Daily Worker
October 30, 1925
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Convention ¥ The Chicago locals of the Interna- tional Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union are continuing to respond well to the calk of the left wing in the elections taking place for delegates to the Philadeéjpliia convention. Tuesday night elections were held in two locals; Leeal 81 of the cutters, and Local 100 of dressmakers. Two delegates, were elected by Local 81, one being a machine candidate and the other the left winger, Roy Glass- _ man. in Localel00, three delegates were elected, one machine candidate win- n.ng against a leit winger by only shven votes, while the other two elected were both left wingers, P. H. j:ouser and B. Stein. a A’ Salonika dispatch states that, the Bulgarians attacked the Greeks who were evacuating. An immediate halt was called to the evacuatign, vty A Sofia dispatch states’ th Greeks opened fire upon Bulga Passing The Buck - Thus dispatches from béth coun- tries confirm that fighting is Again in progress, with both sides afteMpting to place the peapenany ‘on each other. the ans. ‘és : Shelling of Towns Cofitinue SOFIA, Oct. 28.—Greeks continue to shell Petrich and have not with- drawn any of their forces. ~ A clash between Greek and Bulgar- ian forces «occurred when Greek troops attempted to rush into Pétrich and rescue the body of a dead Greek soldier. It is reported that the village of Novolescvo, been burned by the Greek troops. ” * » * England Backs Greece SOFIA, Oct. 28,—The ‘sinister hand of England has been exposed in the Greek invasion of Bulgarian territory by the Belgrade Politica which shows in an Athens dispatch that the British government appealed. openly to the Greek refugees in Asia Minor for mercenaries to“ employ against Turkey and secretly encouraged the invasion of Bulgarian territory, The mercenaries which responded to the call of England 200,000 strong are being organized and may be used in the settling of the dispute with Turkey over the issue of Mosul. Many. of these mercenaries participated in the Bulgarian invasion with arms sup- plied by England according to oy ig papers in Sofia, Probe Wreck in Mississippi WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—The inter- state commerce commission today or- dered a thoro investigation of the de- railment of a passenger t#ain on the St. Louis-San Francisco railroad near Victoria, Miss., yesterday. TRIAL OF 38 GREEK COMMUNISTS POSTPONED UNTIL PROSECUTOR IS ABLE TO COOK BETTER “EVIDENCE” STHENS. Oct..28.-—The trial of the 32 members of the Greek Com- , poyiy for their ectivities in the. liberation movement of Macedonia race. the two Balkan provinces» recently annexed by Greece, which ace pefore the first military court in Athens, was nothing but an at- sv the ruling class and their tools—the present Pangalos military ii.at UsU rped power by a coup d'etat on the pretention of “saving (Continued on page’ 3) | + Wve We tbdetin dO ths gress, wiich Community Center, 3118 Giles Ave., adopted the following resi- lution scoring the attack of President Green of the American Federation of Labor on the American Negro Labor Congress is beifig no different from the attacks of the open-shop bosses in America-upon the Negro workers and appealing to organized workers in the American Federation of Labor to aid them in their fight: “The attitude assumed by the presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, Wiiliam Green, towzrds the American Negro Labor Comgress, in published statements is clearly er- reneous, harmful and prejudicial to the best inter@sts of the -American labor movement. “These statements alleging this congress to be ‘an effort of Bolshe- viks to stir up hatred between the races’ are distinctly contrary to facts and can only serve the ends of the most reactionary oppressors of labor whose foul purpose it is to destroy every genuine attempt of workers to unite for their protection and im- provement. Use Open-Shop Tactics. “Mr. Green must know that such tactics are the chief stock-in-trade of open-shop, union-hating labor-grind- ing bosses—the abuse and vilification of the striking miners of West Vir- ginia who are fighting heroically for a decent existence is a clear example —and in resorting to these injurious tactics he helps to strengthen this pernicious anti-union propaganda which must prove a boomerang to the American Federation of Labor it- self and to the entire organized labor movement of America. *“It is doubtful whether the author of these statements altogether grasps their full signficance for they imply logically that the only group in the American labor movement genuinely and sufficiently interested in the Ne gro workers to aid them in their strug- gles, and to undertake earnestly and practically to organize and unite them with their white fellow-workers is the very same Communist group which they denounce. “A further implication, one which will be strongly resented by every in- telligent, manly Negro worker is the insulting idea that they are fools and tools, that they lack sufficient intelli- gence and manhood themselves to realize their oppression and to initi- ate a movement for their emancipa- tion. Organized by Negro Workers. “The truth of the matter is that the American Negro Labor Congress was organized by Negro workers who, while welcoming the co-operation and support. of, all sections of the labor movement, ‘reserve the determination of its policies and destiny wholly and "bhtinued on page 2\ 925 | Eat... Sys « a ginal ge tein rey a be aed ee > wf a hast wes ™ pe t. 7 im ~ Paw tty mes Pe Bees a oe ton ee ; y, ag r <" < “* & . ed yen 4a ee NT Oe lhe « Pe a eat +t rs a Dew: ~_
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Wee Sat ri ¢ a ‘ « : . y Srey - 53 vas ae ern” tee net ) So eee OP : aange ged | é > se ak cde eh a - . oyigef Owen: 4 whet Oe ras i fled RS IE EO AR ae RAS sl ties + ah { - ic? B NE Aaa m Pre, May " . ‘ie oe R y|“Go to the Masses” and| |Make Big F orward Stride| : ‘By J. LOUIS ENODAHL. ~ "TODAY, the figures finally arrive on the municipal elections — held in Berlin last Sunday showing that the Communist Party made the biggest gains. This fact accounts for the si- “ lence of the cables that bring “foreign news” to the editorial sanctums of the capitalist dailies. silence was their chosen method of ntenance of complete keeping this information from the workers of the United States. It is well to remember that this is the same kept press that gave muc “socialist” tra publicity to the union delegation of fifteen, that attende declarations of the German the recent convention of the American Federation of Labor, and is now touring the country, that the stre! German Communist Party is rapidly von answer to the profit press and to the visitin “socialists.” . . the of the lere is the g German th But the Communist victory In Berlin, in more than doubling its representation in the rearrying parliament, hand in hand with the successful carry action with the socialist rank and file in ‘out of a united this eléctoral strug: n gle, over the heads of the Berlin “socialist” officialdom. — the basis of the workers for all bour ioe nst the bourgeoisie, the Com- munists and socialists carried on a united a labor block of 118 members in the city council against ois parties, a clear majority. yht that has put " 407 he vi of this united front is the success of the German Communists in developi contact with the socialist masses still under the leadership of the social-demoocratic traitors, the worst enemies of the workers. This the German Communists failed to do in the last presidential poll, resulting in Hinden- berg’s election, suffering isolation as @ result, — | The results of the Berlin elections indicate that the so- cial-democratic masses are in no way satisfied with the Dawes’ plan and the Locarno “security pact,’ both accepted by the Scheidemanns, the Loebes and the Breitscheids as the foundation stones of the new capitalist “ peace.” Growing unemployment, bitter conditions of work, and oflife gen- yon control of ment. — are developing a new left ferment’that should get be- the e socialist bureaucracy, with its vicious anti-Communist grip upon the German’ trade union move- ** It is not inconceivable that the same upheaval from be- ' low in the British trade unions, that sent.an Arthur A. Purcell as fraternal delegate to the American. Federation of Labor convention demanding world trade union unity on the basis of the Anglo-Russian negotiations, may soon nd its power- ful counterpart developing out of the misery and struggle of the German working class. ‘f apt The Berlin elections indicate that the German Com- munist Party is better prepared than ever before to take advantage of such an encouraging development. It is this apparent swing to the left that w ent reichst ce the Von Hinden- berg-Luther government hesitate before fasplving the pive- ng stag and calling for new elections, as it is, forced to do largely on account of the Locarno affair. * This eisekees of the German . ooh 7 , Communists to develop contact with the social-democratic workers should be an in- spiration to Communist parties in.other lands, especially in the United States. Thru the labor party in this country the left wing will tighten its grip on those working class ele- ments, growing in numbers, that the réactionary A. F. of L. officialdom, thru its non-partisan cated is trying to hold in | line for the capitalist parties. Repeate mand of the Communist International ' in many countries, as in Germany, indicate the d victories for the de- 0 “Go te the Masses!” ~ triumphs that may, be won in those lands where it has not yet been ¢ put effectively into force. . —- o “AN ALIN INTERNATIONAL OF TT TRADE UNIONS,” SAYS PURCELL, “WILL TURN WORDS INTO DEEDS” NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 28—-The Trade Union Committee for organizing the Purcell meeting which is holding its next conference at Beethoven Hall on Sunday, Noy. 1, at 3 p, m., has just released a Statement by Arthur A. Purcell on the British Trade Union Congress at Scarborough. Commenting on the proceedings of that memborable meeting, he says: The Report at Scarborough. “The long process of discussion culminated in the detailed and well- ordered report on the whole interna- tional unity negotiations which the general council presented to the con- gress, That report told the whole Story, from the discussions of our delegation to Russia with the repre- sentatives of the Russian unions in Moscow last November to the Anglo- Russian conference in April, and the subsequent Anglo-Russian agreement. “In introducing the report, Fred Bramley made a most masterly speech, which received the unanimous approval of the congress, and the na- tural consequences was the whole- hearted and enthusiastic endorsement by congress of the general council's attitude and actions. Complete Unanimity. “I cannot recollect any instance in the annals of the trade union move- ment in which, on a subject arousing so much feeling, and against which such a bitter campaign had been waged, there has been so remarkable a display of unanimity. Yet nothing must blind us to the fact that this is only the first step. We have still a long journey ahead of us. “A general cry of ‘Agreed!’ hailed the resolution calling for an all-in trade union international, and in- structing the general council to do all in its power to bring this about. That cry, expressing the undoubted determination of congress, will, I am sure, act aS an urge to the new gen- eral council to go full stéam ahead and not slacken their efforts till in- ternational ynity has beem»achieved.” Get Down to thewdob. In closing, Purcell says: “Scar- borough hag put heart ifito’ us’ all. Now we have to get down to the job of turning our words-into deeds.” } pen Rookies: Opearted S-51 Insists Boat Captain BOSTON, Oct. 28.—“Three Rookie officers were in charge—student of- ficers trying to learn how to run a submarine.” That was what one of the three sur- vivors of the submarine S-51 told Captain John H. Diehl of the steam- ship City of Rome after they were rescued, according to the captain’s story as told by himself this after- noon to a naval board of inquiry. “What did they mean by crossing my bow without light?” Captain Diehl said he asked the survivor. “They're rookies,” replied the man from the undersea boat, Senator Leaves $90,000. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 28.—The late Senator Samuel M. Ralson of Indiana, left $90,006 estate, it was revealed when his will was filed for probate here today. Of the total $75,000 was listed as real estate and $15,000 personal prop- erty, all of which was left to the wi- dow and surviving children. Julian C. Ralson, a son, was named executor. Dakota Bank Fails. SIOUX FALLS, S. Dak., Oct. 28— The First State Bank here failed to open its doors today and has been taken in charge by the state banking’ department. The deposits shown in|. a recent report totalled $681,000, John Cleaver, president of the institution, suffered a paralytic stroke last night. EN £3) a. ee Reh ay t me ft EN ag in : Pre ts ae De eae SFE bed reas PR? amy YORE fF He il F¢ be high interest rates for profit of those fathering the Acquitted in One Court The civil a Ne in in 1922. At that time Small was indicted for conspiracy and embezzlement growing out of alleged irregularities when he was state clashes the jury returned a verdict of “not guilty.” _ Convicted in Civil Court When litigation in the civil suit’ opened in n county, Small met defeat for the first time. Judge Frank W. Burton held that he and his associates must make an account- ing to the state of wartime interest paid on the famous “packers notes.” The sum was estimated at close to $1,000,000, a Small’s attorneys immediately took an appeal to the supreme court, pro- testing that Judge Burton's decision should be reversed, = Attorney General Ca: newly installed in office, combination of Charles 3. Deneen, former governor and now U. S. senator, and Edward J. Brundage, known as the Deneen-Brundage fac- tion are after the of Smail. The fact that Small was ele Hale Thompson caused him to break. ing the time Deneen was governor of | the state, ee | Charles W. Hadley, former state's attorney of Dupage county and other Brundage aids were placed in active direction of the prosecution and pre- pared the final brief and argument. The decision of the court when it comes, is expected to have a far- reaching political effect, possibly de ciding a third term candidacy by Gor. Small. Jurisdictional Row on Between an Irish God and a Polish God i By REGINA MYROSK! MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., Oct. 28— When we Reds disagree on some is- sue it is not to be wondered at, as we do not claim to be infallible, but when the catholic church, which doeg claim to be infallible and not capable . of doing any wrong, disagrees, then there is something at which to wonder. In this town there are two catholie churches, one Irish and one Polish. "But it develops that they have differ- ent ideas p to what constitutes sin. The Irish‘catholic church © believes that it is a mortal sin and an abom- ination of the holy Sabbath day to in- dulge in such social pastimes as danc- ing on Saturday nights and-that any- one who practices/it is barred from the kingdom of heaven. The Polish catholics on the other hand not only think it proper and in- nocent fun but the priest goes so far in his approval as to give public dances himsejf and advertise them as given by the Polish catholic church. The question before the house is: “Are the Polish catholics to be sent te hell by an Irish catholic god?” Klan Before Family BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 28.—De-. claring that her husband had used hig last $40 to buy klan regalia, leaving their children without food, Mrs. Mar- garet J. Todd today secured $12 a week maintenance from.George Todd, a railroad engineer. SSS SESE 1. D. L. MEMBERS, ATTENTION! Come Saturday afternoon. No- tice to all International. Labor De- fense members. Demonstration meeting against Horthy terror—Saturday, 1:30 p. m., Oct. 31, at 180 W. Washington St., Halli 200. Every lt. L. D. member must come, must add to the demand for the freedom of Rakosi and his brother workers in Hungary. Kl SO es posh wo i eee ee, — ;
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SAE Sa GRACO a pe Fees "tia Tg arr a a = - They~ “many “leaflets and caused te be published thousands of® hianifesto8” “addressed to the re- serves, veterans of Grecian wars, sol- diers, sailors’ and to the working masses and peasants" of Greece, advyo- cating the necéssify of the Macedon- ian autonomy: forthe triumph of the proletarian struggle. ‘The committee as well as the déther defendants, not members of this’ committee, did their best to execute ‘the decisions of the secret /conferenee thru lectures, mass meetings and other methods.” Before the examination of the wit- nesses took place, the lawyer for the defense requested a postponement of | was introduced in Atlantic City. jas signed by J. H. Fitzsimmons, rep- ARTICLE Ii. NLY one resolution calling for a general organization campaign It resenting the Canton, O., Central La- bor Union. Fitzsimmons is a left winger and his resolution is import- ant enuf, in the light of the facts cited in yesterday’s article concernifg the organizational status of the American Federation of Labor, to be printed in full: Whereas, Only a small percent- age of the great working masses are as yet members of the trade un- ions, great numbers being still un- organized in nearly aij the indus- tries, and Whereas, This state of affairs not only militates against the unorgan- ized, who are helpless, but against the organized as well, who find themselves severely handicapped in their struggle for better conditions by the ever present army of unor ganized; and - Whereas, The organization of these great masses of unorganized workers is fundamentally necessary in order to strengthen the unions to resist the bitter onsilaughts of the capitalists in, their great “open shop” drive to dest every sem- blance of trade unionism in every industry in the country; _ therefore, be it Resolved, That the American Fed- eration of Labor in corvention as- semblied, calls upon all its affiliated organizations to immediately launch a general campaign for the organ- ization of the unorganized; and, be it further | Resolved, That in order to initi- ate and supervise this campaign a general conference shall be held dur- Ing this convention of the heads of all the international unions to or ganize campaigns to unionize the unorganized in the respective indus tries; and, be it further Resolved, That the Central, Labor Councils and local unions. .thruout the country be Instructed to.immedi- ately establish active organization committees and to start at Once a vigorous campaign of organizing the unorganized. siT base ERE is a resolution that dealé with elementary trade union “policy and tactics. No one could- siiécess- fully deny that the facts stated are correct or that the measures proposed were anything more or less than those necessary for a trade union body that wished to carry out its function as the organizer of the workers tor their immediate needs. But this resolution, the only ‘on of its kind introduced at Atlantic City, was never passed ‘wpor ‘dn’ its’ merits. The recommendation of the mit- tee on organization was to “réfer it to the executive council.” This pecom- mendation was carried. »OW resolution dealing with the organiza- tion of auto mechanics: The resolve made very modest demands: That the officers and members of the trial, claiming that Premier Pan- galos, the head of the military dicta- torship, had. given an amnesty to the | defendants. The document to this ef- | fect was in the archives of the First | Army Corps and the lawyer for the | defense requested that this document be presented to the court. Prosecutor Ignores Amnesty. The prosecuting attorney denied all “official knowledge” as to the exist- ence of such & document. “In any case,” he said, “it cannot influence this trial.” ihe trial then continued to’ hear evidence until the prosecuting attor- ney overstepped himself and tried to introduce “evidence” that was not in the original charges. Butid New Port. LENINGRAD — (Tass)—Oct.28. — The northwestéfn department of the people’s commissariat- of foreign trade hag detided to build a new com- mercial port at ‘the river Luya on the Baltic Sea. “There will be erected warehouses and all necessary accom- odations. The port may be opened in August, 1926, E,W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS 118 S. Clark ‘167 N. State 234 S. Halsted PHONES, ‘HARRISON 8616-7 \peciaities: E. W, Rieck Boston SBakea Beans and Brown Bread Fine Soups and Fresh Made Coffee Commiceary and Bake 1612 Fulton ft. Phore ‘West 2549 169 N. Clark 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. , SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES rauen-Kranken-U nteragnet Verein " Fortechri mK ® Meets every, lst & 2 Thursday, fe og Park Hall, Ae ei eretnay. the A. F. of L. be and are hereby instructed to give every assistance in this campaign, both by ‘their co operation and that they request all state federations to lend all assist- ‘ + ry oe oes : oe) 5 tae y Ge aA CR Enel Ns ad T rot ee SET re ee a ROT EES CT ph As Ti Mahal pd ota a a ce. tale a 58 * ¥ " . » *. R ¥ of : -e- ys L. and en Bee Bee ae com Soke _ T 532° . eine ous aie aA ‘ees ey yy , Se fd, bot B: | TR is the second of a series of articlé of the A. F. of L. convention, w A. F. of L. and International Relations the Unorganized Workers,” “The A. Struggle,” “The A. F. gf L. and the Left, of L. and Militarism,” etc. This is the “The A. F. of L. and the Unorganized Workers,” i the proceedings Nd with “The ¢€A. F.of L. and . of L; and the Class Lett Wine ” “Phe A. F. installment of the express wagon drivers née log- ically in a union with railway clerks, steamship clerks, freight handlers, ex- press clerks and drivers. UT the Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Help- ers in the person of President Tobin, whose deals with the bosses are 4a; ‘ Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes rather than submission to the A. F. of L. decision giving the Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helperg jurisdiction over rail- way express drivers, the delegation THE DHLY WORKER of the Raif ay Clerks to the annual a Hy eo oe. = . P! Art Re ar ; re P i Tk air* » o~ 5.ei ae My, . roe pine aeaecaee He will compel a few express wagon drivers to join his union but the vast majority will cease paying dues to any organization and the to- tal amount of organization in this branch of the rail transport industry will be lessened. Here is a concrete example of how the A. F. of L. afficialdom not only re- fuses to do any organizing but actual- ly destroys union already in exist- ence. HE percentage of wage earners or ganized in unions, classified by in- dustry in the United States is as fol- lows: Extraction of Minerals 7 NOTE THE HAPPY FACES me nor ganized as By William F. Dou Telling Unprintable Stories. —Drawing by Gropper Education Is Being Spoken Of on the “Platform. Below the Delegates Are Having a Good Time o f that intrudes itself apes: Ta. The International ation of Machinists’ delegation . paign is “referred to the pistes NS oe council,” that charnel house of labor’s shattered hopes, without endorsement. QO sum up: 1. The Atlantic City convention shows that the A. F. of L. leadership not only prevents and sabotages or- ganization of the unorganized but that it consciously and deliberately follows a policy of disrupting existing unions. 