration to be extremely dangerous, for it places a tool in the hands of those anxious to disintegrate How could it.accomplish the greatest.}the Communist movement, of revolutions? How could it carry es millions of human beings along with} The Central Committee of the Co it, and contribute to the formation ofjmunist Party of France considers th revolutionary parties in other coun- biguity of Comrade Trotsky’s reply tries? Eastman shatters and crushes be,even more dangerous than East- the elementary political relations, be |Mman’s book itself. cause he employs an arbitrary and HE Communist Party of France psychological criterion, and not a po has asked Comrade Trotsky, thru litical Marxist one.’ this its delegation to the Enlarged Execu- = he oon “ a gen shoe tive and thru its representative in only have the right to write politic: | tne E. C. C. I, if he declares himself ally, as Eastman does, if he were to aa oppose another party to ours. Bast-|°*, °@° with the people of the ‘Pro and goods. by Americans, George E. Pashas COZY LUNCH 2426 Lincoln Avenue One-half block from Imperial Hall PHONE DIVERSEY 0791 CHICAGO GARY, IND., ATTENTION! comrades, the strikers attacked the mill properties, destroying more than a million dollars’ worth of property The mills are owned by Chinese capitalists, but are managed _— —S es | - al —_ ~~ ati eS Amalgamated Food Workers GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 81 East 10th Street, New York, N. Y. THIS IS OUR EMBLEM es ——EEE a The DAILY WORKER, Work- ers Monthly, Rabotnicza Tri- buna and Novy Mir are for sale at the Workers’ Co-operative letarian Revolution,’ who resemble Eastman in use of his name and his alleged friendship for the pur- pose of columpiating and discrediting man does not think for a moment of this side of the political question. The book teaches nothing. It may be ex- plotted by the enemies of Communism CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMIT TEE, Workers Party of America, . Z FOSTER, Chairman; RUTHENBERG, Executive Secretary. The letters were intended for the party congresses, and the members of the 12th and 18th congresses were An Industrial Organization For | | : All Workers in the Food Industry Comrade Trotsky’s Declaration with regard to Eastman’s Book: “Since Lenin’s Death.” URING my sojourn in Sukhum I received from one of my friends, a publisher of my books, the manu- script of a book by an American jour- nalist, M. Eastman, entitled: “Leo teky, a youthfnl portrait.” My d informed me in his accompany- letter that the manuscript, which ad been sent to the state publishing fice by the writer, for the purpose of being printed in the Russian language, had made a strange and unusual im- pression among us on account of the sentimentality permeating it. I replied’ as follows in my letter of April 3, 1926: “Even without being famillar with the contents of Eastman’s manuscript, I am perfectly in agreement with you that the publication of the book is inopportune. <Altho you have been kind enough to send me this manv- script, I cannot read it. I have abso- lutely no inclination to do sq. I read ily believe that it does not suit our taste, especially our Russian and Com- m 92 Nene Ts ce ee has been endeavoring for time to convince me that it is —-- b long ry difficut: to interest the Ameri, cans in Communism, but possible to Anterest them in the Commynists. His farguments have been fairly convinc- jos. For this reason I gave Cn et cosh enabled to take cognizance of their contents in the manner determined upon by the representatives of the congresses, that is, all the delegations were permitted to read the letters, Another equally false assertion made by Hastman is that the Central Committee wanted to secret (that is, not to publish) Lenin’s article on the Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspection. The differences of opinion arising on this point in the Oentral Committee, if “differences of opinion” can here be spoken of at all, were of very sec- }ondary sinificance, referring solely to the date and method of publication. And this purely technical question was unanimously agreed upon at the same meeting. How wrongly WDast- man characterized the differences of view which he represents as having existed with reference to the purport of Lenin’s article on the Workers’ and *On May 22, 195 I sent the following reply to Hastman’t repeated requests: “I shall do my utmost to assist you by means of conscientious informa tion. But I cannot agree to read your Imanuscript, for this would make me responsible not only for the facts, but or the characterizations