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

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Against Imperialist War The Communist International has called upon all its sections and affiliations to observe the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the World War with a week of demonstrations against capitalist war, against imperialism, and against the treach- ery of the mis-leaders of labor, the socialists and trade union bureaucrats. This week of mobilizing the minds of the workers against the next world slaughter will begin July 27th and end August 4th. It should be participated in especially by the The next world war is coming swiftly upon us. And this time it is the capitalist class of the United States that will take the initiative, and that is today pushing its pawns about over the chessboard of the world in maneuvres for position in this coming war. The experts’ report on repara- tions is the assertion by, American capitalism of hegemony over Europe, which will have to be sealed with the blood of American workers; the studied affronts to Japan are merely to give notice that American capitalism is preparing to asseri its hegemony over the Far East, which will also find a war-baptism necessary. The American ruling class has no illusions world. Already they are beginning to mobilize the| masses for the first battles. Remember how, in 1916, Wall Street mobilized a nation that passion- ately wished to keep out of the world slaughter, and slowly but surely pushed it in; recall the “pre- paredness parades” and the thousands of war- incitements put across under cover of a fake pacifism! Today the same process is being begun on a larger scale. Such is the meaning of the proposed “mobiliza- tion” to be carried out by the war department in September, when all the “patriots” are to demon- strate their preparedness to “defend their tions” that ushered the United States into the world war, all over again but this time with the U. 8. in the centef of the world maelstrom. Where in 1916-1917 it presaged the slaughter of only some few hundred thousand American working-class youth, in 1924 the preparations for a world war mean the desolation of the earth, the destruction of millions of men, women and children, not only in far-away Europe—but in America. In the putting over of this warmania the capitalists of America make use of devious means. And one of these is the pseudo-pacifism of the churches, the petty-bourgevis peace societies, and the social-peace propaganda of the trade union bureaucrats. Under cover of the demand for peace, these agents of capitalism suck away the working- class militancy; they demand peace—between capital and labor. But this social peace means, above all, to deliver the working class helpless into imperialist war. Nothing can stop the slaughter of the wars of capitalism, except the class war of the workers for the overthrow of capitalist government, and the establishment of the workers’ government. The DAILY WORKEF. Protest Against Fascism Hufidreds of meetings being held all over the United States in protest against the murder of Matteotti by the party of Mussolini in Italy, are giving the workers of all racial origins an oppor- tunity to express their opinion of international capitalism’s darling. The workers in every in-|17th Farmer-Labor Convention. "These stance have shown their utter abhorrance of|attacks appeared in the capitalist Fascism and all its works. More significant than |PTess thruout the country but the St. this, however, has been the warmth with which|?@™! and Minneapolis papers outdid they have welcomed all mention of the Third In- pinion ae ig 28 the ternational, the proletarian dictatorship as the eecnen Fa peter 4 fy Tia iday ante antidote for Fascism, and the workers’ govern-|the Convention, the newspapers of the ment of Russia as the stronghold against Fascism | twin cities tried to sow the seeds of that prevents it from sweeping the world. discord, distrust and destruction inthe The meeting in Carnegie Hall, New York; is an|Co"vention. They Med about prac- utatiidl i tab As a be: the Keath tically everything the Convention did. outstanding case in point, Arranged by the Italyon the'second day, when a spirit of ian Chamber of Labor and allied organizationg,|unity prevailed in the Convention, it was designed to be a very respectable demon-|the delegates were greeted with a stration against “all dictatorship” and a humble|threeinch three-story high headline call upon the president of the U. 8. to send the eee cleo tntiaheras chi Fascist ambassador home. To insure the orderly Pina caatidiahee the ‘reason for this carrying out of the program only one loan Com-|vicious attack was