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’ mart : Page Four LABOR PARTY, | SAYS BRITON 5th CommunistCongress Hears Arthur McManus (Special to the DAILY WORKER) MOSCOW, June 25.—(By mail.)— ENITOR'S NOTE.—This is the fourth installment from the report made byGregory Zinoviev, chairman of the Communist International, to the Fifth World Congress just adjourned at Moscow. The reading of the Zinoviev report leads to a better understanding of the daily reports of the Communist World Congress now appearing in these columns. Today's installment is as follows: ** * & CHAPTER IV. Continuing the discussion of the re-| port of Gregory Zinoviev, and the} question of\the united front, Comrade} Arthur MacManus of England spoke at the twelfth session of the Fifth World Communist Congress today, Comrade MacManus said that it was) evident from Comrade Zinoviev’s re- port and from speeches of delegates, that the biggest problem before the International was the growth of oppor- tunistic tendencies. There were in- dications of this tendency in Germany, Czecho-Slovakia, Russia, Poland, and fm Great Britain. This opportunistic ‘wave had common international char- acteristics, and these were the results of definite abuses in the application in the tactics of the united front. The source of these abuses was the slow development of the social revolution. The biggest task therefore, was not’ to chastise the parties for their past) errors, but to ensure that there should | be no repetition of these errors. One way of ensuring this was the prepar- ation by the Congress of a careful, complete statement in detail, of the application of the united front to in- dividual parties. One of our mistakes up to the present had been to assume that having made the generalization of the united front, we could rely on individual parties to interpret and apply the tactics. Welcomes What Zinoviev Said. Comrade Zinoviev’s reference to the importance of the difficulties and prob- lems of the British situation was wel- come. The fact that it had led the SITUATION AT FIFTH CONGRESS. DoeWe Make Slow Progress? HAT Is the situation, now, at the moment of the opening of the Fifth Congress? Many think events. are not moving fast enough? We are all dissatisfied, victory has not come; everything Is proceeding far too slowly. We expected the German Revolution; it failed to come; the difficulties are great. wretchedly slow process. Sometimes one gets the feeling that it is a Subjectively speaking, this is correct. Cer- tainly, from the standpoirit of our subjective feelings, it is very slow; more rapid pace. of events really is not so slow. world revolution. 2: We have conquered a sixth solidated one-sixth. stimulated by the war. and partly disorganized. the Social Democracy, has bourgeois government. counter-revolutionary and traitors, geolsie. delegations in their speeches to make some contributions to this problem, | was-an achievement. But hitherto the} references had not been very heipful. | many, and in Poland. 6. The Communist parties have grown. propagandist society; we are developing into Communist world parties. This balance is rather meagre, It is true. but it is not quite as bad as one is inclined to imagine. During the past year the movement flared up in Bulgaria, in Ger- It is perfectly clear that it was no mere accident, for we must wait for the termination of the MacDonald period in Eng- land, of the Left Bloc, in France, and of the present events in Germany. It would really be deélightful if we were marching forward at a But objectively speaking, | believe that the march It is said that when a fly is sitting on a large mill-wheel and the wheel is turning very rapidly, the fly feels as tho the wheel is standing still. wheel of world history is turning very rapidly. RESULTS OF FIVE YEARS. The results of thege five years may be summed up as follows: 1.. A half dozen monarchies have been overthrown; one of which is the Russian monarchy. That certainly is something. This overthrow of Russian Czarism The same is true of us. The (Hear, hear!) is of great significance for the of the surface of the globe. Five- sixths remain to be won, it Is true, but we have already won and con- 3. Development in Asia and In ether remote regions was greatly 4. Capitalism in the most developed countries has been shaken 5. The labor earistocracy, the petty bourgeoisie as represented by become a necessary component part of This marks an advance. Certainly, they are but objectively speaking, it is a step in advance because it is a symptom of the decay of the bour- We are no longer a mere We expected more; THE DAILY WORKER UNDER THREAT OF U.S, FORGE Coffee Rebels Still Hold Sao Paulo (Special to The DAILY WORKER) BUENOS AIRES, July 21.