The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 13, 1924, Page 2

‘ H 5 ¢ 4 4 t 2 ae NON RR or cern ne ANNE Page Two SOCIALIST LOVE . FEAST BEGINS FURRIERS’ MEET Left Wing Will Press Amalgamation Opening session of the Furriers’ convention at the Morrison hotel in Chicago, yesterday, turned out to be more of a socialist party picnic than anything else. This opening session which consist- ed of a program of speaking under the direction of President Morris Kauf- man, opened with Morris himself and followed with Mayor Daniel Hoan of Milwaukee, John Fitzpatrick, presi- dent of the Chicago Federation of La- bor and George Kirkpatrick. Kaufman declared that the union, which had suffered in the post-war period, had rec@vered its original strength; Hoan praised himself and the socialist government of his city, which he said, never cracked strikers on the heads as did other administra- tions; Fitzpatrick welcomed the dele- gates in the name of Chicago labor and Kirkpatrick talked of the solidari- ty of labor. Following this love feast, the real business of the convention will come, —probably beginning today. Left Wing Program. The left wing, which represents the vast majority of the strikers, is rep- resented in the convention in spite of the strong-arm election methods of the administration. it will work at the convention for its program. Amalgamation is vitally needed by the furriers. Their membership of only 10,000 needs the support of the hundreds of thousands of workers in the other needle trades. The class Farmer-Labor Party is vital to its well being also. Its mem- bers have been beaten and slugged during strikes. Recognition of Soviet Russia and other left wing issues will also be pressed. Count Sore Because He Missed Balance Of Millicent’s Cash VIENNA, May 12.—Count Ludwig Salm, husband of Millicent Rogers, sulked here today and refused to talk about his separation from his heiress bride. “I’ve been talking to reporters ever since we arrived in Europe,” the count shouted angrily as he alighted from the Orient express and was met by Ro one save,a delegation newspa- permen who wanted to hear what he had to say about the action of Col. H. M. Rogers in taking Millicent home on the liner France Saturday. Do you want to help the DAILY WORKER? Then get a new sub- scriber. Reverend Gent Plays Stool-Pigeon Role In Longshore Strike By Defense News Servits. SAN FRANCISCO, Cai., may 12.— Fred R. Wedge, clergyman, prize fight- er and member of the University of California’s department of education, entered the ranks of the I. W. W. in 1922 as a spy, according to his own admissions. In an address recently to the Berkeley Rotary club, he said; “I wanted to know the causes which lead men into this revolutionary or- ganization. So I joined the I. W. W., with the knowledge and consent of the federal authorities.” Wedge interpolated himself into the free speech fight on the San Pedro docks last year, making emotional speeches, and finally getting into jail for a few hours. He is writing a book about it all. PICKETING LEGAL, SAYS WAUKEGAN JUDGE TO BOSS Dress Manufacturer Is Denied Injunction THE DAILY WORKER GENERAL STRIKE GREEK’S THREAT TO GOVERNMENT Demand Release Of 250 Communists (Special to The Daily Worker) ATHENS, Greece, May 12.—The Greek Federation of Labor has de- manded that the government release unconditionally the 250 Communists and unionists who were arrested in the May day celebrations. The feder- ation threatens that a general strike will be proclaimed thruout Greece if the “democratic” government does not let the workers out of prison. The military clique which controls the government forbade the workers’ May day meetings and broke them up by force when the workers disregard- ed their orders, A company of “en- gineers” first turned a fire hose stream of water on the various work- ers’ assemblages, and when that. tac- tic failed to intimidate the workers, a company of militia fired. Seventeen casualties were the result, besides the 250 arrests. Communist ideas are spreading rap- idly in Greece. The party blames the government for the May day disturb- ances and calls upon the workers and farmers to close their ranks and WAUKEGAN, Ill, May 12.—Peace-|march together toward their own ful picketing is within the law, de-|class government. clared Judge Edwards of the circuit court at Waukegan yesterday, refus- ing to grant an injunction to Julius Eisenberg, Chicago dress manufactur- er, who is trying to run a scab fac- tory in Waukegan during the present strike. Boss Weeps. Eisenberg broke down in court and cried like a baby, saying that as a free born American citizen he had a right to run his business “open shop.” Judge Edwards replied that the union had a right to peacefully picket his shop. This was Hisenberg’s third attempt to get an injunction from Ed- wards during the present strike. Police Tell the Truth. Policeman Gillis testified and de- clared their business was to enforce order and tell the truth. Eisenberg was greatly nettled at his stand. Nathan Bosen, Waukegan organ- izer, selected for the post from the ranks of the members expelled from the I. L. G. W. U. for their affiliation with the Trade Union Educational league, is in charge of the strike and of the fight against the injunction conspiracy. Sawmills Tied Up by Strike. By Defense News Service. RAYMOND, Wash., May 12.