2. That the only attempts made at the convention to start real organiza- tion campaigns, locally and nationally, were made by delegates from central labor unions and state federations of labor—delegates who are close to the dues-paying membership. 3. This shows that there is a real desire among the union membership for militant organization drives, that they want to bring the unorganized into the union. 4. The final conclusion to be drawn is: That the best, or at least one of ‘the best slogans for the left wing is ' | ' | “organization of the unorganized” and that with constant emphasis on this basic need of the labor move- | ment, a big progressive bloc can be built up against the crooked officials | whose policy is one of destruction. So simple and elementary is this slogan and so apparent the stubborn cooaueiia of the bureaucrats to its application that every honest trade unionist can be brought into the left wing struggle on this issue alone. If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. INATIO led L CITY CONTROLS BIG ITALIAN FIRMS Many Sit | dnvestments in Industry (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Oct. 28.—American banking capital is pouring into Italy for the purpose of financing the rapid indus- trial development that is taking place. In addition to the Ford-Fiat combina- tion, which is known to be outside the regular Wall Street combination, the National City Bank of New York is also investing heavily in industries here. More than $3,600,000 is being invest in the development of a great hydro-electric plant to be constructed in Milan. Another $1,000,000 is invest- ed in textiles. Both of these concerns are to be dominated by the National City Bank, through loans. Mussolini Sheet Elated. The newspaper, Populo de Roma, formerly the Populo de Italia, launch- ed by Mussolini in 1915 and still his personal organ, is enthusiastically in favor of the inroads of American cap- ital. The only financial support of the paper comes from the industrial- ist group in Italy. This signifies the rise of American financial capital over Italian industry and gives Wall Street greater incent- ive to aid in maintaining the Mussol- ini dictatorship. DAILY WORKER RESCUE FUND BOOSTED TO $16,000.00 NOTCH ; : To four Workers Br., Cleveland, O.; = . OS. cant is ay gt Lo Ee 2 ie”? “a ’ + . [ere 7” Armenian Br., New York; North- west English Br., Chicago. Party branches who raised enough money to buy print paper for Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s DAILY WORKER, this issue dicated: Finnish Br., Grand Rapids, Mich.; Finnish is de- One Man Can Do It If He Will! Comrade John Kasper has moved to New York and thereupon hangs a moral. it was he who said at a public meeting: Last year Comrade Kasper didn’t live in New York, but in a smalier _ place comparatively conservative. | by John Kasper. This smaller place was made conspicuous “I'll raise $100 te insure The DAILY WORKER or I'll sell my overcoat.” But he didn’t have te—he raised the money. Others, however, didn’t have to go without overcoats, nor did they send — money. The result was that The DAILY WORKER was not insured for 1925; that scarcely more than half the necessary amount was raised, and that now the paper faces the possibility of disaster. And John Kasper moved to New York. New York is a city of “live wires.” There are many John Kaspers there. But one more counts. And he is heard from very shortly. He is now in the” Armenian branch of the Workers Party. Previously this branch had falled to participate in The DAILY. WORKER drive. Suddenly it comes to life. First a check for $105.00, then for $5.00, for $10.00, for $50.00—to Save The DAILY WORKER. Safety Finnish Br., W. P., Grand Rapids, Mich. John Kasper has moved to New York. And it makes a h—eaven of a lot of difference! Rescuers Pull DAILY WORKER $600 Nearer Today! Mouvis Bravichie, Anton Jaspics, ed acetates $100.00 Peter Bede, David Maryanarno, Frank Peterson, PMeR port, Conn. 3.00 Yerks Separsire!, M. C., M ov - Hyman gg Be ne : eesport, Pa. 5.00 kotu, M. Brunski, Spiro Rieris, — Slavic Br., W , Ambridge, John E. Ovzich, Anton Kamar, ia Tastasivuiyaniinivanasaentbante 5.00 John Kraly, J. Covie, M. Lin- E oy T., Chicago * 1,00 brsis, A. Carich, Stepah Bilkie, F. J. Hallet, Faribault, MENM eo ccne- 1.00 Antone Tomsno, Peter Onlapiuc, Northwest English Br., Chicago innotons 43.00 J. Baluvich, J. Vuckovich, and Arminta Hoar, Denver, Colo 5.00 N. Kaliterov.) Czecho-Stovak Br., P. (men’s) NEW YORK DONATIONS: Cicero, itl. 5.00; Lithuanian Lit. Ass'n., oil a 5.00 Workmen's Sick and Death Benefit R. Uwira, English Downtown.......... 3.00 Association, St. Paul, Minn........... 25.00} Armenian P. (collected English Br., W. rie, Pa@......... . 5.00 by John es Bl soudaventdantn:’ Harold Wayne, Philadeiphia, ae 1.00} Jewish No. 1, Downtown. 25.00 Hungarian 8Br., . P., Younge- Lillian Michaels 6.00 town, Ohio a 3.00; S. A. Poydasheff ..... sal 7.76 Omaha, Neb., Workers Party (col- A. Zeretsky, Jewish Brownsville.. le 5.00 lected by Jonisch) . 12.00) Jewish Brownsville Br., PPaikcaininn .50 Springfield, Masp., Jewish W. P. English Hariem Br., WwW. P.. - 11,50 OOARO. PRPS cevvcccsscencssccore nties cecn nee 30.00 (Csont, Sarah Katz, M. Golos) Finnish Br., W. P., Owen, Wis 10.00! Hungarian Yorkville Br., a 414.08 A friend, Detroit "Mich as cena 1.00} Armenian Br., , 10.0u South Slavic Br., Ww. P., Chicago... 7.00 rn Johnson, Scandinavian Har- Hibbing, Minn., 'W. P. comrades... 25.00 DIY cixcciennstnieneonniinecnigsones gp tiunen iliahiaieindia ainda 1.00 Fred and Alvion Frisk, Gory. ind. 3.00; B. Seeivatwumasans Polish Br., W. S. Jazz, ra ng # ie P. oa Jewish Br., “St. Paul, Minn. Ogrodnik, Polish Br. W. P.. a (collected . ‘Snctiah) hh RAR 4.25| Leo Kling, English No. 1, Bronx.. 10.00 Finnish Gr., z, Smolia idaiissances ' 88.70] Stivi Solensky, English Downtown 2.00 South Slav. Br. P.., Neffs, ©. 10.00] Ella Zabel, English Downtown........ 1.25 means Obraska, Neffs, Oo. ts ala English No. 1, Bronx Br., W. P..... 15.00 n) . §.00] Jewish Lower Bronx, Ww. Re “" Priend, Anacortes, Wash.. 5.00 (Zwartch, Sosofsky and Gusakoff) werwere in Chevrolet Car “Body Works, Oakland, Cal. 9.00 i. gy | RR ERI er enes $ 599.96 (Collected by Comrades “John Previously reported sanveasincabisinnmen Viryevich and John Dragolroto- vich from the following workers: TOTAL TO DATE $15,948.08 ————_ Mot o3 36 CPG BIA "Sry poem: ee PS: sige denis FOR calling for a general organization ca ly HERE ARE FUNDS TO BUY PAPER TUTTLE PERE REO EEEREPOR HEHEHE Ee pee Tere tet eee OUR DAILY se reeeeeees teeeeeee BW Bhat 2S EE A, Bs I ete x awe s Hb FE chueil in %;
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: OAT ei rab ey TS Ararat! eR - fr i aa . f ae M5 fics . & ee YY wt i at y ‘S 2% ue * SAG 4 : Res ; =) > % 2 we Tg b 4 = - * hy Aye is rs a Pie. ia es * t Fea . be - + A » Ba as aes . Bae ; : ans ha aT) aerate ee, pees fh : ‘ - . vi er eg » MS Pte aes as Peet fr" > stds Sh ~ shes penacenyei a “ pM ae oe Se Be As oe Ral me “y us Sah ST oe Ry petal.) SY YS ee +S wee a : on 3 ee a i ASY Z a ee Te + Calls For ‘Unity of All Workers (Continued from page 2.) renting and selling of homes shall be taken out of the hands of all private persons and be made a matter of pub- lic administration with the first appli- cant served regardless of race. “2. We demand the full and equal admittance of our people to all theaters, restaurants, hotels, railroad station waiting-rooms, and all other places of public resort, and no separa- tion or recognition of color distinc- tion, and that heavy penalties be im- posed against persons who discrim- inate. “We regard these political and so- cial demands as embodying the de- mand of full social equality for the Negro people.” Bishop William Montgomery‘Brown, recently expelled by the house of bishops for heresy, in a speech be- fore the American Negro Labor Con- gress at the Tuesday’ evening session, spoke on International La- bor Defense. In his speech the bishop ridiculed the idea of supernatural gods and called upon the workers of all colors to unite in the common cause to wipe “gods from the skies and capitalists from earth.” In speaking of saints and sinners Brown provoked much mirth by say- ing: “ @ Workers Greatest Saints. “Bishops and preachers are sin- ners and you are the saints. They do no useful work, that is why they are sinners. You do lots of work. Every strike ig a saintly act. That is why you are saints. uHman acts depend upon work. He who works hardest to make » living is the great- est saint.” When he described how he came to leave the orthodox. viewpoint. follow- ing the world war he expressed his then arising doubt as to the: function of supernattral gods im ,the.. follow- ing words: ny Gods Fight Wars. “A great war came along. I knew nothing about the facts. I was too busy attending to what has been told me. I was supposed to beliéve that a christian god had sent. this war to punish the imperialism of Germany and give the world democracy: The Germans thot that the christian .god has sent the war to punish the de- mocracy of America and to give the world imperialism. | “America came out of the. “war with ent city elections. tion of a criminal syndicalist man of the Trades Council, NEW HAVEN WORKERS PART Y ISSUES PLATFORM TO BE s IN CITY ELECTION CAMPAIGN es Me +] Segre: © OR NER Cee 8 Re Hep NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 28.