The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 17, 1924, Page 5

} ) Monday, March 17, 1924 r HE DAILY WORKER CONGRESS GETS UNION’S BILL TO END LABOR BOARD Senate and House Both Get Measure (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, March 16.—Sena- tor Howell of Nebraska and Repre- sentative Barkley of Kentucky have introduced in the senate and house the proposed railway labor act, pre- pared and indorsed by the 16 railroad labor organizations, the American Federation of Labor, the Longshore- men, the Marine Enginers and the Masters, Mates and Pilots’ organiza- tion. The Seamen are not supporting the measure because they have nov yet advanced their wages to a point where they can afford to accept the decisions of an arbitration board. Conference, conciliation, and, in last extremity, the arbitration of ma- jor disputes between workers and em- ployers in the transportation industry is the purpose of this bill, which makes peaceful effort at adjustment of any dispute a duty upon both par- ties. Repeal Esch-Cummins. 1. Repeal of the labor provisions of the Esch-Cummins law. 2. Abolition of the railroad labor board. 3. Bstablishing as a duty upon both parties to a dispute that they “exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain agreements concerning wages and working con- ditions. ¢ 4. Settlement by conference it possible, and sending of disputes not so settled to an adjustment board, in which the two parties have equal representation. : 5. Creation of four such adjust- ment boards—(a) train service, (b) shopmen, (c) clerks and mis- cellaneous, (d) marine workers. 6, Changes in agreements only after this machinery has been used to bring them about. 7. Board of conciliation, to act only when both parties have agreed to accept the award. 9, Challenge and appeal of award on grounds of error and fraud. Adjustment Boards. — The adjustment boards will not handle wage changes, but are relied upon, by the railroad and marine workers’ union, to handle most of the disputes which may arise. Direct con- ference between spokesmen of the railroads and of the nationally organ- jzed crafts has all along been favored by rail labor as the best means of maintaining industrial peace. This bill provides that the members of these boards shall be made up of an equal number of men from these elements, to be nominated ‘to the president, appointed by him and con- firmed by the senate, to serve three- year terms at $7,000 a year. Deci- sions will be made by majority vote, and must be rendered within 90 days. The conciliation board .is to be made up of five “impartial” members named by the president, their salaries to be $12,000 and their terms seven years. They are not to be connected with the industry. If they fail to bring peace, the dispute may go to an arbitration board of three or six persons, and the decision must deal only with the is- sues submitted in writing. 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' Painters and Decorators PAINTERS’ SUP PLIES Estimates on New and Old Work 2619 MILWAUKEE A’ LARGER High Standard Articles This photo, 814xT%, FREE with each yearly subscription. $2.00aYear SOVIET RUSSIA PICTORIAL | 32 South Wi Official Organ Friends of Soviet Russia and Workers’ Germany (NOTE—The DAILY WORKER today publishes the last install- ment of the great speech delivered by Gregory Zinoviev to the party conference of the’ Leningrad Dis- trict. Thosé 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. Trotsky’s speech begins on Tuesday.) *. °° * * ZINOVIEV CONTINUES: ND now to the ‘difference of age among the members of the Party. This is again one of the most important and interesting prob- lems. What is the preserit state of affairs? . The Party can look back upon a history of at least 25 years, and even if we only calculate from the Second Party Congress, that is, from the time of the decisive split of the Party into Mensheviki ayd Bolsheviki, still we have 20 years to look back upon. But nine-tenths of the persons composing the Party have not 25 years of Party membership behind traditions of the civil war; and fin-reorganized and strengthened by us. ally it has the main mass, incorpor- ating still younger traditions. This has created an exceedingly charac- teristic and peculiar situation, which eannot be ignored. Our fundamental group, repre- senting twenty to twenty-five years of development in our Party, an forming the cement holding the Party together, is worthy of the highest place is our esteem, but it is small, it is dying out, and it has not kept up with life in every respect, is not entirely competent for present tasks, Rise