The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 6, 1924, Page 4

; ie Page Four ee RUSSIA’S. STATE PLANNING BOARD UNIQUE IN WORLD “Gosplan” Coordinates Soviet Economic Life Rosta News Agency. Ever since the revolution the au- thorities have aimed to organize the industry and agriculture of the whole Soviet Union in accordance with a general comprehensive economic plan. During the period of military com- munism, when industry and trade was concentrated entirely-in the hands of the state, the functions of economic investigation and planning and of co- ordinating the work of the various state enterprises were carried out by the Supreme Economic Council itself. With the establishment of the new economic policy, and even before its formal inauguration, it was found that the Supreme Economic Council, which controlled only the state enterprises, could not well fiffiction as a general Planning agency for the whole of the country. A Single Economic Plan. The idea of a single economic plan for the whole of the country was not abandoned with the introduction of the new economic policy. The work, however, was referred to a special body, the State Economic Planning Commission (Gosplan). The first ses- sion of the Gosplan took place on April 3, 1921, although it had fune- tioned previously as the State Com- mission for Electrification. Even in favorable circumstances, the work of co-ordinating the whole of the industry and agriculture of a country like the Soviet Union would have been immense. The attempt, however, was begun after the country had gone through the World and civil wars, the intervention and the block- ade. Further, 1921 was the year of the famine. The Gosplan has also had to reckon with the backwardness of the peasantry; the primitive meth- ods of agriculture employed before the war; the fact that only some 270,- 000,000 acres are under cultivation out of a total possible 5,400,000,000 acres, and the backwardness of industry. Finally, it has had to take into ac- count the traditions of corruption and bureaucracy inherited from the Tsarist regime. Naturally, therefore, at first the Gosplan was more successful in the drawing up of plans than in their execution. Estimates Five Years Ahead. Taking all these difficulties into account, however, the actual work ac- complished by the Gosplan during the three years of its existence has been very considerable. The reports of its various sections show clearly that the Gosplan is get- ting an increasingly = grasp of the Socialist Traitors in Also Rallied Austria to “The-Fatherland” ROM the “Arbelter-Zeltung,” (Soclal-Democratlo—Socialist), Vien- na, August 5, 1924. “Let'the Iron die be cast as. It may, and with our hearts’ most fervent devotion let us hope that | the holy cause of the German peop! Reichstag presented to the nation t it will be cast for the triumph of le. The picture that the German oday will leave an_ indelible mark upon the consciousness of the entire German race; it will be written down in history as a day of the proud and mighty uprising jof the German soul. One after the other the Social-Democrats have spoken in favor of making the public loan. Like the unified International social-democracy, our German national party, a jewel in the orgahiza- tion of the class-conscious proletariat, is one of the bitterest oppo- nents of war, one of the most im and solidarity of the people; passioned advocates of the unity + but now-that the German father- land Is In danger, now that the national independence of our people is threatened, social-democracy steps forward te protect the home country, and the ‘nationiess vagabonds,’ the ‘red gang,’ as the Kaiser once slanderously termed them, dedicate the lives and for- tunes of the working classes to the State.” realities of the economic situation and of the economic possibilities. Its plans are now related closely to the actual possible rate of economic de- velopment in the given circumstances. Its plans are drawn up in advance of the period to which they apply. In many branches of the national econ- omy it is now possible to draw up general output and other estimates for as long a period as five years ahead. The Gosplan is divided into a num- ber of sections, each of which works out its plans for the particular branch of the national economy for which it/is responsible. These plans are dischssed and have to be ratified by the Gosplan itself. They are then submitted to the Council of Labor and Defence. Industry. The industrial section, like the oth- ers, at first worked from hand to mouth. Its estimates were