The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 2, 1924, Page 5

Monday, June 2, 1924 DETROIT BOSSES SLANDER LABOR WITH COURTS’ AID Judge Allows Libelous Ads to Appear By-SHERMAN BOWMAN. (Staff Correspondent of the Fed. Press) DETROIT, Mich. ‘June 1.—Organ- ized workers are guilty in the Wayne county courts until they prove them- selves innocent, and cannot get judi- cial telief from slander and libel by big business. In a series of advertisements in the reactionary Detroit Free Press the De- troit Citizens’ committee, forméd for open shop conspiracy and propaganda, charged Local 58, International Broth- erhood of Electrical Workers, with 16 crimes ranging from assault to at- tempted murder. One of the advertisements, four col- umns. wide and a foot deep, read as follows: $1,000 REWARD. Wil. be paid for information lead- Ing to the arrest and conviction of those persons conspiring to destroy the open shop electrical contracting business of Turner Engineering Co. and W. D. Gale. These concerns do not employ exclusively members of local union No. 58 of the Interna- tional. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, F. H. Harris, secretary, and Harvey E. Watson, business agent, 55 Adelade St. These con- cerns refuse to discharge their lo- cal employes who are not members of this union. This reward will be paid: for information leading to the arrest and conviction 6f those re- sponsible for any or all of the fol- fowing.. dastardly acts committed against the firms: (Here follows a list of 16 alleged outrages ranging from arson to attempted murder and implying that the union was respon- sible.) Boss Associations Back It. This advertisement appeared Feb. 17. In another adveittsement the fol- lowing organizations were listed as indorsing the Citizens’ committee: The Asbestos Employers’ Association, Associated Building Employers, As- sociated Steel Fabricators, Decorative ‘Tile Club, Association of Sanitary and Heating Contractors, Board of Com- merce, Coal Exchange, Engineering Society, Lumber Dealers’ Association, Sheet Metal Contractors’ Association, Transportation Association, Employ- ers’ Association of Detroit, Exchange Club, General Builders’ Association, Kiwanis Club, Mason Contractors’ As- sociation, Master Painters’ and Deco- rators’ Association, Michigan Chapter American Institute of Architects, Mi¢higan Manufacturers’ Association, Michigan Society of Architects, Mil- waukee Junction Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation, Retail Merchants’ Association, Rotary Club, Canopus Club, Vortex Club. Here was the evidence that,the Ro- tary, Kiwanis, Canopus and Exchange A PRETTY “DANCE OR EVENING” FROCK 4 4715. Tulle, organdy, chiffon ang crepe de chine are desirable materials for this design. Changeable taffeta would also be attractive. As illus- trated the dress was made of peach color. crepe de chine, with corded pipings of satin, and embroidered chiffon for the yoke portions. <A rosette of chiffon and narrow braided girdle finish the waistline, The Pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 14, 16, 18, and 20 years. A 16-year size requires 3% yards of 32-inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Address: The Daily Worker, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, III, Send 12c in silver or stam, OUR DAILY PATTERNS TH E DAILY WORKER Profintern Asks |. W. W. to Send Delegates fo 3rd Congress , The Red International of Labor Unions (the Profintern) has issued a letter to the I. W. W., thru an American committee pointed by the executive bureau, asking that a delegation be sent to the Third World Congress which meets July 5 at Moscow, to present the I. W. W. viewpoint and endeavor to hammer out some of the differences that have been raised by the wobblies. Representing the R. I. L. U. for the purpose of bringing the I. W. W. closer to that. organization, the “Red International Affiliation Com- mittee” that has been appointed, consists of Harrison George as chairman, Mike Novak and H. R. Richards, all of Chicago. George and Richards are members of the I. W. W., while Novak is one of those expelled in the heresy-hunt,. of two years ago in that organization. The DAILY WORKER is glad to give the widest publicity to this ap- peal to the I. W. W. on behalf of the Red International. The sincere fra- ternal spirit expressed, and the unanswerable reasons given for af- iMation to the revolutionary Interna- tional, should do much to remove past misunderstandings, and bring about more real co-operation be- ,tween the I. W. W. and the other revolutionary elements in America. The letter to the I. W. W. follows: “* * To the General Secretary-Treasurer, General Executive Board and the clubs are not the idle luncheon clubs