of a New Stratum, A new stratum is arising from the other side, ready to attack broad questions and responsible work with greater rapidity than the old; often it has a perfect right to do this, but often it is insufficiently prepared. it is one of the most intimate problems of the Party to find out the required golden mean for accomplishing the useful amalgamation of our funda- mental stratum, incorporating the history of twenty-five years, with the new stratum, brought into being by the Party during the civil war. It is imperative that the right basis of mutual relations be found, jfor these twenty-five years of ex- | perience must not be lost to the Party, the gigantic political capital {accumulated by the Party during |this period must not be squandered in vain, and on the other hand it is equally important that this group of them, but only two to three years since the year 1920, This is the main ; mass of our Party. This is a really | remarkable phenomenon, Other par- | ties, formed uhder conditions of a peaceful parliamentary atmosphere, | Wave developed in a more staid manner. 3 Three Important Strata. In these parties the development | was as follows: The party was form- ed, worked for one, two, three, or | five years, and gradually gathered | around it a personal party staff. In our case the process has been re- versed. The main mass of our Party did not stream in until after we had overthrown ezarism and Kerensky, and, therefore, happens that a Party whose history extends back over 25 years has nevertheless an extremely young personal staf¥. It has one group which has taken over the work of the last twenty years, and which incorporates the traditions of twenty to twenty-five vears; it has another group incor- jorating the five or six years old old members throws no obstacles in the way of those young members who are striving for more active participation. It is the task of the old group to transmit its political experience to the young, to further participation in the work under their leadership. General Situation and Tasks. Let us now strike a balance. In regard to the working class our cause is in no bad position; the sit- | uation has improved. Confidence in our Party is growing among the working class; if we do not commit very glaring economic mistakes, we shall gain the confidence of the working class. In any case, there is an increase of confidence in the Party on the whole. The dissatisfaction brought about in Summer by the economic situation has proved to be merely an episode. Those organizations which were not able to deal com- petently with the discontent and strikes in the Summer are now being Detroit Workers Party Finns Have Fine Labor Temple By LEMPI SIMONSON (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., March 16.—The Detroit Finnish Branch, with mem- bership of about 500, has achieved the remarkable success of building a $150,000 Labor Temple just com- pleted. The building has one of the finest gymnasiums in the city, as well as an aduitorium, seating 1,000 peo- ple, together with a modern and an up-to-date stage. Besides these large halls there are numerous smaller rooms, stores and offices, equipped with all modern improvements. Since the dedication of the building, over- flowing crowds have been attending all the entertainments and meetings. In the three business meetings that have been held in the new hall at least 100 new applications for mem- bership into the party have been re- ceived. The meetings are generally attended by at least two or three hundred members and seem to in- crease from time to time. Enthusi- asm and interest in party matters runs high and a very successful and a prosperous year is expected. One of the most important decisions made by the branch is the arrangement of a two-weeks’ lecture course to be held in the evenings. The lecturer Comrade K. Tuominen, is a very able speaker and lecturer, and we are sure that these lectures will be large- ly attended. The Finnish branch also boasts of having organized one of the largest YWL Circles in the city, whose mem- bership already reaches 40, and the drive hasn’t. even begun. The Circle is holding an entertainment Monday evening, the 17th, at the gym, which is free to all. A large number of the members being Auto Workers, have also in- terested themselves in organizing in- to the Auto Workers’ Union, a mass meeting hdving been held Sunday, the 9th, wherein a number joined. The Land for the Users! IN SIZE More Interesting Photographs Picture without subscription, 265 CTS. EACH. Black or ‘abash Ave., Chicago, Ill, Name... «> Street No, ... City oo e teeeeeeeeeee sees