generally wide of the mark. For the year 1922-23 it drew up estimates for the coal, oil, ores, salt, gold, platinum, textile, engineering, electrical, leather, chemical, tobacco, paper, and pottery industries. The proportion of these programs actually carried out varied from 68 per cent in the chemical and 69.4 per cent in the leather industries (the two lowest) to 190 per cent in the tobacco industry. The average was 107.8 per cent. The total number of} workers. estimated to be employed was 875,174 and the number actually employed 826,905. The industrial section was of great service in the organization of trusts, the allocation of credits to special industries, the regularization of sup- plies of raw materials, the concentra- tion and combination of enterprises, the reduction of overhead charges, the strict control of accounts, and the calculation of costs of production. Agriculture. The agricultural section took an active part in 1921 in investigating the “SCABS AND SOCIALISTS” By FRANK VALENTINE. Two years ago I lived in a town of Thomas, West Virginia. Later my father moved to Girard, Ohio. Six months /later we moved to Meriden, West Virginia, a little mining town. And now we have been four months in Cleveland, Ohio. In every town I go there are Slovenians, Socialists and scabs, church members and moving pic- tureers. Pardon me, I do not mean that all of the Slovenians are this kind. At least I am not. Those that read the DAILY WORKER are not, I am sure. They are not counted. In the town of Thomas there were many Slovenians in the Great Coal Strike in 1923. Before the strike the workers were get ting one dollar and fourteen cents ($1.14) on a ton of coal. Now the Slovenian scabs are scabbing for forty-five cents (45c) a ton. That is the last wage-cut. My father didn’t want to be a scab, so he had to move. He went hunting a job. He got one in Girard, Ohio, a mighty poor one. It was only thirty-five cents (35c) an hour. He wasn’t making enough to keep the family. I soon found out what kind of people lived in Girard. A saloon- keeper was a socialist. He had a i price on “Raisin-Jack.” About three foremen, who got their jobs by being scabs in the Ohio Leather Company Strike in 1917. They were foremen, but they only got ten cents more than my father did. The amount of what were their wages? Why, forty-five cents (45c). They worked three times more than my father did. These were all Slovenians. But Slovenians are Slovenians. All they had in their minds was work, pee and show. The fools were getting seventy. a | sagen iS are getting thirty-five (35c). They averaged it up this way: ‘tf we work about fifteen hours a day we will nearly have as much as we did when we were working eight hours a day.” They did not realize that they were working nearly two shifts for the same price. Even the over-timer went éo church. They would come from work on Saturdays very late. Next morning he could get up and go to church, and stay till twelve o'clock. After he could eat his dinner he would go to the moving® pictures. These are good social- ists, aren’t they? My father said, “They are such a crazy, dumb set of people.” So he decided to move. We settled in a little mining town in among a good set of people. There was only one certain socialist and a scab, This socialist was on a mine committee of the local union of the United Mine Workers of America. This committeeman lost all the cases that he had to settle. The people got mad and called him “Committee- John.” The'scab was a strikebreaker. He broke the local union at Norton, W. Va., or some town close there. die was a mine-foreman rather “a mine-sucker.” “Committee- John” worked in the same mine that my father did. He worked in the next room to my father. The “mine-sucker” and “Committee-John” were good friends. One day “Committee-John” got nine cars to load the coal in while my father only got four. Another day “Committee-John” had to shut down some coal after four o'clock. The “mine-sucker” told the driver to wait for him. Next my father had to shut down the coal and was too late to-eatch the trip, so he had to walk out. The “mine-sucker” didn’t wait for him, You can find many of these kind of people—Becialists and ad Ricabe, causes and in mitigating the effects of the famine. The president of the section carried out a comprehensive survey of the cultivation of grain in the Ussr. About a year ago the section took in hand the closing up of the “scis- sors”—the discrepancy between agri- cultural and industrial prices. It is insisting upon the urgency of increas- ing the