The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 4, 1924, Page 5

! Friday, April 4, 1924 THE DAILY WORKER Page Five TRACHTENBERG’S ROCHESTER TALK MUCH APPLAUDED Lectures on Communist Movement in Europe (Special to The Daily Worker) ROCHESTER, N. Y., April 3.— Alexander [rachtenberg, who has recently returned from travels thra Soviet Russia and other parts of Europe where he made a careful study of the European labor and Communist movements, delivered a most instructive lecture on the “In- ternational World Situation.” | The speaker was greatly applauded, The speaker gave special empha- sis to the activities 01 the various European Communist sections of the Comintern. Of Russia, he said: “I left it from the back door but T entéred it from the front door, this time welcomed by the pepresenta- tives of the working clats.” Feel the Revolution, “One feels the revolution the mo- ment he’s there,” continued the speaker. “The working class is ac- tually in pewer and you cannot help feeling it everywhere.” Trachtenberg travelled extensive- ly thru Russia, visiting factories, co-operatives and agricultural sec- tions of the country, gathering sta- tistics and studying the actual con- ditions from that basis. Tells of German Commanists. Describing the revolutionary situ- ation in Germany, ‘Trachtenberg told of the activities of the German Communist Party and explained why the party did not want to call for an uprising m November last. One of the reasuns given by the speaker was the betrayal of the left social- democrats, ‘In time of. crisis,” he said, “they prove to have no_back- bone.” hey refused to fight the fasclsti_ movement, Comrade Trachtenberg also dis- cussed the situation in Poland, Czecho-Slovakia and France. He concluded the lecture by emphasizing the necessity of American labor building up the American labor movement. and spoke in favor of tthe workers’ independent political action, In_another lecture—this time to the Workers Party membership and sympathizers—he detailed the activ- ities of ouc movement. To prole- ‘tarian party members who partici- pated in the discussion Trachtenberg said that they had no right to criti- cize the Communist Party from without as long as they considered themselves Communists. He spoke in Binghamton and Utiea also, Trachtenberg Tour Friday, April 4, 8 p. m,, East Pittsburgh, Pa., Workers Home, Electric and North Aves. Saturday, April 5, 8 p. m., Pittaburgh, Pa., Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St. Sunday, April 6, 2 p. m., Pittsl » Pa, Motes Temple, Penn Ave, between 6th and Tth Sts. Monday, April 7, 7 p. m., Bentleyville, Pa., Union Hail, center of the village. Tuesday, Ay p. m. Canton, Ohio, Schlobach 1 Market Ave, N. Wednesda: ril 9, Youngstown, Ohio, full dotalls. to r. Thursday, April Hippodrome Hall, High 8t., Friday, April ‘11, 7:30 p.m. Ch Ohio, Labor Temple, 2536 Euclid Ave. Sunday, April 13, 2:30 p. m., Cleveland, Royal Hall, 5217 Woodland. Monday, April 14, 8 p. m. Toledo, Ohio, Labor. Temple, Jefferson and Michigan. Tuesday, April 15, 8 p. m., Detroit, House of the Masses, 2101 Gratiot Ave. Wednesday, April 16, 8 p. m., Detroit, House of the Masses, 2101 Gratiot Ave. (Russian ‘Trade Unions). Thursday, April 17, Grand Rapids, full de- tails to appear later. Friday, April 18, Chicago, full details to appear later. Saturday, April 19, Milwaukee, full details to appear later. Gary, Ind., fall details Sunday, April 20, to appear later. Oklahoma Farmer- Labor Convention _ Will Be Held in May (By The Federated Press) OKLAHOMA CITY, April 3.—Call | ,, for a state convention to be held May 9-19 in Oklahoma City to Jaunch a Farmer-Labor Party in Oklahoma has been sent out from a committee of 50 farmers and ci men and wemen which met Marc! 27 at a Farmers’ Union unity house six miles from Oklahoma City. ‘Tie call adopted follows that is- sted by the National Farmer-Labor committee on arrangements and sets forth the aims of the movement to send delegates to the St. Paul convention June 17 and to put out a complete ticket in Oklahoma for the August primaries. A law recently passed in Uilahoma provides that a new ney, may be launched by the filing of petitions bearing 5,000 signatures, Being the conclusion of the re- port given by Comrade Gregory Zinoviev, chairman of the Commun- ist International, at the city meet- ing of the Collective Bureaus of the Leningrad, Communist Party Organization, ee 6 X. The. “Old Guard” and the Youth UR next difference of opinion with Comrade Trotzky refers to that passage in his article in which he says: “A degeneration of the ‘Old Guard’ is to be opserved several times in the development of history. Let us take the most recent and most striking historical example: The leaders and the parties of the Second International. “We know perfectly well that Wilhelm Lienknecht, Bebel, Singer, Victor Adler, Kautsky, Bernstein, Lafargue, Guesde and others have been direct and immediate disciples of Marx and Engels. We know, however,. that all these leaders— some partially, others totally—have, in the atmosphere of parliamentary reform and of the strong growth of the party and trade unions