The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 14, 1924, Page 5

SCARES OFFICIALS ) OF BOILERMAKERS Editor Dares Not Print Articles, He Admits Amalgamation has so frightened the international executive board of the Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuild- ers’ Union that strict orders have been given to James B. Casey, editor of the union journal to reject’ all communications ‘dealing with that subject, no matter whether sponsored by officials or other individuals. Casey notifies Charles R. Collin- Son, an active member at Sutherland, Saskatchewan, Canada, that his ar- ticle is inacceptable because it comes under the amalgamation taboo. The Journal editor’s letter is given below, with the amalgamation part of Collinson’s article: ‘ Explains Ostrich Policy. “Your two letters of recent date, one of them consisting of an ar- tiele’that you wished published in the Journal, and the other making certain corrections in the first was received, and ‘inasmuch ,as_ the subject matter you dealt with, Bro. Collinson, was one that I had pre- viously been instructed by the ex- ecutive council to refuse publica- tion on, I referred your communi: cation to the executive council, which is now in session, and they ealled my attention to the action they, took at their April 1922 meet- ing in which they instructed me to reject’ all such communications dealing with amalgamation regard- less of whether the articles were sponsored by international officers, district or local officers, or indiyid- ual members. Under the circum- stances, Bro. Collinson, I shall have to withhold publication of your article, “Regretting that the. subject matter was not of such a_ nature that I could publish in the Journal, and hoping that you will write on some other subject that would be permissible, and of beneiit to our members, and if so I would be glad to publish same, “Yours fraternally, “J. B. CASEY, “Editor-Manager ‘ot Journal.” Amalgamation Vital Issue. Amalgamation is the vital issue before the Boilermakers’ Union, Col- linson shows, Membership has drop- | Me e ibs of international naval competition. ped off because the ineffective craft- divided system was not able to re- sist wage reductions and the élimina- tion of time-and-a-half payments for overtime. The rejected article follows, in rt: The loss of time and one-half for Sundays and certain specified holi- days, the unwarranted decrease in wages utterly out of proportion to wcmonsth@ decrease in the price of com- modities lost to our. organization a large. number of members. Poverty, a result of the forego- jing, was also responsible in some degree, for I know for a fact that some of our members did not have the money to bay our dues and so were automatically suspended, The unreasonable attitude of some of our leaders toward craft amalgamation has in the estima- tion of many union men 1 have “THE DAILY WORKER (NOTE—The DAILY WORKER today publishes .the fifth install- ment of the great speech delivered by Gregory Zinoviey to the party conference of the Leningrad Dis- trict. Those of our readers who have read lurid reports of war be- tween Communist leaders should follow this discussion closely. It is true that Trotsky had a difference of opinion over questions of party organization with Zinoviev and others. But the enemies of the Soviet Republic may rest assured that a discussion on tactics will not give them the opening to rush in their War dogs and lap up the blood of the emancipated Russian work- ers. A further installment will be published tomorrow). * ° »* * ZINOVIEV CONTINUES: OMRADES, this has to be ac- corded sober consideration, Com- rade Sarkis laid before you convinc- ing figures from the Moscow Narva district. But I have other figures to lay before you; there are, for in- stance, 32,004 students in the educa- tional establishments of Moscow, among whom 13 per cent are mem- bers of the R. C. P., 15.7 per cent of the R. C. Y. P.,.making to all 28.7 per cent Communists, whilst the non- partisans count over 71,43 per cent. In Petrograd the higher educa- tional institutions register 25 per cent Party members and Russian Communist Youth, and 74 per cent non-partisan. These are the com- parative figures. It will be said that it is only the comparative figures. It is one of the questions in which quantity passes over in quality. How can the cultural standard be raised? Solely by the perusal of books? No! Active Participation Necessary. We can only gain the culture which we require by means of per- sonal and active participation of Party members in public life—in the state, the trade unions, and the Party. If the