Daily Worker
October 20, 1925
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. 3 a — ‘ (Special to The Dally Worker? ‘VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 18. — Max “Goldstein is dead, a victim of the twhite terror of the Roumanian man- -erchy and bourgeoisie, whose leaders “are the Bratiano brothers, ruthless dictators supported by the powerful Max Goldstein is dead. To call the attention of the world to the terrible torture chambers of white guard Roumania, he entered upon a hunger strike more than 25 days ago. Today his corpse in the Jourdan prison at Doftan, Roumania, calls the labor movement of the world to join the ‘protes for which he gave his life. Sentenced to Life in Prison. Max Goldstein was a Communist, reipation of the Roumanian workers rand peasats from the ruthless ex- eemanes of the capitalists and land- For this he was arrested ard sen- tenced after a farcial trial, to im- 'prisonment for life. His sentence has ‘expired. But his release by death \calls aloud to the world proletariat’ 'to witness the tortures endured by the workers and peasants of Rouman- ia under the rule of Romulus Voin- esc, head of the dreaded “Siguran- za,” an institution patterned after the old czarist “Ochrana” and equal to the Spanish inquistion in, its barbarities. A White Terror Institution. ° ‘The Siguranza is a “state within a aoe maintaining a huge apparatus of officials, a most powerful authorityl with a budget from the government far exceeding the sum given ‘to the ministry of education. “The Siguranza brushes aside even the bourgeois laws, and has spread a whole network of spies over the coun- try, set up literal aa Chambers , ; ia stante pewranatir ee tortured. So terrible have on the acts of the siguranza that humah élements of thé bourgeoisie are led to protest. C. C. Costa-Foru, secretary of the Roumanian league of human rights, a bourgeois and former hinister of gov- ernment of the conservative party, has published a book in Vienna, Aus- I d as such he labored for the eman-| ,| board. ID Frag or ngs | ' Wass the hosses s0tenbll te Sethe oe tria, expesing the tdérture _ chambers. Ld nd yp eo Teer 5 os we oo " my, pat pepenenegnrnn aatee: rundicnetrertaniomcasir an nt amp neni te wenn, Oi. ay oR Ot naan RE Se eB et _ ‘ tee o te aes . > > .: We x = ‘ LS ” a7 ed 3 ee m4 a: £ 4 Fe ¥e ‘ r C A. resoution | unanimously adopted | urging a congressional investigation of the Bell By tg system. “This system,” the resolution, “con- trols the pag means of telephone ‘communication of the nation. This monopolistic grip ona vital public service has become, year by year, more arrogant, more subversive of the rights of the people and more deterimental to the progress and welfare of the country.” 500 Workers Walk Out on Western Maryland HAGERSTOWN, Md., Oct. 18.—Fol- lowing an. almost unanimous strike vote, 500 engineers, firemen and host- lers of the Western Maryland railroad went on strike to force the company to grant the wage increase awarded by the United States railroad labor | __ board. The brotherhood “chiefs at Hagers- town, the chief operating cehter of the road, declared that all but three of their membership walked out, ty- ing up all trains. Not a freight train} was able to move out of Hagerstown |. this morning. A few passenger trains |: manned by scabs are all that have] been able to leave the city. iso lines are thrown around the houses and attempts are being ey to make the strike 100 per cent fective. This strike,comes following a obi series of negotiations between the union and the rail heads over ny award granted the rail. workers by the United States railroad labox, * rareescemmuee mates ae ’ nn ’ it! : 4 ee Oe Beer apt workers the wage in , a strike:] 4 vote was carried on. , compatiy then told the workers that each em: | ploye of the road must sign an ment, agreeing to work under tha conditions proposed by the ro@d@ “tin: der the present wage scale. *Thé men refused to sign the agreement and: a: strike followede. iu bit ui = N eedle Workers es meat PROTEST MEETING “Prt Gitlow Back on the Ballot." — Wednesday, Oct. 21, 8 P.M. AT Hunts Point Palace 163rd Street, Corner Southern Blvd.,. Bronx. = “} ress) q = te - . = 7th Dis trict, Bronx. District. Candidate for Mayor... SPEAKERS: 4 CHARLES ZIMMERMAN, eManager of the Dress D-nt., Joint Board, I. L. G. W. U., Candidate for Assembly, : JOSEPH BUROCHOWITZ, Manager of Cloakmakers’ | Local No. 2, |. L. G. W. Un Candidate for Alderman, 25th ELIAS MARKS, of dniaiiinaicerd Local No. 2, I. L. G. W. U., Candidate for Assembly, 4th District, Bronx. AARON GROSS, of the Furriers’ Joint Board, Cane didate for Alderman, 29th District: SAM LIPTZIN, of Local No. 5, A. C. W. A. (suspended by the General Executive Board), BEN GITLOW, of Cutters’ Local No. 4., A. C. W. A, } BEN GOLD, Manager of the Furriers’ Joint Board. FOR A UNITED LABOR TICKET Auspicés Needle Trades’ Campaign Committee in sup- port of the Workers Party. Admission Free. Speakers: : J. P. Cannon and Aen ateaaiet | David Rhys Williams Ralph Chaplin Se | re ee R. Sauser (in Hungarian) Ss et ne ee ATLANTIC CITY, October i3—a |" THE PRESS IW IF WILL BE CONVINCE TA THAT SOVIET as: ‘PRAID to report the’ results of | Locarno a dismal failure and countries, the statesmen of the na- tions participating in the Locarno} conference accepted a thing of shreds rae patches; a miserable compro- mise that leaves everything about as it was before. - With loud acelaim of the world. essen to be. ap: eee ‘ment that was to guarantee le ae hn mi Yat home and, like the agents of the snagpe: Pep ed a it: ool! "No afding its prospects might have rh een as-they journeyed to Locarno, the first session disclosed the basic fantagonisms that doomed it to fail- : But Austin Chamberlain had tissured Great Britain that this was te be great achievement of the tory wovernment, the triumph of the ages. If the conference failed the govern- government, had to make a gesture “ftoward lifting the heavy burden of | }taxation by reducing the armed forces in the occupational aréas. Strese- pmann and Luther were forced to keep their eyes upoh the political situation Gther powers, help to devise some sort of compact that would make it appear that they lost nothing and stood to gain something. HE conference was called for a very definite and specific purpose. It was precisely what its name im- plied, a “security” conference. To guarantee the perpetuity of capital- ism. For capitalism to continue to thrive two things were desirable: 1 Soviet Russia, embracing a sixth of the world’s inhabitable terri- tory, the outpost of the world revolu- tion, is a standing challenge to cap- italism. Its vast resources are badly needed for the rebuilding of the shattered industries of Burope. To gain access to those resources on Soviet terms means to strengthen this formidable enemy of capitalism. Hence the security conference aimed to create a powerful anti-Soviet bloc preparatory to am armed assault upon Russia. 6¢) The vast colonial empires of the victorious nations are in ferment. The ferocious conflict in Morocco, the symptoms of colonial resentment that flare up in assassinations and other acts of violence against the domina- tion of& the “civilized nations,” clearly indicate a menacing situation that will soon require all the armed strength that can be mobilized’ to hold them in leash. The conference aimed to settle for the time being a a ee eee face the opposition in their home te hailed its opening the salvation | sou: "se tear own jobs. a “matter what their opinions re- ‘nent was in danger. Aristide Briand, as the Big Bertha of the Painleve f arbitration, with the league to act as tween the imperialist ; ~So that they could conquests with ’ things can be - e ot tie achieve: thé contere THE bf y's on, lasting but. * Ses ur, was sufficient to bring out @n ‘bold relief the real con- it me the question of he eastern frontier poesety Dee By H. M. Wicks struct any fortifications either on the left bank of the Rhine or on the right bank to the west of a line drawn fifty ki- lometers to the east of the Rhine. Article 43. In the area de- fined above the maintenance | and the assembly of armed forces, either permanently or temporarily, and military ma- _mouvers of any kind, as well _@8 the upkeep of all perma- nent works for ization wre a¥ French Le a oe a of. } sipped: tie claint. of Briand, of France, that these bound- aries remain forever inviolate and that France itself be the guarantor of them. — This claim Gestaany hotly resented. In order to strengthen her case at the | conference table France called in the representatives of the two border states concerned with eastern front- iers. But the German representatives, Foreign Minister Stresemann and Chancellor Luther, were adamant. ‘pre compromise finally accepted, when the attitude of the Germans threatened to. wreck the conference, was that the eastern boundary lines of Germany, affecting Poland and Czecho-Slovakia would be subject to 1 arbiter. In order t0 conceal the de- féat on this score, the versatile Briand signed separate documents with Poland and Czecho-Slovakia re- affirming the interest (?) of France in those nations and promising to aid them in every way possible. Another provision is that Germany is to enter the league of nations and be given a permanent seat in the council. There are now four perma- nent seats in the league—Great Brit- ain, France, Italy and Japan. When Germany joins it makes a fifth. There are six non-permanent seats, at pres- ent filled by Belgium, Spain, Sweden, Czecho-Slovakia, Brazil and Uruguay,,. These seats are filled by electious at the assembly of the league of nations. No decision can be made unless :it is unanimous. — Since both France and Germany occupy permanent seats it is plain that the league council will never reach an agreement on the question of the eastern frontier of Germany, without. causing a.break by unseating one of the contestants. On the western frontier of Germany the conference decided to maintain a neutralized zone about 30 miles wide along the Rhine frontier. This part of the compact is nothing new as it simply repeats the terms of articles 42 and 43 of the treaty of Versailles. which read: Article 42. Germany is for- are in the same - way for- bidden. : a aes. Germany against sseression * the other. Wuer the entry of Gab higay into the league was un discussion the German foreign minister objected to the provisions of artielé 16. of the league covenant. This article provides that one power has the right to march armies over the territory of a second, power in case. any third member is attacked. The Germans feared further aggression by France and were justifiably suspicious that through intrigues with Poland they could incite border disturbances which would furnish an excuse for French troops to swarm over German | territory. Their length of stay would depend upon the duration of the “emergency.’ The reason for the press striving to leave article 16 as it is, was the desire of France to have unhampered passage through Germany so that the military forces of that nation could unite with the Polish army, one of the largest in Europe, for the purpose of a military drive against Soviet Russia. , Germany, in her own interests, bitterly opposed entering the league until the objectionable article 16 was modified. This prolonged the dead- lock that gripped the conference for nearly a week. The representatives of the entente had no power to change the Covenant of the league, but they finally agreed to use their influence and votes im the league council to change the ob§ectionable parts of the article. The main objective of the conference thereby came to naught. REMIER Painleive of France ac- claims Octobér 16, the date of the signing of the pact by the re- presentatives of the powers “a historic date.” He immediately dispatched congratulations to Aristide Briand, his foreign minister. A close examination of the _ sub- stance of the pact, discloses the fact that France least of all has reason to congratulate herself. It means a long step in the direction of complete de- feat of her aspirations at the close bidden to maintain or con- (Continued on page 6) Save Mathias Rokasi from the Horthy Hangmen! —————— oon re EO —_— a Great Protest Demonstration at PRUDENTIAL HALL, North Avenue and Halsted St. Tuesday, October 20th, 8 P. M San aon a SHIN G cO., this W. Washington 7 Biva., ‘Chicago, ’ i — - pms od i — : ee ‘ — ee . ne “a4 4 demonstration terror were art The de is rising against Pax Horthy government for new of the working class. who ernment, with a brilliant record ‘(Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Oct. 18.