Daily Worker
December 11, 1925

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=a a ee ee ae ee cups * ete atX *} - , ‘» KN 4 ; nigh ie ~M : ) }. | i on oxtile workers: who have been forced to RESIDENT COOLIDGE has fulfilled his con- stitutional duty of informing congress upon the state of the union. His message to congress is a challenge to every wage worker and ex- ploited farmer of this country. The president speaking for the capitalist exploiters, the em- ployers, bankers, railrcad owners, grain and food trusts, declares that all is well in this country. “It is exceedingly gratifying to report” says the president in his message, “that the general condition is one of progress and prosperity.” HIS view of the situation no doubt will sat- isfy the great corporations,which are coin- ing millions of dollars of profit out of the labor of the wage workers. - It is satisfactory to the , railroad companies which, thru high freight yates levied upon the products of the farmers, enjoy “general prosperity” as the president mentions in his message. It will be satisfactory to the great banking houses of Morgan, the National City Bank and other similar institu- tions which are reaping rich profits here and abroad thru support of the government. But the workers and exploited farmers of this country will not share the president’s optimism. The 158,000 anthracite coal miners who have been on strike for three months in order to win an addition to their waves which will enable them to live like human beings and for improve- ‘ments in their working conditions, do not agree with the president’s beautiful picture of capital- ism and “progress and prosperity. ‘esto of Central: Executive 2 WHICH rn TO NEW wa al ' (Special to The, Daily Worker) PARIS, France, Déc. 9 9.—All Paris is engrossed in “war talk today because of events of the past few days. upon the heels of the exposure of the spy activities of the British foreign office in Paris, comes a Startling expose to the effect that Following close me Ct, ta waar te At of Maro 1879. Fie? ad - ’ + ¢ 7 - | ao me ; oy ee oe a oye v a "a f - * ' A 4 + 5 ae il ¥ > oh Pa = q re . - 5 oe ‘sf ‘ nn ti re ) wit Bak € “Pin a v4 NEW YORK EDITION R 11, 1925 =” Eybatened Daily except Sun UBLISHING Co., ‘1113 w. THE DAILY WORKER “Washtamtees Blvd., Chicago, Il. Mt, a - ‘e * - Male + des 2 id a ae >» « 0) - on ’ ¥ ‘ 4 - tected by high tariff granted by the . ment are not sharing the prosperity about \ the president waxes enthusiastic. The’ than a half million bituminous coal miners eho for several years have suffered from | : periods of unemployment and low wages and §74 whose standard of life’\is now under attack 4 a the coal operators; do not find things satisfae-— tory as the president pictures them to be from ~ the standpoint of the capitalist exploiters. ee The two million workers who could not find ay jobs thru which they could earn _a living in the — year 1924, the greater part of Whom are still — unemployed, are not sharing in the whist ig of those who make profits out of the labor of © the workers. oy Fy re? (THE clothing workers of this country whi C have had to fight against repeated attempts rs to cut their wages, who have had te meet long. . spells of unemployment are not as prosperous | as those whom the president represents. on Every worker who thinks at all, knows that ths recent times in this country have’ been aes period of vicious attack on the standard of life .> of the workers thru.cutting wages and } aking” * + worse their conditions of work. They ap vi: ay there has been a drive by the ennplaseial to de- stroy the trade unions in’ order to make the : | workers helpless against the attack by. hele oS capitalist exploiters. The millions of exploited farmers who have’ *f been driven from the farms, the. milli "of ex =f ploited farmers who are eking out a e exist= - po atone Barty Ta mks, Tit + es ae ane ihe Riess. “OPENS TONIGHT a War | Prisoners’ Handicraft on Sale The third annual Chicago “Labor BACK WITH A VOWNG PLAN Demands Plebiscite by Febraary-1 (Special to The Daily Worker) t’s Capitalist Program | aittee of Workers (Communist) P arty | ie mcrae 1! BUST IN TEMPLE OF .. STANDARD OIL TRUST (Special to The Daily Worker) ‘a NEW YORK, Dec. 9. — A bust of John D. Rockefeller, the work of J. O. Duvidson, was unveiled in the main hati of the Standard Oil build- ing. ELECTRIC TRUST LEFT WING IN GARK CONVENTION WHIPS MACHINE 7 CIVIC FEDERATION AND FASCISM (Special to The Daily Worker) By J. W. JOHNSTONE. Mosul oil concession. + | AS WE SEE IT By T. wh O’FLAHERTY Lacail a PHERE was dirty work done when the French police arrested three British spies and their French, female accomplice almost before the sound of Briand’s smacking kiss of amity on Austen Chamberlain’s cheek was lost in the ether. The arrests’ hung a lovely mud clot on the soulful right aye of the Locarno pact, which was to sound the death knell of war be- tween the European powers. We know the wily and slippery diplomats of England and France will outlive the shock but we tremble for the health of our pacifists. Da a ¥ = is true that the Communists warned the pacifists that the Lo- carno pact was merely an accomoda- tion betwee: thieves, plus an alliance against Soviet Russia. The only ob- stacle in the way of an iron clad al- liance is the incompatibility of inter- ests between the capitalist powers (Continved on page 2) the United States of America is supporting Turkey, not only morally, but materially in its dispute with Great Britain over the It is the powerful backing of the Rocke- feller oil trust that enables the Turkish representatives to hurl defiance at Britain in the cguneil meeting of the league of *nations now taking place in Geneva. The Paris Midi, a newspaper of wide influence and circulation, pub- lished the expose today in flaming headlines on the front page, bearing the words “British intefests versus American oil interests.’’ The article concluded with the query: “Will it mean war?” France Also Interested. That the impasse at Geneva means the widening of the breech between Britain and France no one can deny, It is also undeniable that the lead- ing oil interests of France are sub- sidized by and working with Standard Oil against British interests in the middle, east. The Mosul oil- question which appears as a struggle between Britain and Turkey is the open form of a titanie struggle that is raging between British and American oil in- terests. While the Turks have their own national interests to serve, néver- theless if ts a known fact that they cannot presume to challenge Britain unless they have powerful backing from a power equally ag great. That (Continued on page 4.) | ‘foodstuffs to feed ‘em, Defense” Bazaar begins tonight at ARICA, Chile, NoNrthwest Hall, North Ave., and Western. The admissjon is free to all| august Gen. comers tonight. The local committee has already announced its aim and purpose—to raise $2,000 for the Zeig- ler miners’ defense, and states that the postponement of the Zeigler trial to Feb. 2 makes the need no less ur- gent—the danger to these militant progressive miners no less imminent. ‘The bazaar committee: reports a greater and richer variety of goods for Sale, contributed and collected by the branches and members of the Inter- national Labor Defense—Local —Chi- cago, than ever before. Among the.at- tractions are articles made by class- war prisoners, a childrens’s booth, a ‘“Woney-moon” shop—for workers, a literature and poster display, and var- ous counters of all sorts of useful and desirable things, such as scales to weigh the baby, radio to entertain the kids, toilet articles to clean them, with jewelry and rings for the vain—literally thousands of things to choose bargains from, Says the committee, “Announcement of the great interna- tional entertainment program for each night—Friday, Saturday and Sunday— will be made in the following issues of the DAILY WORKER. He will like it! Give your union brother a sub to The DAILY WORKER, Dec. 9.— The ple- | biscitary commiésion, headed by the “Black-Jack” Pershing, meets this morning and it is expected all three representatives, including Senor Edwards of Chile who withdrew last week in protest against the de- lay, will attend. Make Demonstration. The Chileans:are to make a de- monstration outside the barracks where the commission meets. InSide Senor Edwards is:to present a resolu- tion demanding. @hat a date be fixed for registration and voting. This pro* poses that the:committee which is supposed to. look-after registration and supervise thei election must re port by Decembéri10, and all arrange- ments must be completed by Dec, 15. Senor Edwards e«will ask also that the registration’ boards for voters be opened by December. 20 and remain open until January: 10, the plebiscitary vote to determine’ to which nation, Chile or Peru, thé’ disputed territory is to go, be held:on February 1. Get ’Em WUWsed to It. If Pershing rejects these proposals, it is clear thatsthe United States is delaying the solution of the dispute while it keeps American armed forces in Latin-America in order that Latin- Americans become accustomed to their being bossed by U. S. marines and soldiery. ASKS ‘FARMERS’ FOR ASSISTANCE Owen D. Young, chairman of the board of directors of the General Elec- tric company, which has been accused of controlling the electric lighting and power of the nation before the federal trade commission and has its eyes on the Muscle Shoals project and has ap- plications in Washington for 400 more water-power projects filed by its sub- sidiaries ursed the banker-farmers at the American Farm Bureau Federa- tion meeting here to support. the “American manufacturing interests” in the development of water-power projects in America. Young also urged these large land- holders and bankers, who are making life miserable for the real farmers, to join the manufacturing interests in a drive to electrify the railroads, start- ing at congested terminals and extend- ing to mountain grades “where steam locomotives are inefficient.” ment. Dubinsky Tries Obstruction Dubinsky, chairman of the resolu- tions committee refused to Include the amendment in the committee’s mo- tion. But the amendment and the sommittee’s recommendations were ananimously adopted. Also by unanimou vote the conven- tion condemned the Civic Federation manded that all labor official sever connection with it. Rose Wortis point- ed out that adopting resolutions and placing them in the minutes was not sufficient, that the delegates to the American Federation .of Labor must have courage to make the floor and (Continued on page 4.) CONFERENCE IN T BRITISH WOODWORKERS TO ATTEND HE SOVIET UNION MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Dec. 9.—A delegation of English’ wood- workers is expected to be present at the woodworkers’ congress of the U. S. S. R., which will take place in January 1926. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9.—The special convention of the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union today condemned the bloody Mussolini government of Italy and complimented the Italian locals of the organization for waging a fight against the fascisti in America who are the representatives of the enslavers and murderers of the Italian workers. The resolution was introduced by an Italian local and was amended by Delegate Rubin of the left wing, to include the de- mand that the United States government sever diplomatic rela- tions with the Mussolini govern-* NEW YORK HIRES THREE LARGE HALLS FOR COMING as the worst enemy of labor and de- LENIN MEMORIAL MEETING (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—On Jan. 24 a Lenin memorial meeting will be held. Due to pressure from the American Flag Association and other capitalist agencies Madison Square Garden has been refused us. We have therefore been forced to select a number of halls as there is not a single hall im the city large enough outside of the garden. We have secured New Star Casino, Cen- tral Opera House and Millers Grand Asscmbly and have algo an option on three more large halls in the city, We can fill six halls with 20,000 workers and show the authorities they can not stop us from celebrat- ing the Lenin memorial nor can they stop the greving numbers whe will attend. ? t Fer the Bazaar— Aaah EN rah mantel For the Labor Defense— Thursday Afternoon or Early Eve- ning, at the very latest, to the hall. A RE BRING DONATIONS! 7 Labor Defense Bazaar TONIGHT! : Pa FIRST CHOICE ofthe Rich Assortment of Goods! ADMISSION FREE! GRAND OPENING:+ Do Your Holiday Shopping at BARGAIN PRIZES. } at the NORTH-WEST HALL, North and Western Avenues wy SU Sea. HELP THE FRAMED-UP ZEIGLER MINERS! OR mI oe | HELP WANTED! This Afternoon, Thursday, at North- West Hall, for the Labor Defense Bazaar. This Evening—as Early Seth as You Can Come. North and Western Aves. \ | 9 - ' ra = AG eS es acter PS FOE SF Po 2 eS | Pea + eo . ~ ec. P t " 9 ee - Fe ss PAREN “3 — : = oe Sg ee 1 the products of their labor, are nut sharing in Here is the president’s capitalist program: | the president’s “progress and prosperity.” Ta xation. % “nan oe “prema eee bo ema ‘og E president speaks at length Bry this . - question. He lauds the proposal of the con- : not speaking gp po penne i De A saan gressional committee embodying,a new tax bill and exploit the te m pe Ser ey and bmn se P He presented to congress. But does this tax bill is telling the wuenere in the name of their cap take ang Syreen Srpum the Sack grctomer ne et e weit italist exploiters that they must not expect any- : tie a Pps amg og a on on thoomes si thing better than the conditions from which pay aig gigs wee a th fferi of the big capitalists. The Rockefellers, Mor- y een eee gans, Fords and all the other millionaires and 1 ‘ e ° billionaires will save hundreds of millions of : The P rogram of the Capitalist dollars thru the tax bill offered to congress, but 2 E : the workers are to continue to pay the tax on batons | xploiter. their moving picture theater admission tickets. sf (THE president, in his message, does not only The tariff which increases the cost of the neces- express this general view in regard to the sities of life for the workers is not reduced. . situation in this country, which will be resented Every big capitalist will join in the hallelujah and rejected by every wage worker and exploit- of joy because of the president’s tax reduction Z ed farmer, but every specific recommendation program but the workers must pay as before. to congress made in the president’s message is one ° ‘ F a recommendation in the interests of the capi- Militarism—I mpertatism. oaae Saran cad Wanioias fina aaa of the HE president boasts in his message “Never before in time of peace has our, country ‘ ane a ne a a appre: is cabo maintained so large and effective a military of the capitalists in this country and “hoa force as it now has. The army, navy, marine worfters to be satisfied with the crumbs; which ourpe. nations ~ Senge Pi ihe ernie: may fall from the table. For the president and ot a ' Nappy mi i ten thin aaa the class for which he speaks, the workers and q Br 7 oni Ss in gol gress ri aaeinel pa ohn é oe ee are sarc mate? and, eet service act giving broad authority for the mobil- ane: i bien tt i Sf gg ization in time of peril of all the resources of Sein POR ag cna te se a nda Fe the country, persons and material, is needed to : ara ‘had Mieke der the :ANG © . perfect our defensive policy in accordance with ei the ae a + onpaialls our ideals of equality." oa Singhs ene ee ties os he, > nag penggecngnane bes. p (Continued on. page Ht) dite aariciee EE et ; N ™,