cultural standard of the Party members is to be raised to the level which we require, we need books as well, and courses of instruc- tion, and Soviet Party schools and workers universities, besides news- paper and other aids. But this is only one-half of what we require, the other 50 per cent consists in the in- tense participation in the work of the trade unions and Soviets, that is, in the work of the State and the Party. Why are we so backward? For very simple reasons. The Party has absorbed 10,000 of the best forces of the Party nuclei in the shops and factories. I have seen the brief sta- tistical survey of the election to the Petrograd Soviet, in which we see that out of somewhat more than 800 persons, 711 were workmen who had been workmen until the year 1914, and are now engaged in organizatory and administrative work. What kind of people are these? They are the same people who were formerly in the nuclei, and now form part of the state apparatus, since the dictatorship of the proletariat re- quires it, Sacrifice by Party Members. It naturally follows that if we withdraw tens of thousands of the bést workers from the nuclei, the latter are politically at a lower level, This is our misfortune, but not onr fault. Another circumstance must be ad- ded; the lack of time. It has been rightly pointed out here that the non-partisan workman has more time at his disposal tnan our Party comrade, who is frequently burden- ed far beyond his powers, and whose material position is often not so good —he has more financial obligations, more material sacrifices for the Party, for the trade unions, ete. Very often he cannot afford that which JOLLY OLD TAR TALKS OF WAR TO UNION LEAGUE Admiral Tips Rich Pals To Naval Strategy By FREDERICK KUR (Staff Correspondent of the Federated Press) NEW YORK, March 13.—Rear Ad- miral Cole is a jolly old sou! He is chief of staff to the admiral com- | manding the United States fleet, and has been addressing a few peculiarly | chosen words to members and guests | of the Union League Club in this | city, Admiral Cole delivered several well-aimed uppercuts to. the naval disarmament treaty, drawn up at the Washington conference of sad mem- ory. . That. treaty, said Cole, had failed lamentably in the prevention Disarmament Failed. Moreover, continued the critical tar, the United States had sought to! apply disarmament to all classes of vessels; but there is keen rivalry in the construction of submarines and scout criusers. The admiral added that the United States was obliged to maintain the 5-5-3 naval ration towards Britain and Japan, but ‘had failed to do so. Now, you will begin to wonder where you have heard these charges before. You ‘will have realized that the admiral’s statements are remin- iscent of utterances of socialists, pacifists and ‘similar -wicked. groups, usually branded as “pro-Geyman, se- dition mongers, red-liver’d revolu- shunists,” and their ilk. What’s up, then? -Have we, at long’ last, dis- covered a U. S. admiral who is in | Your Union Meeting Second Friday, March 14th, 1924. Name of Local and Place of Meeting. Bakers and Confectioners, 3420 W. Roosevelt Road. 6 Carpenters’ Distriet Council, State St, Carpenters, 4339 S. Halsted St, Commercial Portrait Artists, 19 Adams St. 9 Electricians, 2901 W. Monroe St. Electricians, 19 W. Adams St. 505 8. w. mento. Engineers, 18@ W. Washington St. Firemen and Enginemen, worth Ave, Fur Workers. Gardeners and Florists, Morton Grove, Garment Workers, 175 ton St. 6 p. m. Glass Workers, Emily and Marshfield, Hod Carriers, 1850 Sherman St., Eyan- ston, 7 Janitors, 166 W. Washington St, Village Hall, W. Washing- Ladies’ Garment Workers, Joint Board, 328 W. Van Buren St. 4 Lithographers, 639 S. Ashland Blvd. Machini 113 8. Ashland Blvd, Machinists, 113 S. Ashland Ave. Machinists, 55th and Halsted Sts. Machinists, 8, E. Wests Machinists, 53d Pl. and Halsted St. Metal Polishers, 119 S, Throop St, Painters, School and Sheffield Ave. Pattern’ Makers, 119 S. Throop St. cor. 5 Photo Ei rs, 814 W, Harrison St., 6:30 Plaster 0 W. Washington St. » 5212 S. Halsted St. Plumbers, 9251 S, Chicago Ave. Railway Carmen, $9th and Halsted Sts. Railway Carmen, Blue Island, Il: Railway Carmen, 52d-and Robeys, 7:30 p.m. Telegraphers, 0. R. T. Cort Club, At- lantic Hotel, Upholsterers, 159 Watchmen (Stock sted St, 9 a. m, ut 301 tate ds), are at 8 p,m.) Nick Longworth Objects to House Building Trades Council, 180 W, Wash. Engineers (Loc.), Madison and Sacra- 5428 Went- Lexington and St. 749 8, Hal- (Note—-Unless otherwise stated all meetings AMALGAMATION Zinoviev’s Speech to Leningrad Communists RUNED FARMERS the