The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 8, 1924, Page 4

4 4 i { Z Page Four WHEAT FARMERS LOST 25€ ON EACH BUSHEL LAST YEAR; NO WONDER THEY WANT M’DONALD By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Farmers who furnished the country with wheat and oats fm 1923 should be reckoned philanthropists, while those produc-| ing corn, cotton and potatoes made a good business proposition pf it, according to the department of agriculture. The report shows losses of 25c a bushel on wheat, 3c a bushel on oats and profits of 13c a bushel on corn,* tc a pound on cotton and from $1.42 to $86.23 an acre on potatoes. Reports on wheat, says the an- touncement, show an average gross tost of $22.88 per acre. The credit bor straw was $1.86 per acre, leaving $m average net cost of $21.02 or $1.24 r bushel on an average yield of 17 Peshais. The crop had a sales value *f 99c a bushel. The total cost was preparing seed bed, planting,, harvest- fig, threshing and marketing, 45 per tent; fertilizer and manure 11; seed f; land rent 26; miscellaneous 11 per tent. Robbed of Oats Too. Oats showed a gross cost of $20.23 fer acre and a net cost of $18.08 or $2c a bushel on an average yield of $5 bushels to the acre. It sold for} (9c a bushel. Man and horse labor} lor preparing the seed bed, planting, | harvesting, threshing and marketing look 49 per cent of the cost; fertilizer tnd manure 7; seed 7; land rent 26; miscellaneous 11 per cent. Corn cost an average of $26.40 per tere with credits bringing it down to $23.75 net or 68c a bushel on an aver- tge yield of 35 bushels. The crop sold for an average of 81c a bushel. The st was divided 53 per cent to labor; for manure, 2 for seed, 22 for land fent, and 8 per cent miscellaneous. Slim Margin on Cattle. The cost of producing cotton varied widely according to the yield per acre. hose farmers producing from 101 to 440 pounds per acre are considered by the department most nearly aver- ige. They show an average cost of Wc and sales value of 30c per pound. Both cost and sales value of the po- jato crop varied aecerding to the sec- tion. In the southeastern or early po- lato section the average cost was 76.66 per acre and the average sales value $161.89 per acre. In the north tentral group the cost per bushel was relatively low and the price averaged \7e a bushel, leaving a margin of only ‘per acre. Hysterical Patriots Prominent in Berlin Beer Garden Parties (By The Federated Press) BERLIN, JULY 7.—The extreme Ferman nationalists are taking up a itunt that was in great favor among tatrioteers in the United States dur- hg the war. They are developing the | mult of getting up on their hind legs| PINCHOT’S MEN FAIL 10 FIND FILM SEDITIOUS |Monessen Charges to be Dropped (Special to the Daily Worker.) NEW YORK, July 7.—<Attorney General George W. Woodruff of Penn- sylvania today notified the American | Civil Liberties union that steps would |be taken to’ withdraw the sedition |charges against the three members of |the International Workers Aid ar- rested in Monessen, Pa., on June 13 in jconnection with the suppression of a |motion picture, entitled “Russia and | Germany,” shown for the benefit of German relief by the International Workers Aid. “Travelogue.” A committee consisting of Attorney General Woodruff, two of his deputies, |the secretary of the board of censors and the deputy superintendent of the state police reviewed the film and found “nothing seditious whatever” about it, the attorney general’s letter declared. “The picture proved to be simply such a one as Burton Holmes or any other lecturer might have presented as a part of a travelogue conderning a trip thru one of those countries,” the letter stated. “No one of the com- mittee named above felt otherwise than that there was nothing seditious about the picture.” Steel Trust Hand. The attorney general’s letter was sent in reply to a protest by the Civil Liberties union against the arrest, June 18, on sedition charges of Schin- dler, Roberts and Okonem of the In- ternational Workers Aid. Aecordiz: to the union, threats to stop the film were made by the Monessen authori- ties early in June, when it was first announced that the picture would be shown there. Monessen, a steel town near Pittsburgh, has been the scene of several civil liberty conflicts. The steel interests have been actively sup- pressing all labor activity in that sec- tion. Send in that Subsoription Today! SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 7.