—Fifteen pickets participating in a inst the new outbreak of the Hungarian white rday before the Hungarian consulate. was a part of the world-wide protest that and ghastly preparations by the bloody lesale murders against the flower Banners demanding freedom for Matthias Rakoski, a commissar of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet gov- as a revolutionist, who is slated to die at the hands of Horthy, were carried in the demonstra- tion. Other banners demanded liberation of other workers to be tried before an extraordinary court martial. Consul Feigns Ignorance The picketing was under the direc- tion of the International Labor De- fense and a committee was selected ‘o enter the consulate and protest to the consul. He feigned ignorance of the terror in Hungary, but finally ad- mitted that he considered it necessary o suppress the Bolsheviks. Carry Defiant Banners Among the banners carried before the consulate which is located in the heart of the Wall Street section, at 7 Morris street, was one reading: “Horthy White Government Is Red With Workers Blood.” Another was a direct slap at the vultures of Wall Street and defiiantly proclaimed .“‘Wall Street Finances Horthy; On Wall Street Lies the Blood Guilt.” Many banners bore the slogan “Ra- | kosi Shall Not Die!” Arrests Follow Interview The arrests of the pickets followed the interview with the New York gent of Horthy. The charge was lisorderly conduct and the prisoners were held in jail for night court. Vast crowds gathered and express- »d in no uncertain terms their in- dignation at the arrests, The deni- zens of Wall Street seemed stunned by the events and hovered in small groups at a safe distance watching the activities of the pickets and the police. bee — of he years th ernment of Horthy is forced to , ecede “from its murderous designs on the fe alppai of that hapless nation that has been for years in the bloody clutches of a terror directed from Wall Street. After the arrests a tremendous de- monstration against the’ New York police aiding the upholders of the Hungarian terror was held, attended by thousands of workers as they pour- ed out of the shops at noon. The meeting was addressed by P. Pascal Cosgrive of the Shoe Workers’ Union, E. Gardes representing Hungarian Workers organization, J. O. Bentall of the International Labor Defense, and Ben Gitlow, candidate for mayor of »the city of New York. The thousands of workers present applauded the denunciation and ex- posure of Horthy and endorsed the demands for freedom of Rakosi and the other victims of the terror. Resolutions unanimously adopted demanded immediate freedom of' the working class leaders and called for emptying the Horthy jails of im- prisoned workers, Further meetings are to be arran- ged. Resolutions also were adopted calling upon unions to act in defense of workers in that benighted nation. Already many unions have protested to the state department at Washing- ton, Thousands of workers also attena- ed the International Labor Defense ball held Saturday night where reso- lutions were adopted protesting against the merciless persecutions of | Hungarian workers, Czechs Complete Arrangements for Funding War Debt WASHINGTON, Oct. 18—Czecho- Slovakia has completed arrange- ments at the United States treasury department for funding its war debt to the United States. The total of the debt, over which there had been. some bickering be- tween the Czech and American debt commissions, was set at $115,000,000. | STRIKERS FORCE 10 PCT. REDUCTION IN PANAMA RENTS FROM LANDLORDS (Special to The Daily Worker) . WASHINGTON, Oct. 18-—- From Panama the war department has received word that altho American troops “restored order” during the rent strike in Panamm City at the request of the president of Pahama, the landlords were forced by the strikers to reduce rentals ten per cent, AMERICAN AGENT BLAZING TRAIL IN BUKHAREST New Adibeseader ‘Has Long and Odious Record (Special to The Daily Worker) BUCHAREST, Roumania, Oct. 18.— While the leaders of the working class are being tortured to death in the dungens of the Roumanian terror, ‘the Roumanian economic association is entertaining William Smith Culbert- son, representative of American im- perialism, who is the new United States minister to Bucharest. At a ‘press “leading Roumanian citizens,” fattended in honor of Culbertson. Since taking his post here Mr. Culbertson is announced to have studied Rou- ‘mania’s possibilities as an outlet for American goods and as a field for in- vestment of American capital. The question of settlement of Roumania’s war debt to the United States is in- volved fm the speculations and the coming. of Culbertson is unquestion- ably @ move to bring this nation and its-resources under the domination of Wall Street. * - * A Good and Faithful Servant. William Smith Culbertson has a long record in the United States as the agent of the government in many shady economic and political man- euvers. He was the examiner for the United States tariff board and pre- pared the first volume of its report on the woo] tariff for the Taft gov- ernment in 1910-12, which recom- mended high protective rates for the woolen trust. Under Woodrow Wilson he was a member of the federal trade commission, studying tariffs and trade conditions in Brazil, Uruguay, Argen- tinia, Chile, Peru and Panama, an ad- vance man for the armed forces of the Unietd States, and using his posi- tion as agent.of the government to blaze the trail for deeper financial penetration by American finance and capital of South America. Appointed by Wilson to a post of the federal trade commission for a term of 12 years he served under Harding as vice-chairmah of that commission. At intervals he has lectured before stu- dent bodies of American colleges on “commercial treaties and policies.” He is a republican in politics, a member of the Presbyterian church which follows the teachings of the maniac, John Calvin, who burned Servetius at the stake for disagreeing with him on biblical interpretation: a, Shining light in the Rotary club. He hails from Emporia, Kansas, whose leading citizen is the clownish news- paper editor, William Allen White. By birth,. education, training and en- vironment he is eminently fitted to play his present role of vassal of American imperialism. Workers! Come! Fight the White Terror! POLO LLP LL LE el cle ee Auspices International Labor Defense abe se -hanguet Thursday, might fifty agenis..... Of the terror; dubbed by the capitalist ~ oe tee reer yi Be a = _— —_ —_—
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a ‘ticket and a 10 TRADITIONS | Revolutionary Past Not to Be Forgotten By BERT MILLER. WENTY-FIVE years ago thousands of workers from Russia, Austria and the southeastern sections of Eu- rope swarmed to this country in search of better conditions. They fled from the cruel persecutions of czar- ism and the crowded tyrants of Bu- rope. They brot with them the high- est revolutionary ideals and aspira- tions. Many of them came to New York City and entered the garment trades. Instead of the promised land, the paradise which they had hoped for, they were met here by the sweat shop and the garment boss. Long hours and low wages and unsanitary condi- tions was their lot but they deter- mined to get rid of these intolerable «onditions. They determined to estab- lish decent conditions in the garment trades. They resolved to organize. .The needle workers established their unions to fight against the sweat shop owners. They waged a brave, victorious fight against biggest odds and established farréaching re- forms in the industry. ‘They estab- lished the eight hour day and the forty-hour week. They did away with the unsanitary” sweat shop and estab- lished union control over the indus- try. Fines and discrimination by the bosses was abolished. Even in these early years when the labor movement of the United States, was politically far more backward than it is today the needle trade work- ers established their union on the ba- sis of the class struggle and demanded the abolition of the capitalist system and the establishment of a socialist commonwealth. ODAY the needle workers face a critical situation again. The reac- tionary officials have adopted a policy of class collaboration which is result- ing in defeat after defeat for the workers. Slowly but surely the gar- ment manufacturers are increasing their strength. They are making steady inroads upon the garment workers’ unions and the rights which have been won by the workers after years of organization and struggle. All these rights are in danger today. The reactionary officials are disgrac- ing the revolutionary traditions of the garment unions by adopting a pol- fey of class collaboration on the po- litical field. They are entering: into’ open partnership with the agents of the capitalist class in the republican and democratic parties. In this critical hour the needle trade workers must show once more the revolutionary spirit for which they have won enviable place in the American labor movement. They have already repudiated their false leadership. They are establishing a leadership which really expresses the wishes of the rank and file. They must follow the same course on the po- litical field. They must abandon com- pletely the socialist party, the party of class collaborationists, which has betrayed them and must support the only party which is working in the interests of labor in the present elec- tion campaign—the only party which advocates the unity of labor’s forces on the political field—a united labor labor party. The needle workers must support the Workers Party in the present elec- tion campaign. |The Internationa i HE Fe Tailoring Co. has ' distributed scab printed circulars thruout the city of New York offering $10.00 reward for the arrest and con- viction of workers guilty of com- mitting vfolent and illegal acts against the scabs working for the International Tailorifig Co. Not one dollar of the $10.00 has been paid out The circular was isued on August 7th, 1925. On August 12th Justice Thomas W. Churchill of the New York supreme court ‘issued one of the most sweeping injunctions against the strikers Of the International Tailoring Co. and their organization, the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers of Amer- ica. The injunction issued and the motion, which was signed by Justice Churchill making it permanent, con- tains the following declaration by this eminent capitalist judge, “I dislike to interfere by injunction in an industrial dispute, but where violence is proved all other considerations must be subordinated to its suppres- sion.” Wealthiest Company in Clothing Industry. HE International Tailoring Co. is one of the welthiest men’s cloth- ing manufacturing concerns in. the United States. It does millions of dollars worth of busimess a year. It has gigantic factories in New York and Chicago. It has decided to take up the fight against the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, It is aided in its fight by the other manu- facturers in the industry, and by the United Garment Workers of America, the scabbing organization of the Am- erican Federation of Labor, which has signed an agreement with the concern to supply it with strikebreak- ‘ers during the strike. The International Tailoring Co. in its war against the Amalgamated has recruited the worst elements of the underworld to terrorize the workers into submission. The fight of the International Tailoring Co. is a fight to lower wages, increase hours, speed- up production and to lower the stand- ards of living of the workers. It can only do that effectively by smashing the strike and thus giving an impetus to the move of the capitalists thruout the United States to smash the organ- izations of the workers. The strike against the International Tailoring Co. is a life and death struggle for the Amalgamated. The injunction was issued for the express purpose, not to prevent violence because the International Tailoring Co. can make a display of violence without fear of court interference, .but for the pur- pose of: making it impossible for the wor to conduct their strike effectivély so that the strike shall be | lost and the opportunity given to the manufacturers together with the scab United Garment Workers Union to smash the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Friend of Labor. N Churchill ran for election he was endorsed as a friend of labor by the Central Trades and Labor Council. Churchill true to the capitalist class he represents and serves, now comes to the asistance of the International Tailoring Co. and stabs the striking clothing workers in the back with the injuction which he says he dislikes so much to issue but nevertheless issues. The Interna- tional Tailoring Co. injunction is an expression of government by injunc- tion against the working class. The International Tailoring Co. in- junction, because it was issued by a so-called friend of labor, is also proof of the bankruptcy and treacherous \effect of the policy of the reaction-| nace _ crac rt’ oo ; «& aries in the unions to support as riends of labor capitalist politicians the republican and democratic yarties, It is a warning to all work- ors that the workers as a class must anify their power on the political field against the capitalist politicians thru the organization of a labor party. Only by the workers carrying on an independent political fight for power against the capitalist parties can the workers hope to end government by injunction. | ' Defy Injunction. g he recognize such an injunction as that issued to the International Tailoring Co. is to give up without a struggle those conditions which | the workers have made _ valiant struggles to obtain. The workers | must picket the International Tailor- ing Co. en masse. They must de- monstrate to the whole capitalist class that they will not tolerate gov- ernment by injunction and that they will defy every injunction issued to defeat the workers in their struggle for more human conditions. If the officials in the Amalgamated are not prepared to make such a militant fight of the rank and file against the injunction then the left wing in the Amalgamated must make such a fight. In a militant defiance by the strikers of the Churchill injunc- tion, the workers will get ful support and: assistance of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, because the Workers y (Communist) Party is the party of workers and fully realizes the me- of Judge Churchill’s . order against the workers. ~ Preserve Union! The Strike of the Amalgamated against the International Tailoring Co. is a strike to preserve the union. This strike must receive the full support of all workers. The Com- munists and the left wing in the labor movement do not look upon this strike as a thing separate from the struggle of all the workers in the United States against the open shop: The Gommunists and the left wing will do ¢ everything in their power to ing to further the American workers—and a defeat for the entire working class. Hillman Class Collaboration. wish to pdint out that the present situation confronting the men’s clothing. wofkers in the Inter- national Tailoring Co. strike brings policies that have been persued by the Hillman administration in the, Amalgamated. The policy of class collaboration consinstently followed by the Hillman administration has weakened the organization and strengthened the manufacturers. The Amalgamated has in the last few years failed to maintain conditions for the workers because it abandoned completely the idea of mili- tant rank and file struggles against} the manufactures for better working conditions. -The Hillman machine of the Amalgamated is conducting a war against the rank and - represented by the left wing. A Militant Lett wine. manufacturers the Hillman adminis- | tration’ persists in carrying on this war With the result that the organiza-|~ |tion is being @isrupted. The left wing cannot give up its struggle to get the Rmalgamated to adopt a fighting policy, to unify its ranks and to get rid of the leadership that stands in the way of the workers controlling the organization in their own interests. Had the present leadership carried out a militant rank and file policy, had the present leadership of the Amal- gamated vigorously attempted to or- ganize all the workers in the industry, had the présent general faith in, the effectivenes sand willingness to lead mass general strikes of the workers for better conditions, then t ere would be no International strike’ ‘now and the chaos, demoralization a intoler- has In the face'of the dffensive by the Churchill by his famous injunction; INTERNATIONAL, 107 Fourth ee TEN THOUSAND DOLL $10,000 To pay REWARDS for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those guilty of the following illegal acts against employes of the Interna- tional Tailoring Co. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000) For information leading ‘to the arrest and conviction of each person hiring gangsters or others to feloniously asgault any employe of the International Tailoring Company. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS ($280) For evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of each person guilty of émploye of the TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($26) |For evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of each person guilty of a simple assault against any employes of the International Tailoring Com- feloniously assaulting any pany. This offer will remain open until published heise of withdrawal, Below we reproduce the offer ie the International $10,000 to any scab who informs agaitist those pitketing of the International Tailoring Co., Which act was made a Rew ork ¥d 00. - > ~ + ne . ii Fs Ere requisite been and al the formalities - complied with knows f has happen . munist candidates ave been have been bat the barring of a cand the Ballot ts practically Tt ig an {n- sult to the’ y pony ong me- tropolis, it is proof onéé miore thar the workers have no rights, that thefr rT ef : ‘ u ‘ Tailoring Company. i : : : E ; pee able conditions which the workers now suffer would not exist. | HE International strike strates that the building up of a| ers’ powerful organization that can ef- fectively fight against the encroach- ments of the bosses and for the bet- terment of the conditions of the work- ers can only come when the rank and file adopts and supports the policies and program of the left wing. The Jeft wing has the only policy by which to effectively fight injunctions and that is by mass violation, picketing the shops in defiance of the injunc- tion. The left. wing has the only effective policy of fighting the so-called “friends: the ve Tot labor” andthe capitalist political parties demon-: po ed labor dg consisting of work- The left wing "has the only policy of how to effectively fight to improve by rank an dfile mass struggles, by general strikes of amalgamated indus- trial unions esti The Communists support the efforts wing of the left wing in the needle trades| owe Tha eodiaien marty wan gee Party supports the fight of the left : wing particularly in the Amalgamated |Clothing Workers’ Union, to make it a real militant fighting organization of -¥ i 2 : ei ii and that is by . building a i 5 A > a 29385 ceeg* workers’ conditions and that is an 41 3 2 against the bosses. all other upions. The Workers/ the rights of workers is silent as it is always silent when oppressive sures are taken by the rank eae Bin ernment against the workers. Sat Help! Help! The Communists Are Coming! 1's By SAM LIPTZIN. pee workin who want to measur¢ the-might and influence that the Workers Party has developed in the working ses can measure it: in terms,9f the abuse hurled at the Communists by the government, the leadera! bP the American Federation of Labor, yellow socialists, etc... ainst Child Labor p-Fit Schools for Workers’ Childeote =a. os i » For World Trade Union Unity | For a Warkers’ and Farmers’ Government For Communism t m- wl an. Be —— =. ee | *. “4 " . r 9 4 3 i ee a
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= . RING FIGHTING TO iy K CITY'S IN POLITICAL rN iciks (Special to The Daily Worker) ' 4 ABOR LAWS By CHARLES ZIMMERMAN, WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.— Veteram: Manager, Dress Dept. |. L. G. W. U., Candidate for Assembly, 7th A. 0., Bronx employes in navy yards and arsen= als, who were retained on essential war work in those plants in 1917 and saveodee! peRaBR fet os) 2) ° 7 6 @ Cc IN TROUBLE? LONDON, October 18.—Charges | against the six arrested Commun- eh eee les ae Bi. as ‘| ist The recent big victory of the cloak and drgss makers, led by the left s, including Harry Pollitt and zg y Bright Election Idea Albert Inkpin, Rose Campbell and Coutiiiidialets Fight for| wing, will go a long way toward liquidating the " elase-collabotation policy Seems to Flivver . others taken in the raid on the Soviet Standards in the needle trades on the economic as well*as the political field. When sae ca sranan ieee sretenentaee _ | . —— headquarters of the Communist in the last United States presidential election, the leaders of the needle va Dig whe berené ie ake Senne Printing Pressmens’ Union Local] BUENOS AIRES, October 18.—Dis-| Party and the National sure yee trade unions endorsed democrats and republicans, and tacitly supported forces of the government: but <. No. 3 has filed a petition for an in-| patches from Chile. indicate that in-| Movement, were read in court yes By PAULINE ROGERS Smith for governor of New York state, it was in Mne with what they did | + jeave the United States. junction to restrain the Berry hench-|surrectionary outbreaks have taken gna ss dsisiaien eldinte Miaielliabie (Special to The Daily Worke.» later off the écomomie field by hand-4 That te the position desided. @ ; men from molesting the members of |place. The army and navy official) © yok : so Stacie - ~ NEW YORK, Oct. 18.—Ben Gitlow, | ing over the most vital demands of | Sargent for “I aw by a conference, in Washington, Of the the expelled locaJ in shops having the |group which has been ruling Chile} Were 4 ms ne 2 4 oe candidate of the Workers Communist | ‘he workers to a commission of capi- g 99 representatives of District 44 of the ct Ailled Printing Trades Council fabel.)with an iron fist, yesterday allowed) Du S™RSee | trom a list |Party for mayor of New York City de- | talst politicians. -Enforcement” After | iniernational Association of Machine The Berry servants have caused a|the following dispatch, evidently rf lars as the ones to prosecute. | Clared that the Communists were not} The lett wing victory means above Aiding Violations | '*“* covering the navy yards and am letter to be sent from. the Allied censored, to arrive here: The charge alleges conspiracy to out to maintain the existing New| all that the needle workers are re- ng senals. Proposals that the union ask Printing Trades, Council to.the em- Censored News publish seditious literature and are | York standards for the pro:eccton of | turning to the path of the class strug- WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—Atty~| congress to abolish veterans’ prefér ployers telling them that the newly! «nothing new, Troops continue to| grawn under the mutiny act of 1739. | Workers as the socialist par:y wants | gle on the economic and __ political Gen. Sargent, whose unwillingness to | ence were dropped. Amendments tg organized local: which is scabbing on | syard the moneda (government build-| 4739. to do, but ig out to achieve cue stan-| field. The socialist party having lost | look into lawbreaking by Andrew Mel-| the existing law, safeguarding the the expelled local im the recognized jing) It is stated that this is simply in spite of the supposed gravity | dards of Soviet Russia. its hold almost completely, because of | lon of the aluminum trust and by the | jobs of the men who were kept im union and. that im order-to keep the |, measure of precaution to avoid of the offense and the campaign “The socialists,” declared Gitlow, | its strong swing to the reactionary | the promoters of the bread trust and | the plants, by the wish of the gov- label, only members oo-teat local may | disorders. Official information says| of “red scares” in the capitallet “pledge themselves to maintain the | bureaucracy, is now a negligible fac-| electric power trast hae brought a | ernment, will be offered in congresd be employed. «= . all measures necessary for mainten-| press, the ball was set at $280 each. | New York standards; but we, the | ‘or, which makes the prospects of | storm of ridicule and erfgicism upon | this winter. Twenty-five thousand International \Viee-Prbstdent Marks |ance of order atid discipline will be} Thie was furnished by Shapurji | Workers Party say that the existing | "!ty on the political field thru a la-| his head, has come out for law en-| members of the machinists slons refused to Glecdse the Wusction of the | taken, Admiral Schrosder, dtrector| Sakiatvaia, Communist member of | laws are Very’ inadequate and do not | %°T Party a tangible possibility for | forcement in an article in “Justice,” a} were taken trom training comes Se to - | che near future. Any attempt in that | new magazine published ‘in Washing-| returned to skilled work in navy - injunction with DAIL RKER | general , arriv noon. rliament and Geor Lansbury, | meet the needs of the workers. Let ag D reporter and qeaigl chad he 2nd never : An asain pers Ale ncn re on set member of canianiont oie us consider the so-called New York Yirection will surely receive the sup-|ton. Arthur E, Stilwell, finamefer, is| yards and arsenals under the selec , demanded that’ the laWel’be taken | October 24th. The military junta} publisher of a weekly paper. Great | standards. Pirst,—the workers’ com- past of the meedia workers. president of the publishing company. | tive system. ; from the shops ‘where meétnbers of |have a new and bright jdea on pre-| crowds of workers gathered out- pensation laws.do not cover all in-j|¥v Ws - the expelled local are employed. venting disorders during the election.