they séem. Judges Against Union. The electrical workers brought suit. They hired an attorney to file a bill asking damages for libel and asking a temporary injunction: restraining fur- ther attacks until the suit could be heard on its merits. The first judge issued an order to the Citizens’ committee to show cause why the temporary injunction should not issue. But none of the circuit court judges wanted to hear the arguments. It was passed from one to another and back again. Judges looked upon as friendly to labor were as worried as the others by the imposing array of organizations supporting the Citfzens’ committee. Finally a judge threw out the temporary writ. Union Will Appeal. The,union’ will appeal to the Michi- gan supreme-court. It is recalled that Judge Arthur J. Tuttle in the U. S. district court herq gave a sentence of four months in the house of correction to Edwin R. Cornish, editor Workers’ Voice, Sagi- naw, for contempt after Judge Tuttle had attacked the railroad shop work- ers for picketing during their 1922 strike. : It all depends on who makes the charge. The VU. S. circuit court of appeals, however, reversed Tuttle in the Cor- nish case. It remains to be seen how the supreme court will rule in the matter of slanders against the or- ganized electrical workers. 4716, Beltless straight line dresses are much in vogue. The style here portrayed may be worn with .any blouse or shirt waist. The Pattern is cut in 7 sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. To make the dress for a 88-inch size will require 3% yards of 40-inch material. The Guimpe will require 2 yards. The width at the foot is 1% yard. ¥ Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Address: The Daily Worker, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. for our| Send 12c in silver or stamps for our the m UP-TO-DATE SPRING AND jUMMER UP-TO-DATE SPRING AND SUMMER _ [1924 BOOK OF FASHIONS *|among the membership of the I. W. Membership of the Industrial Work- | ers of the World: | Fellow Workers: The executive bureau of the Red In- ternational of Labor Unions has ap- pointed the following fellow workers to act as the Red International Affil- iation Committee in its relations to the I. W. W.: Harrison George, Mike Novak and H. R. Richards. The failure of the fifteenth general éonvention to authorize delegates to| the third congress of the Red Inter- national of Labor Unions, which will copvene at Moscow in July, 1924, has| been a matter of regret to the execu- tive bureau of the R. I. L. U. This failure to respond to the cor- dial invitation extended by the atithor- ized spokesmen of the R. I. L. U. who addressed the convention, is, however, but one of a series of incidents which we shall not now recount, showing the need of information of the aims, meth- ods and-strueture of the R. I. L. U. W. . The efforts of the Red Interna- tional. Affiliation Committee, then are to establish a definite and constant contact between the I. W. W. and the R. I. L. U., and by dissipating misun- derstanding and circulation of au- thentic information, to bring about af- filiation of the I. W. W. to the-Red International of Labor Unions. Class Struggle ts Interrational. | We believe it is a duty of the I. W.| W. to-affiliate internationally. The matter of international affiliation is of vital consequence. It is only the most backward members of the work- ing class who do not conceive the ele- mentary fact that the class struggle is international. It is only those of provincial minds, or those that wish to avoid responsibility to the interna- tional proletariat, as does Gompers, | who opposed internationalism for the working class. We do not ascribe either of these} motives to any considerable number of the I. W. W. Its very name, its ef-| forts over a period of nearly 20 years to extend itself internationally, its joy- |ous greetings of international solidar- lity in the California boycott by Chi-| nese and Phillipine workers, among other things, all show that any state- ments, such as made by the past G. E. | B. Chairman Russell in the general} office bulletin for January, to the ef- fect that international affiliation does not matter, runs counter to the whole trend. of_1...W...W.. ideology. Any organization which, extending itself from local jurtsdiction with lo- cal viewpoint to national scope and national outlook, is compelled by those realities the workers must face as a class, to accept some sort of in- ternational affiliation and some sort of international perspective. Gompers, until recently, maintained the A. F. of | L. Affiliation to the Amsterdam Inter- national, and even now he is aiding with funds the traitorous leaders of the German trade unions to expel the adherents of the