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a a ee te eae of ees baa ars Th a : ETrade Union Unity MOSCOW, U. S. S. R. (By Mail.)— The seventh national congress of the Metal Workers’ Union in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics opened in the Trade Union House here with the members of the Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Lettish metal workers’ unions present being enthusiastically elected as honorary members of the presidium. Comrade Tomsky, the chairman of the Trade Union Council of the Soviet Union delivered a speech of greeting in which he pointed to the unexam- pled development of Soviet industry without outside assistance and to the numerical, cultural and _ political growth of the working class in the Soviet Union. The Soviet unions carry on an immense cultural work and the self-confidence of the working class which takes an active part in the work of socialist reconstruction has developed strongly. The Soviet unions are no longer isolated, the economic blockade of the bourgeoisie has suf- fered the same flasco as the attempt to isolate the working class of the Soviet Union. Thru the (fraternal delegations which have visited the Soviet Union the working class has come into direct contact with the working class in al- most all the European countries. The idea of internatiional unity has been accepted by the majority of the inter- national working class. Need of World Unity. Lepse, chairman of the Metal Work- ers’ Union, greeted the metal workers delegated to the congress from abroad. His declaration that altho they were affiliated to the Amsterdam Interna- tional they were nevertheless prepar- ed to fight together with the Russian metal workers for international unity met with loud applause. Djerjinsky, chairman of the sup reme economic council of the Soviet Union, stressed the importance of the army of metal workers in Russia, 700,- 000 strong, as decisive for the whole economy of the Soviet Union, for the level of industry, and in particular for the level of agriculture. "The enemies of the Soviet Union reckoned that it would not be able to re-establish its heavy industries, but the literally tumultuous advance of the metal industry in the a Union in the years 192425 has \proved the -eontrary,” declared Djerjinsky. “This advance created a firm basis for the work of socialist reconstruction. This success is chiefly due to the firm will of the working class which stands at the helm in the Soviet Union. The industrial inheritance from the bour- geoisie is as good as exhauszed and a program of wide-scale building, par- ticularly of factories, is now on. the agenda. The pre-war level must be overtaken. It is true that without credits from abroad the work of eco- - nomic reconstruction will be slowed down, but the working class of the Soviet Union will nevertheless accom- plish its aims. The alliance of work- ers and peasants remains the basis for the work of reconstruction which is being carried on by the non-party workers unitedly with the Commu- nigts in al] trade unions.” R. i. L. U. Greets Congress. Comrade Losovsky greeted the con- gress in the name of the Red Inter- national of Labor Unions, He pointed to the effects of the economic recov- ery in the Soviet Republics, to the . growing influence of the Soviet Union in world politics, to the attraction of the Soviet Union for the international working class, to the immense growth of the revolutionary movements in the colonial and half-colonial countries, etc, Losovsky greeted the delegates from abroad in particular and called upon them to take an energetic part in the struggle for international trade ae Re pS 9 Nt DIY. x 208? POMS el » 0 anaamremnene igsioese eon «= sentatives at the convention. By WILLIAM FL a oUAhie (Speciat to Tne Datiy Worker) ‘PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9.—Edward Levinson, member of the editorial staff of the socialist New Leader, convention correspondent for the New York World, and press agent for Sigman, combines here three functions which disclose the complete absence of any difference in principle between the Sigman machine, the socialist press and the capitalist sheet. Aids Capitalist Press. Levinson is the guide, counselor and friend of the capitalist press repre- It was Levinson who, in his capacity as press agent and all around lackey for the worst elements in the International Ladies’ Garment Workers, sent in a crookedly concocted story misquoting Hyman as to the abilities of certain left wing delegates. It is Levinson of a socialist news- paper staff who interprets the conven- tion debates and “describes personal- ities for the benefit of the capitalist press reporters so that the left wing de to appear in the worst pos- mife ft The New York World has publish the most vicious stories that have yet appeared and for them the Sigman machine must take responsi- bility. It is noticeable that this organic connection between the socialist and capitalist press and the Sigman ma- chine is carried into the officers re- | port wherein the New Leader is com- mended for services rendered, Slimy War on Left Wing. The Sigmanites are using the cap- italist press in their war on the ieft wing and thru Levinson plan to make the Communists the center of attack in the press by using the columns of the World to which Levinson has ac- cess. The mechanics of the thing will be to play up Zimmermann, a Commun- ist, as the real leader of the left wing and strive to conceal all other basic organization questions by giving Hy- man little if any publicity. The des- perate situation of the Sigman ma- chine and its essentially unscrupulous character’can be shown in no better way than by this truckling to the cap- italist sheets. amidst storms of applause with the cry: “All roads lead to Moscow, to the heart of the world revolution!” Swedish Union For Unity. Eckmann, chairman of the Swedish Metal Workers Union, greeted the congress, thanked the Russian com- rades for their invitation and declar- ed: “Despite various differences of opinion, we greet the achievements of the Russian revolution with all our hearts. It has shown the world an unexampled display of the creative force of the proletariat in the con- struction of their own state. The Swedish proletariat has gone an- other way, but we firmly hope that the idea of internatiional unity will soon triumph and that the Russian metal workers will be able to enter the family of international metal workers as equal and welcome mem- bers.” Arndsen, the representative of the Norwegian metal workers, stressed the fact that the Norwegian trade movement had completely joined the struggle for unity. He declared that bourgeois Europe was in a state of ‘cultural and economic decay, whilst Soviet Russia was at work upon the construction of a new world. In his opinion, the question of international trade union unity would play a decis- ive part in the coming struggles of the European working class. j If yon\want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. Boston {nternational | Labor Defense Arranges Ball to Meet New Year BOSTON. Dec. 9.—The Internation- al Labor Defense of Boston will greet the new year with a dance at Con- vention Hall, for the purpose of rais- ing funds for the release of class war prisoners and others in danger of be- ing sent to capitalist dungeons. The dance committee holds that no more appropriate manner could be found of spending this evening, usually given over to some form of festivity than to attend this affair, when you can at once enjoy yourself and assist our comrades languishing in jail. , The committee in charge intends to establish the International Labor De- fense dance as the greatest event on the workers’ social calendar and has engaged one of the finest orchestras in Boston. Tickets are 75 cents each. Committees of the International La- bor Defense are canvassing local unions and other workers’ organiza- tions in Boston seeking their support for this undertaking and asking affilia- tion to the local section. Watch the Saturday Magazine Section, for new features every week. This is a good issue to give union unity and concluded his speech | to your fellow worker. 2 RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS CONDEMNS TRIAL OF TWELVE BRITISH COMMUNISTS MOSCOW, U. 8. 8. R., Dec. 9.—The Executive Bureau of the Red Inter- national of Labor Unions addressed a telegram to the condemned English Communists expressing its fraternal of Great Britain and with Minority solidarity with the Communist Party Movement, and describes the attack of the Baldwin government upon the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Minority Movement as the first step in a great offensive against the vital interests of the whole English work-+ ing class. The attempt to make the Communist Party of Great Britain il- legal is an attempt to make the of- fensive of the employers easier to carry on, This attack takes place after the decisions of the labor party conference in Liverpool against the Communist Party and against the Minority Movement. The internal connection between these decisions and the court sentence is obvious. That section of the Eng- lish working class which honestly voted for the proposals of MacDonald in Liverpool, is now able to see thru the trial of the Communists, for whom it actually prepared the way. The Red International of Labor Unions firmly hopes that the whole English working class will feel the London = RRR gaa sentence as a blow directed against it and will give the bourgeoisie the necessary answer. a ITALIAN POLICE FRAME WORKERS’ ORGANIZATIONS Fascists Attempt to De- stroy Opposition (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Dec. 9.— In a proclamation to the Italian workers and peasants, the executive committee of the Com.nunist International points out that the recent complot against Mussolini was organized by the fas- gist police with the intention of des- troying workers and other organiza- tions. Pauperize Workers. It is further pointed out that in or- der to pay the war debts to America, the Italian ‘workers, who are at pres- ent struggling with high food prices and low wages, will be further paup- erized by the fascisti, The proclamation calls upon the workers and peasants in Italy to unite and ‘overthrow the fascist regime and follow the lead of the Russian work- ers. -- oe ‘Workers and Peasants Unite! ‘Wasunts and workmen”, detlared the..Communist International, “it is impossible to succeed by acting sep- arately. Terrorist acts are the weap- ‘ons of those who are tools in the hands of provocateurs. Peasants and workmen! You will not find salvation by applying constitutional opposition. Your salvation and deliverance from fascist oppressors and murderers.rests in your hands. Unite and organize for your defense. By uniting in the de- fense of your freedom and bread, you will conquer the regime of murder which shames your country. Follow Russian Workers Lead. “See how the proletariat and peas- antry of Russia, thru a strong and active organization, abolished the czarist regime. What they did against the czar can be done by you against the tyranny of the fascisti. The pro- letariat everywhere will be with you in your struggle.” GALLES HAS HIS EASY SIDE FOR CAPITALIST OL WELL INVESTORS MEXICO, CITY, Dec. 9. — That President Calles does not spend ail his time showing his teeth to United States imperialism for Mexicans to marvel at his courage, is indicated in the interview of an oil man of the United States, who says, “Calles un- derstands the necessity of encourag- ing the oil men and attracting oil capital to Mexico, therefore he is trying to make the exploitation of oil easier and more satisfactory to the investors of capital.” At Calles’ order the ministry of industry yesterday issued a decree to facilitate oil exploitation, making the terms easier and extending the boundaries of oil areas. Wells on the lands of the national railways are producing more than 100,000 barrels a day. The govern- ment has ordered thirty more drill- ed, probabaly to turn over along with the railways, to private own- ers, all ready for them. Storage of oil is being made heav- ily along the railway lines to keep in case of strikes and political trouble. by NIKOLAI BUKHARIN. scrutinized and 8 vo, 320 pp. 1113. W. Washington Bivd. A CLASSIC HISTORICAL MATERIALISM—A All interpreted from the materialist viewpoint. THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. SYSTEM OF SOCIOLOGY the social sciences closely $3.25 = Chicago, Illinois. when he opompent she league of na- ens. i, ee 8 f incgp pacifists are always hoping against hope that the capitalist tigers will park their claws in cold molasses and go on a milk diet, in- stead of living on the flesh and blood of the working’ class and oppressed peoples—their 1 diet. The pacifists as a rule on incomes drawn from the = Rh source, so. they would like'to continue to do so, while enjoying the thrill of swinging a wicked puff a the'cashier now and then. The pacifists ‘want the present system to continue} but they would like to dress it wp‘like a Sunday school teacher. tt Ae: it HE British spies ‘were. commission- ed by the same government that infests Soviet Russia with “intelli- gence experts” to gét*tne facts on the latest development# iii French war aviation, This m@éis that England’ neighbour across the channel, and the osculatory exchange between the vol- stile Briand and the" aristocratic ice berg Chamberlain @id not halt the ac- tivities of the Bri intelligence de- partments for one “= Of course, this is no gy to y but a fool or a pacifist. it powers trust each other seltd 4s much as insur- ance agents. oo league of + slain is in trouble again. And‘so is the world court. Both are related: In fact the court is a feeler for the league. Britain wants the oil that is buried genorous- ly in the subsoil of Mesopotamia. The particular spot is Mosul. England has no more right to the oil than “Yellow Kid” Weil, of Chicago, our outlawed confidence man, who re- fuses to join the chamber of com- merce and be a Jar fellow. Tur- key also wants Mosul, and the natives being a good deal like Turks, appear to havé a reasonable Claim to it. Eng- land however, beitg’‘ tender hearted, fears that the Mosullans would be unhappy under th® Turkish “yoke.” « # %¢ Bee of this opidion Bnglgnd will costs her the -" have the oil iJ last Hindo soldier, m her armies. But ne support of the in order to have. ve., Newport and good ladies of Fiftl 4 the Chicago Gold | voast, England calls natiops to do its duty. dodge. : : efforts to save th®’ Mos Turkey. Finally the World Scere: alias England, decided ‘that Turkey must abide by the unanimous decision of the league council, thinus the votes of Turkey and England@’on the question of oil rights in Mosf#, The Turks hav- ing a sense of humr, laughed moder- rately and then told’ the league to go and chase itself. Mussolini did the same thing, when denly turned loose his cannon on an island full of Greeks. Nothing Mappened to him, human beings not being as precious as oil. Just: now it looks like trouble between England and Turkey over Mosul. It will be interesting to watch what will happen to the Locarno pact. It may work for England, but it will not bring penne. HE son of a Chicago millionaire was sentenced to life imprison- ment a few years ago for murder. He ‘is now enjoying the open air. Far be it from us to suggest that the family millions had any effect on governor Small’s parole board, but ome cannot help thinking th r nad be been a penniless murderer, he would spend the rest of his life, behind the bars, or get his neck broken on the gallows. .* * +. UST what we expgeted happened to the famous agti-injunction bill, secured by labor leaders, thru the as- sistance of their “friends” in the Il- linois legislature. Judge ‘““Dennie” Sul- livan landed a haymaker on its jaw and it is down for the count. In fact it is not longer of ‘any account, The law provided for peaceful picketing. The labor fakers Boasted that what the workers need fg patience. This virtue would bring*’them relief from the more onerous ‘burdens now laid on them by the enfployers. “See the anti-injunction bill**they chortled. But the law is dead, atleast temporarily. Yet it is enouraging to note with what never failing hope the labor fakers re- new their fight to have another si- milar law placed on the statute books. - * «* HOSE labor leaders are sanguine. They have no reason to be other- wise. Even tho capitalist legislators may refuse to pass laws that might benefit the workers, and capitalist judges are sure to kill such laws if passed, the labor fakers, will be given soft berths by the employers, in case the union payroll gets congested. In the meantime, pickets are arrested and strikes are lost while the fakers hob nob with the capitalist politicians and if somebody suggests that the workers should organize a labor party, he is frowned upon and told that the non-partisan policy of rewarding ‘riends and punishing enemies has _.6h—CS ‘worked.” Yes, for the enemies of the workers and for the labor takers. -—— ~e.