| side the court to welcome the Com- |dustries and employments in any PT Ui 3 ' “While we ate In favor of the|I[t has issued orders that all parties munists with cheers and demonstra- | state. There still remain many loop , fizht against Berry in ‘the Pressmen’s f 1gTee upon one candidate. Of course,+ tions of support. | holes and low standards in the law. — Union Local No. 3“6f Chicago and in} he junta expressed its opinion that Clerks, professionals, farm hands and ' a the International Printing Pressmen’s | ‘his one candidate should be their domestic servants are universaliy ex- ¥ and Assistants Unioh,. we are not in| choice, Senor Emiliano Figueroa Lar- cluded. The law covers only 17 faYor of the usé of injunctions issued | rain. , , }groups of ‘hazardous employments’ by Capitalist courts,” declared one A Fly in the Ointment ip and only 19 of the most common oc- thé Printing Trades Progressive Com-| The bulk of the soldiery were sup- | cupational diseases. mittee national cammitteemen in an | posed to fall in with the idea, of their | __ “Ia case of injury, no compensation interview with a representative of|commanders and support Larrain. T0 INDEPENDENCE is paid the “3 ween. and then the the DAILY WORKER, “to carry on | However, a ubiqutous army surgeon, injured worker receives from 50 to fi. ; ” ie ‘ ty ° Ld —_ : igel : 7 ; a 3 . q 7 66 r cent of hi lary. Besid catti."'ta tehsil of ont commities|prific health, ‘oompllted the elben sea’ this, workers meet consanly with ua Imasine that you could walk into the ling I can say that the idea of combatting | tion” b yannouncing that he was a| Hope of Peaceful Libera- Oy ar cate eSneeen: he 1113 W. Washington Blvd. today. You would find a pari nny amas by the left Wh Le bale sec ae tion of Islands Vanishes | “New York pays no health insur- hive of activity. Six linotypes casting the type for a hun- ae» wing in the printing traces.” the “disorders” so much dreaded by ry by ge phage "oad prs Bre gry press. A corps of skilled mechanics at the “—— é ve The following letter sent by the|the military dictatorship, since Dr. (Special to The Daily Worker) . 4 Allied Printing ‘Trades Council to} Salas is appealing tp the masses on| agania, P. I. Oct, 18-American| U2ense® covered by the workmen's tables arranging the type into forms and pages our é 5 the employers in the printing industry | platform containing progressive and | qesigns on the Philippine Islands as om “ot spe ee ORs i Be ee printing presses turning out newspapers, magazines, "4 es of Chicago and signed by William A.|even radical ideas and his following |, fruitful field for the cultivation of|Dioved amphlets, leaflets. Mailers busily addressing and wrap- : Lewis, a Berry henchman in the Web| among the workers are ee im | crude rubber is viewed here as fore- “g Ps P UP Pressmen’s’ Union, is the evidence | number. econd, is the question of labor ping to rush the papers and other printed matter to read- ' Feasting a long and bitter struggle for egisiation for men. In New York, 75 SAS ssoohe-emsotores ers. Auto trucks at the freight door to catch the fast mail =; |independence of these islands. FOr! per cent of the people employed are ‘/éighteen years a struggle has gone€/ wage workers, and yet there are no |forward against American aggression | jgws 1; | which gives the le to the statement of Marks that neither he nor the , International union hag attempted to N. Y. Daily Worker TTT HTL TEE EE | } ui | | | | LL] | } 7 B i ;hidi | & a trains : a ! | ing the numper of h : i ae S hy wre fag wp He tales’ ot the Rescue . Parties: Jand the effort to limit the influence], man may work,«no minimum wage 4 : ¥ it |of American investors has kept the/laws, no faws establishing paid vaca- ) 7 ’ . . i —" union: Pe S kol Hal 825, public domain here largely unculti- at There is a law requiring one f THE DAILY pg Radnik, South Slavic or “To Label ONS, a3 i ey Asneay song» i, a jrated awaiting the time the Phitp-| day's resttin 7 but this law is weak: gan; Empros, Greek; Trybuna Robootnicz, Polish; Ny a ae eet, ie |ppines could obtain complete freedom | ened by miany exceptions. There ar : 4 “You are hereby advised that| Branches co-operating: Germanljand develop ‘the resources thru na-| codes of factory laws regar reefs Tid, Swedish; The Young orker; The Workers Monthly ) weir Printing aD aaneee — section Greater New — ee tive initiative. gerous machinery, elevators, fire- and a dozen other ae peridocials are being produced ; 7 "4 Goat pentbora” Benkee PU tees bce Foe te We oad Be -so-eng Dagan» Base oc ee Se Bates, but thee together with hundreds of thousands of pieces of other 3 ee a A. pera Fe tree “ s no — Hungarian, WwW. L, 0. No. Frequently the Washington govern-| inspection is lax, and the laws are| == g Pp , Sorat with ine ee eee Anica | Sat. Oct. 31—West '\Side|mént has appeared to be receptive to-| constantly violated. One quarter ot | EE printed propaganda. It is the ‘Source of all Communist | * Sg sr ty an to ’ Hall. 301 East hward the plea for freedom, but since! our workers in NewYork are unem-| = 6 5 ance with the ‘laws '6f the Interna-| Workers’ Hail, aaah - ro aganda at work “ P| fonal ” Alli Printing Street. New York 'the report of Congressman Robert i.| Ployed, and there is no law guarantee- p . . — . het Peete aate co = gers lest : 5 , “Bacon, of New York, representing the | ing the worker a chance to earn hi: Pe se c ciation, and thi€‘cowncil, and is there-| Branches co-operating: English « living, <i %.4 Es pun P ‘ a a eae = « — ~ e A — “- . =3 . ne i es foré not entitled to recognition in} West Side, Greek "West Side,’ Italian ~whber interests, that some-of the is | : yes shops having.a label license issued | West Side Jugo-Slav. Tete rel gates wcletats od producers, ure a qHeitinn gp tayvag len AY 8g — S ato La oho WORKER a0 , ‘Fthe change has been marked and it is | Sislation for women. There is in New n c j en a by chee. SoNneS. « Sat., Oct. 31—Barbers’ Union believed here that Washington will | York, no minimum wage for women, . er ater an ing - omip ete c oe 'Y “The Chicago Printing Pressmen’s Union Noo S emiigied with aed sub, | Hall, 56 Manhattan Avenue,|iiever consent peacefully to the sur-| there is a0 prohipition of night work, printing plant deserted; dust covering the tables, type ordinate to’the International Printing } Brooklyn. ! | |[Fender of domination of ‘the Philip-| Stor a ae ee cases and ‘machinery; the humming motors silent. The | Presse and Absistants Union of| Branches co-operating: Jewibl dines. rae sie 9g: talents Bow bt Com . panted dx in America North America. wif 6ffices located | Williamsburg. '} ‘It is feared that the invasion of rub-| & omen the same salary as men O O munis Pp e propagan a , er means the abolition of the Jocal| for the same work. There is a law on avg pigeon — aes. bine Mon., Nov. 2—Finnish Work. jégislative bodies and the substitution| 4¢manding a minimum 9-hour day, SE aa ee oon ee Lee. Pe. Tere Street, | therefor of a federal administration | f0r Womefi, but violations of it are Babe hag at ge ty oop Brooklyn. directed by Washington. legion. One of the few protective Branches co-operating :. _ Finnish Governor-General Leonard H. Wood measures for women is that physi- oo are Fg aiid vee te South Brooklyn, English Boro ‘Park, | openly expresses himself as favoring | ©!@98- must report immediately all entitled to all rights and recognition | Lithuanian Boro Park, Russian South | action by congtess at Washington yore yo Occupational disease. But, in shops having a label license with | Brooklyn, Scandinavian South Brook: that will abolish the assembly elected exist, ae tar cage this council, to the same extent as lyn, English Coney Island. : to connéct the internal policy of the st, only a few hundred are report- islands. ed. Another law states that an em- any other local union which is Sat., Nov. 14—Bronx Work- ployer should not employ a female frozen at its source. " . . a o bh The first picture is what you would see today. The . second is the nightmare which stares us all in the face unless—the vanguard of the American working class sends in immediately the thousands of dollars needed to Save THE DAILY WORKER. affiliated with this’ council a. ; ers’ Halt, 1347 Boston Road, . sooner than 4 weeks after she has nee ad ue chips haga Laer come Bronx. Polish Barons Sell = ie to @ child. There is no : ‘ aw tin 4 trem toe Jo8 _ Branches cooperating: a Browx| ‘Tobacco Monopoly _| 's, sranting her leave of absence Thousands of dollars are needed to keep the That said party of the second part ee to Italian Bankers made for day nurseries. bras, . (firms) now employs and hereby Fri., Nov. 20—Manhattan Ly- “We, the Workers Party repudiate .~ agrees to employ and keep in its} ceym, 66 East 4th Street, New; ROME, Italy, Oct. 18—The Joan Po-Jall these meager presses running, thousands more to buy the paper loy duri h iti f thi measures, and employ during the coutinuance o S| York. land has been seeking.from the Italian | pledge ourselves to attain the stand- supply papi otc om Se ifort a — Branches ch biiestinn: All Down-| Banca Commerciale is about to be/ards of Soviet Russia, where there : ng, nding, ruling, electrotypes, signed. in minteues ia stereotypes and all other electrotyp- town branches. age law for men and Additional DAILY WORKER Res-| Poland has borrowed 40,000,000 | women, where the maximum day is cue Parteées are sbeing arranged for | Paper lire ($16,000,000) from the bank | 8 hours, and the night work lasts only Astoria, Harlem, Williamsburg and | and now asks for 600,000,000 lire ‘$24, {7 hours, where a 42 hour weekly rest . j Brownsville and will be announced | 900,000) more, offering as securiyt the ;}i8 compulsory,» where every worker with and represente in the party) ot an early date. The plan is for|right to administer the Polish tobacco | after a year’s service is entitled to a of the first: part* (cOuneil).... and! oyery pranch in Greater New York | monopoly. month’s leave of absence with full pay such other unions as may hereafter/| to co-operate in at Jeast one of the| Poland in order to avoid having an| Where every citizen has the right to hecome affiliated with and be repres-| affairs to help “Saye the DAILY | economic dictator appointed either by |employment in his a her trade, ing matter, entering into printing and printing products, only members in good standing of unions affiliated Swift, United and Generous Action by Militant Proletarians Is ented in said party of the first part.) WORKER.” “the league of nations or the creditor | where every worker for whom em- : By ‘W. A. Lewis, Secretary-Treasurer.” Daily. , *¢(Council), Tickets for all affairs are cut. Any | nations, of whch France is the largest, | ployment cannot be f . “Wishing you continued success,| members of these branches not yet}to administer her finaticial affairs is |to a subsidy from che ll tps , ecessal 10 eek ae supplied should call immediately at/sening her monopolies in order to |insurance fund and where a sick or _ Fraternally Yours, the DAILY WORKER, New York | raise funds to keep her vast army and | disabled worker receives the full pay Chicago Allied Printing Trades agency, 108 East 14th street to get spy system. of his group." . Council, some tickets to sell to, Rescue Our : | } ov | THE issn WORKE ipa ~° THE FURRIERS’ JOINT BOARD PROTESTS GITLOW’S 4 | Y Pea arring of Gitlow fy GARMENT WORKERS’ LOCAL. No. 2 DEMANDS GITLOW’S | REPLACEMENT. By AARON GROSS, A TEEDLE Trade Workers! Brothers M ES (Furriers’ Joint Board Candidate for and sisters! Im this election cam- DAVI D RH YS ‘WILLIAM S AN D IA alderman, 29th district). He Mie ype ead he the support 7 9) @ Only working class party with ?P. CANNON, PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS AT by the barring of Ben Gitlow from a worker as its standard bearer. We the ballot in the New York City] must raise our voices and in no un- AN T! -H OR TH Y P ROTEST M ASS M EETIN G elections, we see a very good ex-| Certain terms make a mighty protest ample of American “democracy” in —'s the Pengo of Ben Gitlow’s Rev. David Rhys Williams, noted liberal and brother of the author of ajaction. In spite of all the talk that aaaein owed pie ee gl RAG ip book on the Russian revolution, will be one of the principal speakers at aj We hear about this country being the ee : “land of the free,” whenever the the working class that supported mass meeting which will be held on next Tuesday evening, October 20, in , th ili workers ‘show any pretense of mili.|‘"¢ militant members of the Interna- Prudential Hall, corner of North Ave. and Halsted St., to protest against the tional Ladies’ Garment Workers’ ital latest murder orgy of the Horthy government in Hungary. RARER WO'EO: Che: SAREE HeNae ee Union in their recent disagreement ‘ its organ, the government, in its true Mr. Williams is an excellent speaker and has always been willing to light ot coon of the working with Sigman, was the Workers (Com- render aid in any cause for the welfare of the workers. class. munist) Party. It is the political ex- Another speaker whose ability to hold an audience is unsurpassed in pression of a working class that ; HE capitalists realize very well,) works for a the revolutionary movement is James P., Cannon, national secretary of the that in Ben Gitlow, the American by wal worki _ sigan — ee = International Labor Defense, and member of the Central Executive Com-/ workers have a fearless leader; one | let the capitalist class know that we mittee of the Workers (Communist) Party. Comrade Cannon is personally | who has stood in the forefront of the | do not approve of the removal of Ben acquainted with Mathias Rakosi, the most paeenent of the working class| battle in the American Class strug-|Gitlow’s name from the ballot. It is victims of Horthy’s latest orgy. gle; a worker; a member of the] because he stands for the end of the R. Sauser of Hungary will give first hand information of the conditions, Amalgamated, Clothing. Workers’| present economic and political sys- in his native land. Other speakers may be announced later on. The case Union; who has stood\true to the] tem, that they have attacked him. ae . , working class, fighting labor’s battles] Rally to the -Workers (Communist) with a spirit and determination that | Party and fight shoulder to shoulder raises in the working class a desire | with Ben Gitlo the workers’ candi- | In this space each day will be recorded the names of those who have provided print paper to save THE DAILY WORKER. Fill out this form and rush it in to 1113 W. Washington Blvd. ra beet) | Adem.» - . » The PII Yb, * — ORO LLM MI Here are Funds to Buy Pape# for Our Daily of Hungarian workers is attracting world-wide attention and radicals of many shades are interesting themselves in the movement to save them from the the crust RS cciete he saahtieienaiteands - te oe 8 Ee ” oe i eee ot Eee, , Se mapmrr ear ERs wer RW a