—The wery time any national air is played California supreme court has denied fa restaurant or cafe. \a writ of habeas corpus in the cases Their special hangout in Berlin is lof R. Woods and Louis Morris, there- he Restaurant Wilhelmina. Woe to by implying the validity of the Busick the innocent who drops in and fails to anti-I. W. W. injunction as applied tet up the minute a national air is|to a man living in a county hundreds played. No matter whether he have!of miles from Busick’s court. By im undefiled Greek or Roman nose, or| this injunction mere membership in iether his every feature is hardy|the I. W. W. is contempt of court, Scandinavian, the hundred percenters| punishable without jury trial by im- fell, throw out that Jew! If he does |prisonment fer six months. Associa- sot get out double-quick he may find | \tion with and aid for I. W. W. mem- the killing. himself minus hat and coat plus a| Vloody nose. Send in that Subscription Today! Some of My Experiences in Russia. There were two different kinds of fich people who organized and decid- td to kill the Jews and rob every- thing the poor had, which were: Pet- lurovtzis and Denekovtzis. Tt was on a beautiful May day when the news reached the city where I vas living, that the Petlurovtzis were toming. They said that they were foing to rob all the dwellings and then kill all the Jews. The next day the Petlurovtzis came ind started plundering the town. Of tourse the Jews were hidden and thru little holes in the doors of the neigh- bors’ houses the Jews had to see how they took away so easily the money tnd products that we had earned by wuest and herd work. There was a person in our town, who was a Bolshevik and on hearing t the Bolsheviki were in a city not Bray from our town, rushed to it city where he told the Bolshe- tks what was happening in our town. Bure enough the Bolsheviki wero feady as they always are to help us but from this unjust band, Meanwhile the Petlurovtzis were Jobbing our homes and we saw it but tept quiet because of fear of death. tt was at night when they were fin- hed robbing and wanted to start We all awaited death. wml yg UIST: |bers is also violation of the injune- tion. Send in that Subscription Today. EN COLUPE = All of a sudden we hear shooting and we thought that the end of the Jews’ lives was coming. But to our great surprise, we heard sweet voices of comrades ringing as follows: “We are your comrades, the Bolsheviks, came to save your lives. Do not fear these looters. Come out.” At first we could not believe what our own ears heard, but then we really saw that it was true, for the Bolshe- viks that night killed the assassins and saved the Jews’ lives, The reason that some people said or say that the Petlurovtzis are better than the Bolsheviks is because the Bolsheviks did not let anyone choat other people by speculating and mak- ing three times as much on a thing as it costs, as the capitalists do. Our comrades, the Bolsheviks, took the rich people out’ of their homes and put them in poor people's homes while the poor people were in the rich peo- ple’s homes, After the Petlurovtzis had robbed you, they would let you speculate for a while so that you should get the money ready for them and they would rob it again and murder the poor. Now “the Bolsheviks, the workers, are ruling Russia. Long live the In- ternational Russia! Russian Comrade, Marshfield Junior Group. SPRAVELDNOST GETS DECISION OF WORKERS PARTY Directors Must Attend Thursday Meeting The central executive committee of the W. P. has send the following let- ter to the Board of Directors of the “Spraveldnost,” which has refused to jabide by the decision of the Bureau of the Checho Slovak Section of the W. Pi: Albert Smid, Sec’y., Board of Directors “Spraveldnost,” 1825 So. Loomis St., Chicago, Ill. Dear Comrade: The Central Hx- ecutive Committee of the Workers party has considered the action of the Board of Directors of “Spraveldnost” in refusing to carry out the decision of the Bureau of the Czecho-Slovak Section of the Workers Party and in withdrawing the paper from the con- trol and direction of the Bureau of the party and instructs me to make the following statement to the members of the Board of Directors: 1, The members of the Board of Directors are instructed to appear at the party headquarters, 1113 W. Wash- ington Blvd., on Thursday, July 10, to meet with a committee of the Central Executive Committee with a view of adjusting the situation which now exists in the Czecho-Slovak Section, Expulsion the Penalty. 2. Should the members of the Board of Directors refuse to attend this meeting, or refuse to come to art agreement with the committee of the Central Executive Committee, I am instructed to advise the Chicago Par- |ty organization to at once expel such members of the Board of Directors as refuse to abide by the party discipline \from the party. 