The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 30, 1924, Page 5

Wednesday, April 30, 1924 American Dollar Diplomacy in Action Article Vil. Role of Aristocracy. The labor aristocracy, the upper crust of the skilled section of the working class, has in America, as in other imperialist capitalist countries, become an integral part of the entire machinery of our ruling class. This small group of our working class. is developing more and more a tangible economic interest in the maintenance and the perpetuation of American financial, commercial and military supremacy in colonial countries, new markets and new spheres of influence. The handful of highly skilled workers are being wedded to the highhanded imperialist plans of looting the weak- er countries. This layer of the work- ing class is sharing in the advantages reaped by the monopolists at the ex- pense of the rest of the workers at home and the colonial and weaker peoples abroad. ‘Thus we find that the officlaldom of the American Federation of Labor speaking primarily for the upper crust of our working class, has turned a deaf ear to the cries of the nations oppressed by the Wall Street govern- ment. Upon his return from his latest visit to Panama. in January, 1924, Mr. Samuel Gompers was emphatic in his description of the conditions in Haiti as satisfactory. Mr. Gompers handed out, this endorsement of American domination of Haiti despite the fact that the behavior of the military and naval agents of Wall ‘Street in Haiti is notorious for its brutality even in the history of American imperialism which is replete with practices of cruelty and utter disregard for the wishes and aspirations of the weaker peoples under its yoke. After months of agitation by the Communists the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor was compelled to take notice of the serious crisis prevailing in the Philip- pines because of the resistance of the native masses to the domination of American capital. In taking notice of this giant struggle against Yankee imperialism in the Far East, the ex- ecutive council was primarily con- cerned with the fact that “many of the products of the Philippine Islands come into the states, duty free, in direct competition with the higher paid workingmen and women of the mainland, thus making it practically impossible for employes and inde- pendent manufacturers to meet com- petition.” In its half-hearted endorse- ment of the Philippine independence movement, an endorsement which was adopted at an executive session of the council on February 15, 1924, the American Federation of Labor bureaucracy took no steps to solidify the ranks of the Filipino and Ameri- can workers and to unite in a common struggle against their common enemy in the fight for complete freedom from economic exploitation and po- litical oppression. When the reactionary German in- dustrialist group, hiding behind the cloak of the traitorous social democ- racy, was menaced by the hungry German masses the Dxecutive Coun- cil of the American Federation of Labor issued an appeal ostensibly for the relief of the German working magses, but actually for the salvaging of the capitalist dictatorship then threatened with ruin. The Hxecutive Council of the American Federation of Labor has persistently fought all attempts at drawing the American trade union movement into the fold of even the faintest form of interna- tional working class action. The yel- low Amsterdam International has proved too red for Gompers and his agents. However, the labor interna- tional of the League of Nations and the International Chamber of Com- merce at Rome have not been black enough for Mr. Gompers who has for- mally co-operated with these capital- ist institutions in sundry ways. Evidence that the highly skilled labor aristocracy is more and more developing a vested interest in the imperialist capitalist system is multi- plying. An examination of recent tendencies in the trade union move- ment amongst skilled workers to- wards labor banking affords painful- ly striking proof of this truth. With- out getting into a discussion at this point about the merits and demerits of labor banking for the working class in its struggle with the capi- talists, one need but cite the follow- ing pertinent authoritative remark which characterizes fundamentally the growing vested interest that the up- per crust: of our working class is de- veloping in the imperialist order. We quote the following: “When a wage earner invests some of his earnings in the busi- ness enterprise in which he, him- self, is employed, he becomes a bet- ter workman, he takes a new in- terest in the business; he feels that he has a stake in it which is more important than the weekly pay en- velope. And when’a man gets this feeling, he settles down and be- comes dependable. For he comes to feel that he also has a part in the prosperity and progress of the country which places upon him the jobligation of industry, of thrift, and of good citizenship!’ (Bold face ours.) This eulogy of labor banking, un- masking the true character of labor banking and its dangers to the work- ing class movement in the imperial- ist stage of capitalism, is not taken from some such big business organs as the Wall Street Journal, the Fin- ancial and Commercial Chronicle, the Nation’s Business, or American In- dustries. The quotation is taken di- rectly from a pamphlet published by the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers entitled “Making Millions Out RM eee Richard Boeckel, author of “Labor Banking,” and one of the most noted students of this phase of our trade union movement, in an article cap- tioned “Our Revolution at Home,” in the April, 1924, issue of the Forum makes the following significant state- ments: at Bin LES i I PE SEEM Die LN SE SE US NE aR NERO NCO SR nD IS Tia eNO Bic Ree nl POR SPS AE tt ad PN “One of the first transactions of the Brotherhood Investment Co, was the purchase for the Brotherhood of a third interest in the Empire Trust Compapy of New York, a $60,000,000 financial institution. At the same time the purchase was made, the Brother- hood secured an option on the re- maining shares necessary to control the bank. Two officials of the Brother- hood will complete purchases under its option and assume full control of the bank in June of. this year. It is interesting to note that the Empire Trust Company is given in a pamphlet, ‘The Capitalist Press—Who Owns It and Why’ re- cently issued by the British Labor Party as the holder of ‘587 shares of more than half of the total capital’ of the Central News Limited, of Lon- don, one of the largest European news agencies.” (Bold face ours.) It may seem strange to the observer at first sight to learn that the Cen- tral News Agency was one of the most energetic propagandists for the last World War and is today a bitter enemy of all working class move- ments in Europe. The following two statements taken from authoritative spokesmen of the biggest capitalist groups in the coun- try,, commenting on another financial venture of our trade union bankers, are most instructive. We quote: Financial & Commercial Chroni- cle, March 29, 1924: “Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Co-opera- tive National Bank participates in offering of International Great Northern Railroad Bonds. An offer- ing yesterday (March 28) of $3,500,- 000 6 per cent gold bonds of the International Great Northern Rail- road’ Company jointly by the Na- tional City Company of New York and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Co-operative National Bank of Cleveland represents the first financing on a large scale to be participated in by so-called capi- tal and labor banking institutions. The offering does not involve any new financing by the railroad, or any increase in the amount of bonds outstanding, the bonds having been purchased from Speyer & Company, and J. & W. Seligman & Company, and thus consist of a block of bonds owned by the bankers, With re- spect to this week’s joint offering it is pointed out as significant that the largest bank in the country, representing the biggest aggrega- tion of commercial, industrial and financial interests in the United States, is willing to hold out its hand and join forces with labor,in a constructive attempt to create more harmonious relationships be- tween the two elements.” (Bold face ours.) New York Tribune, March 27, 1924. “This is the first public ap- pearance of the Brotherhood Bank in connection with the floatation of securities by a Wall Street invest- ment house, altho it has handled local issues in Cleveland and has had a ‘silent’ participation in many SECRETARY OF WAR WEEKS TO HAVE BURNS FINK SPY ON SESSIONS OF WOMENS’ COMING PEACE MEET By LAURENCE TODD. (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 29.—Captain Grenfell, press agent for Secretary of ‘War Weeks, denies on behalf of his chief, the‘ report that the war and state departments, assisted by Wil- liam J. Burns’ staff of detectives, are to “place under surveillance” the con- gress of‘ the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, which will be in session here during the first week of May. Miss Jane Addams is to preside over the sessions, and women from 30 countries are to take part, Sen. Borah, Sen. Owen and Sen. Shipstead, as well as Bertrand Rus- sell, will be among the speakers. The report made to the arrangements com- mittee was that the Coolidge adminis- tration was behind the demonstration now being arranged by the Daughters of 1912 and other super-patriotic groups, to prevent the holding of the sessions here aid the moving of the special train which is to carry the de- legates to Chicago afterward. Secretary Hughes joins in the dis- claimer that the women's congress, which will discuss A New World Or- der, and will propose plans for bring- ing about peace in both hemisphere: is under the of his department. Capt. Grenfell declines to express any sympathy with the exercise of the right of free speech and assemblag to prevent certain of the speakers on our agenda from addressing the con- but says the war department is keep- ing its hands off. * To Stop Speakers. “Our information,” says the formal statement issued by Miss Amy Woods, national representative of the W. I. L., “is that the government intends vention. The espionage contemplated by the government, while perhaps an- noying to those of us who may be favored with the attendance of detec- tives, is of minor interest. We merely suggest that the resources of the gov- ernment, and the money of taxpayers, might conceivably be disbursed more usefully. “When it is proposed, however, to prevent speakers from addressing the convention, we approach