Daily Worker
November 20, 1925
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| et Wiehe } ei sialment of @ series of articles dealing with the World Trade Union Unity. This instalment deals wit Toward World Trade Union Unity. Fol- instalments will deal with the American Federation 0 and Unity, und What to Do For Unity. ~ / The Steps Toward World Trade Union Unity. “Regardless of nationality, race, color and political and N creeds, the working class has always been insipred by one idea—the overthrow of capitalist society, built on 8 , exploitation and violence. In this struggle of labor 8 aft thet capital, the working class can win only by mustering r forces against the common enemy, bound in one rian strong organization. This is why for the work- N all ass, in order to sah itself from economic enslavement „and, from the menace of war—unity is imperative. This is why the on of the trade unions of the Union of Soviet Socialist-Republics, at the mutual confer- ene with the British trade unions, not only understood the task before them, but showed such firm will for the establish- ment of unity in the international labor movement.” | In these few words, . Tomsky, secretary of the Central Council of the Russian le Unions, sets forth the objective of the movement for world trade union unity—against the economic enslavement of the workers by capital and new imperialist wars. For this objective the 11,000,000 trade unionists of Britain and Russia haye united in the movement for world trade union unity, thru the formation of the Anglo-R u Unity Commit- tee. This Anglo-Russian Unity Committee has become the or- anizing center, of the movement for world trade union unity. The officialdoms of most of the other trade union movements, in- cluding the American trade union movement, are hostile to this movement, and fight it in co-operation with the bosses and their encies.. 7 2 Organizationally this movement demands the convocation of a world congress of trade unionists to establish a united trade union international and decide upon a program for combatting the economic enslavement of the workers by capitalism and against new imperialist wars. No preliminary conditions are laid down to which any trade union has to subscribe prior to this world congress. Phe self-evident facts of the present situation in which the working class finds itself will determine the program and tactics of this congress. That the program will be based on class war- fare against capitalism is evident—if the right wing leaders of the Amsterdam International thought that such a world congress of trade unionists would support their policy of co-operation with the capitalists they would favor the holding of such a congress. |. But because they know that a world congress of trade unionists really representing the rank and file of the trade unions would reject their class-collaboration policy they do their utmost to pre- vent the holding of such a congress. | The first meeting of the Anglo-Russian Unity Committee waz held in April, 1925, in London. There the unity of the Brit- ish and Russian trade unionists was cemented in the movement for trade union unity. A joint declaration was drawn up at this conference which sets forth the real necessity for unity of the trade union movement of the world. Every honest and intelli- gent worker will admit that the following paragraphs strike at the root of the question of trade union unity—and establish the imperative necessity for the achievement of that unity z: U ment has again struck Cleveland. _ “Thrift.” Nothing is said about the low wages So long as the capitalist system continues there is dan- ger of war. The merciless struggle for supremacy between the conflicting vested interests of competing groups of ex- ploiters will, as in the past, eventually evoke a new crisis, plunging the workers of the world into another disastrous ar. There is but one power that can save mankind from being plunged into another universal catastrophe. There is but one power which can defend the workers of all countries . a woe ＋ wae : 0 . a grown: years ago and the .... “Considerin 4 tion of international unity.“ man labor ” of t tions.in many centers demand 4 Council 5 ee Ae wae . 89792 — * organizations of the world, be united into a sin utives of the l. F. purpose.