appara- tus, degenerated towards opportun- ism.” Bebel, Lafargue and other dead leaders, who cannot defend them- selves, are simply cited to point a moral; it was hardiy possible to name the members cf the Political Bureau, and therefore Bebel, La. fargue and others are adduced, This is clear to each and everyone. And {which disciples are meant is equally clear. « Why This Attack? Comrade ‘rotzky steps forwards and says: “You are the immediate disciples o% Lenin; the disciples of Marx went over to the side of the bourgeoisis under the influence of parliamentary conditions, from which we may conclude that the same may happen to you.” Of course we can- not take a patent preventative that nothing of the kind could ever hap- pen to us. Should that which Com- rade Trotzky is frightening us with really occur, the Party will turn us out ruthlessly enough. But what has really happened to us? Of all the persons adduced by Comrade Trotzky, the only ones still living sre Kautsky and Bern- stein, and these too are mere politi- cal corpses adorning the very ex- treme right wing of the Scheide- mann party, altho they are both disciples of Marx and Engels. !t is with these. that we are compared, and the comparison is drawn in the hope that a shadow will thus be cast on the political trend ‘of the ma- Reader Likes The Daily Worker and Offers Suggestions To the DAILY WORKER: Since the appearance of the DAILY WORKER I have read every copy of it, and I like it very much. At last the working class of this country has succeeded in establishing a real English Communist paper. I went a little further and tried to find out what the other readers of the DAILY WORKER think about it, and so far I haves not met a single person who had not expressed complete approval of the paper. In the DAILY WORKER the work- ers and poor farmers have their friend, their leader and their inspira- tion. Now it is up to the members of the Workers Party and their s: pathizers to distribute it, to place it into the hands of the masses. The DAILY WORKER must be read by hundreds of thousands of workers and exploited farmers. It is their paper, and if they will not read it, we will be blamed because we didn’t reach them with the DAILY WORK- ER. I am absolutely cohvinced that if we work with the same zeal in the ribution of the DAILY WORKER as we have worked in collecting money for its establishment, the DAILY WORKER will soon become a great factor in the class struggle of this country. Tho in complete agreement with the position of the DAILY WORKER I would like, however, to make one uggestion as to its contents. I think it would be very beneficial to the paper and to its readers if the DAILY WORKER would have a “Press Review” section. I don’t mean the kind of a review that is usually carried by the English papers, ich contains only long extracts, quotations or reprints from the other pers and magazines. The “Press yk id section should be a lively one and interesting and it is impossible tions or reprints. hat we have to do in this section is to take fund: mental ideas from editorials, or a ticles of ain Perea Lr gr papers or of o' organs 0! ec or political parti: if tence or two, ‘aph, and either criti- riefly as possible or sary by quoting or even a cize them as to make it so by using long quota-|the y jority of the Central Committee, The rule of the bourgeoisie and parliament spoils people. That is true. But fortunately these ele- ments do not obtain amongst us, and our past #s cleaner than that of Kautsky and Bernstein, and we are carved from anotner wood al. together ... The third passage in Comrade Trotzky’s ‘etter which calls for spe- cial objections on our part is that in which ie speaks of the youth. This is un especially wide and deli- cate question, and cannot be passed over in silence, The Youth. Comrade ‘Trotzky expresses him- self as follows; “Since the Party apparatus is unavoidably constituted out of the most experienced and proved comrades, the worst conse- quences of the bureaucratism of the apparatus will be its influence on the ideological-political formation of the young generation of the Party. It is precisely owing to this cireura- stance that the youth—the surest barometer of the Party—reacts against the Party bureaucratism in the most energetic manner,” In other words, the question dealt with is that of the Party generations, of the fundamental core—the old Bol- shevist guard and the Youth. I have already quoted the main figures referring to the various ages represented among Party members We are fully convinced that there are no differences of opinion between us and our young guard, and that there cannot be any. In_no case must we permit the old Bolsheviki to hold the young in tutelage. This would be the most foolish thing which could be done. It is ridiculous to suppose that we could act in the manner of those people who say: the chicken must not try to teach the hen: listen to what your elders say, do as pana and mamma tell you; for we are the disciples of Comrade Lenin, and know that, given like conditions, the rule is valid which says: the younger the better. Room for Marxian Knowledge. We know that the