the fear aroused in munist was allowed on the long speakers’ list,|the minds of the exploiting class by Juliet Stuart Poyntz. But that one was enough}the spectre of a class political party for the vast crowd that filled Carnegie Hall. bgclgadeh Medica cigar Rael ae The great hall rang with a half-hour demonstra- Stine thee Can eect cane & ig wi jw entering the political arena to fight tion in response to the Communist message de-|for control of the government. livered by Juliet Poyntz. Cheers for Soviet] while the capitalist press outdid Russia, for the Communist International, for the|themselves in endeavoring to destroy dictatorship of the working class, emphasized the|the unity of the farmers and indus- protest against Fascism and carried it on to a more| ‘Ti! workers in a political party ee z which would fight their class battles, positive note, the remedy for Fascism and all the} there is one newspaper, which would ills of capitalism. All the judges, editors, liberals, | indignantly reject the suggestion that and timid ones who had been packed upon the}it was a capitalist newspaper, which platform to keep the meeting within the bounds of | utdid every capitalist newspaper in O labor convention in, the United States has had to withstand such a barrage of lying attacks as that which was directed against-the June THE DAILY WORKER system and such a movement does not please them at all. Therefore the “New Leader” re- peats the hackneyed lie about “An- other Name for the Dwindling Com- munist Party” about a Convention in which was fepresented practically every organized Farmer-Labor group in existence in the United States in- cluding parties such as those of Min- nesota, South Dakota and Washing- ton, which have been in the political arena for years and such strong par- ties ag those of Montana, Nebraska, West Virginia and the more recently organized state parties of California, Illinois, Ohio, Massachussetts, Con- necticut, New Jersey, as well as scores of local Farmer-Labor groups. The dwindling Communist Party, the “New Leader” states, consists of 5,000 members. In this statement the wish is father of the thought, and pro- bably the Socialist Party is down to some such figure and naturally would like to scale 25,000 members enrolled in the Workers Party, of whom close to 20,000 are paying their dues every month, down to its own membership figures. The Achievements of St. Paul The truth about the matter is that the St. Paul Convention achieved too much to please the Socialist “New Leader.” The socialists Wave bet on the wrong horse. All indications are that the Conference for Progressive capitalist “respectability,” had no effect upon the masses of workers gathered there. The respec- table ones did not speak the, thoughts and desires of the masses. Only the Communist message struck home and turned the meeting into a flaming protest. ’ Oil and Russian Recognition It was evident to all that when the British Labor Party was allowed to form the Government, that this was because the capitalists of Great Britain had decided the time was come to recognize Russia It was good tactics to allow the Labor Party to do the job, as they could be thrown out at any time and another Liberal or Conservative govern- ment put in, uncommitted to any of MacDonald’s lying about the June 17th Convention. This paper is none other than the “New Leader” of New York city, or- gan of the Socialist Party. The writ- ers of the reports and editorials on the June 17th Convention appearing in the June 21st issue of this paper should apply to the editors of the big capitalist dailies for jobs. They would be welcomed with open arms. They have shown that they can lie re viciously about a labor conven- tiok than can the employes of the capitalist newspapers. The reason the Socialist “New Leader” lied about the June’ 17th Convention is the same reason which caused the capitalist newspapers to lie about it. The Socialist “New Lead- er” fears a unity of farmers and in- promises. The reason for the decision to recognize Soviet Russia was largely based in the race for the world’s oil/supply. Britain wanted to get hold of the oil in the Caucasus. Soviet Russia, without making promises, let Britain understand that recognition was necessary before this could be talked about. Now comes the news of what Britain expected to get from Russia. Fortunately for the workers ment of their own, that promptly turned down the British offer. MacDonald’s so-called labor gov- ernment made the proposition to cancel the Czarist debts and make a loan of some $200,000,000 to Russia, in return for 37 years’ control of the Cau- casus and Armenian ports, and over the districts around Baku and Batoum. This was to