R. I. L. U. and to International Affiliation. Inevitable. / conception of the ideology prevailing in the I. W. W. to believe that it would even consider affiliation to the Am- sterdam International, the sole func- tion of which is to befuddle workers with reforms, betray them by class collaboration and to obstruct every revolutionary movement. So we will waste no words upon that. Berlin Group Not Industrial Unionists. There is, also, an insignifican anarcho-Syndicalist group at Berlin (I. W. M, A.) which profanes the name of the First International of Marx, whose Science they despise and ig- nore, but it is not conceivable that the I) W. W., altho recently swayed by an intriguing anarchist element realizing the revolution; that is, by organizing a Communist party. To argue that the industrial unions can overthrow capitalism without the rev- olutionary party, or vice versa, is to set the anvil quarreling with the ham- {mer as to which is the more impor- | tant. Nevertheless, the R. I. L. U., in | wishing to attain unity with the sin- {cere syndicalist workers of the world |who yet have failed to distinguish a Communist party from the despica- | ble “socialist” reformists of the Sec- jond International, severed the organic connection which, before the second congress of the R. I. L. U. united it to |the Third (Communist) International, should be erased by unconditional reinstatement. To the class conscious workers of America, and even to those who are jyet selfish and backward, unity with j other and wider organizations will be- come ever more pressing. The “nor- malecy” of the pre-war wage slavery is never to come again. America has been, since the war, in a more favored jeconomic position than other coun- |tries, and its workers’ better material jconditions are the cause of, their in- |difference to the call of the world class now fighting against starvation | by capitalism im a revolutionary strug- gle for power. Also, these conditions are the cause of the incomprehension which has traduced the Marxists in |®"4 the present relationship between |of.the growing need for the United the orgamization and maneuvered it into a disereditable position of hostil- ity toward Soviet Russia, will ever ally itself definitely to the Berlin |9#4inst capital; a condition which we | group. The Berlin group cares noth- ing at all for industrial unionism as a |structural form, its philosophy of in-| dividualistic anarchism carries with it decentralization, craft autonomy,| splits in the economic front of work-| ers facing struggle with bosses, con- fusion covered with revolutionary phraseology, and it remains a schis- matic and impotent handful of anar- chists whose sole claim to attention is a negative position—an opposition to everything symbolized by the Soviet power of the Russian workers. |Against the ever more united and | more murderous international bour- geoisie such instruments are a danger in place of an aid. * The Red International of Labor Unions, with headquarters at Moscow, is the International to which the I, W. W. should affiliate in harmony with its own best interests. The R. I. L. U. . unites approximately. 13,000,000 workers of forty-two countries, and |bases its struggle upon revolutionary.| industrial unionism in an interna- tional of vigor, action and disciplined effort thru democratic centralization. It aims to unite all revolutionary workers in the world for a joint strug- gle against capitalism and the build- ing up of a Communist sdciety thru the historically ‘necessary ‘period of transition. During a transition period the proletariat will become the rul- ing class and will compel all capitalist and counter-revolutionary elements to submit to its class dictatorship. In every country the R. I. L. U. strives to bring about: as close organic unity fas” possitfe in the ranks of economic organizations which are fighting sep- arately against a common enemy. In cases where, for reasons of organiza- tiotiaP “6t'“id@ological differences, ob- stacles exist to organic unity, the R. I. LU. strives to bring workers’ or- ganizations into a united front of co- ordinate action upon specific pro- grams of defense and offense toward capitalist conditions. R. 1. L. U. for Industrial Unionism. The R. I. L. U, feels that its pro- gram, structure, aims and tactics have an especial appeal to the revolution- wreck the resistance of the German | workers to the Fascist dictatorship. | Gompers and Morones have their Pan- | American international of imperialist varletry. Frank Hodges, traitor to) the English coal miners, visits the A.