WIT THEY CONDUCTED - BY TH: National Conference of By HARRY GANNES M‘y 30, 31 and June Ist, are the dates set for the Mid-Convention Conference to be held by the Young Workers’ League of America at Chi- cago, Illinois. The last convention of the Young Workers’ League was held in May, 1923, and a number of resolutions on the many matters confronting the league, were passed at that gather- ing. Since that time, the Communist most twice the size reported at the last national meeting. The league has spread to many parts of the country which heretofore had never heard of a communist youth organ- ization. The many new resolutions such as the shop nuclei plan, the economic struggle (which includes trade union work), anti-militarism have laid the basis for a vast experience, and it is the end of the Mid-Convention Conference to gather the loose ends of the organization together on the basis of the work done. Because of the wide stretch of territory, the N. E. C. of the league deems it ad- visable not to wait for the time of the, next convention, The constitu- tion of the YWL provides that a con- vention shall be held four months Actors’ Strike Vote Carries by 16 to 1, Managers Weaken By FREDERICK KUH (Staff Correspondent of The Federated NEW YORK, March 16.—Si: hundred against two. This is the vote in favor of a strike on June 1, to enforce the demands Press) ixteen less the Producing tion yields before that date. When the actors’ organization met at the Equity Theatre here, Hug) Frayne, national organizer, American Federation of Labor, arose to give renewed assurances of the solidarity of the trade unions with their stage colleagues, Word has reached the Equity that the Shubert group which controls 70 per cent of the leading New York playhouses, is weighing the possibility of breaking away from the Produc- ers’ Association, founding a separate employers’ federation, and accepting the Equity shop as the basis of agree- ment with the actors. Shubert has already anounced his acceptance of the Equity demands. Inquiries in theatrical circles by The Federated Press conveyed infor- mation that the managers are pre- pared to make concessions. They are aware that Convention Week opens in New York at the outset of June. A strike at this time would catch them a their tenderest spot—the box of- ice. d | to record, Immediate Problems of Youth Organization youth organization has grown to al-’ of the Actors’ Equity Association un- lanagers’ associa- ‘+h |houmieux, publisher of the Cour- Page Five Our relations with the peasantr: have also improved. The peaeatt nuclei have themselves eliminated many unsuitable clements, and are in a better position than before, With respect to the rest of the population, there is something new There is a great stream of sympathy for the ideas of the Soviet power from among the intel- ligenzia, lower and higher alike, and from every class of the student youth, not only among our own ranks, but from the ranks of other classes, This is the new element characterizing the present moment, for this was not the case two or three years ago. Necessary Co-Operation. It possesses one extremely positive side, These are people who can set our schools upon their feet; the scholars can lend positive aid to our higher educational establishments, and can do much towards the solu- tion, of that problem raised by Com- rade Trotsky in his letter to the savants: It is war which rules chem- istry and aviation, Our positive gain lies in the fact that we obtain the support of cul- tured and semi-cultured strata which can bring us that which we are lack- ing. nd the attendant minus is that we shall be enveloped in the predominately petty bourgeois influ- ences of these strata, which wili take effect upon our party thru a thous- and channels unseen except to the most watchful observer. But we are Marxists ,and we must be able to observe phenomena at the very moment when their germ is beginning to break the outer husk. We point out these new phenomena to you, and say to you: here is a fresh stream of mass sympathy from the intelligenzia, from the student youth, from the teachers; this sympathy bears witness of our strength; accept it and utilize it for our purposes and tasks. But do not forget that it possesses its nega- tive aspects. Be on your guard, I am of the opinion that we must not permit the discussion now start- ed to assume the forms of that dis- cussion before the Party Congress, when Comrade Lenin was obliged to write that the Party had been at- tacked by a fever, and that the tem- pearture must be lowered. We can no longer allow ourselves this luxury. Inner Party Democracy: In the first place it is entirely un- necessary; resolutions on the question of the intensification of Party work and the inner Party democracy—unanimous isd courageously into actual prac- ice, must be done will be resolved upon and put into execution without de-| lay. cannot allow our-! we shall pass matured resolutions, We shall put the workers’ democ- Everything which can and And we selves this luxury, in the second place, because the international sit- uation is full of tension and respon- sibility. Each week may bring fresh surprises. The White Guard press is naturally seizing eagerly upon our discussion, Surprises may await us in the in- ternational situation. This must not be forgotten. And then we have the inner Party question. At the time before the Tenth Congress we seri- ously pushed the matter to an ex- treme. But at that time we had some one whose opinion was absolutely decisive for the whole Party. This was Comrade Lenin. At the present time Comrade Lenin is still so ill that he cannot take any part in our discussion. This throws an even heavier responsibility upon the rest of us, The Central of our Party, which is composed of a group of Comrade Lenin’s scholars, has to make tke most responsible decisions. At pres- ent it is only possible for the Cen- tral to work, to carry out responsible functions, to alter the course when circumstances require it, to remove evils in the Party, and to maneuver on the international front, when it is conscious of possessing the full- est confidence of the decisive fun- damental strata of our Party. Importance of Central. We can and will, accomplish the realization of the principle of elec- tion. We must effect a number of improvements in the spheres of trade union and economic work, and correct a number of mistakes. Our Party Central must remain the army staff of the Party. It is only such a staff which is capable of ‘lead- ing the Party during the period of proletarian dictatorship. Here we must consider everything twenty times before acting; every decision must be accorded the most careful thought, and then finally made with that maximum of deter- mination and that maximum of unanimity which is characteristic of our organization. WORKEDS UNG WORKERS LEAGUE Y. W. L.-to Consider after the Congress of the Communist International. The next Congress of the YCI will held in September of this year, ;and that would put the next Young Workers’ League convention in Jan- uary. It is very evident that some sort of national gathering should be ;held before that in order to benefit j from the experience of our various districts. To those who have studied the rroblems of the working youth in the United States, it is unquestion- |ed that there is no need for chang- \ing the policies of the YWL. There ‘is much need for detailed enlarge- jment of the work; for specific dis- cussion of local problems and the application of natidhal policies in the |many different sections of the coun- try. The districts must be brovght closer to the national organization. | Especially does the shop nuclei word need clarification on the basis o experience, The proposed conference is ex- pected to jump right into the real tasks of the YWL. The representa- tion will be somewhat smaller than a convention, which lends itself better to detailed work. More articles wi appear from time to time on the coming YWL conference. Young American Officers Grossly Mistreat 6 Haitian Editors NEW YORK, March 16.—The Na- tional Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, teday made public a letter from Le Temps, a daily newspaper of Port au Prince, Haiti, in which it is charged that American officers hh! jmistreated imprisoned Haitian edi- tors. “4 The letter, written by H. Bert- rier Haitien charges that Lieu- tenants Johnson and Edwards, chief and assistant chief, respectfully, of the American military prison, had entered the cells of Messra, J. Joli- bois, Jr., Guerin, Pierre Paul, Petit, || Savain, and Lemaire, and had forced these gentlemen to strip naked Furthermore, that these editors had been forced to spend entire days un- sheltered in the full sunlight. H. The Tale of a Ship. BALTIMORE, Md., March 16.