—Local New Haven of the Workers (Com- munist) Party has printed 10,000 copies of its election program, in the pres- The program condemns the present democratic admin- istration for the poor condition of the workers, referring to the decrease in real wages, to high cost of living, high rents, and poor education. to the waistmakers’ strike of a few years ago, when pickets were arrested, It points to the recent College St. theater building strike, where police were used. The Schleifer case, (where an organ- @— izer for the Machinists’ Union, and strike leader was convicted of viola- law, during the strike, on evidence which a superior court has ruled out, thus allowing Schleifer a new trial) was pointed out as a classic example of ‘the use of, courts to break strikes, by convicting strike-leaders. It charges that “while either cap- italist party has been in office, the workers of the New Haven have been compelled to work in huge ‘prisons,’ under spy systems, under the open shop, at inhumanly low wages. Both parties approve of these conditions.” Condemns Non-Partisan Policy. The non-partisan policy, is con- demned, which in New Hayen takes the form of throwing most of labor support to the democratic party. So intimate are the ties, that the ‘chair- John Murphy, has been chairman of the board of aldermen, and only a few days ago was rewarded with the posi- tion of town chairman of the demo- cratic party. The effect of the non- partisan policy has been “to tie labor leaders to the capitalist chariot which crushes the workers, and obtain the blessing of these misleaders.” The call is made for a labor party. The Issues. While advocating the full measure of the Communist program, the plat- form gives our demands on the im- mediate needs of the workers, cover- ing the question of injunctions, public utilities, housing the-cost of living, unemployment, schools, etc. A de- mand is made for the repeal of the criminal syndicalist law. Not Forgetting the Betrayers. The platform does not close with- out paying its respects to the social- ist party, which has candidates in the field in this city, for its betrayal of the workers thruout the world. The platform ends with an appeal to the workers of New Haven to support the program and candidates of the Workers (Communist) Party, who are as follows: For mayor, R. S. Kling; controller, Abraham Horwitz; treasurer, Joseph Schlossberg; city clerk, Rose Markle; tax collector, Joseph Joffe. Befofe this campaign is over, thousands of workers in this city will know more definitely what it is that the Communists want. PAINLEVE AGREES TO FORM NEW FRENCH CABINET; CAILLAUX WILL BE OUT; HERRIOT MAY COME IN ’ PARIS, Oct. 28.—M. Painleve, who yesterday resigned with his cabinet, tonight accepted the invitation of President Domergue to form a new cabinet. M. Painleve, it is understood, will include in his new cabinet many of the members of the body which resigned yesterday, but of course M. Caillaux, whose policy as finance minister caused the downfall of the cabinet, will not be included. it is probable that M. Herriot, former premier, whose criticisms of Caillaux, contributed largely to the situation which led to the cabinet’s resignation will be invited to join the ia Ts Sabinet. lots of imperialism to burn. been devolved into despotism. on earth came to an end. Can’t Depend on Gods. “As long as we look to the gods for help we shall be in a hopeless plight. | I thought that if these gods were real they were gods so cruel that a decent man could have nothing to ad with them.” - In speaking of the International La- aia Defense, he said: “The International Labor Defense is the greatest of all subjects. we | Dance and Enjoy Yourself at Any or All of These DAILY WORKER. RESCUE PARTIES Friday, Oct. 30— Labor Rescue Party In Pittsburgh Workers League. Lyceum, 35 Miller St. Auspices Party and Young Workers It has “Twenty million young lives were 7 crushed out and the world flowed ' with blood, before the quarrel of the gods in the sky and the capitalists cian >. Saturday, Oct.31— 9 2 J \| Rescue Party , | Saturday, Oct.31— 2 Rescue Party “ Saturday, Oct. 31— Rescue Party Monday, Nov. 2— Rescue Party HIKE Sunday, Nov. 8— Saturday, Nov. 14— Rescue Party Sunday, Nov. 15— Rescue Party Friday, Nov. 20— Rescue Party York. Town Wednesday, Nov. 25— Rescue Party 60c. Sunday, Jan. 16— | 1 IL In New York Hungarian Workers’ Home, 350 Bast 81st New York. Admission 50c. Yorkville Branches. West Side Workers’ Hall, 301 West 29th New York. Admission 35c. Auspices West Side Branches. Educational Alliance, 76 Throop Avenue, Brooklyn. Admission 50c. Auspices Jew- ish Williamsburg Branch. Finnish Workers’ Hall, 764—40th Street, Brooklyn. Admission 50c. Auspices South Brooklyn Branches. Jamaica Woods—Daily Worker Builders’ Club Hike. 108 East 14th St., or at end of Elevated, Fulton Ave., Ja- maica, 11 a. m. Bronx Workers’ Hall, 1347 Boston Road, Bronx. Branches. Finnish Workers’ Home, 15 West.126th St., New York. Admission 50c. Auspices Harlem Branches. Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th St., New Royal Palace Hall, (near Broadway}, Brooklyn. Auspices Williamsburg Branches. DA*LY WORKER ANNIVERSARY BAN- QUET, Manhattan Lyceum. | (ALL 8 P. M. UNLESS NOTED) 3 | For tickets or information regarding any of t | to L. E. Katterfeld, 108 East 14th Street ( el. Stuyvesant 8100.) Auspicesg A Meet at Daily Worker office, New York, at 10 a. m. Admission 50c. Auspices Bronx Admission 50c. Auspices’ Down New York Branches. 16 Manhattan Ave. Admission e above affairs apply I tw wi © 74 greatest religious movement is th ternational labor movement. a & man goes to work, he gi himself to society more com- pletely than mere philanthropists. The, philanthropist gives his money and goes to play golf all day. The capitalist makes his investment and then starts a trip around the world. But When the worker contributes his labor; he has to give himself. ~ He cannot send it by special messenger, xa has,to go with it himself and stand y it thru every minute of his work- ef hours, every day and every year.” ~ Must Overthrow System. He described the mission of the workers under capitalism in the fol- lowing words: “Your purpose is to overthrow this system which impoverishes you. They believe that you are at war with so- ciety, simply because you are trying to liberate it from ignorance.” He ‘ended his speech amidst a great vation with the slogans of “Down with Jim Crowism!” “Long live the Rifians in the fight for indepen- dence!” and “Long live International Labor Defense!” * * NOTE: The entire speech made by Bishop William Montgomery Brown before the American Negro Labor congress will be printed in the maga- zine section of The DAILY WORKER, Saturday, October 31. Be sure and get a copy of The DAILY WORKER containing the stenographic report of Bishop Brown’s speech. Start Corn Fund MOSCOW, Oct. 28.—The state plan- jning commission has sanctioned the project ‘of creating a special emer- gency corn fund for the needs of po- ‘| pulation in case of famine or other calamities. This corn-fund will be ‘| stored during 1925-26 to the amount of 50,000,000 poods. Pork Barrel Politics WASHINGTON, Oct. 28™—The war department today allotted $1,750,000 for improvements to dams in the Ohio river. Send for a catalogue of all Com- munist literature. (Continued from - “from. page. ) into effect from the day, of Pensture, id Laugh at Imperialists’ “Generosity.” The Chinese are openly scornful of the word “generosity” ee ) frequently used in the replies of imperialists when they mention their attitude to- ward the demands of China for auton- omy. Ching Ting-wang flaunted his disbelief and that of all China in the faces of the delegates when he came out with a statement which, in part, is as follows: ‘ said the “The powers,” Chinese tariff expert, Dr. C, T. Wang, “are repeating their policy, ag, revealed at Paris and at Washington. They are beating around the, bush, seeking to bewilder China in her, aspirations and so confuse her that they will be enabled to maintain their special privileges. The powers are seeking to bind China tighter,. ,while the de- sire of all the Chinese Repple is for more freedom. Cannot Force the Peseta to Buy. “It is like a number-of strong men speaking to one who ig beimg pinned down by them and asking) him why he does not get up, The powers say they will do so and:so when disorders and antiforeign agitations that embit- ter feelings are put down. they mean they will treat us fairly when China suppresses the boycott against a certain country (Great Britain) then in the name of justice and fairness I say this is entirely uncalled for. “In commercial transactions no one can compel another man to buy or sell against his wish. There is no law nor convention by which the people may be forced to buy what they don’t want. If the cause of the boycott is analyzed and removed’ you will find that the boycott will stop by itself. On the other hand, if the powers in- sist upon upholding the inequality be- tween China and foreigners and the continuation of special’ privileges in China, I am afraid the feeling of the people will become mofe intense and the result may be more uudesirable, to the detriment of China | and the foréign powers as well.”’:4 Soviet Russia Wants" ‘Entry. The imperialists are algo in hot water over the rumored intention of Soviet Russia to demandva seat at the conference in the; near future as an interested nation om account of the fact that the conference aims to take up the question;rmpt only of tariffs at the seaports*and on the Korean border, but on the Munchurian border, where the wae of Sino-Rus- sian trade , aS Unless Soviet Russia: ‘is admitted to the conferefice® it con that the tariffs on thié8e borders* cannot be changed without her cofisent; and since the imperialist powars.are run- ning China’s, affairs, Soyjet.. Russia will not discuss the question with China alone, but will insigt.on being admitted to the conferenge, altho the nine powers had carefully left the Soviet Union out of the vjtations, on the ground that it was not @ party to the Washington conference—re- gardless of the fact that, asked to attend but was\ denied... , If not admitted to the, Peking con- ference, Soviet Russia declares that it will not be bound and may place prohibitative tariffs on. Chinese im- ports. TIS. Arrest Rail Cleck in Booze Graft Quiz The first formal arrest in the in- vestigation of the $9,000,000 beer ring centering in Chicago, was made when a warrant charging conspiracy to vio- late the prohibition law was served on Alfred Borener, chief clerk for the New York Central railroad at Elk- hart, Ind. Borener, brot yesterday to the dis- trict attorney’s office by his Chicago superior, has been held by the federal authorities;since. Agents working on the case, said he had made a detailed confession. ;. abd Esthonian Debt Settled WASHINGTON, October 28.—Docu- ments completing the funding of Esthonia’s $13,099,000 “debt toe the United States were signed at the treasury. Mint Coins Copper -Money. LENINGRAD, Oct. %8—(Tass.)— The mint has coined 30,000,000 pieces in new copper money of half-kopeck value of the amount of 450,000 rubles. | Attention—Chicago! Important Section Membership Meeting anian No. 5, Lithuanian No, 41, meeting to be held at EVERY PARTY MEMBER ET SECTION THREE (CENTRAL MANUFACTURING AREA) All party members belonging to the following party units: Lithu- Lithuanian No. 93, Ukrainian South Side No. 5, Polish South Side No, 23, Czecho-Slovak Town of Lake, Slovak Town:of Lake, MUST attend the general section membership VILNIS, 3116 South Halsted Street. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1925, 8 P.M. At this meeting all the party members belonging ta, the above branches will be registered for the purpose of being assigned to the new proper party units in the reorganization of the Workers (Com- munist) Party into shop and street nuclei, ABOVE BRANCHES WHO WANTS TO RETAIN HIS on en MEM- BERSHIP IN THE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PRESENT AT THIS MEETING AND BE REGISTERED, 1} BELONGING TO ANY’ OF THE PARTY, MUST BE _tions, aS @ — ge y Soe Ri ig? if c MBit ig? ve wh att pee vay oe > ote . a ® ‘~ ie ie NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Fitythree | out of a total number of sixty-five brancheg were represented at the sec- tion meetings of branch functionaries held here on Sunday and Monday as the first step in the program of reor- as laid down by the Cen- ive Committee for New York ‘Oly. To this it must be added that the branches absent, altho twelve in number, represent only about 5% | of the membership, they being most- | ly branches of no more than ten mém- bers, whose existence at times as- sumes a doubtful character. The secs, were held in six dif- ferent secf¥ons, Down Town, Harlem, Bronx, Willlamsburg, Brownsville and South Brooklyn. The Bronx’ Section carried off the crown by having 100% attendance. ~- Material Distributed. The Reorganization Commission of the District decided that registration is to be taken up in the branches. The section meetings of branch func- tionaries therefore had for their ma- jor tasks in addition to an explana- tion and discussion of the entire plan of reorganization, the instruction of the branch functionaries how to pro- ceed to get a complete registration of the membership of their respective branches, and_the mobilization of the membership for the new section mem- bership meetings which will be called according to the place of employment of the members. Each functionary received a complete set of instruc- together with the necessary material for the branch registration. This included the following material: (a) a form upon Which immediate- ly to furnish the District with a cer- tified list of the membership on the books together with the standing of each member. (b) Enough letters signed by the General Secretary of the District to send to every member notification of a special meeting of the branch for the purpose of taking the registra- tion. cording to ‘working areas together with the place and date wher each member is to report, according to the place of employment as shown by the registration. (d) Registration cards. (e) A set of complete instructions how to proceed in every step from the time of the beginning of the reg- istration up to the time of the new section membership meetings. In addition to the branch func- tionaries who are in charge and res- ponsible to the District Executive Committee for the completé registra- tion and delivery of every member from the territorial brauch to the new pointed for each section to be in charge of the work of the section. Ready for. Reorganization. The comrades present dfsplayed an extraordinary eagerness to proceed as rapidly as possible with reorganiza- tion. The questions asked were most- ly how to proceed with the reorgan- ization, and how the new units will function. Also who can be. formed into a shop nucleus and what will happen to those who are unable to be formed into shop nuclei was fre- quently asked. A good portion of the questions dealt with’ the functions of the languagé bureatis and the disposi- tion of federation property. As a whole the ¢ estions and dis- cussion showed that the party was ready both ideologically and organ- izationally for the new form of or- ganization. That thé problem now was not to proceed slowly so that the membership can gradually become accustomed to the new form, but on the contrary to see to it that the re- organization proceeds as quickly as possible in order not to cause disap- pointment among the membership who are eager and in many cases even impatient for the reérganization. Second Step for Action. Now that the first step in the re- organization has been successful we are concentrating all our energy for the registration which takes place in the branches beginning October 23rd up to November 8th. For this pur- pose special meetings of every branch are called, and a representative of the District Executive Committee sent to every meeting to help take the reg- istration. Each branch will organize special comrades to visit the hames (c) A list of the new sections ac-} units, a commission of three was ap- meetings regularly and bring»: down to the special moots ing, Every member must make it ! or her business to register during . above period. Section heac will be open every night so t who for some reasons failed to attend the special another opportunity to register. From November 8th to 16th the regi in cards will be classified according to the place of employment and the ‘new working area sections. On November 16th the NEW SEG- TION MEMBERSHIP _MEETINGS will begin. A” ey The following. is an instruction sheet that every member will receive prior to the section. membership meet- ings, according to,.the new working areas, giving the. time, and, place as well as any other Fes iy 8 kare and 4 When | to Report.. You are to report tely to one of the following section membership meetings in the . s listed below according to . lace of work. All employed shop, factory, and of- fice workers, the section mem- bership in the section in which the p a th last employ- ment is 1 Building | ade, workers. (for the present ti will attend the section meetings in section. in which their contracting shop is located. The ‘allowing sections meet at: 1—Battery to Houston Street, East | and West, 105 Eldrige St., Tauregay, November. 19th. 2—Houston to 14th Street, E. & W., 66 E..4th St., .Th , Nov. 19th, 8—15th St. to 23 st, E & W. 108 B. 14th St., Monday, Nov. 16th. 4—24th St. to 34th St, E. &' W., 301 W. 29th St., Monday, Nov. 16th. 5—35th St. to 59th St; E. & W., ‘Bryant Hall, 6th Ave. & 42nd Street, Friday, Noy, 20th. 6—59th St. to 129th St., E. & W., 664 E. 104th St., Friday, Nov. 20th. 7—129th St. to 149th St., EB. & W., 535 B. 146th St., Wednesday, Nov, 18. 8— 14608 St. to Bronx Park and Van Cortl Park; E. & W., 1347 Boston Rd., Thursday, Nov. 19th. burg (all), 56 Manhat- tan u day, Nov. 16th. 10 sville (all), 1844 Pitkin ave.) Wednesday, Nov. 18th. 1 . Brooklyn, Bath Beach, Bo ‘and Corey Island, 764 40th,. Brooklyn, Sunday, Nov. 22nd, at 3: . eis rkers will attend the meet- 108 East 14th St., Monday, h, 2 p. m. working in Jamaica will attéias theéting in Brownsville. attend; meeting in Bryant. Hall... Aji. ghose working in Staten Island wil acne meeting at 108 East 14th The re will attend the meet- ings] pia Ebe. above sections in which sy e: ves. = domestic servants. All dradesamen, retail dealers, small business;anen, etc. Doctors; dentists, lawyers, etc. Salesmen, agents (who have no steady piece of employment). All .section meetings to be held at 6 Dp. my sharp, with; the exception of section 11. At the»section meetings temporary section, committees will be formed, and the work. of the new: sections will begin. All those who up to that time will still be outside of the new units will be followed up both thru the old will be according to their place of work. Every member mest register. Every member prepare for section meetings. Stockholders Fight Bankers Four stockholders of the Chicago Milwaukee % Hon i: Paul railroad, with holdings”: “to $23, 000,000, have soug a Fed. Judge James of those who do not attend the branch threatened? = . ener { eeeeeeecesseesessssssssss ss sssss sss ers i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i Whither England? is England’s supremacy Will there be war. between Eng- land and; the U. S. A.? America” SE 18 me, 186 pp : HRA H. Wilkers “ee [ rmi to. file an entervening, pe ito allowing . them to enter bank rf seecercings on the road. "Pha 0 jers object to certain featy saga re- organization’ ete If you ira tho: ibonghty un- derstand G6muiii ome tudy it, ‘ de Rose By Leon Trotsky With a special “Preface for © at ._*ss sees e Se SS S branch and the new section commit- tees- under whose jurisdiction they Every well ; informed ‘reader will want this «book. Order. it now. ._* ies eee * *% & OS meeting will have but November the of shop activitity, printing of a shop paper, workers’ correspondence, etc. South Bend will participate in the district educational circuit and ex- | pects to get a large turnout for the lecture course to be conducted “by Comrade Carlson. Prepare Mass Méctiniy. Ne The South Bend omnis are mak- ing preparations a’ Btn . meeting on Soviet . i The meeting will be h d 1925, 2 p. m., at H South Chafin St. Fort-Whiteman, or American Negro Labor Con ae gs be the main speaker, and a special. leaflet is being got out to reach. e numerous Negro workers of South Bend is a ongly . concen- trated and heavy PA stray town, the Studebaker tor’ corporation and the Oliver Chilled Plow Co., being the oustanding industries - exploiting thousands of wrokers. The party, or- ganized on the shop ‘nutleus basis, @x- pects to make good headway amorg these workers. 5 WAUKBGAN, Ii, Oct. 28.—The Workers’ (Communist) Party in Wat- kegan, Ill., is getting on the job with the formation of Communist fractions in the labor unions. Comrade Oliver Carlson spoke before a membership meeting of: the par’ r on. _ Thursday, October 22, on the ~gubject. of trade union work and took 3 | in detail the campaign the Chicago istrict ig con- ducting to get all yen members to join a labor union. As a consequence, a committee of nine, ‘two each from the carpenters, abaciieers and team- sters and one ‘om the other unions, painters, eck Fae musicians, barbers and steamf represented at the party meeting, was appointed to push the trade, -work and build a local unit. ofthe ‘Trade Sain ‘Educational ie This committee - AM those working “ini Astoria ‘will | other are being gotten. together in order, at an early date, .to hold a general meeting and form a Trade Union Edu- cational League unit. Fifty members were present at. the, meeting;. ‘which also took up other important party matters, such as age street. 1 nu- clei. reorganization. « Springfield Is. ‘Now Fully Reorganized | on Shop Nuclei Basis Local Springfield, Hil., eckien (Com- munist) Party has been full reorgan- ized on a shop nucleus basis, making an addition to the party units that are being swiftly organized in the Chicago, District No. 8 on the new form. To date, the following units are on a shop and street nuclei basis in District 8: Chicago, 14 nuclei, in- cluding Pullman, Sectign 1 and isolat- ed nuclei; West Frankfort; three shop nuclei, rest of the party being reor- ganized;, Dowell, Ill., entirely; are Bend, Ind., entirely; Zeigler, Iil., tirely; Gary, Ind., © ent : ea aa field, Ill, entirely. The approximate | membership organized into shop hu- lclei is 300;. into street nuclei, thirty. Klan Jury Complete. NOBLESVILLE,,. Ind.,«@et. 28.— A jjury to try D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Indiana ku klux klan; Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck on a charge of murder as a result of the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer was completed here late this afternoon. . SSS: Nation-wide Publicity for “WHITHER ENGLAND?” > > >> @** ® ® ®*®*® *® ® ® 2 **®* &* * *% @ee 8 0444480474475 9244 8 ~~ Sins AU RS Mis Ses Mil cf . Sdn ~ —_ + * = . ane i > ¥ Ls ee nn ee ee et ee a ee re sa F ra spires Tat; FO et ee