3. The Chicago organization will al- so be instructed to take up the whole situation with all the Czecho-Slovak branches of the city of Chicago, pres- |enting to each branch the question of abiding by the discipline of the C. E. jC. and the Bureau of the Czecho- Slovak Section. Such members of the party or branches which refuse to abidg by the constitution of the Work- ers Party and the decisions of the Central Executive Committee will be at once expelled from the Party. Carried Out Decision. The Bureau of the Czecho-Slovak Federation, in assuming control and direction of all the activities, papers, and printing plant of the Czecho- Slovak Section carried out a decision of the Convention of the Czecho- Slovak Section. Those comrades who now refuse to abide by the decision of the Bureau of the Czecho-Slovak Sec- tion are not only violating the consti- tution of the Workers Party which they are pledged to uphold, but they are violating the express will of the majority of the members of the Czecho-Slovak Section. The Central Executive Committee of the party has for some time real- ized that there were among the mem- bers of the Czecho-Slovak Section those who did not yet understand the meaning of Communist discipline and who were not Communists in their understanding of the policies of the party. It was the hope, however, of the Central Executive Committee that these members would learn what it means to be a Communist thru their experiences in our party and that the great majority could be won for the Communist movement in this coun- try. The view of the Central Executive Committee on this question has been correct. The great majority of the members of the Czecho-Slovak Sec- tion are loyally supporting the Bureau of that Section and the Central Ex- ecutive Committee of the Party. Yellow Socialism Must Go. The time has, however, come when the remnants of yellow socialism which are manifesting themselves in the Czecho-Slovak Section must be eliminated from our party. Those members of the Board of Directors who are Communists will accept the discipline of the Bureau and of the party. Those who belong to the rem- nants of yellow socialism and who have no place in our organization will be excluded from the party. The decision of the Board of Di- rectors on the instructions given above will determine whetHer they are to follow the path of yellow so- cialism or whether they are true Com- munists, supporters of the Commun- ist Party in this country, and the Com- munist International. Fraternally yours, C. BE, RUTHENBERG, Executive Secretary, More Crops Coming. MOSCOW, July 7.—The latest avail- able figures compiled by the Siberian Board of Statistics show an increase | roo: of 40,000 tins (about 110,000 acres) in the area under winter crops in the provinces of Western Siberia (West of Lake Baikal). This sown area during the current season is |? 650,281 desatins, as against 609,085 dasatins last year. The condition of these crops at the period of snow thawing in the present spring was con- sidered to be fairly satisfactory. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Got one of them to subscribe today, THE DAILY WORKER SOUTH BEND TO PIGNIG FOR DAILY WORKER AID AT RUM VILLAGE PARK SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 7.~An International Picnic will be given by the city central committee of the local branch of the Workers Party at Rum Village Park on Sunday, July 13, at 1 p.m. Soft drinks and other refreshments as well, as plenty of entertainment are prom- ised all who come. Music and dane- ing will feature the entertainment and there will be good speakers. The profits of the picnic will go te the DAILY WORKER, Send in that Subscription Today. RUSSIA AGREES WITH POLAND ON RAILWAY SERVICE Pact . Needs Official Ratification Only (Rosta News) MOSCOW, July 7.—It is authorita- tively stated that the Russo-Polish conference on direct railway com- munication between the Union of Sov- iet Socialist Republics and Poland, which has been held recently, has fully settled all the pending tariff questions in accordance with the Rus- 80-Polish peace treaty. Goods, pass- ing thru Poland by way of transit from the U. S. S. R. are guaranteed tariffs not in excess of tariffs existing on Po- lish railways for internal transports. The questions have also been finally settled referring to mutual utilization at the frontier points of the station equipments and facilities, the rolling stocks, etc. As for direct passenger service, it has been decided, pending the settle- ment of the question of mutual clear- ing of accounts, to include in it the following stations: Leningrad, Mos- cow, Kharkov, Tiflis, Minsk, Kiev and Odessa on the Russian side, and Biel- ostok, Warsaw, Vilno, Ktakov, Posen, Lodz, Kattowitz and Danzig, on the Polish side. At each of these points passengers can buy tickets directly to any other point. This convention has been signed by the respective delegates of both con- tracting states and is subject to rati- fication by their supreme organs. Pending, however, this ratification, the conference decided to adopt steps for the revision of several partial agree- ments on the basis of the decisions of the conference. It is believed that the present convention will have a most beneficial effect on the develop- ment of the passenger and goods traf- fic