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Te NC eae TC LLL OC freight rates, (Special to The Dally Worker) ational Paper Co., and Intern hydro and steam plants having an output of more than 1,000,000,000 kilo- watt hours annually .. . this output can be increased five times the pres- ent amount, -° ‘Master or Slave? “Shall super-power master or serve New England? “Shall rural manufacturers villages, and farms be regenerated or shall our white coal be drained away to other districts? “Squarely up to people, what will they do? New England Public Service Co. advertises that 12 months earnings to July 31, equalled over 20 per cent on its new offerings of 80,000 no par prior lien preferred at 100. per share. Huge Power Earnings “This means that present rates are so high as to net nearly three times the proposed 7 per cent dividends up- on all this new stock. It is advertised. that such earnings have increased over 44 per cent in two years. “Add the changes now being caused by busses supplanting trolleys and ratlroads, the effect upon New England of pending efforts for higher or lower not to mention higher phone rates granted in Massachusetts and about to be demanded in our other states, is not the Homestead amply justified in warning the public to beware lest some of these factors become our masters instead of our servants?” Big Business Smiles Up Sleeve at Co-ops. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Co-opera- tive activity in marketing and supply, in the United States, goes in waves, and only with these recurrent “bursts of enthusiasm,” says the report of the committee on methods of distribution to the nationwide business mass meét- ing which is staged for Dec, 14-15 in Washington. This report is called a study, and was drawn up by L. H. D. Weld, of the commeercial research department of Swift and Co., of the big three meat packers. In general, it points to the chain store and giant commercial house as the logical type of modern marketing, and denies that any fundamental change can be made whereby the middleman will be elim- inated. “Co-operative marketing”, says Weld, “exists primarily in the field of agriculture. Few manufactured prod- ucts are marketed co-operatively, ex- cept butter, but many manufactured products are purchased co-operatively by vhe farmers. The first great co- operative wave was during the Grar ger movement of the ’70s. In spits of these ups and duwns the general teu- dency of the rovement is iecidedly upward.” Allot Forest Lands. MOSCOW, U. 8S. S. R., Dec. 9.-—The separation of so-called forests of local importance which are only to serve the needs of the local peasantry from the genera] state forests has had the following result: in the Union of So- cialist Soviet Republics x5,400,000 des- siatins of forest land have already been handed over to the peasantry for use, namely, about 145 per cent which is one and a half times more forest land than the eee possessed hith- erto. ee ee . ae, ve ; 4 . Yaak iv oO ee - d Ate ae Pat, 4 x & PD Re oe ee 3 ; Ae .. 7~ % i — bs dion bite atertad on, by then inside the trade unions. E ‘| MORROW REPORT | Angered . by’ Demands for Investigation NEW YORK, Dec, 9.—Judge Elbert H, Gary, head of the steel trust and a loud advocate of perparation for war, expressed his ire at those in congress who are fostering the move to inves- tigate the investigators that canduct- ed the Dwight W. Morrow report on aircraft, and demands the immediate passage of the recommendations by congress at a meeting of manufactur- ers of armament and chemical gases here. The Dwight W. Morrow report min- imizes the danger of an air attack and shows that it is necessary to increase land and water fortifications. It also rejects Colonel William Mitchell’s idea of an independent air service. Gary, who has made millions in steel that he sold to the United States and foreign powers during the world war is opposed to the air service being de- veloped as an independent arm as it might seriously hurt his money-mak- ing. “We view with apprehension the possibility that national defense may become the football of politics in the forthcoming session of congress,” be- wailed the steel magnate. “There ap- pears to be a desire on the part of a certain element in congress to inves- long the controversy ad infinitum, really most need at this time is a moratorium of agitation from within = nie. Pasties from without,” ‘Bible Crusaders” Start. |Drive in . | for Anti-Evo TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 9.—George H.. Washburn, ee dae legislation curbing teaching of evolution theory on the ground it dermines faith in the bible.” E northward headquarters will be established. be the instruments of propaganda. tatives. —_—- which is threatened to be called. ‘requires 100 to constitute a quorum. out juicy plums to his confederates sion. a deaths The DAILY WORKER. tion against them. QUALITY vs. QUANTITY A New York bookseller advertises “over one million books in stock.” The Workers’ Bookstore 19 So. Lincoln Street, near Madison) aye as many books but what we have is all worth buying. Open every day, including Sunday, from9 a. m. to 9 p. m. HELP US GROW! ae ee ee tigate the investigators and so pro-' whereas, what the army and navy’ ws}. ef ig only the first stage in the struggle Boston millionaire and friend of the late William Jennings Bryan, led the advance guard of his “bible crusadors” into Tampa, Fla., recently, to begin a campaign “‘to seek | Washburn has donated $100,000' to the campaign and asserts that he will give as much more if it is needed. The “crusade”. will move from Florida In Washington a national Evangelism, radio and a new maga- zine, the “Crusador’s Champion’’, will Announcement that an anti-evoln- tion bill will be offered in congress has been made by several represen- Ferguson Mansion Bucs Scene as Legislators Confer with “Governor” AUSTIN, Texas, Dec, 9.—“Ma” Fer- guson’s mansion here is a busy scene as senators and members of the state legislature are called in by the real ‘| power in Texas, Jim Ferguson, to pre- vent the special impeachment session Speaker of the house, Lee Satter- white, has about 50 signatures to a pe- tition calling for a special session, It Jim Ferguson, who has been handing is conferring with as many members of’ the house as he can, getting their promises not to attend the special ses- As far as the senate is concerned, the Ferguson gang feel quite confident that the senate high court of im- peachment will refuse to take any ac- First Stage of Fight Has Won (By INPRECOR.) MOSCOW, U. 8S. S. R., Dec. 9.—In an issue of the Pravda, Comrade Bela | Kun, head of the short-lived Hunga- rian Soviet which was overthrown by the funds contributed by American bankers to “aid the starving Hungar- ians,” points out that the first stage in the fight to save the life of Mathias Rakosi, a former people’s commissar in the Hungarian Soviet, has been won, He points out that his transfer from the extraordinary court to the civil-court will not mean the saving of his life, unless the workers con- tinue their energetic activities on be- } half of Rakosi. bo “Thanks to the determined and energetic action of the Hungarian working class, the international pro- letariat and all honest intellectuals of ‘the old and new world, the first period of the struggle to save the lives of Rakosi and his four comrades 2 been successfully brought to a conclu- sion,” declares Bela Kun. Praise Heroism. Bela Kun then praises the cold- blooded heroism of the accused before the extraordinary court and points out that the transfer of the process to an ordinary tribunal is due to the following considerations: 1. The pressure exercised by the Hungarian workers and peasants upon the Hungarian government. This was so great that even the allies of the government, the social democrats were compelled not only to protest against the extraordinary court, but also to bring forward the question of legal- izing the Communist Party. 2. The unexampled solidarity of the international working class which ‘carried thru an immense protest ac- tion, ‘a protest action which was sab- otaged only by the most corrupt el- ements in the Second International, MacDonald for instance, and which 4 Was. supported by prominent scholars, men of science, literature, art, etc., all over the world. 3. The split in the ranks of the Hun- Barian ruling class itself: whilst Hor- thy is wholly in favor of extraordinary courts, Bethlen is in favor of using them only in execeptional circum- stances. |, Acting under the pressure of the fascists, the goyernment handed over Rakosi to the extraordinary court, and now the transfer of the process to an -drdinary court is intended to represent ithe ‘reintroduction of the so-called | ragime of legality. po o~ Te hegalize Murder. - Bela Kun stresses the fact that it for the life of Rakosi which has been won, and that his life is in danger from the ordinary court also, as this latter is treating his actions during the proletarian dictatorship as crim- imal. The process will have an im- mense political importance as far as vit,deals with the question of legalizing the Communist Party. The Communist Party of Hungary is naturally aware of the exact importance to be attached to the hypocritical bourgeois and so- cial democratic demands for the legal- ization of the party, and whilst expos- ing this hypocrisy it will struggle with strengthened powers for its le- galization and its growth into a mass party. Plantation Owners Hold Filipino Girls in Bondage for Debts MANILA, Dec. 9.—Cases of young girls who must serve from one to Seven years in bondage to a planta- tion owner for debts ranging’ from $27 to $75 have been uncovered in the Occidental Negros Province. At a plantation near Isabella, many girls are pressed into bondage by the plantation owners for debts and are forced to work many years for these debts without pay. While working on the plantation, all of the food, cloth- -ing and shelter are deducted from the girls’ “wages” and as the plantation owners do as they please ,the girls go further and further into debt. A number of charges of illegal de- tentions and homicide have been filed against some of the plantation own- ers. But as the governor general’s office and the plantation owners work hand in hand it is not expected that the trial will alleviate this condition. Production of Steel Increases in Russia MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Dec. 9.—Re- ports recently issued on tke produc- tion of the South Steel Trust (Yugo- stal) show that the business vear which terminated on October 1 has been a record one. Production which amounted in the previous year to 53,100,000 roubles increased to 116,- 500,000 roubles, mamely, an increase of 119.5 per cent. Steel production has increased 128.7 per cent as compared with the previous year, and the production of rolled iron 135 per cent, The number of worker semployed was 37,200 in the first quarter of last year and 59,000 at the end of thevwear. In the trust coal mines the yield of coal has increased 50 per cent, whilst the amount of coal used by the trus. itself has decreased. 1 “10 KILL RAKOS!) Sg bate ae. : Ao Mr ae ay Dh a, SN — ae . i re : P es ‘ ae es Pi: Me . i . 4 e, hs : ee at eh . Fed 4 7 ae ae were ra oe + %. DHiNay Aachen : Ce a a ay 4 - : A o ha . ’ - - eee ere dy meee aaa Bete etter or ~~ 4 a , 7 : " ye" tapesial: Daily Worker) BERLIN, Dec. 9.—Michael Tom- sky, chairman of the Russian trade wnions, is here to meet the dele- gates from the British Trade Union Congress on the question of -world trade union wnity. Alexander Bo- gadov, Gregoire Meinitchansky, Jean Lepse, Theodore Ugarov’ and Jacques Yagiom, all members of the presidium of the Russian trade unions sccompanied Tomsky to Ber- lin, The British delegation consists of Hicks, Pough and Findley. “While the direction of the con- ference work and the activity of the British-Russian committee depend upon the decision of the active members of the Amsterdam inter- national,” declared Tomsky, “we hope that the conference will strengthen International uniformity. Undoubtedly we shali find a com- mon languagesin our conversations with our #olieagues. Despite all obstacies , unity will finally triumph, beeause.the vital interests of the proletariat. demand it.” This Mo of the Russian and British | ions !s being called in | ity with the deci- sions of the.,Scarborough Trade Union WEALTI MAKE WAY WITH $50,000,000 TAX Large _ Corporations Dodge Laws WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec, 9. — Charges that powerful corporations in the oil, steel, and metal industries have benefited to the extent of $250,- 000,000 in the-settlement of disputed tax cases:is in a preliminary re- port to the committee investi- gating istration in the in- ternal revenue . u. To Report. -Loop-Holes. The committe will consider report- ing to the senate.a number of loop- holes that the corporations have been able to n the income tax laws and @ made that $600,- 000,000 has been deducted from the incomes of Porporations thru al- lowances for at a poison et in nigh 2 gre an 2 “legal fixers”’ tment who and alten property custodian’s office ‘and in many other departments of,;the federal govern- ment, and the ttee wil! discuss whether it will, ee who these legal “fixers” arg... A number of ses- sions have been held of the committee behind closed and the proceed- ings are held in, iii International | Labor Defense Branch Is Formed in Columbus COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 9.—A branch of the International Labor De- fense was recently organized here which promises to become an active link in the chain of similar organiza- tions ali over the United States. At an enthusiastic organization meeting, Maria Beuder was elected secretary. All readers of The DAILY WORKER in Columbus who are in- terested in joiniig this organization to aid the hundreds of active workers ‘who are languisfifig in jails or are about to be jailed are requested to get in touch with Miss Maria Beuder, 770 South 22nd St, Dutch Indies Workers Fight Imperialist Rule Lh igs HAGUE, Dec, 9-—The workers of the Dutch Indies.are carrying on al- ready for years, a hard struggle against the Dutch,imperialists. Thous- ands of workers. and peasants have been thrown into prison for their fight against the terrible exploitation, the -brutal acts of violence and oppression of the Dutch government. The strug- gle of the workerg,is being carried on under the leadership of the Commun- ist Party of the Dutch Indies and of the national revolutionary organiza- tion “Sarekat Rayat,” and further- more by the trade unions. During the last strikes in August of this year all leaders of the local trade unions were arrested. All strikes are suppressed by brutal means. In the strike of the dockers which took place recently in Belawana, the demonstrators were dis- persed by force of arms and many workers, and women fell victim to the brutal police. Agricultural Co-operative Society. MOSCOW, U. 8S. 8S. R., Dec. 9.—The society has 38,000 consumers’ co- operatives and 420 agricultural co- operatives. On July 1, 1925, the co- operatives included. 5,000,000 peasant farms, whilst in Oetober of the prev- ious year they ingluded only 3,00,000. On January 1, the total capital of the society amounted to 712,000,000 roubles and on July 1, already to 900,- 000,000 roubles. ] GREECE T0 TAKE B FOR INV League Couniell Meeting to Fix Indemnity (Special to The Daily Worker) GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 9—It is expected that the league of nations council will endorse the findings of its special commission calling upon Greece to pay a heavy indemnity to Bulgaria for its invasion. Greece is dissatisfied with the decision of the league of nations special commission and points out that she did not invade Bulgaria, but that she did just what the Italians did at Corfu. She claims her act was punitive. Must Pay $6,000,000. Bulgaria demanded the league make Greece pay $10,400,000 for the death of 12 Bulgarians and the discomforts caused by the Bulgars pho fled from the villages and also $6,200,000 for the loss in livestock, equipment, etc., which Greek soldiers stole from the Bulgarian villages. The league of na- tions cOmmission recommended that Greece pay $2,000,000 on the first charge and $4,000,000 on the second, making a total of $6,000,000. To Fix Sentries. It is also demanded that a special guard of old men under civilian sup- ervision be place@ at the frontier and that the sentries be 800 yards away from the frontier and be connected with the rear by means of telephones and that a special commission of of- ficers appointed by the league of na- tions inspect the frontier for the next two years to see that the program is carried out. Depositors to Get Only One-Third from Bank That Failed GREAT FALLS, Montana, Dec. 9. —Federal Judge Charles’ N. Pray, authorized F. D. Williams, receiver of the First National Bank of Lewis- town in Fergus county to pay a dividend to the depositors that will reach $1,000,000. Plans have been under way for sev- eral months to pay a 30 per cent dividend to the creditors. Final au- thority to pay the dividend and the exact amount will be announced by the comptroller of the currency. At the time this bank closed its doors two years ago its liabilities a- mounted to over $3,000,000. ATTEMPTS AT FORMING CZECH CABINET FAIL: "ANIL AT COMMUNISTS (Special to The Daily Worker) Prague, Czecho-Slovakia, Dec. 9.