—The Brazilian federal government is anxi- ously watching the United States state department for indications of what action will be taken-toward the revolt in Sao Paulo, The federal troops have not been sent in full force into the revolt area of Santos and Sao Paulo, alleged because of the fear of the government that the men would desert to the rebels, but possibly because of fear of provok- ing American intervention. Other foreign ‘nations, including Italy and possibly Britain, are con- sidering sending warships into Bra- zilian waters if more satisfactory ac- courts of the situation are not forth- coming. The European nations may wait for the United States to make the initial imperialistic gesture this time. Many army officers in the southern provinces have been arrested by the federal government in an effort to check the spread of the revolt, which seemg to be affecting at least four states. The government is maintaining strict censorship over the wires so that accurate dispatches are almost impossible. Ask Brookhart to Check Packers’ — Evasion of Law WASHINGTON, July 21:»—Appeal has been made by the Farmers’ Na- tional council here to Senator Brook- hart of Iowa to investigate the meat packers’ efforts to have the federal courts set aside the consent decree under which the pitifully few gains of WITH THE o \ WORKERS (CONDUCTED - BY TH WING WORKERS LEAGUE . CELEBRATE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY TO ALL BRANCHES OF THE YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE OF AMERICA: Dear Comrades:—The Tenth International Day of Youth approaches. On September 7, 1924, the revolutionary young workers of every country on the face of the earth will gather to demonstrate their strength against the exploiters and oppressors of the working class. As a part of the inter- national young Communist movement, the Young Workers League of America intends to denionstrate its international solidarity and make this Interna- tional Youth Day a historic one in the American movement, This year, with the coming unemployment crisis hanging over the workers like a black cleud, with the imperialist American government feverishly preparing itself for the near #————_________ future, when it’ will throw the working class youth into the field of war for the profits of the bleated plutocrats, it is more than ever our duty to make every attempt to rally as many young workers as possible to our meetings, in order that we may show them the dangers they face and draw them in- to our ranks for the struggle against capitalism. The meetings this year must be held in every city and town that has a branch of the league, Not a moment must be lost in preparing. The earlier you start, the more successful your meeting will be. Party Co-operation. As usual, the leagues should get the immediate co-operation and support from the local Workers Party organ- izations. A party speaker should be included on the program, besides the league speakers. It is advisable to have a few musical numbers, but care should be taken to see that the meet- ing does not sink into a social gather- ing. Our celebrations this year must be demonstrations of a Communist character, where our slogans must be |spread as widely as possible among the young workers. | Not only will the National office fur- jnish ‘the leagues with an attractive poster, which will aid in filling up Cops and Socialists Fail to Break Up Young Workers Meet The Rykoff Branch of the Young Workers’ League thwarted an at- tempt of the socialist party, “cam- paigning for LaFollette, to break up their street meeting on the corner of Roosevelt Road and St. Louis avenue, Friday night. While Peter Herd was speaking to a crowd of several hundred people, on one corner, the socialist party, on the opposite corner, was vajnly trying to hold a small crowd by preaching the virtues of LaFollette. Incensed that the league was draw- ing the crowd, the socialist speaker called a patrol wagon. Meanwhile, however, the Young Workers had ended their meeting and a free lance speaker was talking on another sub- jéct. The patrol arrived, saw the free lancer speaking and dragged him away to the station house. Peter Herd immediately held another Young Workers’ League meetifig, protesting against the unlawful ar- rest. The second meeting was en- thusiastic and put the socialist on Tuesday, July 22, 1924 — MUST STAY IN || Kot Fast Enough BRAZIL COWERS | — ANGRY PERSIANS BEAT AMERICANS OFFENDING THEM Vice-Consul Dies; Oil Overseer Injured . (Special to the Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, July 21.—The American vice consul, Major Robert Imbrie, was attempting to photograph a sacred fountain in Teheran, Persia, when he was attacked and wounded so that he died shortly after. Malin Seymour, an American oil driller, who was with Imbrie at the time, and sup- posedly being taken to jail, is still too weak from his beating to talk. The Persians have become quite hostilé to intruding foreign influences which seek to use Persia as a ground for im- perialistic struggles. The American vice consul has been a soldier of fortune adventurer most of his life. He gave up his law-career, hunted big game in Africa, fought with the French army thru the great war and hopped from Petrograd in 1917 to Viborg, Sweden, 1919; to Con; stantinople, 1920, and Teheran, 1924, as American vice consul each time. Seymour is an American driller, an overseer, who became involved in an affair between Amerjcan and Perstan laborers in the oil fields. He-had been | out on parole, but was supposedly be- ing taken into the confinement ordered by the American consular court swhen he and Imbrie were attacked. Some reports said that the »two Americans were mistaken byetheéPer- sians for Bahai,,or Babiists,«members of a certain religious sect. Other Te | ports indicated that*the men were‘at- ticked becaute of the growing.resent- ment in Persia against foreign influ. | ence, particularly British and Ameri- can ofl exploiters, who seek a way*to strike Soviet Russia and her rich:oil resources thru Persia. The United States state