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- and future wage cuts. _inch material. ~~ a, SPEED-UP, 9 7 CUTS AND LAC. LISTAN PASSAIC MILLS) i>? ‘ “«r Y 2 tk Ae Ee 4 : " > * ithe Pie eee Le ORM ~ = cae Ae vi Be Vn FA 8 a dre 4 m nea, ei) GENERAL LEVEL.OF EMPLOYMENT TEN PER CENT BELOW 1923; BUT TWO PER:CENT OVER A YEAR AGO SetbLane OLDs : (Federated Press industrial Editor) Employment gains between’ August and September meant a return to work for upwards of sb ptbas workers in N Pennsylvania, according ta.neports from the s w York, New. Jersey mr labor departments. . these states employ over a quarter of all factory ‘workers in the counrty me reports indicate the usual fall! revival. The reports, however, ‘show. the general level of employment in these states fully 10 per ‘cent below" iverage employment in 1923. Fully a quarter i ann “~* million workers who had employment Caimly Jaeuoh {ie BERLIN, Oct. 28.—German® foreign policy will undergo no revisio#’ as a result of Painleve’s resignation): the German press agreed todayi® "Phis be- lief seemed consistent ‘with “Paris advices, which reflected thé Spinion there, that Aristide Briand Would con- tinue as foreign minister. ~+ *° Collapse of the franc and@*Caflaux’s failure to conclude an Ani#rican' debt settlement were the causés * séen by the German newspapers for Painle- ve’s resignation, ae OUR DAILY PATTERNS ~— Sass ie | } s if , | 099 5255. LADIES’ DRESS. Cut in 7 sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40, and 46 inches bust measure, : . inch size requires 44% yards of 40 inch mateairl with % yard of con- trasting for trimming as illustrated. Price, 12c. 4933. LADIES’ COAT. Cut in % sizes; 38,40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50 inches bust measure. ,A 40). inch size requires 3%. yards of +4 Price 12c. FY ASHION BOOK nosed Send lic In silver wr) stam out up-to-date Fall and Winter, 1928.28, Book ot Fashions, showing color plates and containing 500 as eee of. ladies’, misses’, and renere ve’ P neva “cise and comprehens r etite hee? éressma got eh oe er TY nished b terns cndinkelly will ® 200 | from the date of mai taeda ker. Build the DAILY WORKER. | Yee ll EF EE ot gh ; / hah tN ae et i bs. as Cut in 4 ‘sizes: ; 40, 12 and 14 years. A 10 year size reqires 4% yards of 36 inch material. Price 12c. 5244. CHILD'S PLAY ‘SUIT. Cut in 4 sizes: 2, 3, 4 and -5 years. A 4 year size requires 2% yards of 36 inch materia” Price | 12c. VICE “ho- PATYERN BUYERS—Th sold ‘thru: the DAILY WORKER pattern department are fur- a New Fr firm of pattern nanufac we. re are forwarded by the DAILY WORKER every day as re- ceived, and they are mailed by the man- ufacturer rect to the customer. ‘The DAILY WO ER dves not heep a stock nd. livery of t- take at least 10 days Ui the order, your pattern is of patterns me impatient ]in the factories of these states two years ago are not on the payrolls to- ay. Not So Much As Last vee . New York reports a gain of 2 per sent in the number of factory workers in September compared with August. The gain between August and Sep- tember a year ago amounted to 4 per cent, but according to the state labor commissioner, industry, Was, then pull- ing out of a worse depression, He notes that this September. the. level of employment is also 2 per cent over a year ago. Pennsylvania reports a gain of 1.3 per cent in factory employment be- tween August and September. In this state the improvement compared with a year ago amounts to more than 5 per cent. In New Jersey the gain over August was 5.5 per cent and 4.5 Ti t: ver cent OVéD a year ago. But thescapparent gains in these states compared with last year indi- rate steadier employment rather than more employment. More employment in the summer.and early fall has been secured atitheicost of employment in the wintem,. This appears in the fol- lowing figures showing average em- ployment ip the firat nine. months of 1924 and 1925. expressed .as a mployed age of the, arereae number ompl ye in 19323~~ nes a re *yieree First 9 months | +s ecicp tery of 1923 Employmént'in ‘°1924 1925 | New York 82 vee h.6 89.9 New | Jersey"... “89.3 $5.8 Pennsylvania ®:: RS 90.2 86.7 So far in t employment has aver- iged nearl per cent below 1924 in | New York, "4 ‘fer cent below 1924 in New Jerséy “dnd 4 per cent below in Pennsylvania’ The level is 10 per cent below 1923 in New York, 14.2 per cent below’ ii New Jersey and 13.3 per cent below in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile Wages stay up with em- at present’ bé réduced but that foreign ployers asserting that they must not competitiom™ must be met with effi- ‘ciency and We more efficiency. As efficiency 1 hs among other things reductions igg wage costs thru getting production with fewer employes, a re- turn to anything like boom employ- ment is remote. The danger is that a slowing up of the overdone building boom will bring another period of seri- a unemployment and wage defla- tion. RUSS POLITICAL PRISONERS UNDER -CZARIST RULE PROTEST AGAINST HORTHY PERSECUTION OF RAKOSI MOSCOW, October 28.—The association of former political prisoners consisting of Bolsheviks, mensheviks and social reVolutiOMaries who fought against czarism, held a protest meeting against the white terror in Hungary. The Moscow branch of the association has 1,620 members, who total 10,063 years of hard labor in sentences received from czarist courts. has adopted the following resolution: “We have in our ranks veterans of This branch the Paris Commune, the ‘Narodni Volya’ and the ‘Semlia and Volya.’ Many of us do not belong to the Rus- sian Communist Party. Despite the differences of opinion amongst us we point unanimously to the experience of all revolutionary struggles, that if the sword of reaction falls upon the leaders of the revolutionary parties, then the whole people is struck. We therefore raise our voices in protest against the white terror in the bour- geois countries, against the Horthy bandits who intend to place Rakosi, Weinberger and the other Hungarian comrades before an extraordinary court. We appeal to all workers and peasants and honest persons of all shades of political opinion, to thrust aside their differences and undertake everything possible to save the lives] of Rakosi and his comrades. “Hands off Rakosi and the other Hungarian revolutionaries! . “Fight for the freedom of the strug- gling workers!” What’ do you earn? What are con- litions°in‘Your shop? How do you live? Write a story for The DAILY WORKER, Wite-distribute The DAILY ms ae eu Mitchell’s Attorney Demands General Be Excluded from Jury WASHINGTON, Oct., 28.—The de- fense of Col. Mitchell, who went on trial here before a military court on a charge of “conduct prejudicial to military dicinlipe” struck the first blow by challenging the right of Brig. General Albert J. Bowley, command- ant at Fort Bragg, N. C., to sit upon his “jury of generals.” The challenge was made by Rep. Frank Reid,: civilian counsel for Mit- chell, who declared Gen. Bowley had shown prejudice to the flying colonel in @ speech made before the Amer- ican legion meeting at Greenville, S. C., on Oct, 20, 19265. If you w ait to thoroughly un- dei'stand Come weds it. To Help Ginil War Victims. MOSCOW,—(Tass)—Oct., 28.—The people’s commigsariat of agriculture has applied to.the council.of people's commissaries asking it to create a special fund to' help the, population Read->- WORKER which suffered during the civil war. a Ge —_— GENTLE JEWELERS’-REWARD FOR _ DEAD ROBBERS..A SUBSIDY GIVEN TO POLICE’FOR USELESS MURDER By CARL HAESSLER (Federated Press Editor). ' asf’ four times more profitable to kill a man outright under certain Chicago. ‘citclimstances than to have him arrested and It will be..net you. $1,000 to choke or club or shoot a man It will net you only $250 if you inform - CHICAGO, Oct, 28.—(FP)- tried by the courts. to death under these circumstances: . the police and he is convicted: >’ $1,000 "Reward If, Dead. The circumstances are laid down by the Chicago Jewelers’ Assn. and displayed on bright purple ant gold posters. The posters promise that the jewelers will “pay the sum o $1 00 in cash to any peace officer’ or to any employe or agent of any jeweler in Cook county, Ill., who shall’. kill any person robbing or attempting to rob said jeweler, provided, howéver, that such killing shall be necessary and justified under the laws of, the state and take place while said peace officer or employe or agent of said jeweler is resisting the robbery. of said jeweler’s store or stock of mer-. chandise or effecting the arrest of such robber or is attempting to pre- vent the escape of such robber.” — The designation jeweler includes jewelry, clock, watch and silverware manufacturers, wholesalers and retail- ers, and diamond importers and deal- ers in Cook county, Only $250 Reward Alive. At the same time, the poster con- tinues, “a cash reward of $250 will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone participatng in a robbery with a gun, or attempted robbery with a gun of any regular established jeweler in Cook county.” ; “attempted” robbery will whip a vi- sion of $1,000 before the excited eyes of underpaid jewelry clerks who will feel authorized to use their guns in crowded stores, not only against rob- bers, but against people whom they consider as would-be robbers attempt- ing to escape. The, temptation to save life and catch the supposed robber will be just one-fourth as strong. The same is true of the police or deputies who will get only $250 for possibly risking their lives in making arrests but will get $1,000 for risking the lives of the public or of possibly innocent sus- pects. ' The friend of the workers is the enemy of the bosses! ‘mational inspection issued a new de- ‘dervants of menial work in the state ‘offices at six and a half hours a day In each ‘case not only robbery but i® Labor Commissariat Shortens Workday of All State Servants MOSCOW,—(Tass)—Oct., 28—The people’s commissariat of labor and cree fixing the working day for all with an internal of half an hour for dinner. Build the DAILY WORKER with subs. aoa POLICE MAKE A Y; COMMUNISTS “DVERTEROW CAPITALISM! LONDON, Oct. 28.—*“Our task is to expose the real capitalist. class nature. of.the state, to undermine the state and its authority, and te eventually overthrow it.” This sta- tement:- from a Communist cireular was réad in Bow Street court today as evidence against the twelve Com- murnists “Who are on trial, charged with “attempting to incite to sedi- tion. The police offered a consider- able arrount of similar evidence. Course in English, Workers’ School 2 Nights a Week Now NEW ¥oRK, Oct. 28.—Due to the general demand on the part of stu- dents registered for the elementary English course at the Workers’ School will. be given two nights a week in- stead of one as previously arranged for. The fee will therefore be raised from $2.50 to $4.00. will be Comrade Ella G. Wolfe. program each night. To close, the event, a 35 cents, all else free. i THE CONGRESS 1S ‘ON! The American Negro Labor Congress is now in session at the Metropolitan Community Center, 3118 Giles Avenue, near East 31st Street. Business session in the day, nightly mass meetings. Come and hear the best speakers of both races of the American Labor Movement. Grand International Ball and Program Saturday evening, B o'clock, October 31. Lovett Fort-Whiteman, National Organizer. Different Elaborate musical program. Admission to dance, H. V. Phillips, National Secretary. $1:25 DuERAeN Covers ass TODAY ma LY WORKER PUBLISHING COMPANY 3 W. WASHINGTON BLYD. Chicago- IL1. A. Official Report of the British Trade Union Del- egation to Soviet Russia. $1.75 Cloth Bound a en ~ ony -? The instructor . ‘ eE hee OCNN S ly Sige re AR: EL ROY a elite Foie Te ame tele ati N od —_ st Tt ae ee ee P > pepe tener . in oie a vot rove