include administration of the territory by Anglo-Russian commissions, including courts, police and military, and rights of colonizatien for the British. When it is recalled that this is probably the richest oil district outside of America, the enormous effront- ery of the British “labor” government will be realized. If the British capitalisis, directly or thru their labor government, had been dealing with the type of politicians typified by Albert B. Fall, or the rest of our Teapot Dome gang in the United States} the chances are strong that the Russian workers would there and then haye been despoiled of their greatest natural resource. But Russia is ruled by the Bolsheviks, and whatever else has been said about Russia’s ruling party by the lying capital- ery of the imperialists for war between nations can only be answered by the cry of the workers for the war between the classes. The imperialist war must be turned into the civil war, through which "the power of the exploiting class shall be broken. This is the meaning of the week of demonstra- tions on the tenth anniversary of the world war. Let every worker prepare to spread the message: Against tie imperialist war—the class war! Against the experts’ report on reparations—the rebuilding of the world by workers’ governments! Against the capitalist dictatorship—the proletar- ian dictatorship! An Omelet But No Eggs Broken “Bill” Johnstoh and his gallant crew, a bold, audagious bunch, are gathering in Cleveland, and we sort of have a hunch, that the world will be astonished at the wonders they perform in the same hall where Cal Coolidge took republicans by storm. Past miracles will lose their wonder, Jesus’ stunts grow pale; for what is raising dead men up, or turning into ale, plain water, when compared to ist press, even the Chicago Tribune has not claimed that the Communist Party ever produced a Fall or a Daugherty. \Y Taking a Fall Out of Politics Albert B. Fall, one-time member of the Harding cabinet and high-muck-a-muck of the republican party, has been taken out of politics—at least for this campaign. When the grand jury, in Washing- ton was regretfully obliged to return a true bill against him and Brothers Doheny, Sr. and Jr., and Sinclair, four of our most redoubtable politicians were temporarily removed from open participation in their government. It was really cruel to do this, and their good friends that dealt the blows must have shed bitter tears of sympathy. By when the crowds are stirred up, some one of gang must be made a sacrifice, and those who were the most eryge, and therefore most exposed,!must be made “an ex- ample” of. It is cruel, for a few months, to have indictments on these patriots, but they must bear it—until election is over. For be it noted, that not only is a Fall taken out of politics but also the case of Albert Fall is laid this, to make an omelet well, while all the eggs|over until after election. It seems that by common are kept quite safe withont a broken shell. The problem is how still to be a good republican, and yet on Calvin Coolidge and his gang to tie the ean; or how to be a democrat yet kick the Wall __ street crew, out of the house they paid for—it’s a damned hard thing to do. %o build a Labor Party with a man like “Fight- ing Bob,” who sticks like mustard plaster to his republican job, this will be the monster miracle— consent it has been decided that for trials, hear- ings, ete., that would let the masses in too much on the inside stuff of Teapot Dome, to be held be- fore election would not be good for either the demo- erats or republicans, It is a wise decision, The more the oil parties can put the soft-pedal on the whole mess the better off they will be. Their one best bet is on the well- known capacity of the “public” for forgetfulness. if Bob doesn’t break his leg—and an omelet will/The workers and farmers who feel the pinch of be made without a single broken egg. Send in that Subscription Today. capitalism, and who remember the smell of the Teapot Dome mess, will turn to the building of dustrial workers in a Farmer-Labor Party which includes the Communists. They know that the Communists will never compromise with the shams and reformism of yellow Socialism. It knows that the Communists in the Farmer-Labor movement will be there to prevent yellow Socialist leadership from developing. It knows that the task the Communists have set for themselves is to build a class move- and peasants of Sovietland, they have a govern-| ment on the basis of uncompromising|es of workers and farmers. class struggle against the capitalist This is the story of two picnics. In the next few days two picnics will be held in Chicago, both of which are to help political