| F. of L. convention and approves of Lewis, traitor to the American coal miners, unseating a delegate (Dunne) who is an adherent of the R. I. L. U.) Everywhere the united front of the labor lieutenants of capital with the oppressive forces of capital itself, ex- ists against the workers. The prob- lem, therefore, is not—“shall workers have international affiliation or no in- ternational affiliation?” But, “what international affiliation is best?” “Absorbtion” Plan Means Isolation. That the I. W. W. is itself the In- ternational is an idea of some fellow workers. Yet any objective examina- tion shows it to be no more than a fantasy. There are approximately 40,000,000 workers already organized in unions thruout the world. The membership of the I. W. W., as shown by the average per capita paid during a period of twelve recent months, is about 40,000, By what means are the 40,000,000 to adhere to the 40,0007 Upon what program shall we expect. 40,000,000 to come tp the 40,000? The answer of those who conceive the I, ‘W..W. itself to be the International, is the whole fanciful program that the 40,000,000 should abandon their pres- ent tion and be “absorbed” in- dividually by the 40,000 in the I, W. ‘W. upon personal acceptance of every item in the I, W. W. program. We ary workers of the I. W. W. Recog- nizing that all unions under the pres- ent imperialist stage of capitalist rule must transform themselves from or- gans of defense into organs of attack, the R. I. L. U. considers the industrial form of unionism as the one best fitted to the need, The R. I. L. U. brings about industrial unionism as ‘circumstances may dictate, either by formation of new organizations or by amalgamation of the old ones. The R. I. L. U. bases these unions on the point of production in factory and job committees and their combination in workers’ councils to control produc-} tion. What program is more near to the I. W. W. than this? The R. I. L. U. does not share the syndicalist prejudices toward a revo- lutionary party of Communism. The structure of unions, which must in- clude workers of backward ideas equally with the most advanced types is insufficient during the now-opened historical epoch of capitalist decline which must lead to the revolutionary overthrowal, because such structure does not conform to the function of incisive inspiration and disciplined direction in the developed and open fight for power of the workers as the ruling class. Victory in the fight for power will come only when the vary- ing layers among the masses of the workers are united and permeated with Communist spirit, which unifica- tion and permeation can only be per- formed by workers of the most ad- vanced layer organizing themselves in an exclusive, disciplined body united to the last man on the idea of contend that any worker a seri- ous purpose for revolutionary prog- Paya it ebay that such a program it upon, will doom the I. W. 'W. to isolation and sterility. Inter- national organizations inevitably, and even national organizations occasion- ally, are formed by affiliating exist- organizations; and if, as we think, it 4s @ logical conclusion that the I. 'W. W. cannot expect to maintain iso- lation nor to reshape the minds of the bulk of the workers of the entire world to its special program, then an affiliatton to the existing international which has the most points in common and the least differences, is in order as a duty to all workers, including bers of the I. W. W. There is an International at Amster- am, bu it would be, we think, «mis | { i UNCLE WIGGLY’S TRI {the two internationals is now simply one of “militant co-operation and con- jeerted action” of defense and offense |think the I. W. W. would approve of as necessary. “Liquidation” Talk Plain Lie. This removal of mutual represen- tation between the R. I. L. U. and the Third (Communist) International re- sulted in the affiliation of the large French and Spanish syndicalist | unions, and should also result in the| }same step being taken by the I. W. |W. But a pernicicus intrigue by anar- cho-syndicalist elemeuts (Williams’ report, Sandgren’s and Payne’s poli- cies) in practical alliance with the |Berlin anarchist group, has shut out j}of I. W. W. papers of general circu- lation any correction and refutation of the lie that the R. I. L. U. seeks to |““liquidate” the I. W. W:-and leave in |its place only out-of-date craft unions. | We officially declare such statement to be a falsehood, and point to the | Practical application of the R. I. L. U. |Program as proof. There are, besides |the I. W. W., other industrial unions in America which have affiliated to jthe R. I. L. U. and are independent of the A. F. of L., and of those so at- filiated, where is one which has’ been “liquidated?” A perusal of the resolutions and de- cisions of the Second Congress of the |R. I. L. U. (published in America by the Trade Union Educational