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Page Four WORLD FLIGHTS “PART OF PLOTS - OF MILITARISTS American and British Armament Race (Special to the Dally Worker.) PARIS, July 16.-—The last lap of the American militarists’ “trium- Phant” round-the-world flight was to begin this morning. The “heroes,” who were greeted here by General “Blackjack” Pershing, already feel their “victory” almost within their grasp, altho they have yet to cross Yhe Atlantic and the fly across the United States back to the hot-air boosters’ town, Los Angeles. Meanwhile reports come from the British world flier that he has left for the farthest north Kurile Island. The THE DAILY WORKER The Machinists’ Convention and the Left Wing Statement-of the International Committee for Amalgamation in the Metal Trades. ‘HE machinists’ convention which is to be held in Detroit, Septem- ber the 15th, will have to take a de- finite stand on many issues confront- ing the’ organization and the metal trades in general. In order to draw: the right conclu- sions it is necessary to analyze the present situation and to draw lessons from the past mistakes. What are the problems facing us today? What is the situation as far as the mem- bership is concerned? Are the ma- chinists organized? Have we in- creased our membership or are we dropping? The facts are hard to face, but it is of no use to fool ourselves when these problems have to be solved. We have dropped from about 350,000 members during the war to about 75,000 at the present tlme. We have just passed thru a period of so- flight across the Pacific still lies be- fore him. A British boat had to be chartered to take gas and other supplies to the American aviators’ landing-place in Greenland, because of the high prices the Scandinavians asked, says one re- port. Maybe the Britorns are planning a little sabotage of the American mili- tarists’ hopes by delaying the arrival| of supplies in Greenland. A Military Display. | The whole “race” between the Brit-| ish and American planes is just a race} between rival military pwers, each| attempting to show that it is the more} powerful in the air and to test the ex- Pediency of long-distance flying in the event of immediate war. All but ome of the American fliers are commissioned officers of the U. S. Army. The planes are army planes, of course, and the government is pay- ing the expenses. The flight is not to prove that the world is round or that it can be encircled by airplanes, but, to show to what extent airplanes called prosperity without gaining in membership in spite of the fact that the machinists have been recognized as one of the militant organizations in the labor - movement in this country. As far~as the rank and file is con- cerned, the organization has been practically standing still and even re- treated and of course the railroad strike helped to aggrevate the situa- tion. Now, what is the real reason for this situation and what are the remedies for it? Amalgamation Versus The B. & O. Plan, The Railway Employes Department Convention before the railroad strike took place, a demand was made for amalgamation of all the sixteen stan- dard railroad crafts, but after a bit- ter fight it was voted down by the official machine and William H. John- ston, President of the Machinists, was one of the greatest opponents of this, in spite of the fact that the Machin- ists’ organization as such has gone on time is not very near under capital-|Convention. But what do instructions istic society when the air will be the! ™ean'to labor fakers? common civilian travel route, tho| This was the beginning of the de- wealthy patrons can even now fiy struction of tne shopmen’s organiza- comparatively safely for long dis- tion on the railroad. The strike was can be used for war purposes. ia om for amalgamation in Rochester tances. finally called under pressure from the Troops by Air. rank and file against the wishes of Airplanes transport service for|the leaders and when enforced the army troops is not yet on the near|leadership failed to have any plans or horizon, but maybe in a not too dis-|centralized struggle and failed to es- tant future. But airplanes can be/|tablish the necessary commissariat used for rapid resupplying of mili-}and relief organization and not the tary bases and for bombing purposes. |Slightest move for the unity of the Watch for the outburst of militarist|railroad men for the struggle was propaganda when the fliers return and | made. the impassioned pleas for increased| After the settlement of the strike, appropriations for air forces. The|the leaders became scared of the Con- warriors will lament how far Soviet | sequences and it was necessary to de- Russia has gone ahead of them in| vise ways and means to save the situ- building airplanes, judging from pres- | ation. The standard of the working ent wild rumors of the large pur-|conditions and hours on the railroads chases of planes. were practically destroyed and the WITH THE CONDUCTED - BY TH WORKERS UNG WORKERS LEAGUE By MAX SALZMAN. ‘A GAINST the parties of the large capitalists, the republicans