between the U. S. S. R. and Poland. Send in that Subscription Today. NEW YORK CITY Party Activities Picnic August 10. A meeting of branch representa- tives will take place on Monday, July 14, to make final arrangements for the athletic carnival and picnic to be held at Pleasant Bay Park on Sunday, Au- gust 10. All branches should elect a branch athletic director for the picnic and should see that he attends this meeting. A program of athletic events and blanks for entries have been sent to each branch. These blanks should be |filled out immediately and sent to the local office. Every branch should co-operate in making the picnic truly representative of the entire party in Local New York. che in 2 Open Air Meetings. Thureday, July 10. Section 2—110th St. and 5th Ave. Speaker: Rebecca Grecht. Friday, July 11. All open air meetings called off on ac- count of general memborship meeting. Saturday, July 12. Section 2—110 St. and»5th Ave. Speak- ers to be announced. Bklyn. Section 4—Grand St. anaes Speaker to be announced. Section, S— Stone. and , Bitkin Aves., Bklyn, Speaker: scree, Section 6—26th se an Mermaid Ave., Coney Island. ‘Other meetings are by: Pebeshiee which comrades will find Fvertised i the local party press. Send in that Subscription Today. BOSTON PARTY ACTIVITIES Open Air Meetings. Friday, + att il. ar be hace enotd “Simons and airman, porte Saturday, a i: i piue Mil Tawrence. ha Riley and mate July 18. Boston “tag bye een Pa. warts. regi ing list of speakers and ree ae for first two weeks of i Each comrad report at Pom rton Batare 7:30 PROMPT on eveninj m- ree with asterisk ( is in of meeting oe, is Feaponsibie for conduct of same. Must report blank furnishod for the purpose and turn pote. Coa to Won a nm a how fo ALRO attend, tae rues ete. yi f , 8 M ry evenings. Send in that Subscription Today! brn pe ® BRITISH COMMUNISTS PLEDGE MILITANT STRUGGLE AGAINST MUSSOLINI AND HIS FASCISTS By CHARLES ASHLEIGH. (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, June 24.—(By Mail.)—The British Communist party has expressed the Communist viewpoint on the recent murder by fascists of Matteotti, in the following telegram, sent by the Central Committee of the party to the Italian Communist party. The message is as follows: jfore must go on. “The Communist party of Great Britain sends its fraternal greetings to the Italian working class and to its militant van- guard—the Communist party of Italy. ~ “The Communist Party of Great Britain, while expressing its horror et the brutal murder of Matteotti, the Socialist deputy, nevertheless ad- vises the workers of Italy, and espe- cially the Communist party; not to be deceived by this sudden change of front now being shown by the interna- tional buorgeoisie. “We have always followed with thy keenest interest the long and desper- ate struggles of the Communist Party of Ithly against the organized hordes of Fascist murderers ranged. behind}. Mussolini. Second International Indifferent. “The Communist Party of Great Britain has protested time after time in Great Britain against the outrage- ous attacks continually made upon the workers of Italy, BUT WE PRO- TESTED ALONE! The bourgeois and Second International organizations in Great Britain looked on indifferently at the long series of crimes commit- ted by the Fascist government against the Italian workers and so far from assisting us in the fight against Fcg- cism, actually within recent weeks, thru the leaders of the Second Inter- national, an official welcome was ex- tended to the Fascist King of Italy. Now taking their cue from the Italian bourgeoisie, these Second Internation- jal leaders rouse themselves to indig- nation against this latest crime of Italian Fascism. What has happened? “Comrades, so long as Fascism was serving the interests of the bour- geoisie it was free to murder as it pleased. But while murder of the .| Workers and especially the Commum ists was a means to the breaking up of the workers’ movement, it could do othing to solve the problems of capi- talism. So far as these problems are concerned Fascism in its present form has been a complete failure. Bourgeoisie Adapting Fascism. “The workers’ forces encouraged by the Communist party of Italy are re- organizing once more for the struggle. The bourgeoisie are not opposed to Fascism, but its present form must be changed if it is to further serve their purposes. We do not see in the mug der of the Socialist Deputy Matteotti the cause for this revolt against Fas- cism. We see in this revolt the bour- geoisie seizing its opportunity for the transformation of Italian Fascism into @ more pliable and useful weapon against the working class. It would be a mistake to believe that what is happening today means the end of Fascism. Fascism will continue to manifest itself in different forms thru- out the international movement of the proletariat as long as capitalism is