Jay must come when we shall be relieved of our posts, that we old Communists will be followed by the coming genera- tion. It is incumbent on us to help this younger generation, to transmit to it the political experience gained by the Party during long decades It is the task of the Party to prepare the way for the coming generation, to give it the opportunity of learn- ing, so that it may be able to ren- der service to the country later on I recall to your minds the dema- gogic observation made by Preobra- zensky, to the effect thar the stud- ents who had passed thru the Sverd. lov university gain culture and Marxian knowledge, but that this knowledge is of no use to them if they cannot apply it to real life, We know that all the nest of the Sverdloy svhelars and students of our universities hold circles, and participate in Party work. And it is well that they do so! But to assert that there is no room in our country for the appli. cation of Merxian knowledge, in 4 country where we have so many il- literates and politically untaught; to assert to the youthful members that they will never be able to apply their knowledge, for the Party pre- vents them—that is bad demogogy, corarades, When Comrade #roebrazenshy makes such assertions, it is at least incautious of Comrade Trotzky to make the observation which he does with regard to the youth, especially if we consider the circumstances under which he makes it. Another Trotzky Mistake. Comrade Trotzky makes another grave mistake here. It is not cor- rect to regard this youth ag a baro- meter which the Central Committee has to take as rule of conduct. The barometer according to which the Central Committee has to regulate its actions 1s—the workers in the workshops and factories. It ig not our intention to depraviate the value of the other groups in the least, But if we are speaking of who is the “weather maker” for the Party, then it ig a matter of course that this role is played hy the workers. We seek these workmen alike, in the nuclei and at their work. The youth question has become particularly acute at the present time and we ryust come to a definite agreement. Should anyone succeed in erecting a partition between the main core of the Pirty and the youth, this partition would naturally be a great misfortune for us. We are, therefore, convinced that the overwhelming majerity of the really proletarian youth, now learn- ing under the guidance of the Party, will discern the intrinsic characte of our differences of cpinion, and will say to the praisers of youth: Do not praise us too much, we are not going to allow ourselves to be di- vided from the old fundamental core of the Party. We want to learn from the old main core of the Boi- shevist Party. I think that the great majority of the youthful mem- bers will speak thus, and they will be right. Party Membership, Attention! RESENT situation of the Workers Party in the struggle frida fecmution of a mass, class Farmer-Labor Party will be presented to the membership of the party in a series of membership eet in the principal cities. The Lavenevacent of the Farmer-Labor movement requires the mobilization of the entire party for an intensive campaign during the important that ever; party is trying to tarian Dictatorship. The meetings arranged are: Cleveland, Sunday, April 6, Euclid Ave. 431 Pine St. 142 Second Ave. Boston, Thursday, April 10. Buffalo, Saturda: Chicago, Tuesday, April 22. meetings. come to the meetings. use them for emphasizing our point of view, if such editorials or articles agree with our position on some par- ticular question. I did like the criti- cism of the “New Leader” of New York, which occurred in the DAILY WORKER sometime ago, and also Comrade Minor’s criticism of ‘The Tribune,” but I think that they are entirely too lengthy, too many un- necessary words. You cannot make readers read such long articles, and the “Press Review” section must be read and liked by the majority. In making this suggestion I am not sure whether it is in pl: But hav- ing at heart the best interests of our DAILY, I thought I will mention the things that are on my mind. ‘ith Communist greetings, I re- main.—A. Bimba, Brooklyn, N, Y. nited front movement for the Farmer-Labor re Sraniie for the Proletarian Revolution, the Soviets resent the situation to the membership m hive bice atonal in the district headquarters city of eight districts, which will be attended by the members in these cities and also by comrades invited from the nearby cities. addressed by C. E. Ruthenberg, Executive His subject will be “The Decisive Stage of tisburg, Monday, April 7, 8 p. m., Labor Lyceum, Pullgdaiotia, Tuesday, ‘April 8, 8 p. m., Amalgamated Centre, New York City, Wednesday, April 9, 8 p. m., i ths. It is essential that every party member not only. an ig Tiggaonsce 0B the greatest muapent voter but it is equally iber of the party 0. The whole party must understand the role know exactly what the plays Prole- meetings These meetings will be Secretary of the Party. our Labor Party Policy”. at 3 p. m., Labor Temple, 2536 35 Miller St. Stuyvesant Casino, April 12, Finnish Hall, 150 Grider St. Detroit, Sunday, April 13, Finnish Hall, 5963 Fourteenth St. Ev ember in the cities mentioned should attend these wolf Gray wry member within reach of these cities should Party must know and understand the policies of the Central Recoative Couiliees. The Party must mobilize all its strength for the campaign which the Party is now entering. < Reverse Decisions. SACRAMENTO, Calif, April. 