department has asked an inquiry‘into the-death of Imbrie and has suggested that ‘it might ask damages and an-apology. There was a tendency to generalize} but a symptom that we were between two waves of the revolution. |the Heney investigation of the pack- your meeting halls, but a special issue |the opposite corner completely to and not to touch the kernel of the} jn general, during this year, many events eccurred in International Bee law breaking were apreree, 1 of the Young Worker for sale at the route. , fj _FURNISHED ROOMS problem. The British problem was not | the party's attitude to the Labor Party | nor to the Labor government. These | were secondary, the real problem was | how to form a British mass party. This was the problem last June when the Executive of the International, and the British Party, studied the problem. The picture they then had was of the whole British working-class move- ment under the control of opportunist, Second International leaders; the La- bor party in opposition, with every probability of a Labor government; the policy to fit this situation, and to RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS IN ENGLISH AND IN ALL FOREIGN LANGUAGES INK, PADS, DATERS, RUBBER TYPE.Erc, NOBLER STAMP & SEAL CO, politics and in the international labor movement; a labor government in Great Britain; elections in Germany, France, and Italy; a labor government in Denmark; vigorous development of the petty-bourgeols movement in America; a strike in Norway lasting half a year; disso- lution of the Two and a Half International; the International Conference of Transport Workers; a strike wave in Great Britain; a railway strike in China; a strike of 150,000.textile workers in India, etc. Thus im- portant events took place. We have not yet obtained a complete victory, but we are moving forwards. Pos (Tomorrow, Economic World Situation.) . lead to the building of a mass party. program of the Communist Party. It was decided that the duty of the partg was to carry on a campaign in the trade unions and workshops to chal- lenge the old leadership; that is the development of minority movement. The second phase of this movement was its development in every direc- tion which would challedge the old leadership. It was the party’s duty to rally the minority movements in the individual unfons into an opposition movement towards the entire trade 73 W, VanBurenSt, Phone Wabash 6680 | | CHICAGO MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY | | “ATTENDED TO—— Special Offer For the next three months, on receipt of ONE DOLLAR, we will mail to your address a completd set of our pamphlets. 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At the present moment the miners’ minority movement demands were be- ing pressed upon the Executive Com- mittee. In addition this movement was running its own weekly paper, with a circulation of 40,000. Comrade MacManus mentioned similar activ- ities in the metal trades, docks, trans- port, seafaring, and textile industries, Attitude to Labor Ruler, Turning to the party’s attitude to- | wards the Labor government, Comrade MacManus pointed out that the Labor party comprised practically all the working class bodies in Britain. He held at endorsed Comrade Murphy's sti mass party, masses were. More Criticism. There was a general demand of the sharpening of our criticism of the La- bor party and the Labor government. The British party agreed, but there was only one way of criticism, and that way was by getting into the masses and rallying them against the present leadership. There was a wrong’ im- pression abroad that the British party took a static view of affiliation to the Labor party, that is, that once affill- ated would be affiliation for ever. The British party's only object inside the Labor party was to bring about a con- flict for power with the leaders, to bring the mass mombership_of the party to challenge the present leaders at the party conferences. When the masses had been brought to this point, the party might decide that it was better to fight the leaders from out- side the Labor party than from bass | Unity in Party, The opposition within the British Communist Party was diminishing and was no longer a serious problem. It was an inheritance from the old parties of whom the British Commun- ist. Party had been formed, and had manifested itself mainly in connection with the question of party candida- tures for parliament, The Manchester Conference had made the position of candidates quite clear; ‘their cam- paigns were now viewed only from the point of view of the Party’s task, as he had described it, within the Labor party. it must be where the Send in that Subscription Today. Starve in Sunshine Here, Is Los Angeles Workers’ Warning (Special to The DAILY WORKER) LOS ANGELES, July 21.—Needle trades workers intending to come to Brookhart is asked to have his spe- cial committee, which is inquiring in- to the conduct of the department of justice, look into the reasons for the securing of this decree under which the packers were debarred from the handling of certain lines of the food industry; also the sudden effort made by Harry M. Daugherty as attorney general, in 1921, to have the decree set aside; also the present attempt by Armour and Swift to have the decree so modified as to enable them to again Of Bavarian Prisons (Special to the DAILY WORKER) BERLIN, July 21.