purchasing power of the peas- ants and developing grain exports. It is also engaged in the colonizatién of certain sparsely populated areas, the restoration of agriculture in the fam- ine areas, the supply of agricultural machinery, and the development of agricultural credits. Fuel. Like the transport section, the fuel section had to deal with a terrible legacy of material ruin and adminis- trative bureaucracy. Only about 60 to 70 per cent of the estimates drawn up in the early years for fuel were actu- ally attained. In 1921-22, however, 97 per cent of the Gosplan estimate was actually fulfilled, and in 1922-23, 99 per cent. Largely as a result of the work of the fuel section, the output of coal has increased by about 88 per cent in 1922-23, compared with 1920-21, and that of oil by 23 per cent. The cost of production in the Donetz has de- creased by nearly 50 per cent during this period, and the productivity of labor is now about twice that in 1920. At the same time the quality of the coal is better. Other Work, The transport system, whilst still laboring under many difficulties, is in- comparably superior to what it was three years ago. In addition, the Gosplan contains foreign trade, statistical, budget and electrical sections. These sections assist very materially the state de- partments concerned, and help to co- ordinate the various branches of the national economy. The original purpose of the Soviet authorities, to bring the whole of the economy of the country into a single economic plan, is very far from béing has taken the first necessgry steps towards a rational organization of the national economy. accomplished. The neces sepa Ave! Calles Going to Europe. EL PASO, Tex., August 5.—General Plutacre Elias Calles, conceded presi- dent-elect of Mexico, will start Sunday | ®! from Senora border for New York where he will take a steamer for his European tour. To Get Ex-Spy’s Body WASHINGTON, August 5. — The United States cruiser Trenton, now at Naples, will proceed to Bushire, Per- sia, to receive the body of Major Rob- ert M. Imbrie, the slain American vice consul, and bring his body back to the United States. RIVERVIEW—RAIN OR SHINE | AUGUST 10th—SUNDAY PRESS PICNIC DAY THE DAILY WORKE ‘ U.S, ENVOY 0 MEXICO PRAISES HIS OWN WORKS Drove Wedge for U. S. Imperialists (Special to the Daily Worker.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 5,—‘“Relations between the United States and Mexico are on a more satisfactory basis now than at any time since the Diaz admin- istration,” Charles Beecher, Warren, who is resigning as the American am- bassador to Mexico, declared. Outspoken in his praise of Presi- dent Obregon, Warren said that the Mexican executive, who is soon to be succeeded in office by Plutarcho Cal- les, has a “greater control and a more stable government,” than has been ac- corded the Mexican people since the reign of Gen. Diaz; the reactionary old dictator who held his job so long, by grace of American “interests” (Hearst, Otis, Guggenheim). Brot Recognition. “I regard the special mission which I undertook last year as having been accomplished,” Warren said. “I went as the head of the American commis- sion to negotiate a basis for the re- sumption of diplomatic relations. I have adjusted all the problems arising out of the De la Huerta revolution. Our government paid taxes to the var- ious ports like Vera Cruz and Pro- gresso. The Mexican government sought to recollect the taxes for the Obregon government after the revolu- tion and now they have decided not to collect these taxes. “In addition to that I exchanged notes with the Mexican government agreeing to enter upon the negotiation of a treaty of amity and commerce as soon as the American government is prepared to take up these investiga- tions. The completion of the negotia- tions have been delayed because the question of policy will have to be passed upon by the Senate in conjunc- tion with the German treaty of amity and commerce. No treaty of amity and commerce has been in existence between the United States and Mexico since 1881.” Speaking of conditions in Mexico, Ambassador Warren said that the country is taking a great interest in her mines, oil resources and the de- velopment of national resources, Party Activities Of Local Chicago _ BRANCH MEETINGS Wednesday, August 6 Roumanian Branch—2254 Clybourn Ave. peaeias Park, Jewish—8420 W. Roose- vel ga Cotta, Italian—2707 N. Marsh- fiel Czecho-Slovak, Cicero—Masaryk School, “sith Ave. and 2nd Pl., Cicero. Mid-City, Bn; mya ic Sasaranaaterd Hall—Ogden and Taylor Stre one English—6414 