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ane Wig hee aye MY ae er Piel 4 iRY SUBDI\ , } PROPOSE Y REORGANIZ TION, . + ‘The district seers commission, consisting of Comrades Abern, 10 and Lovestone, havé worked out the following basis of temporary e ~ - cenlan of the city of Chicago for reorganization purposes: 1 eee Re Te a ms ee * Section 1. Loop—South Territory. ‘Borthwest to Canal; manufacturing sections. "_vTrTrTyrTrTrTrTrTrTrrTrTrrCrTereOrererererrerererererereeyTyryrreTyTyYwreyfewreYyYrwTyrTyrYyTVY,Y coe eal ne eae : Y's + Lake Michigan and Chicago River then south to Wentworth, along State street to 67th street south. Party units to be included in this section: South Side English, South Side Scandinavian, Englewood Eng- lish, clothing shop nuclei No. 2, No. 8 and No, 4, Time and place of section member- ship meeting at which registration of membership will take place for reor- ganization into shop and street nuc- lei: ‘Wednesday, Oct. 21, 8 p. m., at Community Center, 3201 South Wa- bash Ave. Industries: Loop Commerce and trade—Newspapers' and publishers, ‘railroad terminals, warehouses, freight and express docks, light manufactur- ing center, andthe southeast residen- tial section shall be attached thereto. Political Divisions: First congres- esional—1, 3, 5, senatorial 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, $ wards. . s ‘ nd ) 4 G- 3 a = | fs = . we 6 0 _a WwW 9 “ 8 als rin tori * . sea ry “ey a % "y ~ %, NORTH AVE. ; ~ ATE LIN } Livnois-(tnod NA ates the CoE. C. Chicago District esiakiiealn Prepared by the epiinisanan eganichong and What the Party Gains Thru Reorganization By EARL R. BROWDER. When confronted by the difficult tasks of reorganizing the party into shop nuclei, many members put the question “What will the party gain thru reorganization?” Such a question must be met fairly and squarely, and definite answers given, for only thus cah each member be made a convinc- ed and enthusiastic worker for re- organization. The most important gains to the party thru reorganization are: 1. Establishment of real central- ization, which makes possible united action, in place of the present merely formal centralization which masks an actual autonomy of language groups that has paralyzed the party. 2. Mobilization of the membership to active participation in the political life of the party, and the systematic allotment of specific work to each and every member: 3. Organized contact with the mass- es of non-party workers in the shops and factories, placing the center of gravity of party life there, where the working class is most acutely made aware of its problems. A Real Centralization. The present formal centralization of our party exists only on paper. Actually the C. E. C. has had only such power as the leaders of the language groups were willing to allow, or which the C. E. C. could trick them of. What a farce is centraliza- ‘tion, for example, wWhen language bureaus can carry on political cam- paigns against the Central Committee for purely factional reasons. Centralized leadership is impossible so dong as there are 17 different “bureaus,” each carrying out party directions or ignoring them, at its discretion; so long as the 28 different publications of our movement are not firmly controMed one center; so long as the petty *federation” jea- lousieés and peanut politics are not swept clear out of the general life of the party. LL LL ALLS LIES STE I ARE a ear Ragas aaaaaa— anne 2298 eae Le DROD ‘ - Tae : ‘ es)? > wa le 2 putting aside the language groups to their proper positions as ‘“Workers’ Clubs,” by centralizing all member- ship thru uniform and all-embracing nucleus, sub-section, city and district organizations, by making all payments flow thru a common ‘channel, is a long and important step toward real cen- tralization—which means toward a real Bolshevik Party. ° An Active Membership. Reorganizat on will }draw larger numbers into active party life. This will be accomplished by abolishing the idea that’ the present “‘Workers’ Clubs” that call themselves branches are really political bodies; by killing the idea that dramatic presentations will excuse a party unit from taking part in a political demonstrations; by destroying once and for all the idea | that “federation” intrigue is more “Communist” than attending trade union _meetings to fight for a Com- munist program. But reorganization means an active membership NOW, not only when it is completed. For the reorganization will be a dismal failure if it should be considered bureaucratically, mech- anically, as something imposed from above. No, the party reorganization process must itself be made the occa- sion for the responsible mobilzation of all the most active proletarian alements in our party, who will them- selves (and they are the only ones who CAN) put into effect the lifée- giving organizational principles of the shop nuclei. More important than all else, is the fact that shop nuclei put the party into organized contact with the masses of industrial workers. The form of organization is of primary importance beeause it automatically places certain questions “on the order of the day.” And the shop nucleus form makes the first order of busi- ness always the qugstion, “How can we win over more of our comrades in this shop?” ~Every member of the party becomes thus an active propagandist and re- cruiting agent for our party, among just the most important elements, not the shop-keepers near where he lives, but the fellow-workers in the shops. And these aré the masses from which we must build our mass Communist Party. . Isn’t- It Worth Fighting For? And so we do not ask the mem- bers of the Workers Party if they will accept reorganization. We ask: “Isn’t this something which we can fight for, can work for, can™ build over all obstacles?” We think it is, and all members who think likewise will establish a working and fighting cooperation to realize these ends. Northside English Meets Tonight. The Northside English branch will meet tonight at Imperial Hall, 2409 North Halsted street, at which the question of reorganization and final branch settlements will be attended to. Every member must be present. “Let’s make this a-rousing farewell to the North Side and a welcome to the new organization,” says our sec- retary, Wm. Kuperman. Nuclei Two, Three and Four. SECTION MEMBERSHIP MEETING FOR. SHOP NUCLEF ORGAN- IZATION OF LOCAL CHICAGO, WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY, SECTION NUMBER ONE. WEDNESDAY, soy sapien 21, 1925, 8 P. M. {7 wat COMMUNITY CENTER, 3201 South Wabash Ave. All members of the following Party units must attend: wood English, Seuth Side’ English, South Side Scandinavian, Shop Admission by membership eard only. . ‘ . 1 y . eae, ie BA. qa ry * b Va wf - ». ‘lof the Tyomies: q | the defense of the Loreist deviation 4 af: : Fog sia! ¢ : rm } Ay * oO ee vt ee i ‘ Weis Ae 0 2 es tes mg: ae) ‘ae ms on rer ee iat on “OF ASK mitce for Watton in fnsating on the - a ry won a « 3 ie ai ee mented fh %, 5 | ON A 5 2 oe) tg ot + eee *% é ng ¥, ‘~. 3 : —_ ey a wld Se ; Ed ‘ ~ hae adh - we Seat. eo ag . > " - ; Bs J : ’ - rs i TAL Ya : Ss y a » aa a , a : 4 Wh ft. « . oe me ee ase , Feo Ws ,” a ‘ 1G y 2 oy Pe te > : , et ’ fag! - i“ AE. a: ' b f ¥ se 4 - —_ 4 : 3 - aT » gate satisfied with lip serv- ice, when the acts of the comrades are against the Comintern. We de- mand that the. decision of the party convention must be obeyed. _ “Finnish Federation Ohio District Committee, eae Ohio.” BALTIMO MEMBERSHIP MEET ~ ~ UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES NEW. sca CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 3c TF t situation in our party and the tion. Comrade Tallentire, the vo the main speaker. By PHILIP CHATSKY. ata bs BALTIMORE, Md On Oct. 18.—The most rations tie’ and ‘important mem- bership meeting ore was held on Sunday, Oct. 11, to discuss the future tasks of bolshevization and re- newly elected organizer of District 3, Reviews Party’s Struggles... In his speech he analyzed the apere of developments of our party until > “Whenever our party was a crisis,” ip he said, “the C. I. came to our assist- ance and when we look back to all those decisions, we must admit that tq the C. I. was then, as it is now, cor- rect. and those who opposed the C. L. were not.” Quoting parts of Comrade Caknett speech delivered at the Y. W. L. con- vention he pointed out the danger. existing in our party from the new all those who accept the C. I. decision wholeheartedly and carry them out, and on the other those who while ‘accepting the decision formally, in reality are working against the C. I. After introducing a gesolution to en- dorse our new C. E."C. and all the resolutions passed by the convention, he appealed to all present, to vote for this resolution, andeto realize that a new era is beginning in our move- ment, and the active support of all members must~be mobilized. A discussion, in which the comrades of various branches participated, de- monstrated clearly, that the rank and file of our party, are all for the C. I., and all its decisions, ready to begin on reorganization. regrouping of forces: on the one hand The resolution was carried unani- the present period. + + mously, with one * abetabiting from voting. re * s ® BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 15.—The Y. W. L., invites’ you all for a good time. The Lenin branch, Y. W. L. local Bal-* timore, is giving a package party and dance Saturday Oct. 31, 8 p. m. at “the Labor Lyceum Ausquith and Lex- ington Sts. All are invited to come, A good time is assured to everyone. Labor Defense Asks Sympathetic Bodies to Avoid These Dates The International Labor Defense asks that all sympathetic organiza- tions do not arrange affairs on the fol- lowing dates in Chicago: Saturday evening, Oct. 24, as there will be a Labor Defense Dance at the Temple Hall, Van Buren and Marsh- field Ave, The week of December 10 to the 13 (inclusive)' as the Labor Defense Ba- zaar will take place at Northwest Hall, North and Western Aves. Build the DAILY WORKER. 8 P. | At Door 60c ° Help the Class-War Prisoners and Defendants Chicago Workers: Come to the International Labor Defense’ DANCE TEMPLE HALL Marshfield and Van Buren Saturday. Oct. 24 Special Featuias:—Jodluding ‘Tableau. Orchestra—Refreshments Tickets—Including Wardrobe 50c— > M. Good sy Auspices Chicago Local, I. L. D. — VO eee — Whe er oe ee ee ee ee ‘