“ what an extent the movement f France: The French trade union mo has been maintained General Confederation of Labor, Jouhaux an at the same time leaders of the right wing ternational. The left wing United General Con has repeatedly made overtures for unity of tI these have been rejected by the reactior federation of Labor. Both federations ha’ ers organized. The United General Con iated with the R. I. L. U., has endorsed unity and the formation of the Anglo-Russtan It is initiating joint meetings of workers of the unity question. Local unions of railroa teachers, miners, butchers, civil servants, et¢, demand for unity both nationally and intern Joint meetings of trade unionists tions are being held. Such a meeting this movement where, after endorsing the campaign of the left wing federation for unity in France, the resolution continues: sites the praiseworth , trade unions which have resulted in an ¢ Russian unions on the question of i _ meeting declares its approval trade unionists, and asks the France to adopt the same attitude as the Germany: The German General Federation of Trade Unions (A: D. G. B.) had about 11,000,000 members 1918 revolution. At the last congress held 000 membership was reported. The leadeé (Leipart, Grossman, Tarnow and Co.) are the. German capitalists have. They have preached and practiced co-op- eration between capital and labor both during the war and since. The workers’ revolution of 1918-19 was defeated largely because of their support of the capitalists. The entire apparatus of the trade unions was placed at the disposal of the capitalists. mighty struggles of the German workers have been opposed by the leaders, strikes broken and sold out, left. wing workers and Communists betrayed to the police—all to h talist. The French invasion of the Ruhr in 1923 was not opposed by these leaders. The Dawes plan is supported by them even tho is has turned the German work turned the eight-hour day into a 60- 12- and 14-hour day, and increased the exploitation of the German workers terribly with the result that in the western capi mand wage reductions because of the comp | Bin ; + TEE 2 Against these traitorous leaders the trade union members haye,revolted, time and again with the result that individual and mass expulsions have been resorted to. The election of a worker to an office in a local union who does not bow the knee to the traitor policy of the leaders results in his exp and because of the compulsion of the under. which the workers labor, trade union Ur thousands of trade unionists. The metal wor municipal employes and transport wor Métal Workers’ Union, the largest imously passed a resolution at a ge manding that the German Trade ee eetae sacle propose to the I. F. T. | at present affiliated to any tra io trade union intern; . U. (Amsterdam), | (Moscow), shall in joint conference_decide upon the manner and composition of a world congress to be convened for that The recent visit of a delegation of Ge 8 7 t 2 2 1 * „ e Miwa Pa Bi: . „ ae ‘a . 4 * eS ee 1 en 4 eid a 4530 9 a 9 1 477 1 1 Fan 7 ‘ 5 ; 5 5 eerie 95 N r 5 ’ — / 1 a , oF gs, * —— — THE DAILY. IRKER eb faye r * eo 7 $ : wa CRE a oe ee . * — 7 * ie re > oe Tat * „ t the movement but ot the General Con- ‘a half a million work- ration of Labor, affil- mational trade union 77 th federations on „ metal workers, have voiced the z to both federa- Lille is typical of Sie i ete at is of the British nt with the ernational 1 the of this action of the British G. G. T. trade unionists of British in the ques- it the time of the is year about 4,000,- 's of the A. D. G. B. est servants the The the German capi- into European “coolies,” ntries the bosses de- on of “cheap Ger- sion. But in spite terrible conditions ty is supported by orkers, wood workers, rs have passed resolu- unity. Th e Be lin local of the local in the city, unan- reeaie ne: al meét: ag held in July de- Union Federation Executive . Sees |, that all trade union ‘of Whether they are union infernational or not, ö The exec- the R, I. L. U. {Xe workers to Soviet Trade or world tra e unſty has * 7 2 V ‘ a" > . Was — 7 “We are convinced that in Belgium also unity with the Russian trade unions would meet with approval and wel- come.” setts . The Brussels local of the Belgian Teachers’ Union unan- imously resolved that „. . We beg all working class organizations to work for the re-establishment of trade union unity, and with this in view, to support the efforts of the Anglo-Russian Council.” Norway: The Norwegian Federation.of Trade Unions at its meeting in September approved of the movement for trade union unity, and decided to apply for admission to the Anglo-Russian Unity Committee to aid in the work. A national conference of trades councils held in the same month passed a resolution which Says in part; | “The