—Ernst Toller’s expose of the horrible conditions in Bavarian prisons, from one of which he has just been released after five years’ imprisonment for participating in the Gurt Eisner Soviet regime, was read to the reichstag judiciary com- mittee. Toller, the famous poet and. author of “Masse Méusche,” plead to be allowed to give all his money to the men still inside to get proper food, as nd food is permitted to be sent into the prison, Toller bitterly arraigned the Bava- rian officials and ‘said that the politi- cal prisoners were not allowed even to attend their families’ funerals. He told of the horrible brutalities prac- ticed upon. the prisoners and men- tioned that Count Arco Devally, Bava- rian monarchist who killed Eisner, is still free. For the first time Toller saw one of his four successful plays staged re- cently. Mex Carmen Quit Federation. MEXICO CITY, July 21.—The union of carmen of the capital, with 3,500 members, is withdrawing from the Mexican Federation of Labor. It claims the federation butted into its internal affairs, | demonstrations, It is necesgary for the \leagues to send in their orders for ex- tra copies of this issue immediately. Points For Speakers. | The speakers for the league should touch on the following points mainly: 1. The Spectre of Unemployment. 2. The Preparations for War. On the first point we must use the slogans: (1) The six-hour day and the five-day week for all young workers in order that more young workers may feet jobs; (2) All young workers who are uneffiployed to be trained vocation- opposition to increased armaments and must particularly stress the men- ace of imperialist-wars. ¢ There are slogans for this, Tenth International Youth Day. must not permit them to remdin on paper, but we must seek to rally the young workers into our oefganization on that basis. International Youth Day must be used to still further carry on the or- ganizational work of the league. Our efforts to create nuclei in the basic industries must be continued with de- termination that has never been known before. In distributing the leaflets for Youth Day, cover partic- ularly the shops in which young workers are employed. More atten- tion must be given to reach the young workers employed in industry. They are the element we need in order to improve the social composition of the membership of our league. Finances, The entire proceeds of Youth Day meetings are to be turned over to the national office, All funds possible must be raised in order to permit or- ganizers to tour the leagues and to strengthen the organization nationally. We must cleanup all the debts of the national office, so that’we can carry on our work freely, without having any fear of interruption because of lack of funds, ? Begin NOW with the preparations for the Tenth International Youth Day. Bring all young workers to the ban- ner of the Young Workers League of America. For the six-hour day and the five-day week for the working youth. For the maintenance of the unem- ployed youth at the expense of capi- talism. Down with preparations for im- perialist wars! Let us work for the most effective celebration of Interndtional Youth Day ever held in America, The National Executive Committee, Young Workers League of America. Martin Abern, Executive Sec'y. the City Grows. WASHINGTON, July 21—The pop- ulation of Chicago has inereased 42,- 634 in the last year, the census bu- reau announced today. The windy city’s population on July 1,-1924, the bureau estimated, was 2,929,605 as compared with a population of 2,886,971 on July 1, 1923. 3716 SHEFFIELD — Pleasant, newly decorated and furnished single and double front’ room. Sheridan “L,” bus and surface lines; reasonable. Buckingham 7959. PITTSBURGH, PA. , DR. RASNICK — DENTIST Rendering Expert Dental Service 6 {ELD st. "Near 7th Ave. | , CENTER AVE. Cor Arthur Be We ‘i . Campaign in Workshops. ment that, if the British Party re-| monopolize the distribution / Ke ‘ the srowing tide of workers’ demands,| 1 was the frst task of tho Commun-|mained outside the Labor Party, it| products MF Seek ally, wader susferision 6€-ths. Wades Te. 5 strikes, with the masses making de-|18t Party to enter into the growing | would remain outside the organized F ernment pity Pare nxt sis One Million German Workers *. mands and waiting for leadership, and struggles, to try to organize the grow-| working class movement. The British Revolutiona P. t Gathe acca eg wa copies 4 the old leaders not prepared to lead,| ine discontent, and to rally“the dis-|Party was anxious to be inside the ry oF A must point out of @inathary ae pty ri It was then the task to define clearly | Contented elements around the definite |labor party because, if it was to be a Attacks Brutalities y CHAINED TO THE ROCKS 400,000 Workers on Strike 7,000 In German Prisons WIVES ‘AND CHILDREN their rights and the eight hour day. Their fight is our fight. If they lose, we lose. If they win, we win. Capitalists are quick to learn from each other. Today it is Germany. America. HELP ; HAMMER AWAY THE CHAINS 5c A BLOW 5¢ OUR AIM: To give aid to all needy workers and class war victims without con- ditions, without political discrimination, whenever and wherever the existence of a working class is menaced by an economic or natural Tomorrow it may be catastroplie, or by political oppression. a ee {INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID, 19 So. 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