and the defn- ocrats, against the party of the middle class, represented by LaFollette, the Workers (Communist) Party raises the standard of Communism, the standard of the working class struggle. America is facing a new political alignment of forces. The two capitalist parties, as such, are beginning to disintegrate. America is slowly following the countries of Europe. It is reaching a stage where each element of society will have a party representing its own @———______——————————————. interests. Just as the interests of ‘Wall Street wil have its own party, Just as the petty bourgeoisie will have its own party, so will the working class have its party, ultimately, of course, the Communist Party, which will lead the workers in their struggle for the complete emancipation from capitalism. However, as this strug- gle deviops it passes thru many stages. The situation in America to- day can be compared to the period of the revolt of the rising bourgeoisie, along with the serfs who were strug- sling against feudalism. At that time the bourgeoisie, in or- der to succeed in overthrowing the} feudal lords, had to have the co-oper- ation of the then developing working} class. After the bourgeoisie had| taken power they proceeded to exploit the very workers who helped them gain power. | Here in America we are faced with) «a situation that is somewhat similar, altho it is impossible for the middle class to achieve the same results. Because of the use of governmental forces against the workers in times of strikes, which are forced upon the workers because of the capitalists at- temtping to lower the wages of the workers in ordor to compete with other countries in the search for for- eign markets. The mass of farmers are becoming peasantized and are seething with rebellion against this inevitable development. Then, too, the large capitalists, the bankers, the manufacturers, the own- ers of the large monopolies are crush- ing the small bankers, the small man- ufacturers and other groups of small- er business men, all of whom also ex- ploit the workers, even tho on a small- er scale. This whole force of devel- opment brings about a conditon where the workers, not understanding the course of development of society, think that the struggle of the mid- dle class to prevent itself from being crushed beneath the heel of large capital, is also the same stru; that they are faced with. Again the mid- @ dle class, this time with LaFollette as leader, is given an opportunity to lead the exploited class in society, but to their sorrgw, times have changed. When the rising bourgeoisie led the struggle against the feudal lords, they worked in accordance with the devel-| A opment of society, but this time the middle class is attempting to turn back the wheels of progress. “Break the trusts,” they say. But the trusts cannot and should not be broken. They must be taken over and devel- oped by the workers, who must do this in order to free themselves from exploitation. Today the middle cl has fooled a large portion of the work- ers and farmers. Today this hesitat- ing, undecisive, wavering group his |taken the lead of this struggle of the ‘workers and has given the Farmer- | Labor movement a setback. In the face of such conditions it has become necessary for the Workers (Communist) Party, which has been the most activa force fighting for the devlopment of a Farmer-Labor Party to enter the political arena with its own candidates, using as its logan the struggle for the complete abolition of capitalism, It has nominated as its standard bearers William Z. Foster, leader of the steel and stockyards strikes, for president, and Benjamin Gitlow, who served a term in Sing Sing for his principles, for vice president. It becomes the task of the Young Workers League to give its utmost support to this struggle of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, which enter the parliamentary campaign for the first time on a national scale. Get to work! Help utilize this struggle for the spreading of Communist propa- ganda, for the bringing of new, mem- bers into the party, for the strength- ening of the Communist.forces in the United States. Let us unite our forces for the complete overthrow of capital- ism as the first step toward the es- tablishment of the classless society— Communism. a only measure that could save the situ-;Organization of Unorganized and the |help to stimulate the interest of the Jing for admittance to the Internation- ation would be the amalgamation of all of the organizations on the roads. But of this the leaders would hear nothing and so a new panacea for all ills was proposed in the so-called B. & O. plan and insurance and other fraternal features of the unions. The officials who have no confidence in the fighting ability of the rank and file went to the employers with talks of efficiency and we are now to have co-operation and harmony with the bosses. For a time we are to forget the class struggle and the lamb and the lion are to sleep together peace- fully. This is to solve the problem accprding to the present leaders of the railroad