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Washington Bivd., Chicago, Illinole - . J, LOUIS ENGDAHL } MHitors F, DUNNE j{ MORITZ J. LOEB Business Manager as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Gat cago, Iil., under the act of ‘March 3, 1879. =" Advertising rates on application. Roumanian Royalty and Roumanian Peasants . Queen Marie of Roumania writes for the Hearst papers. She is given a special department in which she advises her suffeging sisters as to.the best way in which to maintain their pulchritudinous charm. .In a recent issue she says> When you are very tired or worried drop the thought of peace,~ rest and contentment into your mind, relax your body, ae all« unnecessary food and ‘activity—and see how it helps. | & 4 We eat too much anyhow. This has been said so often it is. trite, yet we go on eating, overeating. Try my recipe occasionally— soup, bread and fruit—plus relaxation. In the same issue of the Hearst sheet in which this inapiring. queenly advice is furnished, there is a news. story which Reade. me follows: Ue KISHINEFF, Oct. 26-—The trial before _military cohetupedtint ae of 300 Bessarabians for their share in the Communist disturbances at Tatar Bunar in September, 1924, promises to last until the end of the year. The trial is grimly set in the court yard.of the old turreted prison overlooking the town. The general public is admitted and many peasant women listen to their husbands being cross-examined. The prisoners are most peasants, young and middle-aged, belonging to Russian, Roumanian, Bulgarian and Albanian nationalities. These peasants have been in jail for more than a year, suffering all the tortures which the cleverly cruel bloodhounds of the land- lords’ government of Roumania could devise. Their crime? Trying to get back the land which the landlords, aided by the Roumanian monarchy, had deprived them—trying to divide up the big estates so that each peasant and his family might have enough to make a living. “Many peasant women listen to their husbands being CrOss- |. examined.” _ hese peasant women and their children have been without the| support of their husbands for more than a year. They have listened |: outside the prison walls; wntil driven away by the blows of the mili-, . tary, to the groans and cries of their husbands under the torture.) more have died of starvation. | But, sa¥s the Roumanian Queen Marie, “we eat too much any- how. Try my recipe océasionally—soup, fruit, bread, plus relaxation.” Another Queen’ Marie, with the additional name of Antoinette; | advised the French peasants, if they had no bread, to eat cake. A king of France—the) cowtitry whose ruling class finances the Roumanian army and entertains its ew eeraswccuawesetal Rte the peasatits to eat grass. 5! *Queen Marie Antoinette’ s head rolled into the bloody basket undér the Paris guillotine’: The workers and peasants stuffed the dead mouth of the detid ae with grass, in memory of his advice to them. af In Roumania and’ av tir the Balkans history is setting the stage for a successful révolt ‘Of the town workers and poor peasantry. Only‘with the aid of the® imperialist powers have these revolts’ in Roumania just as in an earlier period they came to,the rescue of the French rulers. adds thereby to the subsidy paid to her royal entourage by the enemies of the workers and peasants. They, the imperialists and the monarchs, fear the new. fo ce that inspires and aids the bleeding peasantry—the force ot which Lenin spoke: } The Soviet republic sends into the villages armed detachments of workers (in the first place the most advanced) from the capitals, who carry socialism into the countryside, rally to their side the poorer elements, organize and enlighten them, and help them to SUPPRESS THE RESISTANCE OF THE BOURGEOISIE. The tide of working class revolt rises all thru Europe once again. The murder bands of the ruling class have not even crushed the will to freedom among the Roumanian peasantry. the outraged peasant women give her a dose of her own medicine— apply to her the queenly advice about overeating—without the soup, bread, fruit, and relaxation. LaF ollette—Unknown Quantity Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., who administered such a, salutary defeat to opposing candidates in the special senatorial election held to fill the vacancy ereated by the death of his father, is the object of much concern 6n the part of the old guard supporting the repub- \ lican administration. Coolidge’s stalwart supporter, Butler, along with Senators Edge, Ernst and virtually every other supporter of the regime at Washing- ton, have voiced personal friendship for “young Bob.” They are try- ing to persuade him, on promise of committee assignments, better offices and an increased number of clerks, to abandon the itsurgent _ tactics of his father, and enter independent. They do not ask him to enter the old guard, but will be satisfied if he will enter the Borah independent group. This is a desperate attempt to create a real working majority out of the paper majority the republicans have had for the past six years. The former insurgent bloc has been reduced to three members| —Senators Brookhart of Iowa, Frazier of North Dakota and Ship-| “stead of Minnesota. If young LaFollette decides to go “insurgent” > it means that the republicans will be in a minority against the coali- tion of insurgents and democrats. This situation represents a paradox. coalition of democrats and republican insurgents will fight the Coo- lidge-Mellon tax proposals in the interests of the petty bourgeoisie, asa means of maintaining an issue to go before, the country at the ~ congressional elections next year, while in foreign-affairs there will be a coalition of. Coolidge republicans and: democrats representing the interests of finanee-capital against the, Borah bloc of independent republicans supporting the industrialists who oppose the world court. 4 eA Thus will tlie demoeratic party palliate:its southern and middle. west petty-bourgeois elemegts. for the sake of a united party, and at. the same time carry out the foreign Pylicy of its eastern section representing the House of = , > : 4 Fic marie wlll isa 5 pais . ; ye Their huts have been burned by the soldiery and whole villages) driven into the wilderness. ‘They are all half starved and many | beer! crushed. The great(poivers have come: to the aid of monarchy} | A queen writes for the foolish women of the middle class and re Queen Marie will do well to stay in Dinard and Deauville lest The A. B. ae Capitalist Profit. nf eres essential chafacter of capital- ist exploitation, or in other words the nature of capitalist profit, must be explained clearly, and in a man- ner easily comprehensible, in the the- oretical material at the disposal-of Communist agitation and propaganda. Until we have such an explanation constantly at hand, and until we have learnt to make it known everywhere, the last hour of reformism will not have struck in the labor movement. Sometimes it seems as if this aspect of: Marxist enlightenment has been placed too much in the background since the labor movement has become older. Are not these things long fam- iliar? We forget that young prole- tarians are joining the movement every day, and that these have. still to learn this A. B. C. of economic Marxism. Its theoretical substantion never becomes superfluous, tho the history and literature of the labor movement have already thrown every possible light on. the . problem. | If we further remember that new economic phenomena are replacing those of the older theoretical concep- our former agitative formulas neces- sary, it becomes the more comprehen- -- sible that an increasing aversion is felt against theoretical generaliza- tions. Such generalizations are one ofthe causes of the regrettable ten- acity with which reformism is rooted in the proletariat. And reformism fs our madbt dangerous and obstinate op- ponent. Capitalism would have been overthrown long since if reformtsm had not taken it under its protective wings of economic illusions, and thus prevented great masses of the prole- tariat from joining the revolutionary class war. Reformism does not re- cognize capitalism itself as the ene- my, but merely protests against cer- tain of the regrettable shady sides and excrescences of capitalism. Re- formism is willing enough to have these removed with the aid of heav- en.» Higher wages, shorter working ‘jours—these are demands which may be put forward within the confines of Frege aga system, without attack- the system itself. Appeals are to the “short-sighted” or to the ‘socially far-seeing” employer, and the latter is shown that even higher -will be the reward.of his re- obligingness. Wages and t are not regarded as the ex- me poles of antagonism, but are mede—toe appear as if derived from éitirely different sources. But if no aiitagdmism exists here, then no class antagonism exists at all! Thus we arriva’at the theoretical substantia- tion Uf civil peace and joint action be- tweém capital and labor. - 1¢%sGn urgent necessity to oppose econdHié shallowness of this kind by a ‘pettetlly clear conception of the nature “of capital income and labor income! -PoHowing Marx with the utmost élos@ness, we shall endeavor to draw thé’ findamental outline of the source ——, tion, rendering a certain adaption of ee pete Gi. ene wy for which he which is contained t (M-|-S). This proc nt \ M—C—M-|-S. , ” - a ~~ - This is the journey made ‘ey % As money to capital. For. is not capital itself; it is aay aS passes thru fal money which becomes & breeding surplus — of the decisive. of profit must be, deme capital formula: M— M—C is an act of puret chase of all the 1 i sary to production: tt 2 ure if change, in both cane equal vated only are offered for , or it is simply a-matter . or of usury. We here m “con the underpayment of goods” (the seller of the goods does nots receive their equivalent). By “usury? Wermean the overvalued price ee {the buyer does not receive of the purchase ~price). ; 1€8 y aan equal values are He does this for the purpaese of. _glearly ex- posing the, actual eter, of capital- ist (industrial) profit, cannot} be said to be based im general on any. trickery in trade. The development of capitalism during the age of “free competition” tended sobyiopsly to the increasing exclusions. of deceptible maneuvers and tric ‘in trade. M—C opposes e ucer of goods, or his se agent, who may of course as succh be an in- dependent merchant, ‘to the future produccer of goods. It ig cannot assume the buyer, who. will later | again—to be in se! beginning of an econom RB™™ there is the ae. ara ‘the com- _ Modities known aselebor power. He has no capital ath disposal. On the cémtrary, his abs > lack of means, his proleté | him to the constant é@ of the sole possession? only commodity, his I we add to this the f course of capitalist d proletariat has. far exceed workers, et i serve ¢ ployed) hap limbs of e labor po rei ce. pi vote comes ae A ig “an under not mere 6 ne} sible, Du ; on able. Full ‘payment won : es enabling the labor... bs the capitalist, and ex ie Bd the process of capitalist Pro , to be’ ae ety! A pe re Fi 238 7 = - #3 ment has The worker is cheated of his wages. Wherever there is impoverishment, sources | here the cap'‘talist gains his profit by auxi.