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tion in an industrial dispute, of their misconduct. It employe of plaintiff or to any. one seeking such employment; from pick- manner whatever, and from gating or standing in street with- in ten blocks in ait ercing, threatening, assaulting, intim- endeavoring to persuade Be | ployes or prospective such enter ‘the employment of the plain- suading or inducing or enticing, or or employes and the plaintiff. “Settle order on notice. “Decision of Justice Thomas Churchill, “New York Supreme Court, New York, Aug. 12, 1925.” “ WORKER says about it. tion. I dislike to interfere by injunc- but where violence is proved all other considerations must be subordinated to its suppressiof. If the union can- not control its members it must, to some extent, suffer the consequences can only ¢ escape the stigma of injunctions : against violence by ridding itself of ys members who are guilty of violence. An injunction will issue against all defendants restraining them from us- ing any violence or making any threats of violence or harm to any eting plaintiff's place of business at 107 Fourth Ave., in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, in any tion from the said place of business; from co- those who are working or may work: or who seek or may seek or would be+ cd willing to work for the plaintiff; or} as em- employes against their will to leave or not to tiff, or to join, the union; from per- from attempting to persuade or in- duce or entice, any. employe or em- ployes of the plaintiff to leave its em- ployment before. the expiration of any contract of employment for a definite time existing between such employe Ww. When that argument begins at lunch time in your shop tomor- row—show them what the DAILY atte sd ad - =, * Ne ATURAL RESOURCE | STATE RESERVA VA TION; IONS PLANNED PenUAN! RAIN N.Y. os oo he recent intensified activity of left wing in the needle trade unions of New York led the workers’ school to plan the organization of a amin wen ments” injunction 18) | suse “Tienes oy exploit congre-| carry on ten | said business, Read the injumc-| A special then tell ue why we need a “Supreme tines. Its main purpose is to con- serve the Caucasian aurochs, which represent a rare species among all existing mammals, and -also the numerous reindeers, mufflons, gazelles, martens, etc., which aboundine that region. ‘ The Ibnez mineralogical relatively small territory. . of three separate reserves: | sky, Domtehinsky and and * Pr ee the Volga, Their purpose ig to conserve the virgin nature district and the abundant:animals and \ f cular is taken of the : idating and turning 6 against their pasar phat sented of the egret. from plaintiff's place of business, and virgin sod, swamps three sections: =~ pine acon “The Kosinsky sineiaien situat 16 versts from Moscow, conserves | nature of the Tchernoye, and Sviatoye, adjacent swamps and woods, con- stituting a typical water-reservoir of glacial origin. In the Ukraine Steppe in the’ worla- tion. the Rusan and in languages. The department for nature .con- many ——- a network of state reservation thru. out the territory of the Soviet Union, comprising a total of 87 reservations of the nature of the different regions. The next reservations to be organ- ized will be those of the Bargusinsky, Sayansky and Krassneyafsk regions, which abound in the precious sable which needs particular protection. | OUR DAILY PATTERNS | : JUNIORS’ AND MISSES’ DRESS. “ \ 1 » 5137. Cut in four sizes: 14, 16, 18 and 20 years. A 16-year size requires 3 yards of 40-inch material, with % yard of contrasting material for col- | lar, cuffs, plait and pocket facings, it” made as illustrated. Price 12c. err ae ¥ASHION BOOK NOTICE! ‘Send “12c in silver or stamps for out up-to-date Fall and Winter, 1925-26, Book of Fashions, showing color plates and containing 500 designs of ladies’, misses’, and children’s patterns, a con- cise and comprehensive article on dress- making, also some point. for the needle (Miustrating the various simple 30. of atitches), all ye gable hints to the hoine dressmaker. oa | GIRL'S COAT. Wid 6203. Cut in four sizes: and 14 years. A 12-year size requires 2% yards of 54 inch material. Price nished by a New Y firm of pattern 15 Orders are forwarded by the DAIL ORKER every day as re- oolved, an they are mailed by the man- ufacture et. to the customer. The DAILY WORKER does not Loe g S. stock of patterns on De of get. terns rosy ha, will take as least, ye from the 1 pine not becomes eB nergy your yi al Is ftelayed © Builds the- -DAILY. WORKER reserva: tion in the Urals constitutes a natural) museum of minerology, where someé-| thing like two hundred kinds ™ Ott precious minerals are found upon a The Astrakhan reservation natant binsky. These reserves are afthiitedt on the Caspian side of the Delta of brat " Beloye, famous reservation “Ascenia Neva,” with its famous park of acclimatisa- An extensive literature about this reservation and park exists in servation has worked out plans for . 8, 10, 12 WASHINGTON, Oc recent trends the the au country, ing ‘trades. demand for highly trained individuals | in the building industry is found to be increasing. This study is said to show that labor costs in the motor field are only 20 per cent of retail selling prices of machines. Of all the automobiles sold in the United States in 1924-25, 80 per cent were sold on time rather than for cash. Of the time sales, 65 per cent resulted in the return of the machines to the sellers, for lack of full payment. es Foreign Teachers in Soviet Georgia Find New Methods Applied MOSCOW, Sept. 22—(By Mail)— Delegation of foreign teachers now on vistt in the U. Si; R. arrived to the session of the Trdde Union Council of Georgia. Replying to addresses of member of Tiflig when it was present at welcome, Mr. Roscherr, the delegation, said: “From the first day of our arrival 'to Georgia we saw that the Georgian people has full freedom and can deve- return home, we shall refute false rumours alleging that Georgians are oppressed. Children of your country are full of enthusiasm. New ideas of education in practice appeared first abroad. But we. are ashamed to say that so far we could not realise them because ., we had no power in our hands,” lop its culture. When we which are applied now by -you Ford Negotiates with Cummins Car Co. for Paris, IIl., Factory PARIS, Ill. Oct. Cummins car factory here. Pordfi it was said. _ The Cummins plant, which has its ces in a otedieels many years cars and inter- ‘irban coaches but recently has spe- If Ford ac- quires it, it will be used to accommo- date the overflow from his Indianapo- anufactured str cialized on motor busses. lis branch. Chicago! t. 18.—Study of automobile in- expert for a machine that skilled men utomobile plants to enter the Quantity production bile factories has reduced dependence of the industry on skilled mechanics. Wages and condi- 16—Representa- tives of Henry Ford are on the point of closing a deal for taking over the The plant, one of the largest and best- equipped in the state would be used for the manufacture of parts and as- semblage of cars if purchased by lems of the garment industry and the valiantly conducted bureaucratic ma- the left wing of the Ladies’ | erly ments wit |ed by the membership. ting the various file members to occupy offices and train themselves nical service in the unions. Ladies’ Garment Workers’ ers’ dustry during years; this industry with ence to the file for: ot ganization liar to needle the special of factories); collective bargaining; agreements; employers’ associations; istration of union chairmen, cussed in the course. been secured to share théir edge will take the course. °* Zimmermad,: Zack, and Bert Wolfe. | a 51 Eye Clinics for Chicago year. a + ” 7 —_—“ te DAILY WORKER. Yererereres srararar eferesel gssgwsg1ia1aswisgvessvevei Workers MASS PROTEST MEETING Against Horthy’s Bloody Regime i in Hungary. |For the freedom of M. Rakosi and 100 other weit who face | ‘court martial death sentence and execution in the next few days UNLESS a world-wide demand prevents it. COME FO . Prudential Hall, North Ave. and Halsted St. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 8 P. M. SPEAKERS: : David Rhys Williams, Chairman | James P. Cannon, EVERYBODY WELCOME ‘ Ralph Chaplin, Paul Petras ADMISSION FREE Auspices, International Labor Defense, Local Chicago. ‘ +4 + Pea ’ 8411 vos. Campar, ES EE City Shoe ‘Hospital Work Done While U Wait All Work Guaranteed. Give Us a Trial Sit We'll Give You the Satisfaction... ~ MEN’S SHOES FOR SALE.! " _- JOS. ZELINSKI, Prop.,,- Hartree Mich. NEED UE WORKEKa Poiana -y Contre! of Unio special course dealing with the prob- _the management of ational Ladies’ Gar- Union, the left wing béen called upon to assume responsible positions in that union. It behooves active workers in International , Workers’ Union not only to continue to exhibit the same ardor and devotion which they show- ed in their memorable struggle but to prove themselves capable of prop- assign- which they were entrust- The bureaucratic machines in all needle trade unions have maintained 7 themselves long in the various union positions, never allowing rank and of the r tech- In order to aid those who have al- ready succeeded in the International Union and those who will be called upon, not before long, in the other needle trade unions to assume responsible union positions, a three-months’ course, in which the various vital problems fac- ing officers, executive board members, business agents and departmental heads, will be conducted at the work- school beginning December 7. The development of the garment in- past 25 to 30 the history of the unions in refer- uggles of the rank and it and democratic or- e vital problems pecu- € different branches of the (seasonal fluctuations, contractors, jobbers, inside shops, size methods of organization and admin- activities (shop organization committees, finances, benefits, office management, etc.) will be thoroly analyzed and dis- To insure a practical approach to ali these prob- lemis, active union menrbers, officers | and others familiar with the particu- lar phases. of the needle trades have know!l- and experience with those who The committee which #ill supervise the organization apd conduct of the course will ye dd Ben Gitlow, 5S. A. Trachtenberg | The Illinois State Society of Opto- metrists in conference at the Hotel Sherman announce that a plan is un- der way to supply each ward in Chi- cago with éye’ clinics, making a total of 61. These’elinics will be capable of handling 1,000 patients a day. They will be a in February of next That worker next door to you may not have anything to do to- night. Hand him this copy of the Chicago! 7] >, £ ae fo Coe tres t - He ys , t bee, se * ity > én, 4, : al 7% 3 ‘y | e /ORKVILEE FERRER SCHOOL ~ * TRUSTEE DENIES ADMITT Ee TO YOUNG COMMUN NIOR NEW YORK, Oct? 48, Margaret Rosenberg, 13-year-old | member of the Junior section of thé Young Workers League, has been barred from attending classes at the Yorkville - Ferter school, a school controlled by’ a group of anarchists, by a self-styléd “class conscious” worker, Max ‘Thuman, because of her membership jn-the Junior section. yp This tember of the Junior section scared the following appeal to the parents and children at the Ferrer~* i our Unidd Dideting | School: “Comrades: me ‘Thitd Moriday, Oct. 19/°1925. ' Name of Codal arid “I am 13, years of age and a mem- per of the Junior Section of the Young Workers League and have been a pupil at the Yorkville Ferrer School for the last two years. ng. “Sunday, October 4, 1925, I was re- seen i fark St, fused admission by one of the school| ' ce. Bio Stout aren Work- trustees, Max Thuman, who calls him- 04 ; Monroe ilWwaukee Av self a class conscious worker. Hej| 8 Buren re Mebrew, 3420 W. Roose- said that I could not attend the Fer- 638 Butéhers/ Béhémian, 1870 Blue is- rer School as long as I remained a | ,7745 Uo, AMe ; ‘ pysts Ae Detiind member of the Junior Section. I told sont Glove. w oa! My’ , ay a him» I would not give up my mem- cBvanctgh. : bership in the Communist movement. | 2505 Carpen 2 W.. Waehington t “My opinion is that I have the right 70 eee ssa Bs ” dt. to attend the Ferrer School even tho an Carpenters, poe \ ne amet, St I am a Communist and do my duty| 199 ca arpenters, S. C. 9139 Commercial as a workers’ child for the benefit of aie Carpenters, S. C., 505-6. State St. the proletariat in spite of hypocrites| 419 Carpenters; S. €: in 1457 Clybourn and narrow-minded workers like Max| “** (2cpenters, 222 N. West St., Wau- , 2040 W. North A cour the parents and children er eee shin hy ong abt sep »W, Washingto “9 Tt : of the Yorkville Ferrer School will; /713 Ss ctricians. 119 S. Throop St i L ti 7832 not act ag Max Thuman and so far / eaten Ken “T2 oP Ng pnginesre: sivas $. Ha oy 569 Er neers, 180 W 196 «—~Fi as I know them I believe they will} aid me to stay further in the ranks of the class conscious workers’ children. Street ve. Roosevelt Rd., 39: Last “With Communist greetings, meeting 7:30 é “Margaret Rosenberger.” 331 yA cen —. 5 64th and i 698 Firemen and Enginemen, Madison ' 18 Wisww Beerasere, 1710 N. Winches- P ests College 76 Mea Surrters, 814 W. he St. Students’ Scabbing ©, Laster Derment, 8. W. Ye 4 Lathes, 725 Ss. West A Way Thru School| 3 jreisiat ti ‘dt. ete" estas * Machinists, vd. | 1638 N. Halsted St. DENVER, Oct. 18—sScabbing his| 337 Machinists, way thru school, is the way the Den-| °78 Maintenance of Way, 1643 W. 108d ver Building Service Employes’ Union| 723 Maintenance of Way, 202 W. 47th looks upon students that wash win- 27 Biinters, 175 Ww. ‘Nashin ton st. dows ahd do other jobs below the ac- sy oto nig tt %, cWerth Pe q cepted scale in order to>work their| 147 Painters, 19 W. Ada way thru college. The students under| 13% Painters’ Madieon and Sth Ave. fire attend the University of Denver.| 273 ainters atee Ss. Kedaie ave. ome et oly AS Sate Kane: clear of the). "G; Sino | YMetai Workers; 1698 N. reguiar American Federation o or oe jaisted union and work at cut rates, but they Sailors’ Union of a en have formed a dual organization to 5 Li i 180 W. Washington St. further their competition with the or- ganized breadwinners. The university administration is conferring with the union to settle the controversy. ; p. m. Teamsters, 11526 Michigan Ave. 758 Teamsters, 220 S. Ashiand Bivd., 3 p. Mm, Teamsters, 220 E. Ashland Bivd. Shops Doing Business the Test of ‘“‘Peace”’ by Imperialist Army | weed WASHINGTON, D. @.,. Oct. .18— Imperialism Develops Indian Factories and Indian Proletariat BOMBAY, India, Oct. 18.