prisoners. But there are two kinds of political prisoners. In the United States, ruled by the despots of Teapot Dome, under the |dictatorship of the capitalist class, the masses, the working class, organized and unorganized, are compelled by their extreme miseries to organize, to istrike, to carry on a struggle against the parasite capitalist class. The I. W. W. has played a militant |role in the struggle for the migratory, unskilled workers against capitalist |dictatorship. Its membership has time and again filled the prisons. In America, ruled by capitalists, prisons }yawn for workers who fight for their |class, the working class. Members of the I. W. W. would not think of fight- ing for the capitalist class. But are |they going to assist those who do? |Are they going to help the little Kol- \chaks and the miniature Denikins who ‘still try to overthrow the workers’ soviets of Russia? If not, they should |look sharply and disapprovingly upon ithe counter-revolutionary intrigue go- ing on stealthily under the official wing of the organization. Help |. W. W. Picnic of July 4! On July 4, at Zahora Grove, Chi- cago, “Jim” Thompson, one of the I. W. W's ablest speakers will ad- dress the crowd which goes to a big picnic. Everybody should go to hear Thompson, and every worker should gladly help this I. W. W. picnic—be- cause the proceeds will go to the General Defense Committee of the I. W. W. which is helping the political prisoners of America. The Red In- ternational Affiliation Committee be- lieves that the political prisoners of America deserve the help of every worker—nét merely because they are in prison, but because they are fight- ers for the working class against cap- ital. Thompson will tell the story of the I, W. W. men at Centralia, and how a capitalist prison holds eight workers who defended their union hall with arms against White Guard violence, The Red International Af- filiation Committee endorses this kind of political prisoners, and offers to co- operate with the I. W. W. in a mili- tant campaign to secure their re- leases, Boycott the Picnic of July 6! But there is-to be another picnic, for another kind of political prisoner in Chicago.on July 6, Officially the I. W. W. is*hot behind it, But counter- revolutionary rats are gnawing and a party of their own—the Farmer-Labor Party, in the headquarters of the I. W. W. Political Action will endorse the can- didacy of LaFollette if he runs at all ‘as_an! independent. The Socialist Party cannot accept such a proposal and maintain any semblance of being an independent political party. It faces a revolt in its own ranks, as shown by the Wisconsin Socialist Party Conventiom. In contrast to the dangerous quick- sand on which it finds itself, the So- cialist Party sees the foundation for a great mass Farmer-Labor irty laid at St. Paul. It knows tha the St. Paul Convention has unite@ on a national scale practically all there | is of a Farmer-Labor Party movement in this country at the present time. | In the organization program adopted | at St. Paul there is outlined the way | of uniting and solidifying the Farmer) Labor movement into a strong Farm-| er-Labor Party. | The St. Paul Convention adopted | a platform which more clearly ex-| presses the class character of its, struggle and which outlines a pro-| gram of action against capitalism | which goes beyond any Socialist Party declaration made in this country. The St. Paul Convention nominated Worker-Farmer candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency who have the respect and support of mass- The St. Paul Convention did sound, the anarchist group, which has des- troyed the Russian I. W. W. paper, Golos Truzenika, is boosting a picnic to be held for the benefit of the ene- mies of the working class, the counter- pit genet whom the workers of Soviet Russia have put into jail. A circular, printed in the I. W. W. print- ing plant, signed by a “Society for Re- lief of Political Prisoners in Russia” is being distributed by Homish, editor of the defunct Golos Truzenika, from his office in I. W. W. headquarters. The circular advertises the July 6th Picnic, and slanderously attacks the soviet power of the Russian workers, who, under working class rule, right-| fully imprison those who fight against | the workers and for the capitalist | class. The Red International Affilia- | tion Committee urges that workers-of | Chicago will boycett this nest of coun-| ter-revolution—this picnic to help the capitalist class enemies of Russian workers. “The Red International Affiliation Committee does not believe that the membership of the I. W. W. wish to harbor the helpers of counter-revolu- tion in their headquarters, nor does it believe that the