— In a note to the president, former pre- mier Svehla, bewatis his inability to form a cabinet as the catholic people’s party refuse to enter a cabinet in which a socialist will be granted the ministry of education. In his letter he bitterly condemns the Communists, who are the second largest party in the parliament and refuse to enter in- to the coalition cabinet. The job of forming a cabinet was then turned over to M. Sramek of the catholic people’s party. He had no better luck than did Svehla. Official circles are now discussing the turning over the formation of the new cabinet to M. Bechine, leader of the social-democrats. It is not expect- ed that he will form a.cabinet any more successfully than the others. Tirades against the Communist frac- tion in parliament are being delivered daily as the Communist group is look- ed upon as having the balance of pow- er and the only united delegation in the national assembly. SOVIET JUSTICE SEIZES KILLERS OF 500 WORKERS Czarist Money Bought Gang of Murderers MOSCOW, Dec. 9—The long arm of revolutionary justice has laid its hands upon the murdereds of revolu- tionary workers under Czar Nicholas. Fifteen of these private assassins who are charged with having strangled to death nearly 500 revolutionary work- ers under czarism, were arrested yes- terday. They operated secretly and were paid by the czar’s agents to make away with revolutionists. The evidence, as set forth in the local press, says that they received from $10 to $50 for each execution, and that one of them, a priest named' Rosanog, who officiated at the hang- ings, received $1.50 for each prayer on the gallows. The place of execution is said to have been in the cellar of a private house. There was a large table and on it a chair. Attached to the ceiling was a stout rope from which the vic- tims were suspended when the chair was trust from under them. ) Our London Letter -:- By Tom Mann Irish Boundary Problem — LONDON, Eng.,—(By Mail)—The resignation from the boundary com- mission of the Free State representa- tive, Professor MacNeill, is a matter of grave consern. The commission consisted of three, the chairman being Justice Feetham of South Africa, Mr. J. R. Fished representing Northern ireland and Prof. MacNeill. it has been understood ati along to have been a matter over which serious trouble might arise, The Free State, and the northern government having used the most emphatic language with regard to their respective claims, the Free State were exceptionally vigor- ous in staking their claims and the Northern men were equally emphatic, the government hoped to secure agreement by appointing a South Afri- can Judge as president, and all worked smoothly, at least on the surface, un- til a few days ago when the Fite State representative tendered his re- signation. This matter may be adjusted, but it may also prove to be impossible to do this, and if a decision is given that will receive the backing of the British government, then civil war follows and the end thereof no man can see. The Trial of Communists HE trial of the twelve Communists now proceeding at the Old Bailey has already proved highly advantage- ous to the Left Wing movement. The wonderfully clear and explanatary speeches given by the defendents Polk litt, Campbell and Gallacher has made a distinctly favorable impression o the public and whilst it will require much more “than this to make them truly class conscious it is something to know these comrades have acquit- ted themselves like men. The trial is expected to finish in two more days. Houses for the People HERE is still a most serious short- age of houses for the workers throughout Britain. I was at a small town in South Wales. Fifty houses only are going up there, three hundred applicants are on the list as in urgent need of a house. from Coventry a place of only one hundred and thirty thousand inhabi- tants, there is at the present hour a demand in Coventry for over five thou- sand houses, Overcrowding exists to a deplorable extent, the government are trying now to force along the building of steel houses, but these are seri- ously objected to by the workers. Deportation of Australian Union Officials HE Australian government Have passed an amending act to em- power them to deport any not of Australian birth, Tom Walsh the official of the Australian Seamen’s Union has been @ very capable official, and has helped the members to main- tain their standard by means of vig- I have just returned | worker || soreee action through the union when attacked by the ship owners. Some months ago an award of the federal arbritration court was given fixing the wages to be paid by ship owners and this was signed by both parties but some of the Australian shipowners violated the agreement by chartering ships in England at ‘wage rates much lower than the Australian. The cargoes in such chartered ships were treated as “black” by the seamen and this led to a number of ships be- ing laid up in Australian ports. The prime minister in. the name of the government demanded of the men that they should handle the freight and man the ships. The unron, led by its officials, Walsh and Johannsen, insisted upon the carrying out of the award, and the men stuck to this and for this the union officials are to be deported, confirming what we have long since learned that capitalism is the same in all countries. Would Like To Know HE Left Wing sections of the trade unionists in England are often asking when the Left Wing sections of the U. S.A. are likely to meet in friendly conference with them. Not the stereotyped hard boiled supporter of the capitalist system but the men with a vision, not the persons who prate about one hundred per cent Americanism, but the men who know “hat the times demand a fundamental change in the economic basis of so- “iety, and are ready and determined o each do as man’s share to get rid of the existing regime of production for profit for the boss class and to bring in a system of production for use on a sound cooperative basis. ITALIAN You WILL BE 1 it CHT “wat Teachers ROME, Dec. 9%—Premier Mussolini, who now has more power in his hands than any of the ancient emperors of Rome ever dreamed of, tional Congress of the School oration here laid down that in the ture the school children of aly would be taught fascist ideals. tive that the school shall be i by the ideals of fascism,” Mussolini. the attacks of fascism, but that in grades and by every institutional in- educafed to comprehend fascism and poses to acomplish.” Fundamental Change. He then went on to tell those that in Italy, by the decree passed by the fascist marionette parliament. “It was not only a change in the social revolution, which in all prob ability will leave nothing of that which the fascist dictator. ering telling them that many items that were now on the school curricuw lum would be taken off as he intended ative and moral” and laid great stress on the teaching of fascist ideals to the youth. Workers’ Children Get Special Terms in Soviet Schools MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Dee. 9—The Moscow Soviet has introduced a new regulation regarding school fees, ac- cording to which education in the el ementary schools is free of charge, In the higher and technical schools educational remains free of charge for the children of Red army men, .sail- os, invalids of labor, pensioners, un- employed and all workers whose earn- ings are less than 75 roubles a month, all artisans who do not employ hired labor and whose income does not ez- ceed 75 roubles a month. Manual and office workers earning between 74 and 100 roubles a month, ings of the parents, the maximum fee being 12 roubles a month. Artisans not employing outside labor power pay the same as workers. For families with several ¢hildren i of school age, the general school fee must not exceed 10 per cent of the father’s wage. People belonging to free profes- sions, trades people, clergy, etc., pay 160 to 220 roubles a year. All those who have to pay property tax, namely members of the bourge- oisie, pay 300 to 380 roubles a year. Soviet Union Plans 207,000,000 Ruble Agricultural Credit MOSCOW, U.S. S. R., Dec. 9.—The plan of the people’s commissariat of agriculture provides for next year agricultural credit to the amount of 207,000,000 roubles. This includes: 23,000,000 roubles for the purchase of agricultural machinery and implé ments, 10,000,000 9,900,000 for tractors, 11,000,000 roubles for making land arable and for settlement purposes, 6,100,000 rubles for reforestation, etc., 19,000,008 roubles for the agricultural machinery industry, the remainder being assigned for seed cultures, cattle breeding and co-operatives. Soviet High Schools. MOSCOW, U.S. 8S. R., Dec. 9.—In the current year, 2,323 people were ad- mitted to the high schools of the Ukraine including 967 workers, 568 peasants, 646 office workers and others. TRENTON Saturday, December 12 Paddretz Hall, cor. Beatty > > 7 > > . > > 7 > > > > y 7 > . and ; Whitman Streets. 7 > > 7 - . y > , > 7 > - - ; 7 > 7 7 > | NEW YORK Saturday, December 19 Harlem Casino, 116th St. and Len- nox Ave. | SAN FRANCISCO Sunday, December 20 Music, dancing, at 225 Valencia St., at 8 p. m. ore "woudq?r?T?TVTVTrVyrreYVereTreYTreYTrereorrerrereerererereorererererrrerrrrerTrrerTryryrwrwrwreyreyreyreyYre Ye ehUehUme Dance and Enjoy Yourself at the DAILY WORKER PARTIES hi bb +» + » - + - Ap ip Db hp hb ihn hi ih i ih ih i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i pe i i i i i bb bh i Benito in an address before the Frist Na : declared “That thé school shall not ~ 1 ‘ only not be hostile to fascism at 5 Be of were at the congress that théy might “ just as well recognize the fundamen- tal change that has been accomplished government, but a real political and | Opa es v” : pe ? ‘ . . oi ey ae . ay " ¢ ary Y1yjigees 7 ee Ps ‘ : wet ay! a eres 3 & , Ta ? fi | ? ed 7 4 ue « ta A, « . i RS , c . os 34 Sh lie ¥ \ . i s ond e ‘. ‘ fr q ad . pe ¥ - by n “The government makes it impera- oe $ struction the Italian youth shall be / = the noble aims which fascism pro /| constituted the old regime,” declared B He ended his talk before the gath- ea to make the schools “educative, form- 5 pay a school fee of one rouble rss, month for their chilaren, the school ~~ fees are graded according to the earn- roubles for cattle,.?

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om een men [ecguer ers +P aes oe 6 Te 6 TEs. (Continued from page 1) ye Why are the working people of this country - fe: _ burdened with a military establishment greater _ than ever before in its history? Why does the president propose a new law making it possible for the ‘Bovernment to draft every person in this country into the military establishment? The wage workers and exploited farmers in this country will find the answer in the imperial- ist policy followed by the government in support of the great financial institutions. The great international banking houses are making in- vestments for the American capitalists all over the world. They formulated the Dawes plan and loaned hundreds of millions under this plan. They are making their inyestments in China. All of South America is becoming the domain of the American financial magnates. The great military establishment the president boasts of ‘and his proposed new law are for the purpose of defending the investments and profits of the great banking houses. The president wants this country prepared for new adventures in support of the bankers such as those in Haiti, Santo Domingo, Nicar- augua, the recent sending of American soldiers into Panama. We must be ready ~o subdue Mexico and the South American countries should they endanger the investments and profits of the Wall Street bankers. We must be ready to collect from Germany investments un- der the Dawes plan. We must be ready to fight for the interests of the American bankers in ~ China. \ The president shows what he means the great mili- tary establishment to be for when he says about China “it will be our policy so far as possible to meet the as- pirations of China and always consistent with the inter ests of the countries involved.” He means consistent with the interests of the big international banking houses which are exploiting the Chinese people. E president's talk about Philippine independence is of the same character. He would teach the people of the Phillipines self government and proposes “more au- thority should be given the governor-general so that he will not be so dependent upon the local legislative bod- ies to render effective our effort to set an example of sound administration and government.” These proposals of a big military establishment of a draft law are proposals for Wall Street but not for the American workers and exploited farmers. e x + Registration of the Foreign-Born. HE attitude of the president speaking in the name of the capitalist class is brot out clearly in his discus- “sion on immigration and the foreign-born workers in this country. Secretary of Labor Dayis,has openly ad- vocated the registration, photographing and finger-print- ing of the foreign-born workérs, which is part of the plan of the big capitalist employers to make the foreign-born pe . workers cowed wage slav Ps who will not dare fight tor ¢ a@°higher standard of life. g Thru intimidating the foreign-born workers and low- ering their standard of life the ca lists, of this coun- try hope to reduce the general standard @f labor. .Now the president comes out with the proposal for such reg- istration and finger-printing. He says in his message “if investigation reveals that any considerable number (of foreign-born) are coming here in defiance of our im- migration restrictions it will undoubtedly create the necessity for registration of all aliens.” Under guise of enforcing the immigration law, the president proposes the creation of a weapoh thru which the capitalist can enforce greater econemic slavery on ope native and foreign- born workers, in this country. The Negro Worker. HE stirring unrest among the Negro workers has ‘ aroused fear in the hearts of the exploiting class of this country that the twelve million Negroes will organize themselves together with their white brothers ina strug- ‘ gle against the conditions from which they suffer. The dé. president in his message endeavors to calm this unrest i. with pious words, declaring that there must bé equality a before the law for the Negroes of this country. But he makes no concrete proposals to remove these injustices : from which the Negro suffers. ; The Negroes are supposed to be_equal before the law and the president offers nothing new in expressing this Pious wish. Does he propose any measures against the Southern states which have disfranchised the Negroes? + Does he propose any measures in the Northern states, ; Where all kinds of race discrimination is practised against the Negro? Does he propose that the Negroes organize so that they may win decent standards of life in the industries where they are doubly. exploited? The president’s utterances about the Negroes are intended to still the growing wrath of the’ Negroes | ree eet e484 ee 4 * S404 5044626445484 4 ee ee Manifesto of the Central Execatiee Co ommittee of the Workers Party. ALLARD Re ee ** es e444 4444 44444 OOO ring BALL “NEW MADISON SQUARE GARDE! 