and esti- ates as well This is impossible. I prepared to undertake the respon- bilty—a weakened one however— the information on the facts ich I send you in reply to your re quest. For everything élse you alone | Deas the responsibility.” mm mom f | this question: which is not such a serious matter— or it may sow the seed of scepticism in the minds of young and still un- conscious friends of Communism, which is very much more serious. For this reason it deserves energetic con- demnation. the Communist: Party of Russia, the ii al THAR itt | ! ; pieeeel | } Resolution of the C. C. of the C. P. of France regarding Comrade Trot- sky’s Declaration. HE Central Committee of the Com- munist Party of France takes cog- nizance of the book “Since Lenin’s Death” by Eastman, also of Comrade Trotsky’s reply to it, and adopts the following standpoint with regard to Eastman’s book, “Since Lenin's Death,” is nothing more nor less than a vulgar counter revolutionary work, an accumulation of crass lies, slan- ders and base calumnies, written with the obvious intention of area union unity. the leaders of the Communist Party of Russia and the Soviet government. Eastman, in represenitng the lead- ers of the proletarian revolution as “a handful of irresponsibles, usurpat- ors, and falsifiers,” has attained the aim which he pursues: The supply- ing of the bourgeois press and all the enemies of Communism, who quote lavishly from this book, and employ it against the Communist International and proletarian Russia, with the ma- terial they seek, The Central Committee of the Co Party of Yrance is ment. Politics, Finance, Army; the Delegation investigate in Restaurant, 1733 Broadway. iit it i i , eed » : ~ - — The first. publication in England of this most complete report of the British Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia, caused a great stir in the world trade union movement. From all parts of the world came high praise for this his- torical document, from those workers in and out of the-or- ganized labor movement earnestly working for world trade By all enemies of labor, capitalists and their henchmen, the bitterest criticism was levelled. This report made by the Official Delegation of British Labor (including charts and maps) is an impartial study of every phase of life under the first world’s workers’ govern- Religion, Education, Trade Unions, Wages—these and other subjects are analyzed by who have travelled unhindered and free to sections of Soviet Russia. Hit | ’ PEPTtr itil ATER iT | It is a complete, impartial and digni- fied document of one of the world’s leading bodies of Labor. WM. F. DUNNE Editor of the Dally Worker says: The British Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia in a unanimous report has told the story of the Russian Revolution in language that trade unionists can understand. It ie a great story, told in matter-of-fact language, the story of millions of workers and peasants marching towards Commun ism over all obstacles; it is history hot with the breath of the struggle in the style of a convention report... 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———_ — EIS OO Oe TS on a — -- e e eee e e —— ie ee IBSEN PRERSRPTkR Sat CHA SH HO Fey aGOrr =. who came from Dublin in 1909 is considered a very desirable citizen. to ies age ity A Sikes PES . 2 2S ae > ae a A ce tt! i 7 3 é A ee ee . “ the Daly SaEaT yoann 00. W. Washin on Blyd., Chicago, Il. 3 Phone Monroe 4712 | SUBSCRIPTION RATES a By iat ‘ih Chica only): By mail (outside of Chicago): per ‘$4.59 six months | $6.00 per year $3.50 six months “$2 2.50 three months $2.00 three months a pees is ee we ” Addéess all all mail and make out checks to- | THE: cain’ WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Iilinols J. LOUIS reo j WILLIAM F. DUNNE { cree aus MORITZ J. LOEB Business Manager Entered as secohd-clase mall September 21, 1928, at the postoffice at Chi- cago, Iil., under the act of ‘March 3, 1879. =m Advertising rates on application. — alll 2 > aN ‘Ramsay MacDonald Some of our readers believe we are too severe in our strictures on James Ramsay MacDonald, presbyterian divine and prominent socialist who became a. figure of international importance ‘when the British, ruling class handed over to him the reins of government of the empire at a time when the tories and) liberals were unable to extricate them -out of the morass in which they were floundering since the end of the world war. MacDonalds record while premier was a series of betrayals of the workers whose support. gave him value in the eyes of the capi- talist class: One of MacDonalds greatest pieces