—Seven hundred sawmill workers are on strike here. They are largely I. W. ‘W. members, and walked out in pro- test against a cut of 60 cents from their daily wage. Five mills are af- fected, and 90 per cent of the em- Ployes in those mills are out. Strong picket lines are being maintained. PEORIA CONVENTION OF UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA WILL DISCUSS LIVE PROBLEMS (Continued From Page 1.) under fire from the headquarters of their international union in Indiana- polis with John L. Lewis acting the role of a Benedict Arnold. In those days Frank Farrington, president of District 12, was lined up with Howat against Lewis. There was no name in his, the most up-to-date dictionary of Billingsgate, that Far- rington did not hurl at his foe. In speeches bristling with charges, any one of which, if proven, were enough, not alone to have Lewis expelled from the union, but to’send him to the penitentiary, Farrington ripped Lewis to tatters. He pledged his devotion to the cause of Alexander Howat and promised to carry on the fight until he was reinstated. Then something happened. There was a closer bond between Farrington and Lewis than between Howat and Farrington. Howat is an honest, con- scientious rebel, while both Farring- ton and Lewis are crooks—on their own admission. Both had good rea- sons to bury the hatchet, not in each other’s necks, but in the necks of the progressives in the union. So they joined forces shortly before the Indianapolis convention, where the Howat case was to come up. There Farrington showed himself in his true colors as a traitor and rene- gade. The backbone of the fight for every progressive measure brought up at that convention was the Illinois dele- gation. There were about three hun- dred delegates there representing nearly 100,000 miners—a mighty force, and led by Freeman Thompson, John Watt, Joseph Tumulty, John Hindmarsh and others, they put up a splendid fight. With the exception of the Farrington payrollers, the entire delegation voted against Lewis on ev- ery issue. Once or twice they almost tipped over his machine. Farrington stood by his bargain with Lewis, and received the honor of being appointed chairman of the Scale Committee. Farrington Against Six Hours. "In making his report, Farrington at- tacked those who favored the six-hour work day in the mines, regardless of the fact that he circularized the dis- ‘trict in favor of the si measure several years ago. This was brought i to his attention by members of his own delegation, but the taunt did not Pierce his thick political hide. Far- rington was the only presi@ent at the convention who could not control his own delegation. In electing represen- tatives on the Scale Committee, the Mlinois delegation took the meeting entirely out of the Sands of Farring- ton’s henchmen, elected their own tellers and ran things pretty much as if Mr. Farrington were not in ex- istence. When the Lewis gunmen refused Howat to speak after getting to the platform and over 1,100 delegates vot- ed for a roll call vote on the question of his reinstatement, it was the IIli- nois delegation that gave the leader- ship and the greatest numertcal strength to the meeting held after Lewis walked away without adjourn- ing the convention. The meeting made plans to carry on the fight for the re- instatement of Howat and for progres- sivism rather than reaction in the United Mine Workers of America. Thus the convention that opens to- day in Peoria, is of particular inter- est, not alone to the miners thruout the country, but to every class-con- scious worker in the United States. The miners’ union, once the shock troops of the army of labor in Amer- ica, has lost much of its effective- ness thru the treachery of Lewis and his lieutenants im the district offices. Of these lieutenants, none is more despised than Farrington. A reac- tionary of the worst type, he shame- lessly sold himself to his arch foe and swallowed his hate for John L. Lewis when confronted with the still greater danger to himself and his cap- italist masters, the coming to power in the union of the progressive ele- ments. The delegates of the miners of IIli- nois at the Peoria convention are ex- pected to follow the lead given by the veterans of Kansas and deal another blow to reaction and autocracy in the United Mine Workers of America by taking the appointive power away from the president, voting to back up the reinstatement of Howat and the calling of a special international con- vention to try John L. Lewis for his many crimes against the miners in particuler and the American labor movement in gener*’ PULLMAN BOSSES AGREE T0 MEET WITH STRIKERS (Continued from page 1) consent to take all the strikers back but one, Further backdown of the company to avert continuation of the walkout is expected. The men have again and again sig- nified their loyalty to these