—The 1924 annual report on the Indian factories act shows that during the year the total number of registered factores increased from 434 to 465, and the number of those actually working from 399 to 434; while in the same period the number of operatives in- manding the American troops which have invaded Pandma City to break strikes beginning over a rent strike, reports to the war department, ac- cording to the news, the department releases to the press, that blessed creased from 49,110 to 50,842. The/| “normalcy” is being approached, with report makes claims of improved] “order” restored and the shops and working conditions for all factory| markets open for business. The hands, but it is known these condi-| \roops, however, are being held in the tions are incredibly bad. lcity under a “reserve status.” eo ae, t taf ‘e Fi! ; os aS wo Pp oh anise ra sid. of 4D Ee we inibeink eee ne aa ~ | a PROBLEM SAYS ‘| arms, S.| helpless until quantity production can Major General William Lassiter, com- |. | as rwe GENERAL CONNOR Need Bombs for Aims of Imperialism WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—Amer- tca’s national defénse faces a “critic- al” situation on account of shortage of ammunition in all services because of administration economies, the president’s air board was told today »y Brig. Fox Conner, assistant chief of staff of the army. What War? Uniess ammunition reserves are built. up. immediately, Connor de- clared, all branches of the national defense will be “helpless” in time of war. The army air service, he declared, however, has been given better treat~ ment and a greater proportion of available funds than any other sery- ee... Reserve Dangerously Low “Our ammunition reserve ig disap- pearing,” was Conner’s warning. “It takes approximately eleven months to ‘zet into production of ammunition. Unless a feserve is maintained all including the air service, are begin. Since the world war virtually nothing has been done to maintain the reserve,” said Conner. Must Have Bombs! “Deterioration is marked, especially in certain quarters and the situation is becoming critical. Over $15,090,000 yearly are needed to maintain the modest reserve we have established on paper. The shortage in bombs alone for the use of the air service is well over $12,000,000.” Conner also declared the United States was safe from foreign air in- vasions. He gave a different reason. however, than any preceding witness. contending that the enemy planes could never be landed from enemy ships in sufficient quantity to stage an attack. ——— Sheetmetal Workers Chen Class. DENVER, Oct. 16.—Local 9, Sheet- metal. Workers’ International Asso- Clation is conducting a night class in the sheetmetal work in the Denver manual training high school. The union makes attendance compulsory for its apprentices but outsiders are also sncxSrarncennces [stex AND DEATH BENEFIT | SOCIETIES Frauen-Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Verein tn = = Pontgehritt Meets every ist & 3rd Thursday, Wicker Park Fiali, 2040 W. North Avenue. Secretary. To those who work hard for their ‘money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street PITTSBURGH, PA. COUUANUNAUURUONUEDUUDODRNDGUODESODOAAN SOG EGRUGENU0VERERERERUGGANEANODUOER DGG DEOUAUER GHAEEAAORREDOGLiLEESPAEREAUNDAEL HOH ‘They are trying to break the Zeigler Spirit. They removed Zeigler’s fighting union officers. They murdered Mike Sarovich. They arrested 26 of his: co-workers. They are trying to railroad 15 of them to the penitentiary. . FIGHT the Zeigler’Frame-up! The mine bosses, the Ku Klux Klan, Farrington’s machine, and the State Power are all lined up in this dastardly conspiracy against the Zeigler miners. Act Quickly! The Denies Is Great! Time Is Pressing! Hurry Up With HELP! Send contributions to _Taterintional Labor Defense yer 23 So. Lincoln St., Chicago, ill. ee — ————
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ceca LL ee — - ae FR ek yee elm > Lawn Sia WRN ies 2 > ett ay os AEGIS je € : 2% os : ae ae SUBSCRIPT 1ON RATES... ay cae (In Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): per year $4.50 six months | $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. ———— Chicago, Iilinols J. LOUIS ENGDAHL } v —RAitors WILLIAM F. DUNN® th Business Manager MORITZ J. LOEB at oe post-office at Chi- —_ tered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, “ cago, iL, under the act of March 3, Advertising rates on application. One of the Locarno Sidelights. When President von Hindenburg, the German marshal of military might, and M, Vandervelde, the Belgian scoialist premier, agree on the Rhine compact it ought to be able to stand a ‘good deal of rough treatment .... —Edwin L. James in THE NEW YORK TIMES. This very efficient European correspondent. of the Times seems to view Hindenburg and Vandervelde as representing tw0/e extremes in the arena of European politics. The Rhine treaty, hailed as one of the principal achievements of the Locarno “security pact, te is thought to be doubly assured of being carried ig effect because it is acceptable to both. f Marxians understand, of course, that its duration will depend.en- tirely upon the length of time Europe can continue to patch up its insurmountable antagonism. When an impasse is reached that can- not be solyed by-peaceful methods then war will again flame forth and the Rhine pact will go the way of other diplomatic “scraps of paper.” But to classify Hindenburg and Vandervelde as political op- posites is completely to ignore the roles they have played since the events of July and August, 1914. They were opposed to each other only inasmuch as one of them served the kaiser of Germany and the other the king of Belgium. Each of them served his ruler with equal fervor. It is impossible to compare the varying degrees of their crimes against the peoples of the countries in which they played’ dominant roles. They can never be calculated. But immeasurable as are the crimes, we can with a degree of accuracy estimate the criminals. Among criminals there are varying degrees of criminality. As Victor Hugo said, crimes are committed on a grand scale or on a mean scale. “Ceasar passes the rubicon; Mandarin bestrides the gutter.” $y Hindenburg, the monarchist, the mighty war lord of imperial Germany, a life-long militarist, did precisely as he was expected to do. He had never been anything other than a militarist and a mili- tarist he remained. He was expected to lead the German masses to the slanghter house for the glory of the empire and he did it. His crime was consistent. It was spectacular, carried out on a grand | ee 30 seale. Consider Vandervelde, the vassal of his majesty, the king of the Belgians. He had been @ life-long socialist, a: world figure at international congresses “‘whete resolutions were passed declaring against participation in wars between capitalist nations. He was the leader of the international socialist movement, which at its Basle congress in 1912 declared against war and proclaimed its de- termination to use any means within its power to stop war once it started. In the closing days of July and the opening days of August, 1914, when the hordes that were to form the magnificent Hindenburg line for the most sanguinary military drive in all the history of the world were on the march under the banners of imperial Germany; when, similar .scenes in varying degrees were being enacted in Russia, France, Austria and England; when, in a word, the very war an- ticipated at the Basle congress of the socialist parties flared into being, it was the duty of Vandervelde, as the head of that interna- tional, at any cost, and in spite of everything, to issue the call for: ‘ the class conscious proletarian masses of the world to rise and challenge the impending butchery. < Instead of that Vandervelde entered the cabinet of the king of the Belgians, himself one of the most loathsome criminals in his- tory. Albert, the king of Belgium, will go down in history as the monarch who deliberately murdered his subjects in the interest of foreign powers. The German armies desired to go thru Belgium and offered to pay indemnity for damage to roads and other property. llad they been permitted to do so there would have been no blood- shed within the boundaries of that nation. But an uninterrupted passage thru Belgium would have endangered Franee and England. So these two nations succeeded in inducing the king of the Belgians to throw his own people before the German cannons and bayonets where they were torn to shreds in order that the French and British could have time to mobilize their forces. While the kaiser slaughtered his people in what he believed would contribute to the glory of Ger- many, the king of the Belgians knew full well that the blood of his people was shed for the glory of other nations. He played a role similar to that of the colonial despots who, for the aggrandizement of the oppressor country, deliberately slaughter their own subjects. And Emil Vandervelde, one of ‘the heroes of the socialist interna- tional, became a minister in Albert’s cabinet. Now, after eleven years, these two agents of the bourgeoisie meet on common ground. They have reached what they imagine is an amicable agreement. The millions of corpses whose blood is upon the heads of these two statesmen cannot rise to plague them. And when the time comes for the battle line to again form, if they still live, they will both be found holding in contempt the words writ- ten at Locarno. Each will express himself in his own way. Hinden- burg with his spectacular blustering will, with one sweep, throw the pact into the scrap heap of history, while the detestable scoundrel, Emil Vandervelde, will write ® treatises and detiver inspired speeches, reeking with sophistry, to prove that the other side violated the provisions of the pact and that accord to all socialist prece- dents he must again reluctantly urge the werkers to sacrifice their lives in the interest of his capitalist masters. If Mr. James, ihe Times correspondent, was as familiar with the history of the heroes of the Second International as we are, he would not see in a document ac&pted by Vandervelde and Hinden- burg any assurance of its provisions being carried. out. Everyone knows what to expect of the German war lord, his crimes are measurable, but no one knows the immeasurable depths to which a Vandervelde can sink. We only-know that he will grovel just as low as is necessary to serve his masters, the bourgeoisie. Like the whole Madership of the Second -International, Vander- velde can be relied upon to commit erimes-in the interest of his capitalist masiers that they themselves would shrink from comumit- ting. By A HUNGARIAN COMMUNIST | weeks past the Hungarian s0- cialdemocratic party has been using every endeavor to destroy any possibility of revolutionizing the work- ing class. Right from the earliest days of the white terror it has em- ployed for this purpose the method of shameless denunciation. But it must be said that in recent times it has surpassed itself in this-respect. When the delegates of the independent socialist labor party appeared at the international socialist congress in Marseilles, they were openly de- ncynced by Payer as “Bolsheviki.” When the working masses attended a public meeting of the social-demo- crats and and called their leaders to account for their treachery, these bureaucrats called in Horthy’s police to deal with the revolutionary yrork- ers, described them as being hirelings | of Moscow and called upon the police to take a note of the names of. the interrupters. wt was ‘it that caused ine Hun- garian sociail-democratic party to ‘expose itself to an extent unexampled even in Hungary? Why -did_ the Horthy social-diemocrats, even at the risk of exposing themselves in the eyes of the very small upper section of the labor aristoeracy, carry: out shame- ful and criminal denunciations? The “sanitation” in Hungary has | hiscsiias been exauitinveds eooanas life of the-tountry. Unem- “party anything in in the interest of the work- a definite direction. . brought about a crisis such as has ‘ployment, the misery pt the masses, ‘discontent and desperation are grow- ‘ing from day to day) Neither the social-democratic leaders nor the trade union bureaucracy consider it necessary even to pretend to do othe enormous érs, have ac- reduced month. The, discontent of the working class against the lackeys of the bourgeoisie increased. Hun- dreds and hundreds tore up their par- ‘ty membership cards and thousands withdrew from the trade unions, in spite of the efforts; of the revolu- was a impent going on in’ Hungary which was bound to cause the creatures of Horthy to fear that the ground wodld give way un- der their feet. They ‘also realized that} rev this movement would obtain a lead from the growing Communist Party of Hungary, which is providing the move- ment with proper alms and giving it About three months ago the con- gress of the Tailors’ Union adopted by an overwhelming majority a reso- lution welcoming the alliance between ~ 2 ict en 9 Se Paes Oke ial 105 Workers Artested wil T the English and Russtin trade unions, and calling upon the workers to fight for revolutionary trade union unity. After the Marseilles congress of the Second International the Budapest. shoemakers’ organization held a meet- ing which was attended by 2,000 mem- bers, and which in a most impressive manner demonstrated in favor of revolutionary trade union unity. The meeting expressed its disapproval of the c attitude of the trade union council, and in- -} structed the delegates of the Lea Workers’ Union to vote at the interna- tional congress of the leather workers in Paris for the admission of the Rus- sian trade unions. The Hungarian social-democracy, which not only has a decisive in- fluence in the trade unions, but is or- ganizatorily connected with them, felt that all this meant the beginning of the end. They decided, as the trade union papers announced, to take “de- termined action.” This “determined action” has now been carried out. Within the last few days the executive committee of the Shoemakers’ Union has dissolved and all prominent tionary members expelled, while the Trade Union Council hag artitrari- ly set up a commission to take the place of the dissolved executive. UT this was not all. All the spies and detectives were set to work. The trade union bureaucracy and the |social-democracy worked quite openly‘ hand in hand with the Horthy police. It has now come to light from of- Commuaists, but every line betrayed its satisfaction. Its joy; however, was somewhat premature. Com. Rakosi gary in order to carry on Communist propaganda and to organize a strong Commu Party. To this work he had devoted hig life, and becatse he knew that he had eontributed some- thing to this werk he considered that he had not lived in vain. In the face 48 his tortures he delivered an im- passioned speech against capitalism and against the Horthy regime in a tone which. “even won the respect -of .