I. W. W. member- ship conceives that the cause of get- ting the release of workers in Amer- ican prisons is helped by the anar- chist element, who ignores offers of co-operation from other working c constructive work. In spite of the barrage of lies directed against it, the Convention finished and the del- egates left, full of enthusiasm for the future. All this sticks in the crop of the “New Leader.” It wanted the June 17th Convention to fail. It wanted the Convention to split. It did not want the basis created for a great Farmer- Labor Party. It wanted the Com- munists expelled. None of these things happened, AS WE Talk of “The Queen’s Necklace,” of which Alexander Dumas wrote, but a wife of one of our modern million- aires would not have looked twice at that famous trinket. A prominent Chicago society woman will pay, or perhaps has already paid, $1,000,000 for the Thiers necklace, which was purchased at auction in Paris by Chi- cago jewelers. The necklace was given as a present fifty years ago to the wife of the president of France. Hence the name. The name of the society lady is kept a secret for the present but it is hinted that she is a member of the McCormick family. The million dollars which this parasite will spend on a trinket to decorate her useless body, was wrung out of the blood and sweat of thousands of workers, aeers, ee, | The million dollars which will be wasted in this fashion could feed, clothe and decently house thousands of wage slaves who now drag along a@ weary existence in a condition of semi-starvation. Capitalist apalogists tell us that this is the best possible system, and it is for the capitalists. They can wear jewels, and live in lux- ury and idleness, while the workers slave for them. When the Russii ruling class was overthrown and com- pelled to go to work, capitalists all over the world were incensed over such an indignity. Our parasites dread a social order that would compel them to work or else fight for the privilege of eating. They are willing to worship Christ in a general way, but they dodge some of his disciples, St. Paul for instance, who said, “He that works not neither shall he eat.” Tho St. Paul was a reactionary in other res- pects, he was opposed to woman’s rights. He was no friend of parasites, se 8 Not all unknown soldiers have mon- uments over their remains. Some of them wander around the streets look ing for jobs or begging for alms. Sometimes despair overcomes them Two Kinds of Political Prisoners organizations and, instead, spends its time attacking them. /¥For the United Front of all workers against all caiptalists and counter-} revolutionists! The Red International Affiliation Committee. BOOK REVIEWS AMERICAN IMPERIALISM By Jay Lovestone With her national wealth of $32,- 000,000,000, an annual income of $53,- 000,000,000 (both have doubled in the last decade) and a foreigm trade of $8,000,000 a year, every worker knows that the United States is the domi- nant capitalist nation. This pamphlet contains a mass of specific informa- |tion on the penetration of industry in the West Indies, Latin America, Asia and Africa by American inves- tors. The hard-boiled colonial poli- cies already applied in Latin America and the Philippines are set forth and the booklet concludes with a,program to strengthen the resistance of the: colonial “subjects” to the American banks. For sale for 15 cents by the Litera- ture Department, Workers Party of America, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. CHALLENGE THOMPSON FOR WOBS TO DEBATE FOSTER FOR T.U.E. L. The, following letter was sent to the Industrial Workers of the World, challenging James P. Thompson, thru that organization, to a debate with William Z. Foster. The letter follows Tom Doyle, Gen. Sec’y-Treas., Joe Fisher, Chairman, G. B. B., Industrial Workers of-the World, 1001 West Madison St., Chicago, Ill. Fellow, Workers:— The Trade Union Educational League conveys thru you to James P. Thompson, a challenge to debate William Z. Foster upon the following |nounced that they were opposed to question: “Resolved, That the workers’ of America should affiliate to the Red International of Labor Unions.” Since this question would allow a wide range of argument, embodying |@gainst the motion, The Communists as it does the whole program of the R. I. L. U. and its application to American |°f France repeatedly declared that conditions, the I. W. W. has plenty of room within it to touch or dwell upon |there was no essential difference be- any phase or phases it deems important. Awaiting a reply looking to arran we remain, Fraternally, gements as to date and other details, J. W. JOHNSTONE, Acting Secretary, i Trade Union Educational League. By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. WhatDid the: Paul Convention Achieve? 