49th Street and Eighth Avenue. DANCE OF 25 ,000 The Largest Workers Party Affair Ever Undertaken FREIHEIT MASK BA Saturday Evening, December 12 ~~ - _their capitalist éxp against race discrimination and doubie exploitation, from which they can only save themseives thru organizatio and cooperation with the white workers in the fight against the class which, President Coolidge represents. The Exploited Farmer. gon the farmer, the president again has nothing but words. He goes back to 1900 in an endeavor to prove that the farmer is better off today than he was a quarter of a century\ago. He tells the farmer who has suffered poverty and degradation thru the deflation period since 1920-21 that this was expected and could not be avoided. The president does not seem to know that the farm- ers are suffering thru exploitation of the bankers who hold mortgages on their farms, to whom they have had to urn in order to save themselves from starvation during the deflation period: The president does not seem to know that the farmers are suffering because of the high freight es they are obliged to pay to the railroads for transporting their goods to the market. The president does not seem to know that the grian elevators, the pack- ing houses, are \exploiting and robbing the farmers of their products because of terir extortionate charges. The president proposes encouragement of cooperative | marketing as the panacea, but the cooperative marketing associations will have to use the railroads, pay the high freight rates, the farmers will have to get their loans from bankers who charge them extortionate interests just the same. The president’s proposal in regard to the exploited farmers is not to help the farmrs but to safeguard .the nterests of the exploiters. * A Blow at Labor. io hig discussion of the coal industry and the railroads, President Coolidge comes out openly with his program directed against labor. In discussing the coal industry, he says: “At the present time the natfonal government has little or no authority to deal with the vital necessities of Wfe of the country. MH has permitted itself to femain so powerless that its only attitude must be of utmost _sup- plication. Authority should be lodged in the president and the départments of commerce and labor, giving power to deal with an emergency.” In speaking of the railroad industry, he declared: “A strike in modern industry has many of the aspects of war in the modern world. It injures labor and it in- jures capital. If the industry involved is a basic one, it reduces the necessary economic surplus and increases the cost of living. It injures the welfare and general comfort of the whole people. It also involves a deeper cost. It tends to embitter and divide the community into warring classes, and thus weaken the unity and power of our national life.” These two quotations, altho carefully worded, have only one meaning. The president préposes to invest in the national government the right to prevent strikes by the coal miners and the railroad workers. He proposes to wrench out of the hands of the workers in these in- dustries the only weapon they have thru which they can force the capitalist exploiters to give them more of what they produce thru their labor power. He proposes to put them under the rule of government departments functioning in the interests of the capitalist owners of the industries, he wishes to make of the workers not only wage slaves economically thru the capitalists con- trolling their right to work, but to compel them to work | at their last weapons againsi 3s will be wrenched from thei) Exploitdtigd of the Workers. LL of the above, prop als of President Coolidge ar: an expression of what he thinks should be the con ditions in this country.and with it the entire capitalis exploiting class for he speaks. The president out lined his view on t Stion in the closing words o his message. He said: “After all, there ig but a fixed quantity of wealth in this country at any fixed time. The only way we can secure more of this is to create more. The elements of time enter into production. If the people have suf- ficient moderation and«cententment to be willing to im- prove their conditions by the process of enlarging pro- duction, eliminating waste, and distributing equitably, a prosperity almost without limit lies before us. If the people are to be dominated by selfishness, seeking im- mediate richness by non-productive speculation and by wasteful quarreling over the returns from industry, they will be confronted by the results of depression and priva- tion. If they will continue industrious and thrifty, con- tent with their fair wages and moderate profits, and the returns which accrue to the development of our national resources, our prosperity will extend itself indefinitely.” What is the sense of this paragraph? Nothing more than that the workers and exploited farmers of this country must not expect to secure for themselves a larger share of the wealth now produced in this country. According to reliable statistics, 5,290,659 in this coumtry in 1919 received $23,362.317,049 of the national wealth produced, while the remaining 32,278,411 of those gain- fully employed received only $34,592,405,292. The pres’- dent’s proposal is that the thirty-four million of those gainfully employed, who just got enough out of industry for a bare living, are not to fight to secure for them- selves a larger share of the present products of industry. and that the five million who got over 23 billion dollars against their wishes in hands, x ‘. $1,500 in Prizes for Most Interesting Masques Advance Sale of Tickets at: ee eee SS SS a One of the Largest Bands Ever Heard. Admission 50c, Hat Check 50c Freiheit Office, 30 Union Square; Workers Party and Young Workers League Offices, 108 East 14th Street; Offices of Locals 2,9, 22 and 35 of the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union; Furriers’ Joint Board Office, 22 East 22nd St. OS 8 SS FS HSS BS BS HS HSS HHS 8 SSS HHH HFSS SF FSS SSSSSASBSAVSAATDS Piha } Pe tae) + Vere wenlay oh FP -i hats) ey and’ exploiters rien increased ieee? then maybe you can get — more for yourselves ge to the Wage Workers > Exploited Farmers. HE president’s is the capitalist program of war coe ae eee. It is a program for use of the g 1 power mat the workers to help the fortunes and to amass even out of the labor of the wage -exploited farmers. ° The p , the republican party, supports this program. ocratic party supports this pro- gram. esa. ok The wage k of this country, if they want to. win a higher ard.of life‘thru securing more of what they p . y do not wish to see the unions smashed and sagt to strike taken from them, must organize t to fight against this capitalist program. If — a lief treme the exploitation ¢ nks, . associations, they must alsc organize ‘their strength for a struggle ins t the capitalist exploiters. The ¢ exploiters control the governmental power thru rong 1 and democratic parties. They use it to advan he interests and against the work- ers. The ers loited farmers must get into the struggle to take this eovernmeatel power out of the hands of the capitalists, The fo of aolabor party to fight in the interests 4 first step in this struggle. The labor party m @ built ee the existing organizations of the work ; e unior , co-operatives, fraternal societies, ete. and every state these organ- izations of “Bhould send delegates to central conferences to form _ labor party to enter the political arena to fight oe « of the workers. ~ The exploited farm organize their power and ally themselves — ’ he. labor party in the struggle talist exploiters. The existing organiza yaOuld be the basis for forming in every gation of farmers thru central confer- | itself with the workers in the fight against the exploiters. - Workers, “farmers! Form a labor party and an alliance bet “the wage workers and exploited farmers against capitalist parties of Coolidge and Morgan. This is answer which the wage workers and exploited tore oe make to Coolidge’s capitalist program. ni) every co-operative society, every of labor should take the initiative party by placing themselves on conferences toward that end. hiof exploited farmers should endorse e conference of farmers to form a to help form a record for local Every organiza the calling of a / —. a ey * “ af he 7 : £. + J oe, ae 3 4% oT be. GAINST Coollage capitate t- m set up a program in workers and ome Se ag ae ee SPS BIO OPES, cob a ee § OL OE ot te Te SRA OE eee gee or PoP EY Oe Ba ok ue tee Wg rr -) > Pa SY - 5 a. ao ‘ ees ~ oe oe Jot es , 2 “ ° ’ » SP mS ieee eS Ea Le t gota as blows against the cap me. 1. Against militarism and ole nar a a ee Against the : 3 try for maintenance of a great military and naval lishment. A hay ong against the maintenance of a great tt army and navy to protect the capitalist interests. tL dependence of the Philippines. The withdtawal of |° American soldiers and from all foreign terri- | No answer tory. The right of Cuba, _— mad ] Sigman Domingo, South American es, to determine that the own affairs. Against intervention ed China ie eter America had the international bankers. withdraw 2. Against registration of the foreigivbetn He then A determined struggle against the proposals what that dent Coolidge and Secretary of Labor cunale Chea oti). ieee fingerprint and photograph the fore this country. 3. Equality for the Negro. x Fight against a! éracial ‘Anerimientions aiaied the The con Negro. For complete political economic. _ and ‘social [gram from } equality for the Negro. ! urging ge Determined opposition to the enactnient of any law ment for which will take from the workers the right to strike.].n+ crafts into Against the use of the injunction in labor disputes. Sup- the .asovement foe world. trede port of the right of the workers to organize-and of the pay py the needl untore Rs amalgamation of fe cheer 2 re hee ora industrial Dd aaa make th . y unions in every ustry rganization o ernie organs class struggle. ae ized workers. } A telegram was also received from 5. Nationalization and ‘workers’ control. Mike Rosen of the New York Purcell Immediate nationalization of all large scale industry such as mining, railroads, steel, or other large scale industry. The establishing of workers’ control ‘and participation in the management of industry. 6. Help for the exploited farmers, — . Land for the users. Nationalization of the raiiroaas, grain elevators, and other marketing facilities and con- trol of these by the economic organizations of the work- ing farmers, in co-operatino with the workers in these institutions. Control of the farm credit system by organizations of the exploited farmers. Organization of the farm laborers in labor unions along the line of the organizations of the city workers. 7. Establishment of a workers’ and farmers’ govern- ment in the United States. Workers and exploited farmers! The establishment of a labor party, the organization of the exploited farmers to co-operate with the labor party in the struggle against the capitalist exploiters, are the only answer the work- ers and exploited farmers can make to Coolidge’ s cap- italist program. Let the American workers and exploited tarthers de- clare their independence from the capitalist exploiters. Forward to the organization of a labor party! Forward to thé fight against the capitalist program! Forward to the pwpensts’ and farmers’ government of the United States Trade Demands Taken Wp. ie The resolutions committee began to :* report on twelve resolutions demand- 3 ing week-work, a forty-hour, five-day bbe week, a minimum living wage and as: eqqualization of wage standards. __ aes There are three resolutions pointing “ out the centralization of the needle industry and demanding the expira- Ee tion of all agreements at the same time ie. oe in the United Sattes and Canada. | Resolutions are presented from Lo- cals 41 and 38 of New York demanding t a general strike in the field Ti yd i them to enforce agreements and | kee e the industry. “The a t ; executive board was insructed to call | . a general strike if # is deemed ad- verblig.4 “Local. 38 is now on strike farmers’ bloc whi¢h shall ally itself with the labor CENTRAL, seheuTive COMMITTEE, against the Metropolitan Opera house ‘A. party in a fight t the capitalist prograni. WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY OF AMERICA. | 0Ver the making of costumes. : sontatilttiegicninghenmnmatnsamanageggs U. S. Backs Turkey t) Party Says Paris Paper ae: 1 ieendnenbentce GALI S ; Tos ae - Boston Membership Is Overwhelming ly art : . (Continued tron from page 1) 4. one power that,scan Challenge Britain is the United States. ‘Turks Denounce Court. a Tea: , “a ae ae “For Unity’Resolution of the C. .C. a ~ ~ BOSTON, Mass., December 9.—-The Boston membership meeting, by .a vote of 99 against 22, supported the unity resolution of the ecutive Committee at a meeting ‘at which James P. Cannon and Jay Loye- 7 _ GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec.-9, — Turkey has refused point-blank to ac- cept the decision of the league of nations over the settlement of the Mosul Oil dispute with Great Britain. “Munir Bey, Turkish minister to Switzerland, who is representing his i] ~_ — ed the Céntral Executive Committee tion, who were eager to repu- diate any suggestion of support of the opportunism and non-Communist views of Lore. The Boston membership meeting | Central. Ex Expose Coappbrecy Against} ussta Comrade H. M. Wicks, editoral. wri- er for the DAILY. \ WORKER is to nake a lecture tour from Chicago tc he Atlantic Coast and return; deliver ng twelve lectures in the principa' sities on “The Locarno Pact—A Cap italist Mobilization Against the So- viet Union.” Those who have read the specia articles of Comrade Wicks on inter national politics realize that this will ‘urnish a splendid opportunity t« learn all the details of this histori reaty. He will expose all the machin itions of the old world statesmen anc ‘Iso the role played by the Wall Stree mperialists in this latest move gainst the first workers republic. This lecture will be delivered in the ollowing cities. ce of meetings vill be anngunced later: 4 be -Grand Rapids, Sunday, Mich. Monday, Dec., 9S Detroit, Mich. Tuesday, Dec, 22—Buffalo, N. Y. Wed. Dec, 23—Boston, Mass. Sat. Dec. 26—Neéw York City. Sun, Dec. 27—Philadelphia, Pa. Monday Dec. 28-4Baitimore, Md. Tues. Dec. 29—-Washington, D. C. Wed. Dec. 30—Richmond, Va. Sat, January 2-~Pittsburgh, Pa. Sunday January, Cleveland, Ohio; Tevening) Toledo, Ohio. All readers of The DAILY WORKER should make special efforts to bring their shop mates to these meetings, as they will there learn facts of which they never dreamed about the imper- ialist bandits and the conspiracies igainst the workers of the world. HELP SAVE THE DAILY WORKER! Dec. 3— (afternoon) stone spoke as the representatives of the Central Executive Committee. The question was debated at the meeting which began at eight o’clock and last od until two o’cldck in the morning. Efforts of a small group in opposi- tion to the resolution to sabotage the meeting and prevent a vote’ were de- ‘eated by the demand of the over whelming part of the membership oresent for an orderly meeting and ypen discussion and decision of the question. The opposition even went so far as ‘Oo attempt to prevent a collection being taken for the support of the neeting. One of the opponents of the “Central Executive Committee resolu- ion, Comrade Konikow, who has al- says been a Loreite, openly defended ore in the meeting, thereby consol- dating the Comipunists wae support- Chicago . W. e Who Work in Building Industry to Meet All members @f the Young Workers League who are working in the build- ing trades industry will meet on Sat. at 6 p. m. sharp, at 19 So. Lincoln St NOTICE! . Mr. Samuel Ball will deliver his MASTER LECTURE: “THE ASCENT OF MAN” SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 7:30 P.M. at Hobo College, Desplaines and Washington St. Admission free. AA + + + + + + + + + + » + + » » - - - » » » +, i > E, W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Six Places 169 N. Clark | 118 S. Clark 66 W. Washington | 167 N. State 42 W. Harrison | 234 S. Halsted PHONKS, HARRISOD 8616-7 Specialities: E. W. Rieck Boston Bakeuw Beans and Brewn Bread Fine Soups and Fresh Made Coffee Commiceary and Bakery: 1612 Fulton ‘it. » Phore West 2649 EV YORK MEMBERSHIP MEETING must be present at the Webster Hall, NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—All Workers (Communist) Party members membership meeting that will lith St..and 3rd Ave., one o'clock to hear the reports of the party’s Central Executive Com- mittee on the question of party unity and trade union work. This meeting is very: improtant and every party member must attend. Admission to the meeting will be by membership cards only. Bring your membership cards with you. be held in Sunday afternoon Dec, 13 at ‘oni 3 * - we > el oe opr» i sent with the order. USE Bil ORDER BLANK was the third of a series of meetings held in the larger party centers. The total vote of the. members at. these meetings shows that over 90% of the membership are supporting the unity resolution of the Central Executive Committee. The same.is true of the comrades in the District Executive Committees, only two votes having been registered against the resolu- tions im the three District Executive Committees, those of Detroit, Buffalo and Boston, where the whole matter has come to a Vote during the present trip of the representatives of the Cen- tral Executive Committee. government at the council of the league now being held, declined to accept the world court’s competence to give an advisory opinion to the ita council, and declared that he would no longer participate in the éouncil deliberations unless instructed | to do so by the Angora government. “The dispute arose last. June when the British asked to refer the Mosul dispute to the world court. At that time Turkey objected to the compro- mise. When the decision of the court was reached a few weeks ago, Turkey again declared she would refuse to recognize the.guthority of the court. ANSWER COOLIDGE:! Workers’ Program Distribute the Party Manifesto Outlining the Capitalist Program. Against Coolidge’s — HE party has printed in an attractive four-page leaflet the manifesto of the Central Executive Committee analyzing President Coolidge’s mes- sage from the workers’ standpoint. This leaflet should be distributed in millions of copies among the workers and exploited farmers of this country. Every unit of the Workers Party should immediately order a supply of these leaflets and distribute them in the trade unions and other workers’ er- ganizations. \ The president’s message, with its brutal program in support of the capi- talist class and against the workers and farmers is a challenge to the whole working class. This challenge must be brought to the atterition of millions of workers to rouse them to fight against Coolidge’s capitalist program. Send in orders immediately. in your community. Distribute the manifesto to every worker Make Coolidge’s drive against the workers the beginning of a great strug- gle of the workers in support of their own interests. The price of the leaflets is $3.50 A per thousand. Remittances should be Workers Party of America, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, IMinois. Dear Comrades: Labor.” Enclosed you will find $................ OE Gis miiosditas copies of the manifesto of the Central Committee of the Workers Party entitled “‘Coolidge’s Challenge to for which please Executive Street: POPP CORREO Ce eee EeP SEE eee eee eer es City: PPP P Pee PEO EE ESET REESE eee eee eee eee ee Toe ee Ae eC CTO ee eee eee eee ee eee ee ee eee eee CCR eee eee eeee eee x + en NE 8 SE yi aed Ce tal — "aa ‘