| only the act of d Comfiunfam. | The working masses perceive not but also the direction in which they have to fight. S a result the Hungarian, revolu. tionary labor movement is enter- dictatorship is again «being revived, not only among the masses of the ‘in- the poor peasants, and this means an indestructable gain for the Com- munist Party. The road and direction have now been indicated, not» only by words but also b ficing acts, and this meang a serious ‘step ° forward for the victoriou revolution. Locarno--- The T hirteenth Conference i (Continued from page 1) ] of the war, and follows the prophesies made during’ the sixth assembly of the league of nations last September, when for the first time every measure [ adopted meant a compromise with British Interests. Whereas the previ- ous assemblies, five of them “in all, were miantpulated in the interest of France, the last one was a triumph for England. A demilitarized Rhine zone, to be followed by the evacuation of Cologne, which in turn is to be followed by a plebiscite of the inhabitants of the Saar ‘valley (which will result in a declaration to be a part of Germany) means forever blasting the hopes of France to create an industrial unit by Alsace-Lorraine with terri- tory. forcibly annexed from Germany under ‘thé’ pretense of sanctions (puriishments) against Germany for failure to itiet reparations. bear oné marked change in Buro- peafi pdlitics is the entry of Ger- many intd ‘the league of nations. all: times Germany was on an equal footin “with the former . entente power hand. This wAs‘so, not because Germany, by her ‘own ‘might, has become power- ful,” “pat” because the powers knew full” well that to drive Germany too far would’ force her into closer ] ecohomic alliances with Soviet ane At Locarno, as at Genoa, it w as-only - as an ally of Soviet Russia that “Germany could play an active role tow: the entente. And at Locarno the history of Genoa repeat- ed itself’ by impelling Germany toward a closer alliance with Soviet Russia. N the ence, Easter midst of the Genoa “confer- Germany and Russia, on Sunday; ‘ 1922, staggered Premier Lleyd- George of. England, Premier Facta of Italy, Poincare of France and the other delegates by defiantly signing the treaty of At| , and frequently held the upper |. | INTE! ‘ SECOND ER NATI ONAL ous allies were strivin to subdue both Germany the two nations. got. small town fifteen miles hway and signed a treaty that’ ehraged diplomats of the other mé@tions. d Russia. tion,” while the world was called plight at being betrayed in such an unheard .of manner. Rapallo. When at Genoa the victori- a heavy blow. completely ther in a the Ger- many was accused of being a treach- erous ingrate, Russia was charged with having designs upon “civiliza- upon to witness their own hapless It was indeed The victims chosen by the executioners refused to bow their heads for. the axe to fall. At Locarno the same thing happened. Less than a week after the conference opened that. ever jester, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, made the sage observation that Russia was completely isolated as a result of his deliberations with his associates. The next day the history of Genoa was repeated by the signing in Moscow of a Russ-German trade treaty regulat- ing the whole status of the economic relations of the two countries and ‘defititely breaking against Russia. delightful court|as Russia has the blockade This trade agreement will be im- mediately productive of good results, harvested what is called in this country a “bumper” grain crop, with millions of bushels for exportation, while Germany is capable of supplying industrial pro- ducts. At the same time there are inexhaustable supplies of raw mate- rials in Russia that are required for German industry. It will be mutually beneficial to the two countries. prBLLoW Workers: ‘The great battle of the rank and file of the cloak and dresstmakers of New York for the control of their union, has been successful. For the first time in the history of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, the autocratic union bureaucracy has received a crushing defeat. The beginning has been made for the building up of a strong union in the needle industry that will truly defend the interests of the workers. What the Membership Has Won. The recent struggle in New York has won many valuable rights for the membership. , The right to decide on the amount of dues to be paid. The right to elect their own offi- cials as leaders of the joint board. The right to maintain a unified or- ganization—thru the complete de- feat of the expalsion policy. The right to decide upon the question of proportional representa- tion. HE job is only half done. Victory is not yet complete. The smoke of the last battle has hardly begun to: clear away and already the bureau- crats are scheming to rob the work- ers of the fruits of their successful’ struggle. They speak of peace, but’ they prepare for war. The Forward gang is preparing to reestablish the old, hated rule of the corrupt, bureau. cratic machine in our union. They tional comyventi » There ‘they will have their an the coming na- make a renewe@ attempt to fasten eae et pea a Ome . 2 , ‘They have won: | and: file. We:must be on our guard. We must prepare. _. We: Must Win a National actiey iene New ‘¥ork victory of the cloak significance.. But it 4g only the first step toward a nationd@l ‘victory. Only a national victory will. mean that all the needle trades internationals will be amalgamated intosone: powerful in- dustrial union of the needle workers. With such a union swe can success- fully fight the jobbers,;for: 36 weeks guarante#d employment. 40-hour week. faa Better wages. No piece work. bie national industrial Wifion whose com- ganized shops. Thus’ we in the industry. will: mean that the entire, ed. The union will be transformed ‘control. A national viet we will be nearer of a powerful la us against injun eers and landlords, a F sand - yo | OITA PA Ah gl “a the chains of bureaucracy: on the rank[ ” and dressmakers has great nation- ‘The elimination of the speed up bined strength will Be sufficient to or- ganize all the out-of-town and unor- “will estab- lish full union control of conditions A national victory useless, bureaucratic machine will be abolish- into a live organization, thru the es- jtablishment of therrshop committee and shop delegate system. Thus we will have a union wé@;which the rank and file will havecpéal and lasting wwill mean that o the realization party to protect ns, police, profit- What You Must Do. TTEND all union meetings regu- larly. a group within your local and affiliate with us. Put up left wing candidates for the national convention. Support only those who are pledged to sup- port this program: 1. Complete amnesty to all those expelled for their opinions. 2. Proportional representation to joint boards and conventions, 3. Amalgamation of all needle Organize yourselves into: An I. G. W. U. Convention Message trade international unions into one departmentalized industrial union. 4. The formation of an all-inclu- sive labor party. 5. The democratization of the ' union thru the establishment of the shop committee or shop delegate system. NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE NEEDLE TRADES SECTION, TRADE UNION EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE, . 108 East 14th Street, New York, N. Y. =, system. 3 Ave.: NATIONAL vyiétory will mean Hartman. that we will bé ‘able to build a Bronx: Claremont, corner Washington Ave.: Brownsville: Bronx: Intervale, corner Williamsburg: Grand Street Bentall, Neslin. Manley, Bentall. Huiswo Potash, : New York Street Meetings Monday, Oct. 21, to Thursday, Oct. 22, Inc. Tuesday, Oct. 20. Seventh Street, corner Second Ave.: ash, DeLeon, Grecht, B. Miller, Weinstone. 110th Street, corner 5th Ave.—and 106 Street; corner Madison Siskind, Jampolsky, Codkind, Huiswood, Gordon, Benjamin, bér man, Manley, Schlachter, Boruchowitz, Epstein, London. Stone, corner Pitkin Avé. Lindgren, Levy, Rosen, Undjus, Krumbein, Lifshitz,. Wolf, Wednesday, Oct. 21. 104th Street, corner Madison Ave.: kind, Siskind, Huiswood, Potash, Poljack. Wilkins Ave.: Manley, Boruchowitz, London, Epstein. Krumbein, Rosen, Lindgren, Fishbein, Undjus, Schlerer, Valentine, Thursday, Oct. 22. Firth Street, corner 2nd Ave.: Hartman, DeLeon, B. Miller, Valentine, Stachel, 110th Street, ‘corner Lenox Ave. and 110th St. corner Fifth Ave.: Suskin, C. Miller, Hurwitz, Valentine, Pot- Suskind, Glau- Bentall. Primoff, Jampolsky, Cod- Siskin, Sissellman, extension, corner Havaihesie St. Jampolsky, Krumbein, Siskind, Grecht. Codkind, Pollak, . Pens we . Fe ie Par 8. - | Many. vy ew eee) a HE conclusion of the confetence can only be interpreted as the political reflex of economié “conflicts world, Another handful of documents have been added to those frenzied products of various batches of Euro- pean statesmen who have labored to heal the mortal wounds from which capitalism is suffering. But nothing is fundamentally changed, because the basic antagonisms still remain. The revival of. German industry threatens the industry of France. Yet, ‘Germany cannot pay her debts to France without a revival of her in- dustry. At the ‘same time, since in- dustry is the basis of mili power, a revival of German ind is a military threat to France. Britain will suffer by seeing her un- employed army grow ever larger in case of a revival of German industry. Yet without that revival she cannot collect the debts owing her by Ger- These irreconcilable contra- dictions mock the pompous diplomats of the countries involved. . In spite of the Locarno conference, the international confer- ence on @ major scale since’ the close of the war, ont thing and one thing only stands forth and that, i$ the fact that the ruins of peace in Europe are evidences of a-devastation equally. as great as that of war. Capitalism is mortally wounded. Each of these conferences marks the progress of the malady that already has stamped the brand of death upon every feature. The capitalist system -is utterly doomed -by its past and nothing that it can do now can ever revive it. The ambitious plans for reconstruction. for creating security pacts, for world domination, do not better the condi- tion of the working class of the world. Instead these plans so elaborately de- vised pave the way for new military alignments, new balances of power, new wars in which the world will ‘be turned into a vast abbatoir with the working clas as the victims. HEN the time comes that these political struggles cannot be pro- longed at conference tables they -will be carried out by force of arms. Then will be the signal for the oppressed of the world, whose labor makes refuse ~to fight the battles of the master class, but to rise in their might and sweep from the earth the last vestings of capitalism, .by rallying to the ringing challenge of Nicholai Lenin: “Instead of fighting in defense of the conflict- ing governments, turn the imperialist war between nations into a civil war against capitalism.” UEOOUENOQOOOUUTOOOOOAOTOEOEEDEAUUOOUUUTREEEATOAGOUebNGdAAUHAUOUOnneANAAAAULE F amous Russian Poet Mayakovsky - Comes Back to Chicago He will speak’ at Schoenhofen Hall, Cor. Milwaukee and Ashland Aeoa. } An Entirely New Program. Come and listen to him. Tell Your Friends About It. Beginning at 8 P. M. Admission 50 Cents, UHUDEUOREAAHAUDAAUUD EAT ED EDEL) OED ELA - i the Los at 4 ; ““ e : w dustrial proletariat, but also among that. are raging througout the whole | possible the existence of these blood- ° jthirsty governments, to TUESDAY, OCT. 20 .