5. E. Rathenberg therefore the “New Leader” must create these happenings out of the imagination of its most prolific liars. It has certainly achieved a record in doing that. But the les of the “New Leader” will not destroy the work of the June 17th Convention. The workers and farmers who participated in that Con- vention will march on to new vic- tories. The Communists will march with them. The great mass Farmer- Labor Party is being built. SEE IT and a bullet from the same revolver perhaps that was used to drive demo- cracy into the Germans, ends it all. Many of those unknown soldiers re- turned from the war physically and mentally impaired. One of them was found under a via- duct at 16th and Robey streets, Chica- go a few days ago with a bullet thru his brain. An automatic pistol was by his side. Still a young man, about 28 lyears old, both his legs were lost in the world and four of his fingers. ee ® It is easy to imagine what his boss said to him when the victim of Wood- row Wilson’s blood carnival for demo- eracy returned to his job. The boss who very likely urged him to go and do his duty in 1917 looked at his crutches and then at the hands with |the missing fingers. “Efficiency gon- siderably impaired, he mutters as his eyes wander to the window thru which he sees several healthy pieces of hu- manity offering their labor power for sale. “Business is not charity,” muses the employer, “and if I take this crip- |ple on, he will be a mill stone around my neck and my competitor who locked up his patriotism when the armistice was signed will put me out of business. Sorry, young man,” he said, “but there is nothing for you. I would like to talk with you over your great fight on the other side, but I must go to a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce where General Flubdub will speak on “How to Produce Better Cannon Fodder For the Next War.” The boss takes his hat and goes, leaving the poor veteran to won- der what was he fighting for. The wounded veteran, as he watched his former boss depart may have looked back over the days when there was a great excitement about the atrocities committed against the Bel- \gians by the German army, and people were afraid “German Kultur” would be foreed upon them. They did not know what the darned thing smelled like but it looked as raw to them as a-string bf hard boiled Frankfurters and they got excited. Radical meet- \ings were being broken up those days |and socialist halls invaded, furniture \thrown into the streets and literature |burned. Several radicals were lynched and hundreds thrown into jail, be- cause they said the war was a com- mercial war and that the workers should not fight for the capitalists, ee, «ia The poor unfortunate victim whose body was found under the culvert may have been one of those young enthusiasts whose blood was fired by patriotism and the incitements of the capitalist press. Perhaps he took part in raiding radical meetings. If he did he had time to do some thinking be- fore he put the bullet thru his brain. Because there was no job for him after he had helped win“the war for democracy and he could spend his time thinking. His boss stayed at home, making profits for the good of the cause. Every once in a while one of their “heroes” uses a bullet on himself and the news is buried away among the want advertisements. It is a long time since 1917 and the majority of the those who fought have short memories. ** * ' Only those representatives whose records are 100 per cent against Labor |appear on the “blacklist” of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor. The dotards of the Gompers cabinet oppose inde- pendent political action on the part of the workers. They prefer to go around like beggars at capitalist party con- ventions begging for the crumbs that fall from plutocracy’s table. Neither the workers nor the capitalists pay any attention to the fulminations of labor fakers; and they know it. oe @ Premier Herriot’s government was saved by Poincare from defeat in his first tussle with the new chamber of deputies. As usual the Socialists played a cowardly role. The test came over the appropriation of 205,000,000 francs for the Ruhr occupation, de- manded by the Herriot government. The Socialists thru Leon Blum an- any further appropriations, but when the vote was taken, they remained silent, the Communists alone voting ween the so-called radicals and the old Poincare group. Herriot is rapid- ly proving how correct they were. The Socialists are also proving that they are neither here nor there, Just jelly- fish, Send in that Subscription Today, — / incomplete _ LOE ser aE ERE