of disservice to the workers was his espousal of the Dawes plan, which helped to give the German ruling class a respite from the dangers of a proletarian revolution... That the capitalist class of the United States, those who benefitted most from the Dawes plan, appreciate the services rendered by MacDonald can be seen from the following news item that appeared in a recent issue of the London Daily Herald: “The Pligrims of America are anxious to do honors to Mr. Ramsay > MacDonald, and the central feature being planned is a big dinner in his honor at New York, In Septémber. The Invitation, sent by cable by Mr. Frederick Cunliffe Owen, a vice- president of the Pilgrims, reads: “The Pligrims. of the United States, headed by their president, Mr. Chauncey M. Depew, and by my fellow vice-president, Elihu Root and Charles E. Hughes, ‘both former secretaries of the state, and speaking eapeciaily in their. name, would be grateful to you to settle upon an ap- “ proximate date when, as early as possible after your arrival in New York, in September, we may have the pleasure of welcoming you at a large dinner in. your honor, to express our tribute of the admiration to the great statesmah, who, as prime minister, contributed so vastly to the adoption of the Dawes project, upon: the success of which the whole “Mr. Kellogg, the secretary of ~— will be repent? world depends so much for the economic and political maintenace of - . t ay oO international peace. i This great bul i ormant. otentially, it has wonderful The three men whose names ‘are mentioned above: Chaun ‘ vars ; - r ¥ sh * ‘| § (e+: pt ee . go fil 4% i, aoe gale ee ey Kees sp ry > a eh Pee soe | Sa a Pa so RAO Th RRS EPR, BB : 3, = oy _ ‘ "hs ye oy " ? rm oi assist our party to more fully absorb the value of our recent expe- riences in the needle trades, the strug- gle to liquidate Loreism, if we have a clear idea of the conditions ‘which brot the sharp, open struggle at the precise moment that it did © occur. Nothing happens by accident, and it is impossible to understand the par- ticular phenomenon unless one knows somethitig of the forces that brot it about, as well as the conditioning elr- cumstances. Such a knowledge in the case of the needle trades will help to equip our comrades for similar strug- gles that must occur in other fields and at other times. Why did the C. E. C. find it neces- sary openly to take issue in such sharp mannner with the leading com- rades in the needle trades left wing in the months of March and April? Granted the harmful deviations nega with in some detail in my article in the Workers Monthly for August), why did ‘the struggle against them come to a crisis at this precise mo- ment? Objective and Subjective Causes of the Crisis. ‘HE immediate factors that forced the crisis were of two kinds: Ob- jective, that is, the conditions in the industry and the relations of forces b4 b = * Paid n , ee % =F i _— a ; rT ae . | i aageul, two. or three hundred. Wel thousands | did not reach the Masses, ~n a tor is resent ind the conduct of atti cont ucational dir a mae him every dabisaibce possible. %. As far as possible “these ‘classes hnould have.a wu curriculum ‘hruout the party. © - curriculum should be carefull by the national education tor. 4. The district educational director may, if he finds necegsary, -establish such classes in other” ages, not only in English, bat is advisable ‘@f various sec- speak -Eng- ro induce the comrad ‘ions who can read lish to join the Engli: “classes; Note 1. I do not mit a’ draft of ‘se curriculum for these classes be- cause it is necessary “have Teports from the now existi by studying them car possible to find out what. subjects must be taken up during the coming year. Note 2.1 do not speak abott the Workers School in New York, because that ie a special problem for the C. B.C. P il. Our Elementary Education, “4 1. The convention of the -Workers Party should decide that the months - November, December and January e spt aside for intensive educational eck in the party. t (a) Every comrade ghould devote at least one night’ every es for ysteonae tion. (b) The bratich organizer should keep very strict record of every com- rade as to his or her attendance. Only on very important grounds can a com- rade be excused for*failure to attend ah educational meeting. meeting may be elect : or shop nuclei, or C. C, C. or the D. & C. The leader must st very carefully, prepare and deliver a should immediately write to the D. E. irector for information. these three months. (a) The Communist Party. ization. | €2) Its role before the revolution, | (3) Its role