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\ EE ee a a ee * Yor faith cures will tell you. OLVE ‘CULTURE NEEDS ‘Bien Activities Conducted on the Job By BENDERSTEV. Z (Worker Correspondent) ‘MOSCOW, U. 8. S. R. (By Mail)— This year the building season has Béen conducted much more energet- igally ‘thi last year. There has been @ Wi ‘the influx of new build- ‘workefs ‘from the villages, who ad taken up agricultural work dur- ing the time of the poor development of industry in the industrial centers d during thé civil war. The union j commencing to draw. this mass of mers linrto participation instrade .~fultural ‘work, and educating Mito the proletarian family. a building workers, in general, by the very nature of their work are con- sidered as part-time workers and de- spite all desires it is impossible to at- tach them to an enterprise as can be. done with factory™ ‘workers. There- fore it is considerably more difficult to conduct cultural-educational work, among seasonal workers in view of the scattered ‘hature of their work, than among the workers of factory and workshop enterprises, who work in groups in one place for several years at a stretch. They Find a Way. “Whe Azerbaidjan Builders’ Union, taking into consideration the present * position of the workers, has transfer- red all cultural-educational work from club premises to the place where the work is being carried on where it is conducted in the open air and on plat- forms quickly put together by the workers themselves. Performances and cinema shows are given connect- ed with the workers’ productive life. A lecture is given before each citenia | performance. The lectures are read in the Armenian, Turcic and Russiai languages and in the Turcic study” cir- cles the Turco women also take part. On the Azebaidjan-Turc holidays., the clubs have in some places been overcrowded with Azerbaidjans and eir wives, who, prior to the Soviet gime wore chadfachs and did not } pear in public places. We may see how popular suth per- formances are becoming among ‘work- ers from the following cases. For sail stance, workers and _their families come to the settlement Banagody from | the Baladjeri station which ig three’ versts distant. three versts away from Baku, wofk-' ers come from the town on thé days of the performance and at the Stef- : karezin settlement belonging to As- neft, near Sabunch, where 1. 200 work- ers are engaged in constructing the | workers’ settlement, the workers come from Sabunch and Baku districts which are six versts away. Here up io. 2,000 workers assemble. The ad- ministration, observing the develop- ment of cultural-educational work among the workers at a place of work, has fitted up a club. Study Circles. ’ Recently the organization of circles dt the place of work has increased. The workers have formed their own study circles so as to be able to ar- range performances more frequently. In the days of preparation for she study circle work the workers are so interested in their studies that very often they go straight frém their work to the study circles without having had any dinner. In all buildings under construction wall-newspapers are issued, and dram- atic and sport circles formed; (Azneft presented several bicycles for the gport circle) chess circles and “down with illiteracy” societies, whose mem- -hers teach the illiterates to read and write. Lectures are given on trade union, productive and _ scientific themes in the various languages. Ex- cursions are un@értaken to factories, rest homes, and country resorts, etc. - That is the. kind of work that is being .carried.oen among the building workers in the Azerbaidjan Soviet Republic. s Angeles Babbits Refuse to Face Facts By A Worker Correspondent LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9. — In spite of all the faith cures of the Los An- geles Babbits that city is hard hit. People “in the know” assert that there is vacant housing accommmodation here for 200,000 people without using the apartment houses at all. Other towns are proportionately hard hit. Long Beach has accommodations for probably more than 85,000. The oil field, in which I am .em- ployed, is dead. Drilling has practical- ly come to an end, and only a few of ua are still hanging on by their eye- lids and expecting them to slip every day and yet, as hinted above, the local Babbitry here using christian science Yes, business is good.” Take this copy of the DAILY YORKER with you to the shop At a cement works, | OFFICIALS KEEP PEACE POLIC Y m v im , ae ri Aa —_-,, deeaitceti aaneneeeenelneeanane Tal es SS ee ae a . e e « % .» aa : é a if e By BEN GORDON. , (Worker Cofrespondent) The results of the recent strike the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of Chicago and New York waged against the International Tailoring company and J. L. Taylor company of Chicago and New York, proves conclusively the fallacy of the compromise peace policy of the A. C. W. officials, and that real victory in any struggle between the union and employers can only be won thru a fighting policy. The forces that carried on this struggle against the A. C. W. in these 19 weeks of strike were the most powerful combinations of employers with the avowed’ purpose to annihiliate the A. os C. W. This fully justifies the claim that! a militant policy must be the policy? of the A. C. W. It is true that when the strike actually came, preparations were made to rally the workers in mass support, but the conditions upon, which ,the. strike was settled, though forestalling annihilation by the em- ployers, yet were by no means that of a victory. Did We Strike for This? ‘The conditions in the shop of the two ‘companies are actually worse than before the strike. In the tailor shops wages were cut in some sections about 7 per cent. The cutting rooms in- creased their speed-up system. Pro- duction has increased about 7 per cent with no’ increase in wages. And we find’ some workers who are employed by those firms which are not mem- bers of the A. C. W. This “victory” does not in any way compare with the demands of the workers before the strike. And it must be said that the demands were modest and somewhat as follows: 1—The renewal of the old agreement and all its shop conditions therein. 2—No wage cuts. 3—No readjustments. 4—No increase in production unless wages are simultaneously increased. 5—-No worker to work in the shop unless he or she is a member of the A. C, W. In Chicago no strike has taken place for the last six years. So sure and so > weeks ago. All this was done in the hope that their peace and compromise policy would keep on. The leadership of the A. C..W. is to be condemned not for arranging agree- ment betwen the union and the em- Pployers, but because such agreements were based upon a policy of that “truce” and were at the expense of the workers and not of the bosses. To permit employers to choose the time for giving battle to the workers, to approve of wage cuts, readjustments, ete., is by far too big a price for any organization to pay for any “truce,” even if peace between classes ig possible. The Result of a Policy af Peace ‘This strike is but another example of-the officials pef&ace-policy. Without question this was one of the most sig- nificant strikes that the A. C. W. ever encountered. The loss of this strug- gle would have meant the Shaking, or probably the breakdown of the very foundation of the Chicago organiza- tion. It would have meant that the United Garment Workers (Rickert’s scab organization) would again try its hand in the men’s clothing indus- ‘try. The International Tailoring com- pany and J. L. Taylor, the most pow- erful corporation in the men’s clothing industry, was chosen by the manufac- turers to lead the struggle against the union. i The lavish victory celebration and the. congratulating telegrams from willing were our officials to. concede and to compromise Mi 3 the employers. on all differences t arise occasion; ally between the employers and the union, that they permitted the Inter’ national and J. L. Taylor to finish the busy season and operate for six weeks after the old agreement expired, thus giving the International Tailoring J. L. Taylor company ample time prepare for this 19 weeks struggle th has just come to an end about two other union officials could not and did not cover up the actual results of this 19 weeks struggle. At any banquet or victory celebration meeting, the work- *rs ‘may have for a moment forgotten themselves. But to them when they got back to their bench, finding a wage cut and the increase in produc- -as well as facing some strike ifetvers whom they so bitterly fought g the strike, who are today work- ing-the shop. The latter is no easy | WORKER CORRESPONDENCE ROUSES THE INTEREST OF LABOR IN THE SHOPS In the following tittle report made by a comrade to his street nucleus is a concrete example of the in- terest the worker correspondents’ department in The DAILY WORK- ER is arousing among workers in the factories and,shops: “In our shop we have about 300 workers. Since the reorganization of the party | have been instructed to organize an, 4 L. D. group in our shop. | must. “work cautiously be- cause the bosgés’ informants have their ears wide open. Yet, even with my careful and wery slow handling of the work, |°am getting splendid results. And DAILY WORKER Correspondents’ section is a great help to me, ‘Fo ‘merly when | left my DAILY W. KER on top of my locker | found, jt, there just as | had left it. But now, when lunch time comes, | must,make the rounds of the 17 membene: we have in the I. L. D. group before | can locate my paper. Invariably every one of them has tried to get @ look at the paper | and made a dash’ for it seeking out the Worker Correspondents’ sec- tion. Usually five or six have to be asked before | can get my paper.” This little stoty tells better than anything we cah say how important and worthwhile. are the contribu- tions you can send in. Keep The DAILY WORKER be- fore the workers in the shops and the factories and the milis. Send in your story?! . | thing to swallow. No etriker can tol- erate a scab after a 19 weeks fight. Have Learned Nothing. Thus far we find that this strike has not. changed the view of the of- ficials towards the employers the least bit. They are still ready to proceed with the same methods of compromise in the dfsputes. arising. Such a policy will undermine ithe very things that had been won ‘fomrthe organization at the price-of painéul struggle. The — militan®?*workers recognize that an end m be put to such a policy, that a fAehe must be made in an organized manner at local and shop meetings, as Well as in the shops, against such singer if the Amalga- mated memberspig§éver hope to attain union conditions in the men’s cloth- ing industry. ~~ " -_ owt : Freed. by.the ‘Bolshevik Revolution It is with much pleasure that we print the following letter received | from D. Lazarini, a woman worker correspondent in Russia. We are sure that all who read it will feel keenly what the revolution has ac- complished for all workers. To bring such a healthy and inspiring viewpoint towards life to the op- pressed peoples for whom there seemed to be nothing but endless drudgery and darkness is indeed an achievement worth striving for. We hope it will inspire some of our women worker correspondents to reply to her so that she may learn something of the life of women workers in this country for which she expresses such eagerness.—Ed. Note, EAR COMRADES: Having a8 strong desire to know something about your life I want at the same time to tell you something of my Own | life, as my experiences will show you how the women of the oppressed na- tionalities lived in the old Russia and how théy are developing now. I am of Greek nationality arid was born in an out-of-the-way village in Turkey. As the country is very backward, cul- turally as well as economically, the workers and peasants there have a very hard time of it. The men mostly go to’ Russia to earn their livelihood and the women have to bear the bur- den of keeping the family. From early childhood: women are tied to harc, physical. labor, and this is their fate thrueut life. They are not taught to read and write. A literate girl is treated with contempt and has no op- portunity to get married, which is looked upon as a terrible disgrace for her and her relations. At the age of 14 girls’ ‘are considered grown up and can marry. They are, of course, not consulted but are looked upon as chat- tels at the disposial of their fathers at first and subsequently of their hus- bands. Women are so backward and intimidated that only very few of them understand the full horror of their position. I began to work at the age of 7 and up to the age of 11 I was over-burden- ed with hard physical labor, Our family consisted of 5 people—our father, our mother who was paralyzed and three daughters. The eldest of us three girls was 17 years old. Father went to Russia to seek work, the eldest sister was abducted as our father bad refused to let her marry the man who wanted her. She was taken away forcibly at night and had to go thru the marriage ceremony. Once she was married she become the property of her husband. My sister’s abduction affected my mother’s health, were left to our own devices. In 1909 &t the time of the Turkish revolution | the sultan, who had been deprived of fis throne ordered the cestruction of #il the Greeks as he considered them his enemies. But there was no time } to carry out this order as Russia in- tervened and saved the Greeks. There- fore, Russia appeared to me as some- thing bright and beautiful, as a country where there is no oppression. ‘When in 1912, during the Balkan war, life became unberable for the my disappointment when I gradually began to realize what life the workers among whom I found myself were leading. I was par- ticularly struck by the conditions of life of domestic servants, who apart from very hard work had to submit to the insulting advances of their masters and for the least offense were thrown into the street, doomed into starvation or prostitution. In 1915" I began to work in the Red Cross sis- terhood of mercy and experienced on myself the bullying of the bourgeois’ lady-patronesses which I as a for- eigner felt more than others, particu- larly as I did not know Russian very well. ‘But the October, (November, 1917) revolution freed us from this oppres- sion. During my’ employment in So- viet institutions I have had; like all manual and office workers, an oppor- tunity t® study and to develop. I began to take part in social work and took an interest in trade union work, ste. I was elected a delegate to the women’s section. The working wo- men’s section of the Russian Com- munist Party has & panel of women delegates. They are women elected in the enterprises by the working wo- m and under the guidance of the Citine women’s sections they are drawn into social work. Apart from regular general meetings, where vari- ous questions concerning Soviet con- struction and the women’s movement are discussed, the women delegates are attached to children’s institutions, hospitals, co-operatives, and public dining halls where they see to it that work is carried on properly and at the same time learn themselves. Hav- ing worked as a delegate a whole year I awakened politically, I realized that only the Communist Party can bring freedom and equality to the oppressed Eastern women. Therefore, I joined the party in order to help together with it the working class populations of the oppressed nationalities to come out of their backwardness and acquire knowledge just as I have been able to do,—D. LAZARINI. Order a bundle of The DAILY which was already shaken, and one die@“soom after. Thus we young girls Greeks we fled to our father in Rus-). | Sia. Great was WORKER for every meeting of your union. ch Eat SPONDENTS Tonight the sYsace worker Cor- respondents’ meets in the edi- torial room of The DAILY WORK- ER, 1113 West Washington Bivd. There will be iscussion on how The Pravda, the Russian Commun- ist dailyodevel@péd its Worker Cor- respondents and reading and critic- ism of contributions by the students. Every worker desiring to join the class should take advantage of the opportunity to join tonight. You ‘will be able to catch up with the work, you will get this interesting background and pitch right in for constructive work. Whether you have ever written a line or not does not matter at all. Worker Corres- pondents are different. Come and learn how they are different. Come to the class tonight and find out! Cm a mee ee The Movement for World Trade Union UNITY By ae BELL. The most “a problem of labor is the subject of this timely: pRepe The facts are here: ri Reasons fdr unity; steps already taken; the basis for unity—every essen- tial point for the infor- mation of a worker in or out of the, trade union movement. Read it—take it to your local union—give one to your fellow-worker. 