3. —The third district court of appeals has reversed the convictions of Al- fred Erickson and Lauri Mammi on etiminal syndicalism charges, while affirming the convictions of Frank Cox, R. Kullman and C. E. McGrath. The court claims membership in the I. W. W. was “not proved” in the cases of Erickson and Mammi. Membership was freely admitted in all cases and the contradictory de- cisions are @ rai decisions against Cox, Kullman, and McGrath will be appealed to the state supreme court. them to subscribe today. A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN many, ely arbitrary. The 000 How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of The Struggle Within the Russian Party X. Conclusion. I have riot touched upon every point of dispute which might arise from Comrade ‘Trotzky’s article, His article is one which is not easily for- gotten. In the old Bolshevist days we should have placed every sen- tence under the magnifying glass, and not left one stone upon another, as Bolshevism was accustomed to treat wrong programmatic articles, We regret that Comrade Trotzky should have violated the unanimity once arrived at by.the unanimously accepted resolution of the Central Committee, and should kave come forward with such an article. This article will be debated and re-debat- ed everywhere. A discussion nas begun all over Ru: But everything has its good side. ‘The whole Party, includ- ing our Petrograd organization, wi consider the questions raised in th article, I hope that our organization will give a clear and definite reply to these questions. i The composition of the Central Committee cof our Party is well known to you; you know that it is the pick of the Party, sifted out 25 years ago. The whole’ Central Com- mittee is agreed now even more than in Lenin’s time, that Comrade Trotzky is still committing a fundi- mental political error, as he did at the Tenth’ Party Congress, when Comrade Lenin was obliged to op- pose him. No Danger To Party. Put it need not be snid that how- ever much we may di in opia on from Comrade Trotzky in a number of questions, Comrvis Trotzk, is and remains one of our most author- itative leaders. Whatever comes, Comrade Trotzky’s co-operation in the Political Bureau and other or- gans fg indispensahle. And this is secured. Do not believe any rur:rs, legends, ete. Thre have been dif- ferences of opinion, and always will bs. The Party will .-cide who is right, but we shail sontinue to work unanimously togetigr ~ We must make careful decisions on all questions raised, and pay no heed to the malicious joy of our enemies the social revolutionists, the white guards, the Mensheviki. We are fully convinced that the unity of. our Party is secure. Naturally, we need more than mere external unity, we need unity on the basis of Lenin’s views. I call upon our Petrograd organization—the oldest organization cf the Bolsheviki to exercise this unity! German Mark May Take Another Crazy Fit Before Long By LOUIS P. LOCHNER. (Staff Correspondent of the Federated Press) BERLIN, April 3—From a psy- chological point of view, one of the most curious phenomena in Germany is the stabilization uf the mark. A terrific drop is predicted, however, by experts. Where four months ugo the least desired form of money in Germany was the mark, while for- eign exchanges were at 1 premium, the reverse is true today. People actually prefer the rentenmark to the British pound, the Dutch florin, the Swiss franc. Only the dcllar enjoys equal favor with the renten- mark, How did this change come about? It is purely a question cf psychol- ogy. The German people have been psychologized into believing that | stabilization has taken place, That’s j all. “Balance your budget and stop the issuance of paper money,” was the answer given by practically all foreign experts who tinkered with Germany, when asked now stabiliza- tion could he effected, Becoming Expert Mathematicans. But the budget has not been bal- anced and the presses have not stopped turning out paper money. Nid gap between income and expen: re of the national government is worse than at any time before the fall of 1922. During February the national treasury ran behind 138,- 500,000 gold marks (about $3,300,- 000). This is due to the fact that the return from the new tax laws is noti as big as the government hoped. The rich fellows are, as usual, e@caping some of the tax burdens. As for paper money, while on Nov. 15, just before the stabili- zation began, 92,384,721,000,900,- 000,000 paper marks were in cireu- lation, there are now six times as namely 587,374,526,000,000,- 000) narks in circulation. Richard Kuczynsii, one of the ablest economists in Germany, warns that: “A stability that does not rest 'upon sound state finances but draws its chief sustenance from emotion, from the confidence of a peopic that [has grown weary thru terrible suf- fering, cannot last lorg.” Kuz- cynski urges a big foreign loan, Retired Admiral Wants Airplane. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 3.— Declaring that “the airplane is the only milita) and naval weapon which is useful in peace times,” and that therefore a few hundred mil- lion dollars spent on airplanes for war purposes would also aid peace development, Admiral W. F. Full- proposed to organize a aeronautic association which will get the government to come thru with the coin. Inasmuch as these planes will not be used for ‘war purposes until war comes, Ad- miral Fullman states that the paci- fists in congress could not object to the cost of an “America first” air ELECTRIC TRUST PROFIT FOR 1923 IS $189,379,050 Government In Fake Sherman Law Suit | By LELAND OLDS. (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Existence of.a giant electric light lions of electric light users in the jcountry, is charged in a suit filed by the U government in the Cleve- The bill charges the General Electric Co, and the Westinghouse Electric Manufac- turing Co, with conspiracy to violate the Sherman anti-trust law. The profits of these two com- panies, have been enormous. During 1928 General Electric made a net profit for dividends amounting to ap- proximately ,000,000 or at the rate of $18 on every $100 share of common stock. $189,379,050 Profit. Westinghouse will show net profit available for dividends approximately $16,000,000 or at a rate of $18.30 on each $100 worth of common stock, ‘The combined profits of the two com- panies for the last five years totel ict court. fixed charges, and are shown year by year as follows: Gen. Electric Westinghouse 2 Total. .$128,094,090 284,960 Profits of General Electric, the principal in the electric light bulb conspiracy, show hardly any diminu- tion during the depression of 1921. General Electric, according to the government's suit, controls practical- the entire sale of tungsten lamps the United States. This means that a single great corporation is in a position to levy a monopoly profit on practically every user of elec- tricity for lighting purposes in the country, for during 1923 approxi- mately 99.8 per cent of the electric bulbs used were tungsten filaments, Million Bulbs A Day. The magnitude of the business is apparent when we find that during 1923, 341,000,000 electric light bulbs were manufactured in the United States or more than a million for every working day. And the fact that only,30 per cent of the nation’s homes are yet equipped with electric lights leads these companies to pre- dict @ continuation of the rapid in- crease in the business which has characterized recent years. The government’s petition de- mands that a system of contracts ex- isting between the General Electric and the several companies engaged in distribution of the lamps be adjudged a violation of the Sherman anti-trust law and that they be annulled. It asserts this contract system has been created for defeating the law by ‘preventing competition. The busi- ness probably amounts to $50,000,- 000 a year. Capitalism Drives To Suicide, Show Insurance Records (By The Federated Press) Death claims paid for suicides during 1923 by one of the largest insurance companies in the country indicate that the present economic order is becoming increasingly intol- erable to the human beings for whom it is supposed to exist. cide claims paid by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company amounted to $1,300,000 and exceeded by ap- proximately $150,000 the payments by the company for deaths caused by automobile accidents during the | same period, | “The prevention of self destruc. tion,” according to the statistical bulletin of the company, “is one of the major problems in the conserva- tion of life.” Such a sentence might have been written in Rome 2,000 years ago when the Mediterranean world was dominated by a small clique of very wealthy capitalists. BURNS MUST GO! How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. INE; If they psa tated, Inflamed or bulb trust which preys on the mil-| $189,379,050 after payment of all| 1919 ....$25,077,971 $14,886,445 1920 .... 2,288 12,297,640 | 1921 .... 21,652,812 5,837,389 | 1922 .... 26,281,019 2,263,486 | 1923 .... 33,000,000 16,000,000 Sui. | Spokane Workers To Elect Delegates To Big Convention | | SPOKANE, | gates to th | the Farn: | held in | named | Fan movement to be June 17 will be Ae recently organized abor club of Spokane, The 1 meeting of 50 nmem- J. A. Vaughan, of the of Locomotive Engin- man of the club while former editor of the | David Re ary. Willis Western }'ro; | the. principal In California, SAN FRANCISCO, April 3— The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and | Butcher Workmen headquarters has asked its members to keep out of California, as there are more butch-+ ers here now than jobs. IMPEACH COOLIDGE! HUNGARIAN RESTAURANT 215 S. Halsted Street WM. FRIEDMAN CO. PROP. MEETING PLACE FOR THE NEEDLE WORKERS Strictly Home Cooking and Baking | Res. 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