non-partisan worker can afford, and he has besides less ttme. Thus Tt happens that we have re- mained behind here and there, but not by any means everywhere. We must recognize this, or we shall earn that reproach of despicable Communist boasting against which Comrade Lenin so rightly warned us. We must draw two conclusions, Firstly, those non-partisan work- ers, who have gone thru every imag- inable. course of instruction and who have now, in the seventh year of the revolution, approached very nearly to | us must be admitted into the Party. | This is one solution. The other consists of the following: to exert every effort in, aid of the Party or- ganizations, to make up for lost time, so that the Party rank and file may be raised to a higher leve: or culture and knowledge, Necessity of Workers’ Education. We can already record definite | successes. A considerable stratum of Party members: is receiving in- struction in the workers’ universi- ties, in the Communist universities, and in the state Party schools; but this ig not enough, it is only a drop in the ocean. The better we get things in order, the more importance we shall attach to this. (To Be Continued Saturday) BELGIAN RULERS WOULD BETRAY LAND TO FRANCE “Economic Agreement” Brings Hot Dispute (Special to The Daily Worker) BRUSSELS, March 13,—The Bel- gian chambers are present with much violence the ratifi- cation of the Franco-Belgian econom- ie agreement which was signed last year by the two governments. Some members of the bourgeosie agreement. been voiced thru the Catholic party by Renkin. On the other hand the Socialists are against any kind of agreement which should unite Belgium to pro- tection of France. Further, some political magnates are against this said agreement be- cause they are striking out for a closer and even more complete cus- toms union with France. Secret Arrangement, The great importance the govern- ment is giving to a simple question ‘|concerning an economic agreement shows that besides this agreement there must be some secret arrange- ment or some engagement which are of much greater importance, with the French government. The policy of the Belgian govern- ment during the last five years end- ed—at the time of the occupation of the Ruhr—in the total submission | a mumbling of words was supposed to to the aims of the French imperial- j b ism, \er’s picture of the Lewis classic. |small town. jin matters concerning the next world, |therefore the minister’s son and his | baby bride enlist the services of the | town’s worst character, the pool-room discussing at|keeper, to help them get married. boy, it spurned and ostracised because are objecting to the terms of this | he is its only good speaker, and as the Many industrial associa- | druggist says, “if a speecher can tions whose interests are wronged by | make real estate values go up, why the new custom tariffs, are against |let him speech.” the government; their objections have | | while May McAvoy puts over one of | the finest ingenue “new women” ever | brick. | end it turns out that everything was MENTIONING THE MOVIES By PROJECTOR. WEST OF THE WATER TOWER. | A real story of Main Street, but) linfinitely more dramatic than Warn- A |very young couple tumble along to ja realization of love under the utter, ly deadening surroundings of the Their fathers disagree They become pawns in the clash of belief and interest and very great and touching unhappiness results. In the end, the town has to come to the Glenn Hunter plays the gawky, in- decisive boy almost to perfection, screened. George Fawcett, playing her father, the atheistic lawyer, is the only human being among the old folks of the town. But the girl is a After symptoms of pregnancy develop she js told that the pool-room keeper, to hit back at the minister thru his son, has arranged a mock marriage. They cannot find the “Squire” to get the precious license to bear children, so she bravely sug- gests a trip to the city. In due time she returns with her baby, and when the startled boy shows no affection for his offspring, she flatly refuses to marry him and goes off with her fine- ly tolerant father. _ The boy loses his job, the father his pulpit, the gambler his pool hall, the lawyer his practise,—all because e not according to Hoyle, In the UNABLE TO BUY NEW MACHINERY Implement Sales Down {%,)ocomotive To 30 Per Cent By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) The sharp drop in the demand for agricultural implements in 1922 and | 1923 as compared with pre-war years | presents striking evidence of the low | purchasing power of farmers since | by banking interests their