unions. Of course, this sort of a scheme will not succeed. It will fail'as surely as water runs down hill. Not thepropaganda of the revelutionists will kill it, but the cold tacts/of the struggle. We can be sure that the railroad bosses will not endorse any plans which will curtail their profits. The B. & O. bosses have endorsed the plan as it will benefit them. The men have not gained any material benefit from the plans and they cannot ever gain anything. Speaking to the;rank and file who have worked and who are working under this plan, their name for it is “Sweat shop under union protection.” In the general course of events this plan will fail and force the workers? to take up the struggle from which there is no escape. .Class collabora- tion is bound to fail, but it can do terrible damage to unions. In the meantime this damnable scheme must be fought consistently by all militants in the coming convention of I. A. of M. True spirit of unionism must be kept alive so that we will not be made an efficiency auxiliary to the bosses or a compaty union. Amalgamation of all the unions in the metal and railroad industry into a powerful industrial union with the power to demand and take from the bosses what it wants instead of call- ing to them and asking them for a few favors, is the only solution for the present dilemma. Unemployment, Some of the officials of the I. A. of M. are always speaking of insurance as one of the important questions be- fore the convention and in fact some of them forget to talk of anything else but live insurance. Instead of a simple life insurance which does not hold membership, the leff wing must fight for unemployment insurance which effects the members right now and not when they are dead. This is especially important as we are now facing an unemployment crisis of Probably greater consequences than we have ever seen in the United States and unless some ways and means can be provided for the pro- tection of our unemployed members, we will have the same drop in mem- bership as usual during the crisis. The average member belongs to a la- bor union as long as he is benefited by it and as long as it offers some protection to him on the job and as soon as the union fails to fight for these protective measures, he will drop his card whether he carries a death benefit policy or insurance. Abolition of Appointive Power. A real organizational campaign must be started on a national scale to organize the unorganized machine shop workers and our organizers must be made to earn their titlé, At the present time we have about twenty specially appointed organizers on the pay roll besides the regularly elected officers, but the trouble is that these organizers are not responsible direct to the membership but to the Inter- national President who can very nice- ly use them for his own personal am- bition and to bui!d strong machine to maintain himself in power. Some of our present organizers as a matter of fact have not done any organizing to speak of for the last couple of years and some of them have done all in their power té break up the or- ganization by suspending and expell- ing the revolutionary and progressive members of the union which has re- sulted only in helping to break the morale of the membership as these militants constitute the backbone of any organization that recognizes the class struggle in their platform. The appointive power must be abol- ished at this convention so that these organizers will feel responsibility to the members and will be of some ser- vice in an organization campaign in- stead of playing politics to hold them- selves in power. A Class Farmer-Labor, Party. In all of these struggles of the Ma- chinists and other métal trades work- ers to better their © conditions,“the greatest obstacle has been the poli- tical powers that be. Injunction after injunction has been issued by the po- litical powers of the nation. The na- tional government has always stood on the side of the employers. Every railroad worker will remember the Daugherty injunction, members in the organization. * Abolish Racial Discrimination. We must follow other trade unions and break down the present barrier against colored workers. We are to blame ourselves if these workers scab on us during strikes as we have closed our doors to them and therefore can- not blame them for scabbing. Let us abolish the stupid clause admitting only white machinists and open the doors for our colored brothers. Reinstatement of Expelled and Sus- pended Members. The heresy hunting carried on by the present officialdom must be stop- ped at this convention if we are to see a healthy growth of the organiza: tion, the czarist methods of some of our organizers in dealing with mem- bers who disagree with the official policies of the administration can only lead to the destruction of the union. Our organizers must be compelled to work in unorganized territory and earn their title. We cannot boast of being the most democratic organiza- tion in America as far as the labor un- ions-are concerned if we allow these stupid and reactionary policies to go