strike leaders who are their fellow Pullman workers. One of them, Louis Nelson, has worked 14 years for the com- pany. Marshman Urges “Conservatives.” Marshman, who represents James A. Davis, secretary of labor under the Coolidge administration, advised the strikers to choose “conservatives” to the strike committee and to elect no radicals. Strikers decided that the issues of “conservative” and “radical” were not involved. The thing was to choose men they could trust. Day of Best Solidarity. The beet mass picketing and the best mass meetings in the history of the strike was the answer of Pull- man strikers yesterday morning to the stool pigeon propaganda that the “strike is over” and that the “com- pany has settled it.” Strikers and Workers Party mem- bers were selling the DAILY WORK- ER at every entrance of the great Pullman plant, which stretches along Michigan avenue for half a mile. Meeting a Big Victory. Holding such a big mass meeting— the biggest yet held by the strikers— was in itself a victory. Company stool pigeons had visited every striker’s home, telling each striker that all the others had gone back and that the company was settlIng_ the issues in- volved thru the company union. The strikers showed an understand- ing and class consciousness that they did not possess before the experience and education of the last four weeks of struggle together. Conciliator Amazed. “Manager McLaren of the Pullman company telephoned me this morning that the strike had been settled,” said Marshman after he was introduced. “This doesn’t look like it. When I see 350 men in this hall so early in the morning it looks as tho there stil}, were a strike in Pullman.” Marshman went on to say that he was satisfied the men had something to strike about or they would not be there. Did Pullman Manager Lie? As to the big issue of discrimina- tion against strike leaders, Marshman said McLaren promised him that there would be no discrimination ex- cept of men who had “committed acts of violence.” Since no one has been convicted for any act of violence, it was apparent to the strikers that McLaren was sim- ply seeking an excuse for blacklist- ing active strikers. “Fixing Up.” McLaren promised Marshman that the wage grievances would be “fixed up.” But the mediator advised the men that they knew best just what this “fixing up” meant. Marshman said he waited until Monday to see whether the men real- ly were standing pat. Finding that they were, he was going ahead in the effort to settle the strike, He promised to see the company officials at once and would report again to the strikers. Houses to Cure Slaves, WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.— Solution of the farm labor problem in Massachusetts lies in providing better housing conditions for farm hands and their families, steady employment, and wages on the basis of skill, de- clares the United States Department of Agriculture, Do you want to help the DAILY WORKER? Then get a new sub- scriber, New York Stationary Engineers May Offer Battle To Bosses NEW YORK, May 12.—Unless the New York refrigeration plant owners come to terms by May 15, their 3000 engineers may strike for a $9 day. Hight dollars a day for a 48-hour week is the present wage of the men who are members of locals 20, 56, and 670, International, Union of Steam and Op- erating Engineers, American Federa- tion of Labor, The contract expired May 1. Em- ployers are negotiating but refuse to meet the demands, A.C. W. MEET FACES MANY BIG LABOR QUESTIONS PHILADELPHIA, May 12.—The Russian American Industrial corpora- tion, R. A. I. C. formed by the A. C. W., now in convention here, is a distinct achievement in the field of internation- al solidarity. Facts showing the im- provement in the Russian textile in- dustry which has come with the aid be presented to the convention and there is no doubt that the convention will unanimously continue to support this big international industrial con- cern. Amalgamation will continue to be a big issue. The Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers has already gone on re- cord in favor of concentrating the great needle trades industry both in the men’s and women’s branches and others into one union which can more effectively organize the entire dustry. Big men’s clothing firms, such as Hart, Schaffner & Marx, are now turning out hundreds of ladies’ gar- ments a day. The absurdity of mak- ing union divisions where industrial divisions are ceasing will give im- petus to the demand for one big union in the clothing industry. Endorsement of the great Farmer- Labor convention coming at St. Paul on June 17th is one of the big issues before the conventions. Thousands of delegates from trade unions and farmers organizations will be present at this convention. In New York in Local 2, while the administration looked the other way, the right wingers stole the election and in New York a reactionary, David Wolf, was appointed manager of the Joint Board. in- SOLONS SEEK TO AVOID AN EXTRA SESSION Statesmen Flopping In Legislative Puddle WASHINGTON, May 12.