during the revolution. e rule of the bourgeois. / (5) Party diseipline. rganizations. nions. (1) What is a trap union: its mem- rship and its role in t ‘4 these struggles. \ % (c) The leader of the educational by the branch ere there is no suitable comrade for such work the sends one. the subject short talk on the subject, then let the members discuss it. .f the leader can- not answer a certain, question or if he is not sure of ifs correctness he 2. Subjects to be studied hens (1) Membership and form of = 4 (4) Its role after the overthrow of : (6) Communist work in other labor (b) Communist work in the trade (2) Communists’ seriiaina (3) Why Communists must pe trade unions and be active in (4) Our attitude towards the leader-} ship of the trade unions. (5) Our program of amalgamation | L@ and labor party in the trade unions. (6) Communist ore Che the trade unions. (7) The left wing:. T. U. a, L. ting of . trade unions and dual union- ism. 3. Assistance from wines. party units. (a) The national educational dir tor should work out a short outlin for every subject; the C. E. C. should supply every educational leader wi it. (b) The C. E. C., as far as possible, should sell the books on these sub- jects at cost price to the members. Note 1. The outlines must be trans- lated in various languages so that the language section comrades can use | them. Nete 2. Where comrades cabnot all |come to a meeting the same evening, on account of party work or other im- portant reasons, the branch or shop’ nuclei can divide itself into two or more groups in such a way that every comrade could participate in theae educational meetings. Note 3. The curriculum is limited. te two subjects for the following rea- sons: (1) because they are the most important subjects to be studied and understood by every member, (2) be- cause We Can accomplish more by tak- _ing fewer subjects at one time and concentrating our attention to them. © il. Preparatton. 1. The party press immediately af- ter the convention should carry on in- tensive agitation explaining to the membership the importance of the ed- ucational work. should induce the comrades to prepare themselves and be ready to gladly participate in that intensive education during these ure months. 2. The C. E. C., the district conimit- tees and the C. C, C. are to see to it educational work among the party membership must go on the whole year around. But I think it is neces- sary to carry on intensive education for a certain period of time and find out how much success can we obtain by these new methods, (8) Our attitude toward the split-}. hat every branch should make neces: |: ry arrangements for these educa- | onal meetings in advance. —}- . BIMBA. P. S. It should be understood that rugs owas By LOVETT. PORT WHuTitean, wed month. of Ortober. es the American “Negro. “Labor Chngreed to be supported by the Com- munist element in this country and constituting a great danger to the working class. | ing the attitude of the head of the American Federation of Labor argues that no greater dis-service could be rendered the race than the promotion of Soviet doctrine among the Negro people of 1 We, of the Ameri- can Negro Labor Congress have not ‘this time, nor is the American N Labor wongress. a Communist sre America have here and there their sympathy. and support for th work towards developing the Congr and the Communist. group are or some among many constituting © ! inst. progressive elements within “ taken 4 helpful‘and fraternal -attitug towards ‘the work of bringing aboy the Atierican Negro Labor Congres HE Negro working class in Americ suffers all the social abuses of th that ‘the ruling class in this countr; as in all capitalist countries is hette able to maintan -itself thru keeping sues, land it is. Catholic against. testan in the West Indies, Mulattoes agains blacks, d here in our own “free’ tates, it is white against r. Green and the Chicago charges that the American Negro -Labor* Congress has for. its policy the intensifying of interracial bitterness. He well knows that that is absolutely untrue; it is merely a thin «shield to protect his own skin ‘from the growing reaction thruout the labor movement against the policy of restriction on the part of many unions | in the American Federation of Labor. The Negro. Labor Congress is actuated ‘ ‘ies Organizer American Negro Labor Congress. HE attention of the ona Com-|"" ttee calling the Am Negro | saith Upeteas is has b a attracted to ‘an alberta "oe the August 11th number Bei the Pilgceac in which the writer. the warn- g issued by M Willem Gr _— The Chicago Tribune in