menaced by the révolutionary working class. With the Fascist Slayers. “The fight against capitalism there- We must not be fooled by the oily tongued phrases of the Second Internattonal. As in the past, when real crises arise, these gentlemen will be found ranged with the Fascists against the insurgent working class. “The Communist party of Great Britain sends cordial greetings to the |Illinois Miners’ First Step to Power” ae could have been had the left wingers Communists of Italy and expresses its )determination to join with them in the international struggle against Fas- cism.” (Signed) ALBERT INKPIN, General Secretary. JAILOR OF TOM MOONEY SEEKS TOSEALIS LIPS Rule Bans Interviewing of Prisoners By MIRIAM ALLEN DE FOR (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) SACRAMENTO, Calif, July 7.—A blow at freedom of speech and of the press has been dealt by the, California board of prison directors in its ruling tat prisoners at San Quentin and Fol- som may no longer be interviewed by newspaper reporters or writers for any publication. This means that the Federated Press will be unable to secure first- hand information doncerning politi- cal prisoners in these two penitenti- aries. Such news as can be obtained wil, have to be given thru defense or- ganizations. A Persecution Rule. The motive of the new ruling ap- pears to be to prevent arousing pub- lic sympathy and appeals for reprieve of prisoners sentenced to death (Gov- ernor Richardson is an advocate of more hangings) and to exercise “disci- pline” upon criminal syndicalism pri- soners, without fearing a newspaper story in consequence, The prison board undoubtedly feels that too much publicity has been giv- en to such men as Mooney and Bill- ings, Ford and Suhr, and the criminal syndicalism victims. Keep Public In Ignorance. By gradual elimination the gover- nor has secured a board nearly all of whom are of his appointing. Aside from the working class prisoners and those condemned to death, a great deal of good has been accomplished by contact of prisoners even with Brass Check press representatives. Instanc- es of punishment of the innocent have been brought to light and men about to be released have found aid in re- habilitation. Every lover of liberty should protest against this ruling to the board of prison directors and Gov- ernor Friend W. Richardson, Sacra- mento, Cal. “Johnny, Get Your Gun.” BUFFALO, N. Y., July 7.—The free |speech fight started in Buffalo by la- bor and liberal organizations following the forcible breaking up on June 14 of a Proletarian Party street meeting by a recruiting sergeant in uniform and American Legion . members, reached its climax at the hearing held by the Buffalo city council on the pro- posed anti-free speech ordinance. Representatives of the American Civil Liberties union, the Central Labor Council, the Socialist Party, the New York State Federation of Labor, thg machinists union, and several clergy- men and professional men appeared at the hearing to attack the ordinance. American Legion members were present with a dozen large flags, and one Legionaire brought a rifle. As a result Mayor Schwab, in adjourning the hearing, invited those present to attend the next session without their bayonets. Mayor Schwab will shortly confer with both sides in an attempt to reach a compromise. The labor rep- resentatives declare the Legion ordin- ance is already as good as killed. Send in that Subscription Toda: sieianeancetajechigplenoncattcinntimaen duly 8, 1924 a LEDGE PHILLY POLICE — RUSH TO AID OF BEN MUSSOLINI \ Raid ‘Anti-Fascist Meet, | Arrest Speakers By ABRAM-JAKIRA. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 7.—A riot call and the arrest of the arrange- ments committee and the speakers put a stop to a huge and enthusiastic mass meeting called for the purpose of waging a protest against the bar- baric murder of Giacomo Matteotti by the bloody bands of the Fascist gov- ernment in Italy, Over two thousand workers, men and women, ‘of various nationalities, filled the large. hall to the doors, The trouble started after Joseph Mazzeo, a plain clothes man and ap. parently a Fascist himself, was se- verely beaten up outside of the hall by unknown persons when he made an attempt to disrupt the gathering while a collection for a monument to Matte- otti was taken up. Meeting Was Going Well. Up to the time the Fascist police. man appeared on the stage the meet- ing was proceeding in the most order- ly manner. H. M. Wicks of the. Workers ‘party delivered a stirring talk in English. He was followed by Louis Frazina of the Anti-Fascist al- liance, who spoke in Italian. The at- tempt of Mazzeo to start a riot and to disrupt the meeting by ordering the collection stopped failed, and the chairman succeeded in keeping the meeting in order. The enraged cop left the hall, threatening to come back. Bloody Fascist Brings Bulls. None of those