—With ad- journment of congress arranged for four weeks from today, capital lead- ers are groping for a way out of their legislative dilemma in the hope of avoiding an extra session of con- gress. Talk of coming back after the con- vention has again been revived, but party leaders still hold hopes of clean- ing the legislative slate. This week will decide. If President Coolidge vetoes the bonus, immigration or tax bills, which are not to the liking of his masters, then an extra session is cousidered inevitable. Here are how the prospects shape up now: Tax Reduction. House and senate bills got action today with prospect®that the bill finally decided upon cannot be placed before the president for two weeks. The pian is to pass a flat 25 per cent tax reduction all along the line for this year and go to the country in the next campaign if Coolidge vetoes the bill. Farm Relief. The McNary-Haugen and Sinclair- Norris price stabilization bills to be taken up by both senate and house this week with a spirited and per- haps lengthy fight in prospect. Railroads. Senate interstate commerce com- mittee is preparing to report out the Smith resolution declaring agricul- ture a basic industry and instructing the government rate-making commis- sion to lower freight rates on farm products. May be put thru both hous- es at last minute but final outcome is still in doubt. World Court. Seems lodged between the legisla- tive jam in the foreign relations com- mittee. Democratic leaders, however, are planning to bring it arbitrarily to the floor and some kind of a vote on the issue will be forced before ad- journment. Immigration. Conferees report will be passed on by both houses this week and the bill sent to the president. Bonus. Leaders making arrangements to adopt the bill speedily if Coolidge ve- toes it today or tomorrow. of the class conscious workers in the A needle trades industry will ATTACK OF GMAN MACHINEON . MILITANTS CULMINATES IN UNSEATING OF 8 DELEGATES (Continued From Page 1.) This member had himself viciously slandered the highest officials of the union and had urged members of the league to take out an injunction re- straining the union from taking action against them, showing himself to be entirely opposed to the interests of the international. Official Secrets. Hyman accused the officials them- selves of participating in secret con- ferences, citing several instances. One of the vice-presidents of the interna- tional, he claimed, had organized a caucus in Toronto whereby he had been elected as delegate to the con- vention. This statement aroused heat- ed protest from officials, but it quickly subsided when a delegate cried out that he had written proof of the fact. Eva Pasha, a very active member of the union and one of the challenged delegates, took the floor after Sigman. The case against the local was a frame-up intended to cover the pres- gnf, policy of the international of sup- pressing by any and all means dif- ferences of opinion on the labor move- ment. Eva Pascha typifies the worker who has given the best of her energy and enthusiasm to the labor organization to which she belongs; she is a per- sonification of the fearless militant who has that indomitable courage that comes from faith and determina- tion. Her plea carried with the weight of earnest conviction and sincerity. “You want to throw dust in our eyes by the charges of secret meet- ings,” she said to the officials. “But you know and we know that you are after us because of principles in which we believe, but you do not. I have never been a member of the Workers Party or the Trade Union Educational league, but after seeing your tactics, I can promise you that I will be in the future,” The previous question was called for, Points of order were raised from all sides. Demands rang out that the challenged delegates be all given an opportunity of self-defense, Presi- dent Sigman, following out the policy of cutting off discussion begun the day before by Perlstein, ruled the pre- vious question in order. It was put to a vote and carried, The case of Local No, 9 marked the climax in the contesting of delegates, which was part of the expulsion pol- ley adopted by the Sigman adminis- tration against league members or sympathizers. A significant fact revealed in the discussion was that the accused dele- gates from Local No. 9 had never been tried, nor bad the charge of a caucus ever been investigated. For almost three years Local No. 9 FROM LOCAL NO. 9 has been controlled by the progres- sives, who oppose certain policies of the administration, and for almost three years the officials of the inter- national have striven their utmost to bring the local under their own dom- ination. Threats of reorganization have been repeatedly made in an ef- fort to intimidate the local, but these could never be carried out. The pres- ent convention gave the administra- tion the opportunity it had long sought. The convention, it was al- leged by many delegates, was packed with representatives from small town locals which had been artificial- ly created prior to the convention, only for the purpose of getting more votes for the official machine. Freiheit Is Target. A