—A tale of a ship which had been bat- tered by storms for three days sud- denly turning over and going down with her captain lashed to the bridge, her engineer and his assistants down in the hull and the crew scrambling for the boats, was told by 10 sur- vivors of the Ward liner “Santiago” when they arrived here recently. UCCESS ‘Trial Subscription Goupon Enclosed please find $1.00 for two | months subscription to THE DAI- | LY WORKER to be sent to: Berthoumieux’s letter is published in Le Temps of Feb. 20, 1924. Tron Workers Win $1.50 An Hour. ST. LOUIS, March 16,-~Structural iron workers are the latest craft to win the scale of $1.50 an hour for which local building trades are striv- ing. Wages are increased 25 cents an hour. Sheet metal workers are negotiating, with good prospects for {2 early settlement. Protect the Foreign Born! State se+eesmore trial Yl try to secure Please send me sub, coupons, | more trial subs. | THIS OFFER GOOD ONLY UNTIL JUNE 15, 1924, | No agents commissions given on | trial subscriptions. —=—=—S Zinoviev’s Speech to Leningrad Communists'TOBACCO LORDS | | | I | MADE GREATEST | PROFITS IN 1923 iR. J. Reynolds Happy| At $23,039,876 By LELAND OLDS. (Staff Correspondent of the Federated Press) Profits of $28,039,876 made by the Reynolds Tobacco Co, in 1923 prom- ise common stockholders the largest return in the history of the company. In fact, these profits are the largest ever shown in the history of the in- dustry which fattens on its ability to overstimulate the nicotine habit among the men and women of America. These profits are equivalent, after preferred dividends, to $6.76 a share on the 3,200,000 shares of common stock which have a par value of $25. | This means a return of 27 per cent} for the year. But if we take into account a 200 per cent dividend in 1920 and.a 33 1-3 per cent stock dividend in 1922, it appears that stockholders now hold four shares for every share originally purchased. In. other words, the real rate of profits for 1923 is over 100 per cent. Four Times As Many Fags. The extent to which these huge profits are based on tne increase im the cigarette habit is shown by fig- ures compiled at the U. S. depart- ment of commerce. Four cigarettes were smoked in the United States during 1923 for every one smoked in 1913, Such is the effectiveness of the huge advertising campaigns which aim constantly at increasing the number of cigarettes smoked each year. The number smoked dur- ing 1928 reached the surprising total of 64,450,680,000, while nearly seven billion cigars were consumed. During the year 1921 the coun- try was induced to spend more for cigars and cigaretes than spent for butter and’ sugar combined. Expen- diture on this habit absorbed ap- proximately one-half as much as the entire country spent for the purchase of automobiles and 30 per cent as much as for clothing. The total ex- penditure amounted to $806,748,865. The country’s expenditure for the benefit of cigarette millionaries dur- ing 1923 probably exceeded one bil- lion dollars. Camel King Swelis Profits. Profits of Reynolds have more than doubled since 1919 and have increased eight-fold since 1918. During 11 years this company has rolled up $117,878,212 in profits out of which it has paid cash divi- dends totaling $48,281,250. The re- maining $69,596,962 has been stored up as undivided profit for the benefit of common, stockholders. ou Are Responsible FOR e Daily Worker Work For Plan to Get Sacrifice Fo § by June 15th Send All Subscriptions to 1640 N. HALSTED ST. | CHICAGO, ILL. reemere Tobacco Co. | ubscripfions BE ONE OF THE THOUSANDS WHO ARE HELPING MAKE THE DAILY WORKER GROW BY SELLING SOME OF THE Spur Philadelphia Workers to Fight Vicious Davis Bills (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 16, —The conference called to organ- ize a Council for the Protection of Foreign Born Workers at 521 York Avenue, had forty-two delegates rep- resenting twenty-five. political, frat- ernal and labor organizations. Great indignation Was voiced by the delegates at the proposed bills to further discriminate against the foreign born workers. The union |delegates particularly pointed out that the legislation was aimed at the |trade union movement with the ob- jject of hindering the organization of foreign born workers and eventually crushing the labor movement. A program of action was adopted jand all delegates volunteered to visit labor organizations with the object of pointing out the menacing aspect of these bills and to ask for dele- gates to the Conference. The Res- olution is enclosed. A provisional executive committee was elected consisting of the following delegates: R. Baker—Local No. 159 Int. |Ass’n of Machinists; J, Wackshell— Local No. 1073, Bro, Carpenters and Joiners; H. O. McClurg—Local No. 587, Bro. Painters and Decorators; J. Stemple—Local No. 1039, Bro. Painters and Decorators. A. Bail jwas elected provisional secretary. A motion to endorse the DAILY WORKER for the splendid fight it is ing against these bills, was unanimously carried. 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