| Of “absolute impoverishment” as clear- ly as we observed during the honey- We must remember the words of the Communist Manifesto (1848): and pauperism increases even more rapidly than population and wealth,” profit thus swindled out of the the, capitalists again to a certain ex- tent by means of a comprehensive, energetic and purposeful trade union struggle. If only the workers were fighters—and not social democrats! On the other hand, the gradual lower- ing of the proletarian standard of life is an essential part of capitalist de- velopment, and is only retarded tem, porarily, and for certain categories of the proletariat, during periods of rapid and greatly increased economic prosperity. Taken all in all, profit gained by cheating is also inevitable as part of the development of capital- ism. Let us observes the process, by 'which the profit, peculiarly character- istic of capitalism, the “surplus value” is prodyced. In doing so we set aside for the moment every other source of profit. The,’ capitalist may have paid for the lar Bo wer at its “full value.” The capi a thay not have earned any special profit onthe sale of com- modities. ‘He may buy and sell every- thing-at its real value, without trick- ery or cheating. A capitalist with a stainless white waistcoat! Can he|to possibly earn any profit? Of course he can. But this profit is so deeply }embedded in the nature of tne capital- ist method of production that the naive spectator does not observe it at ah, it is a profit forming the normal life of capitalism, it is the backbone of all capitalist profit. It might be designated as the “normal profit” of it 8 | the strongly contrasting ch e-| or from the monstrous ““sury profit” with which we shall deal later. This is the profit which Marx called the surplus value, and to the elucidation of which he devoted the greater part of his economic researches. In. this place we can only deal as ar “The laborer becomes the pauper, ' workers could be pressed out of ? 8 : tensity in working. _ labor stored in the only be estimated by ed, by the duration ture or activity of th Jabor power, to the capi- talist, is the sate ‘plus value, the “nor- mal profit” when no extra p gent the won by/cheat- ing. “(in this world the four legged oxen can hoWever much more certain- ly expect. to receive their necessary ration of fodder!) — After the process of production is completed, the capitalist has received with the value of the commodities pro- duced at the. same f e@ _yalue, | and for the value of the-comm odities, less the wages paid and the value of the means commodities producrron con* sumed, is equivalent to the surplus value. But the capitalist has first to realize this surplus value; to convert it into motiéy; and’ this is only accom- plished ‘By’ the sale of the commodi- ties (C minus M plus 8S.) It is hoWever also possible that ay capitalist sells the commoditigs at a price @xcé@iling their actuar value.* In this ®ase “the capitalist earns -a usurer’s "profit at the expense of the op r), With this we come urce of profit: the us- In agony to render this om n'y capitalist has however first to attain a prerequisite whigh is in itself-the product of ‘a rong capital- ist dgvelopment; “he must be able to —_ netition” has naturally the ten- per to deprive the individual. sell- oe et Pare’ de (usurer’s) profit Sach Reverse is equally possible, be a source of profit. Should a ‘imgtance the degree of productiv- cial panerage,., the workers employed any case, even PP oe competition.. For “free | of ‘existence of the. tariat being in the cheated profit is 4 by the capitalist int of usurer’s profit. — A fundamental conceptional differen: three forms of profit are seas premise for further ps gener on the increases, divisions ‘shiftings of profit aa by this undertaking aman tra surplus profit proportionate to- monopoly of productivity created ‘by the. equality of their work. The. talist realizes this extra profit by 1 selling the goods at their “individu value, the value to amount of labor required for their production, but at the: “socially” de: termined value. He can; ever, sell “his goods undér: their general value, for even then the pg ion ng ual” value is realized. In 2 the price demandéd' fy tihder the so- cially determined. peo the ‘¢ con- sumer receives 4 | ‘to spe (as for instance successful business this “extra profit. modification ot va. the price “of p capitalism by the of profit. The obje: pryins present ity B,sqme enterprise exceed the so-\ article is to first , Ve. & popular - line, | aya GNEVENKA is with the - Western division. :o@he has a rifle and carries over her shoulder a bag with bandages and lint, medicine bottles and cotton wool. She theeps pace with the division five days and five nights long. She attends to the wounded under the enemy fire. She does it lovingly and with great care. Every Red Army soldier is like a son to her. She is never tired and knows neither hunger nor fear. ‘Comrade Vera; you should rest.” She would not even look up, but would shake her head. “No time for that.” Vera has a glorious voice. “[here are few voices like hers. “Thén comrades come rally, let us ‘face the last fight,” sweeps like an electrical wave thru the ranks. “Hurrah! Let us face the last fight.” The red banner is swaying in Vera’s ,hands. Its soft folds cling to her small but erect figure. There is untold charm and inspiration in the words: “The International unites the hu- man race.” “Hurrah! Unites the: sania. race,” the soft girlish voice repeated. in the Hospita ‘ N a corner of the ward, on a rough bedstead, Solomon lies- “his head all in bandages. His face white as chalk. Vera is beside . . She is Solomon’s betrothed. holds his hand in hers, strokes it gently and sings in an undertone as. it lujling to sleep a child: “Sleep on, little one, sleep, May the sweet — come to. you.” Vera called Petruchin; she whis- pered something to him. He went to the door and called thru: the glass door: “The superintendent, please. * A fishy eye was pressed against the window pane. , ) fis “What do you want again?” “There ,is a woman — let her come outy? S Per “She can, use the utensil” “But listen, it ig.a wemen.” “Woman or man, is,mot that the same to you? With you aldjare equals.” He caught a glimpse of Vera thru the glass door. a F é | MR. ROCKEFELLER, SR., 1S GRATEFUL FEFUL | the regular republican ranks as an | @ worker—he is spending his years at ‘ bas ;ethal In domestic politics a | out for Rockefeller. ‘in millions; b the workers? er no unions at | all or company s controlled "y is 86 Not like a poor man— OHN D. ROCKEFELLER, Sr., years old. Tarrytown, N. Y., in leisure.: He plays ‘golf and lounges about the spacious, luxurious grounds of his mansion. Rockefeller has sent a mesage to the world. “Mr. Rockefeller is well and full of good cheer, and is full of gratitude for all the blessings that the ‘coming year holds out for him.” At the Rockefeller plants,’ tetra- is being manufactured and is killing off the workers. But it means profits for Rockefeller. That is one of the “blessings” that the year holds Rockefeller’s oil wells and refineries are bringing him his railways and mines mean more millions of profits per year; his steel milts mean added mil- lions. At least $1560,000,000 a year is quite a “blessing%stor Rockefeller, for which he may well be “full of grati- tude.”’ But regular unjons how. a No LE ~ oe . . ee pei ge es. ——— _ fgets the undivided support of the: Un- Rockefeller. The Cold do Fuel and. Iron Company owned “Sy Rockefeller has a company union, which the Rus-|. sell Foundation declar, 5 the workers do not want. It has ed—and yet this “industrial democracy,” as it is called, is forced upon the workers in lieu of real unions. This helps to en- sure the profits of Rockefeller, since the workers are kept. from a _ real struggle for the imprevement. of their conditions. This is another, of the “blessings” that Rockefeller feels “gratitude” for. Rockefeller is engaged in vast ex- ploitation of foreign ,oil fields, and ited States government.. Mosul, Me- sopotamia, México—the@e are the “in- terests of American -tffdividuals” that impel the United Stateé#government to forcefully protect “Adherican rights.” Rockefeller’ has evé¥y® good reason to feel grateful for th® blessing that he enjoys. His bles#ffés will go on even after he is dedf—“and- his son and grandchildren will gontinue to en- joy them—nufless the Pbrkers act in the meantime, ne “Do not ‘halle any fuss, darling; there is a utensil in the corner.” ‘o" ive Farewell. SonpH $. voice was sorrowful. “It is not, for my sake, Vera, but for yours. 1am sorry for the life you have to lead. Your life could have been so. beautiful.” “Darling, it is beautiful even now. And there is even happiness—happi- ness in the struggle and happiness in our personal life.” He pressed Vera's hand gratefully. “Darling!” flaxen plait. “Comrades, those who come out of this alive, please take this to my mother.” N the night loud steps were heard ‘in the prison passage. . The heavy bolts of the cell door were pushed back. The prison gov- ernor had a list of names in his hands. “Solomon Lobovsky, Alexei Petruch- pew vp Gnevenko, get ready.” lomon felt Vera’s hand trembling in his. She embraced him and whispered. “I am calm, good-bye.” She tore herself away from him. “Let us go.” She took Solomon and Petruckhin by the arm. | Facing the Executioner. HEY: went as if for a walk, with a light and elastic step. At the out- skirts of the wood, surrounded by sol diers, they said good-bye. Vera kissed everyone, and lingered a little longer with Solomon. They were drawn up in a line, at an interval of two steps from each other, and were face to face with their executioners. In front of them the muzzles of the rifles, behind them graves. The offi- cer’s word of command is clear, dis- tinct and steady. “Aim at the first. One—two—fire!” Vera is the third in the row. “Aim at the third. One—two—” and then he waited. 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