League) }would counteract the lie concerning |“liquidation,” and would explain the |R. I. L. U. plan of keeping the mili- |tants in influence over and in contact {with the masses, \membership and activity in conserva- tive unions, the R. LL. U..adherents {merely used a tactical variation of the jbers of the I. W. W. who are also members of conservative unions. The R. I. L. U. takes all genuine unions as it-finds them and tries to give them |greater strength by industrial, inter- national unity. Also, the R. I. L. U. program provides for variation of tac- |tics according to situations existing in different countries. It is wrong to claim that the R. I. L. U is either | “dominated by Russiars” or by “Rus- |sian tactics.” The American program jis acapted to American conditions, as. publication of it in the I. W. W. press would prove to the membership, If there are differences held by the I. W. W., the I. W. W. should contend for its point of view as an affiliated body; just as an industrial union fights for its program in a general convention of the IL. W. W. Serious Purpose Demands Unity. In the task of uniting millions of | workers from all lands, a serious revo- | lutionary purpose demands that solli- darity upon the basis of common in- terest takes precedence above division upon sectarian differences. At the| coming congress the program of the| R. I, L. U. will be laid upon the table for critical consideration in the light of objective developments of the struggle. Delegates from the I. W. W. who are competent to present and to assimilate the arguments which will arise, should be there to take up points of difference and endeavor to arrive at such unity as will result in an accord between the I. W. W. and the revolutionary minority in the A. F. of L, and with the independent unions already affiliated to the R. I. L. U. This minority and the affiliated | independent unions are together wag- ing a long but successfyl fight to transform the reactionary, craft unions into revolutionary industrial unions, and hostility between the I. W. W. and these two bodies of cere, fighting workers is deplorable. Likewise, the expulsion of those mem- bers of the I. W. W. who have tried practical tactics used by many mem-| Front, the only hope of th® workers when confronted by a bloodthirsty bourgeoisie which feels itself pressed to the final struggle. Soviet Interests Are terests. The R. I. L. U. points out that cap- italism is in a historical state of de- cline, but that it dies slowly and fight- ‘ing murderously against the. rising rule of the workers. The great Rus- sian revolution is the first victory of the proletariat in establishing itself as the ruling class. The victories of the revolution; consolidated in the Soviet power of the Workers’ and Peas- ants’ Republic, constitutes a fortified outpost of proletarian revolution in a world of capitalist opp: ssion and op- position. If this outpost were de- stroyed, a tidal wave of white guard butchery would sweep the whole world and crush even the mildest of reformist unions. Even the reformists recognize this fact. Hence, a primary task of the workers in the R. I. L. U. has always been to defend the Soviets against all enemies. But it is calumi- nous to state, as some have stated, that the R. I. L. U. favors Russian governmental interest-as against the interests of the world proletariat. The Workers’ In- worker can make an intelligent dis- tinction, neither can caluminators of- fer plausible proof of any divergence in the interests of Soviet Russia from where, faced with stern reality in the fight for life and power, recognize the Soviet republic as a towering symbol By maintaining |f proletarian revolution, is testimony \to the strength of the R. I. L. U. posi- a Me ena oe ne TOMT Span Oat . The ferment which today you wit- ness in Europe, is coming ever nearer |to America. Unemployment and crisis will become chronic as in Europe. Unions will crumble and be crushed by the capitalists who are already preparing to eclipse all past oppres- sion with ruthless butchery if need be to extend their lease on exploita- tion. The minute men of the Constitu- tion, the American Legion, the Ku Klux Klan, the Four L’s, and other fascist elements are being openly armed and encouraged by the govern- ment. Unity or Defeat—Which? These forces are united to crush the I. W. W. and other militants. The blacklist is beginning to thin the ranks of the Lumber Workers’ Indus- trial Union and the Marine Transport Workers’ as well. The growing bank- ruptcy of the poorer farmers has sent nearly two million of these impover- ished farmers into competition with unorganized workers. Repressive laws, as in California and Michigan, and white guard violence as in