who were inside the hall knew a thing about what was go- ing on outside unitl Mazzeo, all cov- ered with blood and with his clothes torn to pieces, returned with a score of policemen and plain clothes men and ordered the meeting stopped. The hall was surrounded by police re? serves, and for some time no one was allowed to leave. Patrol wagons and “bandit chasing” cars were waiting outside ready for a big haul. It looked as ‘tho the two thousand men and women would have to spend the day behind iron bars. The spirit of the audience was excellent, neverthe- less. Held on $2,000 Bail. It was finally announced that seven comrades, those in charge of the meet- ing and the speakers, would be de- tained for further examination, They were shoved into a patrol wagon, taken to the police station and there held under $2,000 bail each, charged with “starting-a riot and aggravated assault and battery.” This is in spite of the fact that all those arrested re- mained all the time on the platform inside the hall and knew nothing of what was going on outside. Those arrested include: H. M. Wicks, C. William Thompson, editor of the New Jersey Leader; Louis Fra- zina, New York; Emidio Pistilli, Unit- ed Shoe Workers’ union; Arisdomeno Cavaliere and Frank Destassano. The meeting was arranged jointly by the Workers party, Socialist party, Anti-Fascist alliance, United Shoe Workers and Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Discredited Duo —— Take Same Vessel Back to England (Special to the DAILY WORKER) NEW YORK, July 7.—The much dis- credited British “archivist” of Mexico City, Herbert A. C. Cummins, whose departure the Mexican government de- manded in exasperation, has quietly crept back to his fathers, the oil and financial lords of the British empire, on the same boat with Andrew Mellon, millionaire bootlegger to the cabinet and secretary of the United States treasury. Cummins lying about Mext- co and his activities in behalf of. his wealthy clients and his own Anglo- South American bank have been too infamous. Even the “indignant” gov- ernment of Britain had to accede to Mexico’s demand and recall the agent, who was not a diplomatic official. A Dangerous Tendency Criticized The function of a “leading maga zine”—as wemarked by a writer re- cently, is actually to direct revolution- ary workers in action, and not to rest content in being popular, in purvey- ing pleasantries, poetry and pictures to a populace whose tastes have been corrupted by the unending flood of -\capitalist and purely “literary” or “cultural” perlodicais, Ono is reminded of this when read- ing the article by J. W. Johnstone, assistant secretary of the Trade Union Educational League, on “The in the July issue of the LABOR HER- ALD. According to Johnstone, the accom- Plishments of the left wing in the n| Peoria conventidp of the coal miners as|of District 12, however valuable, were neither so many nor so great as they _ less timid toward the machine more amendable to discipline Set antares) “For the left wing,” says John- stone, “it was a new experience to find itself ranged in battle formation against the hitherto unchallenged and powerful machine. This inexperience accounts for much (but candor must condemn the lack of discipline, the childish desire to appear ‘construc- tive’ and the role of the insurgent rather than of the revolutionist, which crippled the left wing and lost many oportunities.” These are tendencies which crop out at every battle point where the left wing has contact with the hostile forces in control of the unions, It is really a duty of leadership that the LABOR HERALD 60 ably discharges in this manner, to rebuke ad criticise these tendencies of immaturity in our movement. For a left wing militant who should, better than the ordinary union man, know that discipline is absolutely essential to organized fort. A refugal or a failure to ac- cept group discipline is bad, for a member of a party of Communism unforgiveable. An equal and a more insidious dan. ger, because less noticeable than a lack of discipline, also because car- ried on under the guise of struggle for the everyday needs of the work- ers, is the tendency to reject the method of asserting the revolution. ary solution of every vital problem and going over to a reformist or— as Johnstone puts it in the LABOR HERALD—"the role of insurgent.” The role of a mere “insurgent” against reaction is a part to be played by a reformist, who, ordinarily, is terribly afraid of being called a “visionary,” who thirsts to be known 48 @ “practical fellow” with “con- structive ideas.” The insurgent role is not the part for a tevolutionist to play, nor even for one who honors himself by allegiance to the program and work of the left wing. So it {s worth while to note that the LABOR HERALD is really leading, even to the point of needed criticism, the ine experienced forces of the left wing in tbe unions