deflation in 1920, According to government figures | the production of farm implements in | 1922 amounted to less than 30 per) cent of the 1914 volume. Official re- | ports from the industry show that | during the last months of 1923 farm implement makers were using only about one-third of the capacity of their plants, Agriculture Is Secondary. This apparent halt in farm prog-| ress along mechanical lines is just one stage in the slow subordination of agriculture to the interests of in- dustrial capital, Prior to the war the world position of the United States was associated with its export of surplus food products. But the war brought two reyolutionary changes, the enormous expansion of major industries and the change from a debtor to a creditor nation. From now on export of capital in the form of the products of manu- facture will shape national policy. A foreign market for the products of industry will take precedence over a market for the products of agri- culture. Just As In England. The transition has meant a crisis. Secretary of Agriculture H. C. Wal- lace showed what the attitude of the government toward this crisis would be when he addressed the Chicago Association of Credit Men more than a year ago, He said that England once stood at the same parting of the ways and decided to sacrifice agriculture to industry. “History,” he added, “has proved the wisdom of that choice.” Actual figures covering 22 varie- ties of farm implements show a pro- duction of 4,119,537 in 1914 as com- pared with a production of 1,206,059 in 1922. The number of plows pro- duced fell from 1,335,104 in 1914 to 431,409 in 1922. The decline in pro- duction of some of the other more important implements is shown as follows: Page Five | Church With Bosses Against Workers, Says Chief Stone (By The Federated Press) PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 13.— Charging the Protestant churches with supporting capital against labor in most industrial disputes, Grand Chief Warren S. Stone, Brotherhood Engineers, speaking ore the seventh annual meeting of the Council of Cities of the Methodist Episcopal church in session here, said the churches lack the courage to | apply their creeds of brotherhood and | justi Stone said the churches have to choose between their large capitalist contributors and the support of the workers: “I do not need to warn you that the church will have to pay the price if it is going to take a stand on eco- }nomic and social questions. You can’t expect large benefactions from Judge Gary if you are too critical of the 12-hour day in the steel industry, which I understand still prevails for more than 25% of the workers, des- pite promises and pledges to the con- trary.” “You want to know what labor thinks of the church,” Stone con- tinued. “I tell you, very frankly, that labor does not think very much of |the church, because the church does not think very much of labor. Al- ways in any trouble between labor and capital, the influence of the church has largely been on the side of capital.” Arvo E. Usenius, Active Member, Dies in Superior (Special to The Daily Worker) SUPERIOR, Wis., Mar. 13.—Arve E. Usenius, well-known Superior par- ty member, died Monday evening, March 10th, after an illness of four | years. Comrade Usenius was born in Finland in 1892, and migrated to this country 11 years ago. He took ac- tive part in the labor movement in Finland as well as in America. He is survived by a widow in Superior, a mother and sister in Finland, and two brothers, one in Fitchburg, Mass., and one in Soviet Karelia. Usenius has been employed as asso- ciate editor of the Tyomies, Finnish daily, for the past three years. Pre- vious to that he was employed in a machine shop where he contracted tuberculosis, while working under un- sanitary conditions which was the cause of his death. Despite his illness, the deceased comrade was one of the most ardent workers in the movement and was instrumental in organizing an Eng- lish branch here. In him the Superior branches have lost a valued comrade and his death 1914 1922 | will be felt keenly thruout the dis- OWS ss casey 764,666 254,458 | trict. Corn cultivators -378,934 89,633 seorsiveieeeeteeiivpien OWES senso sss 274,521 80,484 ROOM WANTED. Grain binders and Young man wants steam-heated headers ......... 