conference entirely supports the endeavors of the ‘British and Russian trade unions and of the R. I. L. U. for the summoning of an international trade union unity con- gress. . he conference appeals to all organized workers 7 wo | these endeavors for a united trade union interna- tional.” | From the othef European countries the trade unionists are raising their voices demanding trade union unity. The Czecho- Slovak One Big Union with a membership of a quater of a mil- lion, affiliated with the R. I. L. U. supports world trade union unity. In Spain, Italy, Sweden, Denmark. and Jugo-Slavia the trade unionists are rallying to the support of unity. against political and economic oppression and tyranny. There is but one power which can bring freedom, welfare, happi- ness and peace to the working power is the working class i class and to humanity. That well organized, properly dis- ciplined, self-devoted and determined to fight all who would oppose and prevent its complete emancipation.” The meeting of the Anglo-Russian Unity Committee held between the German workers and the workers’ republic, but of Russia has had the effect, not only of strengthening the bonds increasing the movement for world trade union unity among the German trade unionists. This delegation of workers, not trade union officials, saw for themselves the power of the Soviet repub- lic, the growing betterment of the conditions of the workers, and the strength of the Russian trade unions. They will enlighten their fellow workers to the lies of the trade union bureaucrats In South America unions in Brazil, Uruguay, and Mexico support unity. At Montevideo, Uruguay, the journal of the Print- ing Trades Unions, EI Obrere Grafico says: “The question of trade union unity is not simply a It should also be discussed in other To deny that the Uruguayan workers have any interest in this question would mean working against unity.” European question, countries. in the schools during, Education Week, after the Scarborough meeting of the British Trades Union Con- gress constituted the committee as the organizing center for the movement for world trade union unity. No longer is it a ques- tion of attempting to force the reactionary right wing Amster- dam leaders to agree to trade union unity. They have shown plainly that they will agree to unity on one basis only—that the trade union movement shall not fight the capitalists on an inter- national scale. Otherwise they fight unity. The Anglo-Russian Unity Committee has the task of mobil- izing the trade unionists of the world to achieve unity—the es- tablishing of a single trade union international to combat the capitalists. This is being accomplished in no uncertain manner, and the growing number of unions that have endorsed the idea of trade union unity, and the Anglo-Russian Unity Committee, shows that the rank and file of the trade unions are for unity and are moving towards it in spite of reactionary leaders and all the agencies of capitalism. The following partial list of trade unions, and mass meetings of workeys that have endorsed trade union unity and the estab- lishment of the Anglo-Russian Unity Committee will show to Lid =, 1 . . against the workers' republic. Belgium: writes: committee.“ | Union, writes: The Belgian workers were used by the Allies in the first days of the world war to stop the German advance on Paris and the Channel ports. King Albert is praised for this, and Emil Vandervelde, leader of the Belgian labor party, has become a member of the Belgian cabinet. Trades Union Commission is Mertens, prominent in the fight against unity led by the right wing Amsterdamers. Last February the Belgian Clothing Workers’ Union sent two fraternal delegates to the Russian Clothing Workers’ Union con- vention. One of the delegates, Liebaerts, secretary of the union, “Like the British trade union delegation, we returned from the new Russia firmly convinced of the possibility and necessity of realizing trade union unity with our Russian comrades. Our report and conclusions have been unanim- ously approved (with one hostile vote only) by our national C. Mahlman, secretary of the Belgian Transport Workers’ The leader of the Belgian In Canada the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employes, at its convention in October, went on record for international trade union unity. Local unions of machinists, etc., have also done likewise. In the United States the Capmakers’ International Union at its convention last April unanimously endorsed international trade union unity. Local unions