15 Cents DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CQ ‘The Source of All Gommunist Literature’ 1113 WWASHINCION BEYD. CHICAGO, _ To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST Gold’s Phy, ‘ NEW YORK, Dec. 9.— night, Jan. 8th, the Workers Dramatic League will introduce itself to party comrades and friends by presenting the play “Money”, by Michael Gold, and by a dramatization of several re- volutionary poems. Imbued with the splendid vigor of the modern Russian stage, we will produce the play in the most radica) fashion. The settings of symbolica’ significance, will be designed accord ing to constructivist principles, giving the actors the opportunity to use, in addition to width and depth, the height of various levels on the stage, for the portrayal of their emotions. Challenge Bourgeoisie. Challenging the old bourgeois stage with its often untruthful psychology, and conservative ways of producing the Workers Dramatic League intends to enter the field. Our first produc- tion will have much that may and will be criticized, but something new and virile will not fail to be noticed. Starting under the most difficult handicaps, we intend to build unde: the direction of Dr. Arkatov, the Rus sian Proleculturist, and with the co »peration and help of party comrade and sympathizers, develop this work ers theatre until it becomes a power- ful propaganda weapon, ready for our use. Collectivist Art. Our work is primarily collectivist. To play on our stage does not neces- sarily require talent. To our under standing, the actor or performer ac quires the faculty, thru intelligent training, to play upon his body, to use his body as an instrument, In order to acquire this faculty we found it necessary to organize primarily as a school, where the necessary subjects are collectively taught. The Workers Dramatic League must become self-supporting. Help us by coming to our first production, Friday night, January 8, at Tammany Hall, 14th Street, near 3rd Ave. Help us build the Proletarian Theatre. Tickets can be had at the district office, the Freiheit, the Novy Mir, and the Jim- mie Higgins Book Shop. — Liquidation of Illiteracy, MOSCOW, U.S. S. R., Dec. 9.——The Down with Illiteracy Society has opened 32,052 classes thruout the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, which embrace over a million people, 900,000 of whom have already been taught to read and write. Watch the Saturday Magazine Section for new features. every week: This is a good issue to “~ to your fellow: worker. 75 Cents Duroflex Covers 645 Smithfield Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. | HU TET i} Mtn ee ee Tih i ' Mt , it} iil ih ‘PEASANTS’ TRIAL] cials. maltreatment not only the population of the villages concerned, but also those of villages which had nothing to do with the revolt. Thruout Bessarabia an unheard of military tyranny was established. Wild soldier bands behaved as tho in an enemy ‘country. Thousands of peasants were arrested, thrown into prison and terribly tortured. Later on against them. end of Auguat, many of them innocent, had spent over a year in prison and after a great number of them had died from the tortures. The trial started the Government's Purpose. . The government of Bratianu did .ts best to make the peasants appear s “Bolshevik conspirators” during the Cishinev trial. The peasants were ac- cused of having been in contact with Russia and it was said that the peas- ants had revolted not because of the unbearable Rumanian bayonet regime in Bessarabia, but because of bribes from Russia. The government tried to prove by this trial that the Bes- serabian peasants party, which had no connection with the accused peas- ants, was bribed by Russia. In this way the government wanted to estab- lish ‘a reason for the suppression of the peasants’ party. Together with these two aims the government had still a third purpose, that of intimidating the peasants and the workers of the country and thus strangle every possible effort of insur- rection. The government showed its whole brutal force in the trial. The accused had no right of self defense and were treated like animals. According to the Lupta “there are many accused who have been brot be- fore the court for the only reason that they have spoken once in their lives with the main accused, Betitcheff.” Despite the strict suppression of the right of free speech of the accused, terrible brutalities of the Roumanian soldiers in Bessarabia population an- nihilated without consideration of sex tions and hundreds of peasants could only save their lives by giving over ill their property to the officers as a bribe. DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1113 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. WET eT = errr KISHENEYV, nessa tire §9.—In the southern part of Bessarabia, in the district between Tatarbounar and Nikolayevska, rose against the terror and the oppression exercised by the Roumanian offi- In some districts the officials were driven away, but during the whole insurrection only two or three persons were killed. According to the reports of the bourgeoisie press the Roumanian gov- ernment in its struggle against the insurrection killed almost 5,000 peasants last year the peasants and subjected to terrible tortures and+ and age, those who manage to remain alive had to pay high war contribu- All the statements of the wit-. ooo ee ee THE GIFT For the Workers’ Little Boy and Girl (We Will Ship to Any Address Postpaid) Fairy Tales for Workers’ Childre Chicago — TTT ' i! Hi 1} i #1 nesses, even those of the prosecution, were terrible accusations against the terror regime of the boyar govern-. ment. Orders Quick Ending. When the trial began to get unde- sirable to the government, the war minister ordered that it should end as quickly as possible, that the witnesses of the defense should not be e¢xam- 500 were kept and a process started | ined and that the questions of the de- 'fense should be unanswered. after the peasants, | Torres, a French lawyer, who par- ticipated as a defender in the first part of the trial, was forced to aban- don his defense of the peasants by the actions of the court. After he had gone, the accused were treated still more brutally and towards the end of the trial not only about 100 accused who were still at liberty, but also about a 100 witnesses were arrested, under the pretext that they had writ- ten the appeals in favor of the ac- cused that had been circulated in Kichinev. The last sessions of the trial took place day and night without interrup- tion in the cold autumnal air, altho the accuséd were only dressed in rags. The whole proceeding was a terrible inhuman torture for the accused. As the trial brot forth no material against the accused, the Prime Minister Brat- ianu made a public statement in which he acused the peasants’ party as a party of anarchy and demanded that the sentences be as severe as pos- sible. Witness Spills Beans. In the Kishinev trial the witnéss for the prosecution, Michail Cusmin, stat- ed that according to his knowledge of the 25 peasants arrested in his com- munity, not a single one had anything to do with the insurrection. Hestatec that Lieutenant Lungu had forced the accused peasants by means of terrible tortures to admit that they belonged to a “secret revolutionary commit- tee.” “I know, however,” the witness tes- tified, “that of all this not a word is true.” The witness furthermore stated that Lieutenant Lungu had received from the wives of the accused 20,000 lei and more so that their husbands should not be killed in the examina- tion. By Herminia Zur Mihlen. 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St Bip fs tye, ne as. aha ee aN ‘ » K Re ire ee 2a Pi me " ’ =f i e fs swe me ne Published by the “1113 bee Washington Bivd, , si DAILY WORKHR RUBLISHING, CO, Chicago, Ill. i Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By font (in Chicago only): By mail (outelds of Chigags): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months | $6.00 ger vear $3.50 six months $2.50 three monilis $2.00 three monttis Address all mail and make out checks tuo THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ilinois J. LOUIS ENGDAHL | WILLIAM F, DUNNE men MORITZ J. LOEB Business Manager Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at. Chi- cago, Ill., under the act of March 3, 1879. ‘Advertising rates on nagar: ae “I CS 290 Sigman’s Fake Issue The report of the general executive board of the International Ladies’ Garment» Workers’ Union to the Philadelphia convention is a, combination of cunning, reaction and stupidity in about equal parts. But from portions of it we can get concrete proofs of the effectiveness of our party’s strategy and tactics in its trade union work. It is a fundamental principle of strategy never to accept baftle on the terms_of the enemy if they are not favorable to victory and in the report of the general executive board we find on page 48 the admission that in the struggle carried on by the left wing in New York with the aid of the Communists against the union-wreck- ing officialdom, the Sigmanites were out- maneuvered, out-fought and defeated. Of course the Sigmanites do not admit that the left wing was fighting for the integrity and even the very life of the union. But what they do say should be read again and again by every mem- ber of our party. The paragraph mentioned says: The conflict had started as a fight against Communist control of _ some of our local unions. But soon; partly thru tactical oversight on our part and partly thru adroit maneuvering of the opposition, the issues of the fight became diverted to other channels, which benefit- ted our opponents and befogged the real issue of the fight. Thus there were brought into this fight such issues as the change of representation system at the joint board, the question of higher dues, fraudulent elections, the extravagance of the joint board and of local officers, the election of officers by referendum—and a widespread im- pression was created to the effect that we were fighting to retain the status quo in the union, that we were opposed to the bitter end to any reforms and any organizational improvements, and similar stories to which the opposition was trying to give wide circulation in order to arouse sympathetic publicity for itself. Everything stated above by the genéral executive board ‘is true with the exception that the trade union issues mentioned “befogged the real issue of the fight.” What is the truth of the situation? . It is that the issue raised by the Sigmanites, the issue of Com: munists in the union, was a real fake issue. The Sigman machine did not want to fight for the interests of the membership and it tried to conceal its cowardice and desire for class collaboration policies behind an attack on the Communist members of the union. It failed and failed miserably. It has behind it less than one third of the membership, whilé the left wing has developed and hardened itself in the struggle cme enjoys the trust of at least two- thirds of the membership. Cherchez la Femme Cynical Frenchmen, observing the role of women in court in- trigues as well as domestic scandal, have adopted the trite admoni-} tion “look for the woman,” when they proceed to unravel mysteries. The recent exposure, thru a female-denizen of Monmartre, of a group of British spies operating in Paris, brings up the general question of women military spies. The psychology of army officers makes them’ particularly susceptible to the wiles of women spies, whether they come from the Paris Latin quarter, the Cherry Hill district of New York, the mansions of Fifth avenue or appear in the guise of red cross nurses. Many an officer in the French army will have to explain his amours to his superiors. And the superiors themselves are not with- out guilt in the affair if reports of the obsewvations of the French military intelligence department are reliable. Interesting also is the fact that the British depaitibent under the direction of that eminent knight of the garter, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, while professing undying devotion to the “spirit of Locarno,” should countenance debauching 6f the French army by a paid demimonde. Continental and British newspapers blandly admit that every nation has spies operating in every other nation to extort military secrets that may be useful in ease of another war.. The revolution- _aty workers of Europe will not. fail to note the full implications of this network of spies. As to the chic prostitute, Mile. Moreuil, she will escape with a light jail sentence because she was caught in peace time. If Britain and France were at war, the British press might have another Edith |‘ Cavell case to fan the passions of national hatred, in which case the Monmartre girl would probably be described as a red cross nurse pure as the driven snow. To the enemy country the female spy in time of war is an adventuress, while those in their own employ are of spotless character, heroically sacrificing themselves on the altar of patriotism. In Germany Mati Hari, the enticing dancer, executed as a spy in France, became a heroine. In England it was the ad- venturess Edith Cavell, wearing the garb of a red cross nurse whose fate was utilized by the recruiting officers to entice workers into the slaughter house. Imperialist plunderers do not scruple to utilize every venal element of society in their struggles for supremacy. The salacious details of the manner in which the girl who crawled out of the Paris underworld enticed many officers of the French army will make them objects of contempt on the part of the gonscripts who are able to think and bring nearer the day when mutinous soldiers will end the loutish careers of these satraps of im- perialism. A British scholar is ‘reported to have found an error in the holy bible. He learns that in the King James version the “wise men”: who saw that strange astronomical phenomenon, the star of Bethle- hem, were in reality “magicians.” The translation is said to be wrong. Next we will learn that Jerusalem Slim was also a magician, if we are to believe the story of turning water into wine. Either a magician or so drunk he didn’t know whether it was water or wine. While on the return trip to Washington from Chicago the Coo- lidge family stopped for a few minutes at Garrett, Indiana, to see their old-time friend, Mrs. John Babbitt: -@omment is superflous. Get a member for the Workers Ranty and a new subscription pe ‘going on for months. wate: prpicinoss just arriving from give additional and more BI ye information regarding the new prolétarian party, the founding of which was first planned last sum- mer. Negotiations between the repre- sentatives of 30 workers’ organiza- tions, mostly labor unions, have been December first was decided upon as the date on which the party was to be formally launched. According to the stories carried in the Japanese bourgeois press, the ten- tative party platform, agreed upon in the preliminary negotiations, con- tains 49 planks. They constitute a ‘program of class struggle, and while not definitely revolutionary, will make the new.party an objectively revolu- tionary party if it struggles for all the demands without compromise. The proposed platform of the pro- letarian party of Japan is as follows: 1. Unconditional enfranchisement of all. people, irrespective of sex, who are over 18 years of age, and their eligibility for election. 2. Abolition of the Genro, the House general staff and the navy general staff: 3. Abrogation of the peace preserva- tion law (“dangerous thots law”), the police regulations and all other laws and regulations designed to suppress proletarian movements. 4. Abolition of laws and regulations restricting the freedom of the press, publications, meetings, and organizing societies and demonstrations. 5. Adoption of the one-year military service system, with payments of the standard of cost of living by public bodies during their service in the of Peers, the privy council, the army / oon sane 7. State relief for the families which death of their members in battle or their service in the army. 8. Acquisition of a vote by the priv- ates in the muitery administrative business, | 9. Abolition of the gendarmerie and the court-martial systems. 10. Opposition to all policies de- signed to militarize the people. 11. Acquisition of the right by la- borers and farm workers to organize unions and strikes. 12. Acquisition by farm workers of the right of supervgsion over the pro- duction and distribution of fertilizers and agricultural crops. 13. State relief for, farm workers who are in distress on;account of dam- age to agricultural crops. , 14. Acquisition by farm workers ef the right of ggon eg control over. land. 15. Acquisition by “‘eoianitiasa of laborers of the right of supervision over enterprises, public and private. 16. Establishment: of the eight-hour day (44 hours a week); the six-hour day (33 hours a week) in the case of mine workers. ue 17. Acquisition of the right to con- clude contracts collectively. 