substantigt- | umed a definite position ; the social situétion fm Rueea et Be ory acters ing and he is fastly coming to see that the causes ' eagerness for his degradation resides the social oe ts It is quite well say that is some degree of prosperity among a small section of Negroes in our northern cities, but ‘what about the great masses of the % labof movement of America who hay True, the Communist element thruout mer the Negro of Russia, and- aflicted with racial problems than old | czarist Russia. But today, seven years: jafter the Bolshevik revolution, Rus- j sian capitalism having been over- thrown, causes of racial problems ‘thereby having been removed, the Jew | is no longér.confined to the Pale set tlements, the Moslems of Turkes no longer being compelled to ride in Jim-crow cars and denied educationa 8 ranks of the workers divided,§ facilities, but each and every one ther on caste, racial or religious is-} the many racial groups residing in In India with its three hundréd | Russia entering into the full currents and twenty. million people, England | of the political, omic and cultural towards. Sovietism, but the Negro ih this country has seen one government overturned (Suthern confederacy) and wy no means suffered becenes of its passi ; =. Negro basher Con- ‘gress marks the beginning of a new epoch in the life of the American Negro working class. It shall en- deavor to set the Negro upon a new road of political thinking and to bring xbout a self-orientation and an under- standing of a common interest and a common enemy for the working class the world over regardless of of racé, color, or clime. / : Don’t let anything keep you from com- ing to the public festival on Sunday, Aug. 16th, at Sylvan lake, Surtinghen, N. J. rest of your young life. For this affair has got them all beaten. So says the arrangements committee, and -says this earnest group of comrades: “It must be so, for it is being run for the benefit of the DAILY Workers and Ul Elore.” Here is the story in a nutshell. The workers of Philadelphia, Trenten and Roebling have gotten together and fixed up an affair that will be the talk of the town. Every conceivable enter- tainment and sport has been provided to make this festival one big treat. inging contests, athletic contests, ancing contests, .bathing, fishing, boating, and a first class orchestra and dancing all day: | “And. such eats! Hungarian goulash ‘and paprika fish! Te aes a If you do you will regret it for. the. HUNGARIAN GOULASH, PAPRIKA FISH, AND ONE BIG TIME AT PHILADELPHIA . PUBLIC FESTIVAL SUNDAY, AUG. 16th) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 14, od The children have not been neglected, }and many interesting games and at- tractions have been provided for them. Valuable articles will be given away. Just listen to this: An $800 touring car, a $300 parlor suite, a $120 radio set, a $60 gold watch, and 96 other valuable articles. If you miss this affair it won’t be the committee’s fault. Tickets, $1; children free. Here’s how to get there: By boat: Take the Wilson line boat (Chestnut street pier) at 9.a, m. to Burlington, At Burlington committee will await you. . By busses: At Camden ferries take Sylvan Lakes park bus; it takes you direct to the park. Bus leayes every 30 minutes. By trolley: At Cam- den ferries take the Trenton car; get off in Burlington at Broad street. Then , take the green car and. get off at 13th street, walk left one square a the park 3 { “e —— aie? Held on Serious Charee. MONESSEN, Pa., Aug. 14.— The Rey. Dr. C. P. Diaz, pastor of the }First Spiritualist church of Charleroi, was’ arrested on a serious charge. He “was held for court under a $500 bai, on a charge of sodomy by Mrs. Ali |} Webb. of this city in behalf of he | 15-year-old son. “It is likely that the minister will receive a long jail sen- tence, as other evidence has been un- years. i Gary Railway Grows. public service commission today authorized the Gary Street Railway lines for a total of $1,027,606.80. More Blood in the Coal. “WILKES-BARRE, Pa., - Aug. 14.— ‘(FP)—Another worker iecdowd as the result of the Dorrance coliiety sxplo- sion, bringing the total téeight. Sev- eral others are so badly injured that they are expected to die. “ sratong race residing in the southern states,” are denied every element- INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Alig. 14.—The — Company ~to buy three transportation - was no cduntry_jn the world more ; : ‘ is able to hold power thru ever keep- fife of the ngtion. Again, we have tiv. covered of his actions in the past | - e Build the DAILY. Y WORKER | ‘with ‘subs. aa + vy | I