on,, These members must be rein- stated with full rights in the organ- ization. Forty-four Hour Week. A real national campaign must be started so that we can establish a forty-four hour week and regain real working conditions all over the coun- try. At the present time we find that hours and conditions and wages are different in the various places. We must make a national drive to estab- lish the eight-hour day and real work- ing conditions and standard wages all over the country. Raise in the Standard of Helpers. The machinists’ helpers especially on the railroads “are probably some of In spite of these facts our national|the most underpaid workers we have officers have done nothing to further|in the organization and the only way the political consciousness of the they are able to keep the wolf from membership. Already increasing sen-|the door is by working overtime. Etf- timent for a Labor Party and for se-|forts must be made to raise them to Daragion from the old parties on thea higher standard of wages closer to part of our membership has been|the scale of the machinists than is fought by our international officers in |now the case, Such a move will in- spite of the fact that the platform of | crease the solidarity between the help- the machinists definitely states that|ers and machinists and do away with one of, the purposes of our organiza-/the present antagonism and propa- tion shall be to stimulate the political ganda on the part of some of the help- education of our membership so that | ers for getting out of the International they can use their political rights for|and standing alone. the best interests of, the organization. All helpers in the big manufacturing The militants at the convention will plants must also be orgatiized. fight for the immediate formation of International Affiliation. a strong Farmer-Labor Party and The I. A. of M. is affiliated to the force our general officers to quit fool- ing around with the two old parties. Such a party must be based on trade unions and include all political parties and working class organizations. Bi-annual Conventions. Four years is too long a period be- tween conventions and we therefore International Federation of Metal Workers in Berne which is a step in the right direction, but to be just affili- ated on paper does not mean anything if the International does not wage a constant struggle against the capital- ist class. Delegates to this congress should be elected by the membership Propose to hold a convention every |and the policy must be to demand the two years. The rapid political and in-| united front of all the various metal dustrial development in this country | trades organizations in Europe and forces the labor movement to make | United States. Further, we must in- Party Activities Of Local Chicago CHICAGO BRANCH MEETINGS Thursday, July 17 Finnish Branch, Imperial Hall, N. Halsted St. South Side English, 3201 S. Wabash ve. Scandinavian Karl Marx, 2733 Hirsch Bivd. 2409 ‘Russian No. 1, 1902 W. Division St. llth Ward Italian, 2439 S. Oakley Iva, 3lst Ward Italian, 511 N. Sangamon St. Friday, July 18 Ukranian No .2, Ukrainian Educational Soctety, 10701 Stephenson Ave. Polish North Side, 1902 W. Division St. Milda Hall, 3142 S. Halsted St. Greek Branch, 722 Blue Island Ave. . * * CHICAGO STREET MEETINGS This Week. THURSDAY—62nd and Halsted, Engle- wood English W. P. FRIDAY—Division and Washtenaw, N. W. Jewish, W. P. North and Rockwell, Maplewood Y. W. L. Roosevelt and Cen- tral Park, Rykov, Y. W. L. SATURDAY—20th and State, Side English W. South 112th and Michigan, a. and Roosevelt L “Ten Years in a Co-operative Colony” Illustrated lecture by MR. WALTER CONLIN of the Liano Co.operative Colony Friday, July 18th, 8:30 P. M. Radical Book Shop, 826 N. Clark St. Admission Free—No Collection. RIVERVIEW, AUGUST 10th Remember “Riverview, August of the Workers Party Prets Picnic this year, the intersection of Western and Belmont Avenu admitting the holder to the Workers Party Prees Picnic and also giv- « Ing reduced rates on many of the Riverview rides. " All other Party and League affairs are off for that day. Sym- pathetic organizations a request aid to the Party Press Picnic, Sunday, August 10th, ° changes in the policies and tactics as well as forms of organization. For those reasons the I. A. of M. should follow the example of other progres- sive organizations and hold our con- vention every other year. It will also YOUNG WORKERS SEEK struct our delegates to vote for the admittance of the strongest © metal trades union in the world which is the All-Russian Union of Metal work- ers. The Russian union has been fight- al sinc the revolution, but due to the reactionary leadership of the Yellow Amsterdam International has not yet been admitted. The American labor must fight for their admittance. The I. A. of M. must also affiliate to the only fighting international in the world, the Red International of Labor Union with headquarters in Moscoay. The R. I. L. U. has proven that it is not a body deliberating on empty resolutions which its own affili- ated sections do