vicious attack upon the Freiheit, official organ of the Jewish federation of the Workers party, was made by leaders of the international. The Freiheit, which exerts a tremendous influence in the Jewish labor move- ment, advocates and agitates for amalgamation, an all-inclusive labor party, recognition of Soviet Russia, and a trade union policy based upon the class struggle. For this reason one of the strong- est counts in the indictments against Local No. 9 was the fact that it ad- vertised in the Freiheit and in other ways gave it financial and moral as- sistance. It was furthermore charged that the local showed its disloyalty to the organization by inviting as speaker to its May day celebration a well- known, active Communist—Juliet Stuart Poyntz. Miss Poyntz was at one time educa- tional director of the international, and very popular amongst the mem- bership, It was noticed that the re- porter for the credentials committee avoided using her name because of this popularity, Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, was present at the conven- tion to extend the greeting of his or- ganization to the international, He made a mild plea for unity in the union, stating that the present differ- ences were merely an incident in the labor movement. In conclusion he pledged the fullest support of the Amalgamated to the workers of the international, Milwaukee Railway Lays Off Many Of Its Workers in Miles City MILES CITY, Mont., May 12.— A large number of employes havé been laid off by the Milwaukee Railroad, especially in the store department, where 17 men were dropped. Little Banks Close; Big German Banks Grab Morgan Coin BERLIN, May 12.—While the So- cial-Democratic reichstag is selling Germany out to Morgan, a slower but more bitter process is going on, ruin- ing the small industrialists and con- sequently bleeding the German work- ers. One after another small banks, speculating in francs, close their doors, at the rate of about one a day. In April alone twenty-eight banks failed, and of them eight “broke” in the last week of the month. In the train of these failures over 125 in- dustrial failures followed in the same month, as compared with only twen- ty-five in February. DENY HALPERIN SEAT IN MEET OF LLG. W.U. (Continued From Page 1.) charge that the left wing movement in this country started in Local 66, after Halperin’s return to this coun- try from Soviet Russia. The credentials committee also recommended the unseating of Mary Rodowell, of Local 100, Chicago. Vice- president Meyer Perlstein stated that Delegate Rodowell had been active in the Chicago dressmakers’ strike, prov- ing her devotion to the union, and should be seated. President Morris Sigman came to the front with a de- nial that “The International” was seeking to suppress difference of opin- ion in “The International.” He charg- ed that all the trouble began with the agitation for amalgamation and the united front. He claimed that the unions are economic and not poli- tical organizations. He claimed that the left wingers want to make the un- ions an industrial arm of a political party; but in the unions there is no Place for politics. The convention sent a cablegram of congratulation to J. Ramsay Mac- Donald, premier of the British labor government. Pankin Praises C. P. P. A. In the effort to head off the class Farmer-Labor Party, which the labor fakers fear, the convention leaders in- troduced Judge Jacob Pankan of New York. This loyal member of the right wing machine sounds a patriotic call for July 4, day of the signing of the De- claration of Independence and the conference for progressive political action. Panken, the socialist, spoke with feeling of the great day on which we were supposed to have gotten our li- berties and begged the delegates to endorse the C. P. P. A. that would meet on that sacred day. Hillquit on Discipline. Morris Hillquit, another C. P. P. A. bellwether, followed Panken. Hillquit lauded the labor fakers who are running the convention, and advised the delegates to submit to their discipline. All this in the name of “unity.” . The convention committees—all of them—are appointed. Even the ap- peals committee is appointed, not elected. This means that the com- mittee which hears the cases of the expelled members from Chicago, Phil- adelphia and the 19 members of Lo-| cal 22, New York, who were removed by official orders, is a Sigman com- mittee. Three members from Local 22 have come to plead their comrades’ cause. Leaflets explaining the T. U. E. L. stand on workers’ united front, the class farmer-labor party, and giving the text of the call for the St. Paul June 17 convention were distributed. Producing Theatre Managers Break Up Their Scab Union (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, May 12.