of miners, painters, clothing workers have voiced their support for this movement. The officials of the A. F. of L. and the Railroad Brotherhoods are opposed to unity. Green & Co. will support the right wing of the Amsterdam in the fight against unity. If the A. F. of L: affiliates with Amsterdam it will be to take over the leadership in the struggle against unity to protect the investments of American capital and aid the Am- erican imperialists to extend the Dawes plan to other European countries. The rank and file trade unionists of thi try are faced with the alternative of lining up with the e Unipnists of other countries to fight the capitalists or Jo Me led by Green & Co. aganist their fellow workers who ar hting against the Dawes plan, against swelling the coffers of the House of Morgan. CLEVELAND WORKERS MUST SHELL . OUT FOR COMMUNITY FUND OR LOSE + yy JOBS DURING “EDUCATION” WEEK + * * 4 8 . 4 Eber Nov. 18.— The annual campaign of slush, slobber and senti- | Every charity organization, church and uplift society has joined the movement to force the workers to shell out their hard-earned money for the “community fund.” Workers in the factories are cempelied to donate to this fund or else lose their job or be discriminated against, In the schools collections are. being taken up among the students and long sermons about christian charity, love for the poor, etc., are being made by schools teachers who are themselves underpaid and exploited. The collections in the schools happen to“! N eome just at the time when prepara- tions are being made for “American Educational Week.” It is Significant that one of the topics for “Education Week” is The children are taught to save their money and some day, per- haps... they will become wealthy. from Nov. 16 to the 22. The Young Workers League of Cleveland, in co-operation with the ranged a mass meeting for the pur- pose of combatting the pernicious propaganda spread during education week and to point out the true nature of the educational system, that of a prop in the capitalist system. This .mass meeting will be held on Friday, Nov, 20, 8 p. m. at the Ingur- ance Center Bldg., 1783 E. 11 St. The speakers will be Israel Amter, district received by the thousands of work- ers employed in the steel mills and automobile plants of this city, about the hundreds of school boys who have to peddle papers after school to add to the family income: ‘ these things secretary of the Workers Party; are not mentioned at all. Martin Gordon, district organizer, In addition to “thrift,” patriotism,] Young Workers League; Phillip god and country, and the constitution are some of the topics for discussion Shatz, member of the District Com- mittee of the Young Workers League and Edward Shatz of the Juniors. Workers (Communist) Party, has ar- Soldier Unable to Get Job Forges Check; Lands in U. S. Penitentiary (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW “ORLEANS, Nov. 28. — Elmer Louis La Warre, who some years ago kissed his job good-bye and sailed to sunny France to help make the world a decent place to live in, for the capitalists, and was awarded a Croix de Guerre and Garibaldi medal of hon- or, which wasn’t worth a darn when he was hungry, has been sentenced to three years in the federal prison in Atlanta for forging an endorse- ment on a government check for 5403.75. The prisoner claims that de- spite his record abroad he was un- able to secure a position, let alone a plain job. Get Them Out on Time. VIRGINIA, III., Nov. 18. — School children are going to their books to- day, regulated by the stroke of a municipal bell. For weeks the tardy lists have gradually increased and invariably, the excuse was made that the clock or watch at home had lost ume. Since tha town appeared to be full of defective. time pieces, school authorities and public officials hit up- on the bell scheme. U ——— ＋— — Moscow Unions Greet Norwegians | Australia Has Laws to Protect Its Miners (Continued from page 1) tion in its studies of all sides of life in the Soviet Union. Join Unity Movement. The representative of the Central Council of the Russian Unions, Jag- lom, stressed especially that the Nor- wegian unions were the first to join In the work of the Anglo-Russian committee for the establishment of international trade union unity, and that the journey of the Norwegian delegation to the Soviet Union would add to the importance of that step. A worker from the railway work- shops in Ivanov greeted the delega- tion in the name of the Russian rail- waymen and pointed out -that the cause of