a different matter, namely the question of our freedom of speech that is theoretically guaranteed by the constitution. We believe there is no law permitting such action, and we demand to know under what authority in law the pro- posed action is to be taken against “Give ’Em Hell.” Miss Woods misses the whole point; which is that European delegates, seeking to create a peace sentiment and a peach program, are suspected. If they come from the continent, they UNCLE WIGGLY’S TRICKS MITA THE DAILY WORKER By JAY LOVESTONE, ] of the large issues recently. The fact that, in its bow to the invest- ing public, The Brotherhood Bank was associated with the National City Company, the investment branch of the largest financial in- stitution in the United States, was regarded as of particular signifi- cance, The offering will be con- ducted by the Brotherhood Bank in precisely the same way as that em- ployed by the non-labor banking firms and institutions, subscriptions being filled in the order received, regardless -of their source. The Bank will, however, circularize the members of the Brotherhood in an effort to dispose of the bonds, this being the first occasion when it has ever offered railroad securities to its members, The officials of the bank are opposed to part payment plans on the theory that a man who cannot pay in full for a $100 bond should keep his money in the sav- ings bank, and no arrangement of this kind will be adopted to facili- tate subscriptions by members, “In connection with the offering, it became known yesterday that the Brotherhood Bank, the oldest and strongest of the labor banks in this country, only recently has turned its attention to railroad bonds. It has previously purchased these for investment purposes, but today will mark initial recommen- dation of such securities of plans for expansion made some weeks ago by the inVestment company thru which the various Brotherhood Banks are linked up. Wall Street bankers, while frankly inclined to view the new alliance in the invest ment banking field with the Broth- erhood institution as in the nature of an experiment, were ready to admit that if successful, it would open up tremendous possibilities for future development. The enter- prise is regarded as demonstrating that the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers is in the banking business on substantially the same basis as other financial interests, and that it is seeking to branch out into all fields where sound practice offers a profit. “Aside from that aspect of the operation the new activity of the Brotherhood is looked on as point- ing to a closer community of inter- est between its members and the railroads, possibly capable of de- velopment at a later date into a movement toward joint capital and labor ownership.” (Bold face ours.) One of the ablest leaders of the employing class of the United States, Mr. Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing di- rector of the War Finance Corpora- this tendency in the labor movement in the following clear manner: “The advent into the ranks of capitalists of labor groups of great importance strength existing in- stitutions and maki for evolu- tionafy as against revolutionary change.” (To Be Concluded Thursday) probably are radicals, and in any case they know a lot about Russia. The Daughters of 1812, the American Leg- ion officialdom, the Hearst papers, the McLean papers and the mob-making press in general have united to save America from thinking about civiliza- tion in terms of peace and human good will. One respectable Jane’ Ad- dams in America is bad enough, from their standpoint, but-to let women of like character and power come here from 30 nations, and encourage each other to work for world peace and A New World Order—well, that is too much to ask, “Give this crowd hell,” was the or- Hearst paper says he received, when assigned to write about the women’s congress. He resigned. Hearts Licks Plutes Boots. Hearst’s abject attitude toward the Melion-Coolidge administration in recent weeks is one of the cynically discussed mysteries of the season. The antiphonal chorus of Hearst and Brisbane sounds the praises of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Presi- ent, and all their acts and tendencies, in strange contrast to the tone which they have maintained over a period of many years. There are bystanders mean enough to say that Hearst has been compelled to take orders—that his recent ambi- tious spreading-out of investments in many cities has caused him to borrow heavily at the banks, and that his pro- posed bond issue is an acknowledg- ment of the burden he has been carry- ing. When the bankers thought they der which a reporter on the local had caught Henry Ford, they discov- ered that he could squeeze $40,000,000 out of his dealers within a few weeks. Hearst canont raise money in that way. Besides, it is easier for him to discover that Coolidge is a nobler statesman than Abraham Lincoln, and that Mellon is the world’s leading phil- anthropist. Watch the Hearst press for boosts, from now on during the campaign, for Mellon, Coolidge, Pershing, Dawes, Weeks, New, Daugherty, Smoot, De- tective Burns and other leading char- acters in the special privilege comedy at Washington. Charge Federal Judge With Many WASHINGTON, D. 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