not pay any atten- tion to, as ‘the Amsterdam, but it is an International in-the true sense of the word, ready at all times to carry on the struggle against the enemy, the capitalist class, It has proven in Germany, for example that the R. I. L. U. was the only international that took up the struggle against the aboli- tion of the eight-hour day. It was the R. I. L. U. which sounded the clarion call against the Versailles Treaty when the Amsterdam International only passed resolutions and gave up the eight-hour day without a struggle. It was again the R. I. L. U. that took up the struggle against the white terror in Spain and carried on an in- ternational boycott against that coun- try. When the American miners went on strike, it carried on consistent pro- paganda to stop the British miners scabbing on their fellow workers across the ocean, while the Amster- dam International silently watched the British coal being shipped to America to break the strike. These, are facts which cannot be disputed and for these reasons, we ad- yocate the affiliation of the I. A. of M. to the R. I. L. U. and the election of delegates to take place at the same time as the election of the grand lodge officers. Besides these there are a few minor questions which the left wing must As for instance, the estab- lishment of an election board to count the ballots of the general elections in- stead of leaving it to the general sec- retary-treasurer as is -now the case. Other measures in the change of tech- nique of organization which will make it better functioning should be en- couraged. But the main issues that the left wing will carry into the convention and make a consistent fight for, will be: 1, Amalgamation of all crafts in the Metal industry and elimination of the infamous B. & O. plan of class col- laboration. 2. Organization of a Labor Party. 3. Organization of unorganized. 4. The establishment of unemploy- ment insurance. 5. Abolish racial discrimination. 6. Abolition of the appointive power and the election of organizers. @. Bi-Annual Conventions. 8. Reinstatement of ‘the expelled and suspended members for carrying on activities for progressive measures. 9. Establishment of a national .44- hour week. 10. Raising the standard of helpers. 11. Affiliation to the R. I. L. U, These are the necessary measures which, if adopted, will help to develop the I. A. of M. to take its place among the world’s fighting metal workers. support. aoe omic neater Rae ad, a Train Speakers For the Campaign A FIRM FOUNDATION By HYMAN SIEGEL, in Special Class The Workers Party public speaking Tonight will witness a departure |Class held its first meeting Monday in methods of studying. Max Be- |Right, when James P. Canonn, who is dacht, a tried and able comrade of |Conducting the class, outlined the pur- many years’ standing in the revolu. | Poses and scope of the course. tionary movement, will give the ‘The class is made up of twenty ac- ‘first of a series of live lectures on |tive Chicago comrades, who were rec- the very elements, the bases on ommended by their various branches. which is built Communist thought. |Upon direction of the City. Central It is more than a mere class in |Committee, the City Executive Com- the a b c’s—it is a cementing and | mittee selected a list of twenty com- strengthening of the groundwork on ;rades from all those recommended by which rests the structure of our |the branches. The comrades who Communist Conviction. Fn an ing sang Ahi cecil ak in the Fos' en- Too, thé- methods of instruction bie campaign, i aiaa cs coaee ee will be most modern, Comrade Be- | out the coming fall and winter. dacht will use no text book, but will The City Central Committee an- illustrate on the blackboard. nounces the class as a new departure Altho the class is being held un- in building up the efficiency of the Workers Party. Ten or fifteen trained der the auspices of the Young Work. Rneakaes are’ expected by the class, ers’ League, Rykov Branch, all party | which hereafter will meet on Friday members and friends are welcome /nights. Comrade Cannon said that to attend. impromptu, extemporaneous and These Young Workers are to be | memorized speeches will be studied, commended for their ability to rec ja, all are important for dif. ognize a lack in their knowledge— | ferent occasions. He declared some of and for such an attempt to remedy |the things necessary for making a it. speech to be: To find and assemble Class meets tonight, 8 p.m. sharp |the material, to prepare and build the at 3322 Douglas Boulevard. structure of the speech, to think on one’s feet, and to get the right rela- tion to the’audience. He said that the speech should inform, convince and persuade, Comrade Cannon pointed out the ad- vantages of class work’ over indi- vidual effort, declaring the budding public speakers would learn a variety of ways of handling a subject. He said the students would learn to use what they learn and commupicate it to others. \, The xt book will be “Public Speaking” by Professor Winan of Cornell University. 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