international working class unity was becoming ever more im- portant, particularly in view of the new grouping of capitalist powers as seen at the conference at Locarno. A member of the Norwegian dele- gation, Bratwolp:greeted the assem- bled workers in the name of the or- ganized Norweglan workers and de- clared that the--journey undertaken by the delegatidm, was the first step to the realization of the unity policy paw g. upon by the Norwegian Trade union Congress. The delegation had only been a few days upon Soviet soil. but it had already had sufficient proof to convince it that the Russian pro- letarian revolution was the greatest historical work of humanity, that the Russian working class was striving for a better future for the working class in the whole world and that the gains of the revolution were in safe and certain hands. SYDNEY, Australia, Nov. 18.—Le- gislation of a working class nature is fast being made law by the New South Wales labor government. One measure—the coal mines regulation act—prevents anyone working in a coal mine at the coal-face unless he has had two years’ previous exper- ‘}ience with a skilled miner. This will prevent scabs being employed in mines in times of strikes. Another measure calls for the im- mediate installation at all mines of life-saving and rescue apparatus to be used in times of accidents and dis- asters. Rescue stations are also to be erected. The cost of the appa- ratus and the stations has to be borne by the coal operators who have also to instruct the miners in its use and maintain staffs to operate the appa- ratus. Capital punishment has been abo- lished despite the bitter opposition of antilabor politicians. Day baking has been made law and now all bread must be baked in day time between the hours of 7 a. m. and 6 p. m. Bratwol called for cheers for inter- national unity and the assembled workers cheered enthusiastically. The chairman of the workers dele- gation is Alfred Mandsen, secretary of the General Council of Norwegian Trade Unions and chairman of the workers fraction in the parliament The members of the delegation are: Gensen, miner; Wenge and Arndsen, metal workers; Sloteled and Suid, chemical workers; Oleen, municipal worker; Lilian and Bratwol, paper workers; Bulan, chairman of the Building Workers’ Union; Anderson, wood worker and Nowgord, chairman of the Bakers’ Union. One section of the delegation g®nsists of Commn- nists, social dem@erats and members of the independe&t labor party. The If you want to thoroughly un- paniority of the delegation is non-| party. derstand Communism— study it, COMMUNISTS a * N 5 0 . ee ee ee ee ee ae a Fill SHORT. Less Than Half Amount Previously Loans are only a means of avert- ing: they cannot possibly put The DAILY WORKER on the firm basis that will prove its safety for the future. Temporarily, the Communist press is being sustained by loans. These are merely crutches to be used until the safety drive for $40,000.00 is achieved. Workers Party branches that today demonstrated their determination to carry the campaign to a successful finish number in the top ranks the Finnish and Lettish comrades of Chicago and the Bulgarian comrades of Detroit, Mich., all of whom have been unrelenting in their fight against The DAILY WORKER’S failure. Notwithstanding their efforts, how- ever, today’s total was only $456.83, less than half as much as was re- ceived on the three previous days. Those cooperating to bring this amount were the following: Finnish Branch, Workers Party, r 5150,00 Northwest English Br., W. P., Chicago, III. . Steve Sekoch, Zeigler, III. 4.00 A. Johnson, Chicago, III. 10.00 Irving Park English, W. P., Chicago, III., 5.00 Fred Olander, Chicago ............. 1.00 Douglas Park Jewish, Chicago 20.00 Bulgarian Branch, W. P.,. De- r 83 60.00 H. C. Robbins, Yorktown, Ind. 38 Bridgeport, Conn., W. Pf.. 31.40 Hugo Burman and Walter Sund quist, Bay City, Mich. 10.00 Hungarian Branch No. 43, Col- r . 2.00 Shop Nucleus 1, Detroit, Mich. 9.00 Casimir L. Arnal, Houston, Pa. 50 English Branch. Workers Party, Seattle, Was | I Wm. Urasky, Buliptt, III. 5.00 Lettish Branch, Workers Party Chicago, ll ea 73.35 Omaha, Neb., International Br., W. P., Jaros, $2; Ivan, $1: A. Kubilius, $1, Jonisch, $3.50; Counts, % 8 10.00 Lithuanian Br., Workers Party Cleveland, Ohio 18 Lester House, Coshocton, O.. 1,00 Jewish Branch, Y. W. L., Cleve- land, Ohio ~ 10.00 Thomas Fisher, Chicago ee r Today's Total 8 456.83 7 21.292.25 Previously reported 5 Total to Date $2416).08
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