215,886 41,458 |room on North Side. Address _The__—___ Sulky rakes -139,585 30,019 | Daily Worker, B-1, Cotte aneers +++: 1467 21,788 | Res. Phone Crawford 0331 Violin Broadcast seeders ..106,018 46,889 | Office Phone Rockwell 0112 Teacher The importance of improved farm implements is discussed by E. R. HENRY MOSS Gross, professor of rural engineer- ing, State College of New Jersey. In an article for a New Jersey agri- eutural publication he says: “To pro- duce .a bushel of wheat by hand re- quired 3 hours and 3 minutes, but with machinery it can be done in %ss ORIENTAL JAZZ BAND Music Furnished for All Occasions Members Americap Fed. of Musicians 1215 S, LAWNDALE AVENUE It is a fact that France is trying ll right, they were married all the earnest about this disarmament busi- to compel Belgium to submit to her, time, and the town—well, it stayed ness? than 10 minutes. Chicago, Il. | spoken to on the subject tended : A 144 Hours For Ton of Hay. “NAIA B Ea ‘ ‘>> further to disrupt the organization Dae Pri obing Bribers in order to strengthen her primacy | the same old town just the same. The| “The cutting and curing of a tn| COHEN & HORVITZ i of the working class. No, the providential ways of the Mads on the European continent. Picture is one of the keenest] of hay used to take 11 hours of man N | Tens of thousands of unorgan- | 2aval mind are inscrutable. Here (Specis! w The Daily Worker) i | Peychological studies ever screened | labor; now it requires about an hour Well Known ized workers must be brought into | are a few.of the remarkable conclu-| WASHINGTON, March 13.—The Steel Trust Rule, _ |and some of the actors Zaye done |and a half.” the ynions. The saying “In num- | sions which our very rear admiral|tHouse today adopted the Garrett| As a matter of fact, the economic wonders with essentially difficult} The present condition does not Insurance Salesmen bers ts strength,” cannot be denied | draws from his observations: resolution providing for a full investi-| #8reement is only aiming to compel roles. It is well worth seeing. Lithuania’s White Dictatorship Has Killed All Liberties (By The Federated Press) KOVNO, Lithuania, March 13.— Arrests of Socialists and Commun- | ists, especially of Jews, suppressions : of free speech and press, and search ,; without warrants are the order of ‘the.day in Lithuania. This country like various other European countries is being governed under a “statesof- vantages as those granted to France @™ergency” law, a form of martial of course to authorize an invasion !@w. Trial by jury is practically of foreign products. In both cases, #brogated and persons who are ar- the results are the same: The Bel- Tested on the suspicion of radical gian industry will have to face such | tendencies are judged without re- difficulties that the only means to |ourse to higher authority. This ap- find a way out will be to cling closer , Plies especially to editors, who are tis entice, } sent off to jail as soon as the gov- At that time, Belgium will have to |@™ment does not like what they accept the customs ‘union which will Write. | be offered by France and make this During the night of February 9-10 small country the tool of the French mass arrests took place of active members of the Jewisn Cultural mean that the mechanicalization of agriculture is going to stop, or even slow down for any appreciable per- iod. As a matter of fact it probably represents a definite step toward the’ day when agriculture will be an in- dustry operated by large aggrega- tions of cupital according to the most modern methods of mass production. For to bring about that condition requires a period in which small in- dependent farmers are forced into bankruptcy and dispossessed. Their places will be taken by wage earners working under agricultural engineers- by any thinking worker and amal- gamating our unions would bring them to their highest numerical strength. Jobs for Organizers. We are often told that the rea- son our union officials do not favor amalgamation is because some of them would lose their jol which to my way of thinking sheer nonsense. There are millions of unorganized workers in America to be lined up, and I sincerely be- lieve that our officers have the in- | telligence, experience and ability to organize these workers. Small chance of them being out of a job if their energies were devoted in the right direction and as a matter of fact many more men of their caliber would be needed to adequately cope with a situation which sooner or later is * bound to come. Craft System Futile, Under the handionn af craft ganization, however, is impos- sible, but the rank and file are slowly but surely realizing the antiquated, inefficient sand costl, Gravy for Merchant Marine, The United States navy must be kept mobile. We must have an ade- quate naval base on the Pacific, pre- ferably at Alameda in San Francisco bay. We should supply ships that could cruise with the fleet at a speed that would