Cen- tralia, have made the prisons into in- ternment camps for proletarian pris- oners of the class war. Communists and militants of the left wing in the craft unions are sharing with the I. W. W. the wrath of reaction. In“Los Angeles raids are made simultaneous- ly on the I, W. W. and the Commun- ists. In the crisis which is coming, in the great strikes and defensive bat- the heroic members of the I. W. W. find no other bond between them- selves and the workers who adhere to the R. I. L. U. but the handcuffs of thé police and the jailer’s key? Delegates Invited-to July Congress. The Executive Bureau of the Red International of Labor Unions is cer- tain that there is a better and a no- bler answer. It invites the whole membership of the I. W. W. to co-op- erate with the militants in the trade unions and the Communists in the to bring unity between these forces is a discredit to the I. W. W. which CKS Workers’ Party on the specific point of defensive and aggressive struggle in a united front against reaction. The two interests are the same, and no/| |the interests of the world proletariat. | That growing bodies of workers every-| migratory and other wage labor as) tles which are already upon us, can | SAMMY GOMPERS SPUTTERS ABOUT ~ LABOR'S ISSUES Unspeakable Soviets’’ Paramount, He Says i | NEW YORK, June 1.—The ques- tion of Communist propaganda, cou- |pled with the movement to extend |recognition to the unspeakable Sov- iets,” is listed as third of the pre- |dominating issues confronting labor as croaked thru the trumpet of the |New York “World” by the old. frog, |Sammy Gompers, president of- the | American Federation of Labor. | Thinks He’s “Voice of Labor” The immigration question; taxation | problems; League of Nations situa- |tion, “brought to the front again by the death of Woodrow Wilson”; the national farm policy and program; railroad legislation “that will result in service to the people and in the abol- ition of the Railroad Labor Board”; and the matter of super-power “to re- sult in service without profiteering, and in such a manner as to prevent monopolistic and autocratic control,” are the other issues over which la- bor shows concern, according to Sammy, who is always glad to pro- claim himself the “voice” of labor im America. Polite Interest In Scandals. Samuel admits that labor is inter- ested in the “shockihg Tedpot Dome scandal,” but tries to take the honor for first calling for investigations of the oil land leases. He does not mén- jtion any interest in the greater rot- tenness being exposed in the Teapot Dome capitol now. The “unspeakable” Soviets, about whom Sammy speaks a lot, ‘have or- ganized a veritable net of destruction in our country,” blats Sammy in the “World” columns. “They have sought to infest and poison our unions, our civic organizations, our literary life, our schools and churches, and even But Sammy doesn’t of- |fer a shred of evidence to support his remarks. “History has no parallel for the in- famous plotting and schemtng of the so-called Soviet government. Its ini- quitous work has already brought to jour sports.” to clear away for many years,” said Sammy, showing how little he knows about history and admitting how weak his own organization is to combat intelligence in the working class. Plasterers Strike For $14 Per Day; And 44-Hour Week (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1—A strike of over 500 union plasterers was called here today when building operators refused the union demands of a $14 day and a five-day week in place of the $12 day and 44hour week, That scabs are to be imported to break the strike is announced by rep- resentatives of the Builders-Operators’ Association. Because of the high degree of skill needed in the opera- tions of plastering, it is unlikely that |the bosses will find many men who jean be trained quickly enough to do jeffective scab work. | Plastering is known as one of the {most strenuous jobs in the strenuous |building industry. Besides being hard and dirty work, it is highly seasonal. Labor Man Beats Realtor. SAN JOSE, Cal. June 1—William |J. Bigger, union carpenter, defeated |@ real estate shark in the race for alderman in the city council. Executive Bureau of the R. I. L. U. also invites the General Executive Board of the I. W. W. to authorize one or more delegates to present its views to the Third Congress of the R. I. L. U., which will convene July 5 at the city of Moscow. Fraternally, HARRISON GEORGE. MIKE NOVAK. W. R. RICHARDS. The above appeal is published for distribution by The Red International Affiliation Committee, 1514 West Mad- ison St., Chicago, Il. A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN ' He didn't And sat down the us effects which we shall net ba,able——~ i