—The minori- ty group of theatrical managers who planned to break the Actors’ Equity Association, ! American Federation of Labor, by a June 1 lockout are out of luck. When the managers who con- trol over 70 per cent of the produc- tions, broke away from the antiunion crowd planning to sign with the union, the diehards marched out their com- pany union, Actors’ Fidelity League. Now even the company union is breaking up. William Faversham was so indig- nant at the unauthorized use of his signature to a statement by Fidelity members attacking the A. F. of L. that he immediately joined Equity in pro- test. The statement attacked the un- jon for “affiliating with men guilty of the butcheries of Los Angeles and Herrin.” David Warfield and Margaret Ang- lin have also notified Equity that their names were put on the statement without their knowled As Fidelity only has 30 or 40 members, against 10,000 Equity members, the action of Faversham, Warfield and Anglin is a serious blow to the company union, It was formed by the managers to break the 1924 strike. | Boost The DAILY WORKER. you are @ worker, it is your paper. If rst Tuesday, May 13, 1924 MUNDELEINIS GREETED BY BIG BUSINESS MEN Papal Titles Given To Corporation Heads The exploiters of the American working class and their lackeys are vieing with each other to honor Bi- shop Mundelein of Chicago, now a Prince of the Church. His return from Rome where he received the Red Hat from the Pope was made the oc- casion for receptions and fetes equal- ling in display and pomp the page- antry attendant on the return of a proud monarch. Rodman Wanamaker, owner of a chain of departmenf stores, fitted out a royal room on the pier at which the prelate landed. The Car- dinal had his picture taken in the throne chair, which dates back to the sixteenth century and came from Florence, Italy. Big business without regard for creed or race joined in welcoming the new Prince of the Catholic church. James Farrell, president of the Steel Trust, gave a dinner “in honor of the services rendered by Bishop Munde- lein in the Chicago steel district.” Among the Chicago laymen to be given a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory, are E. F. Carry, president of the Pullman company; F. J. Lewis, Chicago manufacturer; Robert M. Sweitzer, Democrat politician and County Clerk; Joseph W. McCarthy, architect of the Area, Ill., project, and Anthony Czarnecki, member of the board of election commissioners. The elevation of Bishop Mundelein will be the signal for a great fund raising campaign among the Catholics under his jurisdiction. The Vatican needs money badly and the» United States is the only country that can supply the Papal needs. While passing thru Cowentown, Md., on a fast B. & O. express, the Cardinal’s train killed a horse at a crossing, causing a jolt that sent his Eminence sprawling into a couch with the committee that was presenting him with a $25,000 check on top of him. Nothing daunted, he accepted the check and thanked the donors. It is reoprted that several Klokards and Goblins of the Ku Klux Klan have died of Dementia Catholix as a result of the number of Nordic protestants who have kissed the Cardinal’s Catho- lic toe since his return from Rome, Howat Prosecutor Knocked To Kansas Governor In Letter KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 12.—Pro- test has just been sent to Governor Davis of Kansas by T. L. O'Neil, pres- ident of the O’Neil Implement Manu- facturing company, for the “personal aggrandizement” of Attorney General Charles B. Griffith. Griffith has suc- ceeded in adding another “victory” where no one thought he could. He has had Ellison White convicted for wife murder by the flimsiest of cir- cumstantial evidence, Griffith is the same man who is re- sponsible for the unwarranted convic- tion of Alexander Howat, former president of the miners’ union, for violation of the Kansas industrial court law. O'Neil writes to the Kansas gov- ernor: “I don’t know Scott or any of his friends. I never met Howat.... I have had experience with unjust in- junctions, given and used for unjust causes. ... “The original intent of justice, as I see it, is: That it would be better for ‘99 criminals to escape justice than to convict and persecute one innocent man. On any other base life and lib- erty of the poor and the average man has become a cheap commodity.” COMMUNISTS ARE CHASING POINCARE IN PARIS POLL (Continuped from Page 1). ture of its defeat was surprising. The avalanche of votes that swept into office a majority from the left, seems to have given the greatest strength to the so-called radical social- ists, making this party the strongest in the forthcoming parliament. The radical socialists have never been considered a part even of the so- cialist movement. One of its leading members is Edouard Herriott, leader of the opposition in the French cham- ber of deputies, who recently made a trip to Soviet Russia, and upon his re- turn urged recognition by Fratite of the Workers’ Republic. It is purely a middle class party, also being known as the democratic party. The socialists of the unified social- ist party are more or less in league with the radical socialists, its middle class elements drifting in that direc- tion, while the workers and farmers in ranks are going over to the Com- munist Party. Do you want to help the DAILY WORKER? Then get a new sub- seriber, Every new subscriber Increases the influence of the DAILY, WORKER,