nullify attacks from pur- suing submarines. We ought to put all our support behind a merchant marine that could operate with the navy. We require warships of long- cruising radius. Possibly you fail to understand how we can enforce the broken dis- armament treaty by violating it a little more? But that only goes to show that you haven’t the right sort of naval mind. ead On the immense gate that leads to the castle of the demobilized Aus- trian kaiser, a Latin proverb is en- graved which says, in effect, “In time of peace, prepare for war.” That, of course, is the gist of Admiral Cole’s remarks. You probably have not for- gotten that the same kaiser, who was also a naval officer, lost his navy, along with a handful of other ap- purtenances, such as thrones, empires Belgium to ask for a closer union with France, which means the «pitire | submission to the’ interests of the} “Comite de Forges,” the big steel | trust which is managing everything in Paris. Belgium has signed with: several countries some commercial treaties which bear the clause of the most favorized nation. Therefore, unless Belgium cancels these trea- ties, she will be compelled to grant to all these foreign countries the same advantages as she is giving to France. To cancel the treaties now in force is to lose all the foreign markets, To give every country the same ad- gation of the charges before a Chi- cago grand jury that “two congress- men” had improperly accepted money. 1 A motion by Republican Leader Longworth to postpone action by re- ferring the resolution to the rules committee was defeated 197 to 158. Thereupon the resolution was passed by a viva voce vote. Yesterday the House refused to pass a resolution insisting that At- torney General Daughtery furnish the names of the accused members and the nature of the charges against them. , War With Japan If We Bar Japs, Warns Dr. Gulick WASHINGTON, March 13.—Total exclusion of Japanese from the United States by the insertion of a clause in the new immigration bill denying admission to persons eligible for citizenship will arouse war talk and perhaps encourage pre- Office: 737 W. Roosevelt Road Phone Roosevelt 2500 Harris Cohen, 2645 Potomac Ave. S. M. Horvitz, 1253 N. Hoyne Ave. “. PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Expert Dental Service fer 28 $45 SMITHFIELD 8T., Near 7th 1627 CENTER AVE.. Cor. Arthur #& Phone Spaulding 4670 ASHER B. PORTNOY & CQ How many new readers have you secured for THE DAILY WORKER? Get another today. “POLIKUSHKA” LEO TOLSTOY’S IMMORTAL STORY OF SERFDOM ADAPTED TO THE SCREEN BY MOSCOW ART THEATRE or- capitalism, li eens at Cal Sinvelag § t Ad- rations for a war in Japan, Dr. L league and of teachers o: ie Jewis! pale 4 Peet in ae Pr : ical yet en oon printer ar ne Gulick of thie Bedoral Counell Communists Gain In Ukraine, ase rar aud The Cultural I V A N M re) S K V I N ncn fr of cat. anion oft | thing and foreitengeverztne | Churcher, warned the seat im] oS Afi int Go wen inal sean se estat Widsok e today. ss st | anc t er ae to little in the A Sekt bas ey hess pe hla to mleada a the PE of | organization of the Communist party | taught in the non-sectarian schools. Coming to ‘That we must consolidate our 4 the clause from the bill and urged | imereased its membership 42 per cent, IMPEACH COOLIDGE! A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN sh tes read | settlement of the Japanese immigra- THE DAILY SonuEn Gas ces of tion question by direct conference ‘them today. witl h Japa forces under militant leadership or see our organization wiped out of existence is a foregone conclusion. UNCLE WIGGILY’S TRICKS_ New Trial Is Denied I. W. W.’s Convicted In Syndicalism Case (By The Federated Press) SACRAMENTO, March 13.— Following a like decision in the Vargo et al case, the third appellate court has confirmed conviction and denied a new trial in the criminal syndical- ism cases of Frank Bail .. Frank- lin, R. A. Gibson, John , William Jooadeff, James Martin, P. Mellma: and John Orlando. The court admit- ted that the man had not advocated violence, and that the judge and jury displayed prejudice, but nevertheless confirmed sentence, The case will be carried to the state supreme court. All of the men ex- cept Hiza, who js in Folsom prison, have been sentenced to 14 years each in San Quentin ORCHESTRA \HALL, MARCH 19, 1924 The Friends of Soviet Russia and Workers’ Germany, Room 807, 166 W. Washington St. Proceeds for German Relief Reserve Your Tickets Now Night and Morning If they Tire, Itch Dis- ‘OMNURINE Inflamed Granulated, use Murine often, Refreshes, Soothes, Galo ior tafarizor Adah, At all Druggists,