18. Abolition of the contract for la- bor system, the apprenticeship system and all other back ‘systems, relics of feudal days. 19. Establishment © the six-hour day (30 hours a week) for juvenile workers under eighten years of age. 20. Prohibition of labor by children under 16 years of age. 21. Prohibition of Hight work, work army. within pits and dangerous operations 6. Abolition of slavish treatment ot ' bafracks. are reduced to straits because of the | ports en “AMS Se ti Injen by the state for the unemployed. starians and mothers of deformed ersons and infants. = “sen ae BL. te guarantee for the recupe- - | poor proletarians. registration duty and the business tax. 27. Creation of a high capital levy. 28. Creation of a tte gered _ al a luxury tax. | _ 29. Defrayal of the standard pane 30. Support by the state of aged ration and preservation of asthe: oe Ti+ * , @ |female education and occupation. ; . Emancipation of young: men’s 82. . Supply of housing socommoda and |acquisition by these laborers:and-farm workers of the right of 1 over it. ah p Vays , 38. Abolition of the sean system. 384. Removal of all restrictions on sociations, boy scouts and -ex-s0ol- rs’ associations from official and ucratic control. 36. Establishment of. autonomy: ‘for the colonies. 37. A drastic reduetion of arma- ments. ; regulations, and revisions. of the a }lations governing the workers at state bod- | the factories. . 45. An extension of the “Souipatedey education pericd, and defrayal of all expenses for compulsory ‘education ‘period and for vocational education for the children of* proletarian par ents out of the state treasury. 47. Abolition of all unequal with weak peoples and removal ot imperialistic op ; 48. Abolition of the consular diction and military ——ee China. 49. Opposition to all barriers set u against international . 2 paige proletarians. (From the Japan Weekly | Kobe, Nov. ,19, 1925, quoted | | Hochi, Tokio, Japan.) " ularty supposed, in’ America, to be backward and untieveldped: But if we could see the great American . unions uniting their forces to f labor party with a program as dis: tinctivly proletarian as the pr aeeting we would hail it as a revolutionary event.. The whole east is me ‘and the Japanese workers will e dently not be the inet to assert she selves. pe ae J > By WM. F. KRUSE. (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R.—(By Mail)— Properly speaking, the celebration of the revolutionary anniversary begins weeks before the actual event. The “October Commission” meets and lays Out the plans for the holiday, and in every factory, school, office, and club }the workers begin their preparation fer participation in the great holiday. ‘Barnest discussions last far into the hight—the decorations for the build- ingfor the auto trucks to carry the children, for bringing in a peasant del- thé village or regiment over which the party nucleus is “chef” or sponsor the. arade, the program of their own st iGebration—all these have to be Setti wee filled with paint-pots and red , until finally the eve of the ‘e 1.02 How They Celebrate ‘Yins @very one of the hundreds of } brations are held. At the Comintern Chib a group .of “Young (Leninist) intern nucleus. At the German Club, the -largest organization of political come to a delegation from the Kiev German Red Army Regiment for which egation; or an army delegation from the kind of: placards” to be carried in Yong in advance. Then come great great day arrives. wofkers’ clubs thruout the city cele-| Pioneers” were initiated into the Com- emigres in Moscow, there was a wel- the Moscow Club is “chef” In a new- ly organized club of the oil trust em-r ployes, called “1905,” a long list of speakers was followed by music and a “living newspaper.” The -biggest demonstration is held in the Bolshoi Theatre under the joint auspices of the Moscow Soviet, the Moscow Communist Party, and the Moscow Committee of the Trade Un- ions. The great red and gold hall glistens under the lights of the crystal chandliers as brilliantly as ever in the days of old, but its shimmering beauty is reflected now in other, more appre- ciative, eyes. In the Grand Loge, where once the imperial parasites lol- led, there sit the honored guests of the Sovnarkom, today General Yu Khaff Dhin, the fighting chieftain of tg Canton proletarian armies, and a delegation of youthful workers frem Germany. ‘The admission tickets here tonight are priceless, every one has been dis- tributed through some working class organization, every comrade who oc- cupies a seat here does so by the grace of the esteem in which he is held by his fellow workers. Splendid Organization Chairman Kamenev rings a little bell and perfect silence ensues. . All risé as the band strikes up the “In- ternational”. A comrade goes to the speakers’ stand, in front of which hangs a microphone connected with great loud speakers that carry the slightest whisper to all parts of the great. auditorium. In front of the chairman’s seat is another—both are connected also to the radio broadcast- ing stations that permit millions of workers in all this part of Europe to listen in on the event. The comrade proposes. a list of twenty for the “presidtum’”—they are elected by vote of the assemblage, and proceed to their place upon the stage. Workers and soldiers and peasants here, men and women, some whose grey hairs speak of a glorious past in the cause of the proletariat, others whose young hearts -promise a still more glorious future. Among them is a tiny “Pioneer” girl of not more than ten, s they are greeted with the “International” all arise once more, thé soldiers present salute—as do the for the ae WORKES. A representatives of the young “Lenin- ‘roduces Kamenev as the first and shief speaker. He is followed by an old bearded peasant. who reads off a little speech he has written down. Then a young peasant woman, shawl over her head, rough shoes on her feet, she speaks with force*and de- cision, her clear e penetrates the amphitheatre and f ur times applause interrupts her short: discourse. Leningrad Greets Moscow Then follows a neal innovation. A consultation of w es, then silence is requested, and seep, the great horns bring forth ‘words .ef greeting from a simultaneous celehration in Lenin- grad. An awed spreads over the crowd. The speaker finishes, roars of applause echo from the Leningrad | Rogoff, of the Moscow Soviet, in- demonstration ge a lasts many min- utes. Again silence is roguested, again the watches are cons , and now Com- rade Uglanov, secrgtary of the Mos- cow committee once holder of that position in ; ingrad, steps to the micraphone to.return the greeting. He speaks, and th oscow applause and music speeds the ether to delight the Leningrad comrades at their meeting. Ovation To Ch nese General A factory worker. follows with a short speech, then the Chirtfese gener- al, who receives a tremendous ovation, He speaks in Chinese and very few sentences he stops to~permit transla- tion into Russian by a handsome young Chinaman with a large red ribbon on his coat. A military leader in the Canton army and member of the po- litical committee of the Kuomin- tang, his speech ends with, “Long Live Leninism.” Just what the crowd wants; they are on their feet with “Long Live the Chinese Soviet Re- public.” — Then a German Delegate A German youth delegate follows with the greetings of of his comrades. How Moscow Celebrated the : His conclusion is “Long Live the In- ternational Unity of the Working Class Youth; Long Live International Trade Union Unity.” After a short intermission a musical program is given by an ingenious com- bination of symphony orchestra, work- | ers’ brass band, and the famous Pit nitsky chorus of. about a hundred mixed voices. They sing with and without band and orchestra, and as chorus for a soprano soloist. The crowd cannot get enough “Bees,” | “Bees,” (More—More) is the demand. In the course of the program we hear, for the first time, a new overture “1917,” somewhat reminescent of “1812” in the treatment of conflieting” anthems. It is amost one o’clock whea the program ends with a seriés of hak let numbers, of highest artistic quality but utterly void of revolutionary significance. is explained that have not yet come around to the; shevizing of the ballet, here still.pre- vailg “art for art’s sake,” but ° the younger generation of dapcip stars, those who have grown up; dam their late Conmdader peices. there is no military parade, thé soldiers from the city marching with their fellow workers of the factories where they were formerly employed, those from outside the city marching in the civil ‘parade. From ten in the morning un- til six at night the masses pour, twenty ‘the tomb of Lenin, on which small group of reviewers—among them Kalenin, Budenny, Rykov, and an aged survivor of the Paris Commune. Here ers. The micraphone is a. miracle} worker, but demands cautious behav-} jior—the oomrades on the platform Whisper among themselves, crack an occassional joke intended for their ears alone, but the micraphone be- trays every secret to the crowds in the square. -“Long live the beautiful Red women” is suggested as a slogan asa splendid detachment of girls fac- tery swings past, and the chuckle on the platform is borne out through the Aa horns and the whole square same Sovtet environment, take the rudder,/’ in. things will change... ; ~-4 NextDay a eiggy—Parndes RE he The next day—the big day—every- thing is closed down tight. No res- | taurants, no street cars, no stores ‘of | any description are open. Every pub-}° lice building is gaily bedecked with} ' flags, bunting, paintings, and electric transparencies. Every store window, every available show place, bears pic- tures of the Soviet leaders. Many show windows contain fine symbolic displays—this is what the workers committees have been working on these many weeks. Gaily decorated auto trucks loaded with yelling, sing- ing children rush along the highways. The streets are jammed w people, marching and watching. A true folk héliday spirit prevails. At ten o’clock sharp the first col- umns enter the Red Square. Already there has been a banner presentation by the German “Roter Jungsturn.’’ This year, due to the oe for Recreation for Workers Only ¥ 4 he * After wi parade the holiday spirit}: abreast, through the great ae : 2 ds a4hours later, and too loud speakers are in service and) ‘each division is greeted by their lead-|' house is wide open but no tickets. are for sale at any price, the “October committee” organization.. The day started in ea ‘a chilling cold, but spirits of the crowd were all im us to c of er as to those of white enemies anuiking Mn or ae a_and buried czar. . At. all, times the trem provement in the appearance of vember celebration in Soviet would take the reget ou - ezarist well-wisher. were to return to aauages w eta only. place in which he would feel at pes would be the museufn. - Adolph Joffe Goes to France to Confer with | Doctor as to Health Adolf Joffe, vice-chairman of the sup- reme concessions commissi of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics and former plenipotentiary to China and Japan, is leaving Moscow for France where he will confer with a doctor as to his health. Joffe’s health has reached a point where'ft seriously interferes with his work and it is expected that this trip will result in a course of treatment that will fit him for further work. Put a copy of the DAILY WORKER in your pocket when vou go to your union meeting. LABOR IN THE FAR EAST Editor’s Note: <1 eighth instal- ment of this series of articles tells us of the birth of the new, free China. Yesterday’s instalment told of the in- spiration ithe revebhutionary govern- ment of Canton is te: workers in Hong- kong, which is under the autocratic rule of Britain. * = = ARTICLE VIII. By L. HELLER. HE traditions of ‘provincialism and clannishness anre;still as a matter of fact strong in: China. However, within the womb of old China a new China has arisen. Owing to indus- trialization, its life has been revivified, “modernized.” The growth of cities, the development of railways, the greater mobility of the population, the gpread of literacy,.the rise of the press, the springing up and proletari- anization of an intelligencia, and last and most important, the appearance of an industrial proletariat, its activi- ties and the growth of its trade union and political qrganizations—all these have undermined the foundations of old China, have led. to the readjust- ment of the social forces, to the revis- ion of the social relations, to what the Chinese themselves term as the “revaluation of the old values.” At the same time) on top of the old + oe wee + eee Pea a SRE RRA SRR ORE IE —— feeling of national nity; of na integrity and a wratful protest aga’ the colonial slavery in all Its for and manifestations, a heightened | sentfulness towards everything. ‘re? stricting Chinese sovereignty and handieapping the emancipation and unification of China. All this has been briefly formulated in the slogan ofthe entire nation: “Down with the spe- cial treaties!“ This means, down st customs and railways, down with the extra-territoriality, consular courts. “a China free, ereign!”’ HAT this is the common demand of the whole nation, of every sec- tion of the Chinese population, is not denied, even by the most dyed-in-the- wool imperialists. Thus the Peking correspondent of the arch-imperialist Shanghai North China Daily News, reports im the middle of July: “The slogan, ‘abolish uneqgaal treat- ies!” used to be monopolized by the Kuomintang, but nowadays even the most conservative Chinese, who three months ago would have con- demned such talk as the talk of wild men, are asserting themselves on the side of the ‘rights recovery move- ment!’ ” The strike of the Hongkong sea- And finally it means, independent, sov- traditions grew. mt developed Me men in the spring of 1922 and the . “1c 4 a eee s with the “concessions,” down with the- control by foreigners of the Chinese down with the’ Shameen strike in the summer. of 1924, “| represent perhaps the finest pages in gs |the recent history of the nationalist ij movement—and these pages have been written by the eseind Chinese proletariat. But splendid and signifiensih as these activities have been in).their time, they were only a prelude to the events of this summer, when the role of the working class as the leader of the national emancipation movement was so strikingly revealed; This is recognized by all, both the petty and middle bourgeoisie, and even ima cer- tain sense by the Peking govern- ment itself. Everyone became aware that the workers’ strike . movement was the backbone of the. nationalist movement. This explains the support that the Shanghai and Hongkong strikes received thruout. the country among every section of thé popula- tion. This explains also the singular fact that the Tuan Tsi-Jui government contributed $160,000 to the Shanghai strikers, and $100,000 dollars—by way of Canton—to me Hongkong strik- ers. This role of the Chinese proletariat, considering its small numbers—there are hardly two million industrial work- ers in» China, a courmtry with 400,000,- 000,000 people—and its weak political and trade union organization may seem surprising and strange. "*: ~~ | (To be Continued.) MOSCOW, U.S. S. R., Dec. 9—| Civie Opera Offers alW A. special performance of “Die Walkuere,” will be given at the Civic Opera on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 13. The cast will include Miss Van don, Olga Ferrai, Augusta JLensk | Forrest Lamont, Alexander Kipnis Edouard Cotreuil make up the caat, Polaceo will conduct. Mary Garden Returns. Another event is the return of Mary Garden who comes from Europe to appear with the Chicago Civic Op- era Company for the first time this season in the role of “Werther,” which will be presented ~ apeptes night, Dec. 17. The: repertoire for the week is as follows: Sunday, matinee, Dec, 13 at 2 p. « * “Die Walkuere,” with Van Gordon, Ferrai, Lenska, Lamont, Kipnis, Cut- reuil; conductor, Polacco. Monday evening, “The Masked Ball, -s with Raisa, Lenska,~ Marshall and Steel; conductor,’ Polacco. |. Tuesday evening, “Werther,” with Mary Garden, Freundfi Annseau, Kip- nis, Cotreuil; conductor, Polacco. by ville,” with Moluis, Hackett, Rinini, Lazzari, Trevisan; conductor, Mor zoni, Thursday evening, “A Light fror St. Agnes,” (World’s premiere) wit Raisa, Lamont, Baklanoff; conductor, (Composer) W. Franke Harling, Fol- lowed by “Cavalleria Rusticana,” with Muzio, Pavlosk&, Ansseau, Baklanoff, Cotreuil; conductor, Grovlez. Saturday evening (popula rprices), “Lucia di Lammermoor,” with Mac Beth, Cortis, Bonelli, Lazzari; condue tor, St. Leger, —_—_-- -— School System ‘in National -Republies, MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Dec. 9.—In the Ukraine all children between 8 and 10 years old will be able to attend school this year, The Ukrainian lan- guage has been introduced in most of the urban and village schools as the main language. <haenientmnsinrsinnmgesadiili i Put a copy of the DAT WORKER in your pocket whe you go to your union meetin HELP SAVE THE DAILY ‘WORKER’ J 46. Oppositjon to imperialistic wars, | The Japanese working class is pies . has distributed them - through the unions ‘and other workers Wednesday evening, “Barber of Se-| . ri ; piss Tah f yaa el ie Ty eet ae ty pty : . % ; as at * . Sopeg te Sk Rae neh a eer ee ie Se Fr DU age eine SET ‘ i Pa Me 4 ~ ey