Ss Halsted ree Seeeee Revek No. 3—2548 S. Homan enue, Thursday, August 7 pean tapaiet Hall, 2409 N. Halsted ree Pinata Ward, Italian—2439 S. Oakley Thirty-first Ward, Italian—511 N. San- gamon ‘Street. Bnaitah--$20t 8. Wabash South Side, Ave., Chicago, Russian No. i902 W. Division Street. nie enerien Karl Marx—2733 Hirsch Friday, August 8 Scandinavian—South Chicago, 6ist Street. Lettish—4359 ‘Thomas Street. Czecho-Slovak, Hanson Park—Bohe- mian Freethink School Rovynost, Mans- field Ave. near Grand. Saturday, August 9 Daily yo eS Agents’ Meet! Mai * 30 P.m., at ‘ashington Press Plenle commie sdteeting—a6s W. Washington St., Room 307, 3 p. m. 641 E. Reading Falls In Line Too READING, Pa., August 5.— The Reading Farmer-Labor Party organ- ized here about threé months ago to- ‘ay ‘endorsed the Workers Party residential ticket and issued a vigor- ous statement against La Follette and his program. Federated Press Jingles. A awful lot’s been sed of late that workers should co-operate and share industrial gains and losses by hitch- ing up ‘long side the bot Now I'm _ prepared to show you guys that such a scheme is fur from wise. The lambs and lions do not share a distribution that is fair. The poor lamb soon is lost to sight to feed the lion's appetite, and ends a life that’s somewhat restive by filling cavities digestive. The pussy cat has the last word in conversation with the bird. There's profit‘sharing, for example, which is a very modern sample ‘ot kidding workingman to think that he is an investing gink. There's schemes to sell us guys a block of litho- graphed and pale pink stock, by which we make the boss a loan, and not a damned thing do we own. They give us stock for what we've lent, but hug their fifty-one per cent and seen she ososs ot hols wig dau il bo Rar Pail Epics b Bill Lloyd their unperturbed control, If you have bought the bosses stock and wanna get a life-sized shock, just walk into stockholders’ meeting and offer your hard paw in greeting, and take a movie of their looks when you have asked to see the books. Just say you're taking no big bets that there ain't some con- cealed assets, and ask to have type real neat a showing of the bal- ance sheet. Say, guy, before you hit the door, you'll know that you don’t run no more of that there business and its caper than if your stock wuz wrap- ping paper. The comp'ny unioh is the. prize to 81 h the Worker ‘tween eyes. If your skull bone is extra k just join a union with no where bosses pull the ao Nek vier bum stool-pigeons run the + Co-operation is a fake, A good stiff fight you gotta make. I'm telly ing things to all you du Workers’ Outline of Science, To the DAILY WORKER: I main- tain that until the workers have fa- miliatized themselves with the scien. tifle conception of the inorganic uni- verse and life, including mind, as a phenomena of nerve and brain opera- tions, they are not likely to endorse the teachings of scientific socialism, tho from their own social conditions they may have a sentimental leaning tewards Socialism. The fundamental facts of modern science which ought, to be, but are not, common knowledge, may be briefly summarized as follows: The indestructibility of eternity of matter and its evolution from nebulae suns and planets and eventually their dis- solution to nebulae, a cyclic process without beginning and without end. Then a description of the solar sys- tem, as an example; how it grew out of nebulae, its size and probable age. Then our earth its immense age; the formation of rocks. This followed by what is known of the beginning of life and its eyolution from lowly be- ginnings; also what is known of the nature and evolution of mind. Then an account of human society, its evo- lution from Primitive Communism through chattel slavery and, in Eu- rope, Feudalism, to capitalism and its Probable evolution to Socialism. Also. an explanation of what is meant by Socialism. : Now this knowledge is absolutely necessary for a proper orientation to- wards proletarian advancement, for the worker must give up mediev: ideas and become familiar with the truths of modern science. If you could get a series of articles on the above subjects written in a popular style and publish them in your Daper, and afterwards if a demand was created by their publication publish them in pamphlet or even book form, it would be laying a solid, unshake- able foundation for the truths of so- cialism based on concrete knowledge not mere sentiment as too often hap- pens in our time. The trouble is often to get a competent writer who at the N.Y, ATHLETIC CARNIVAL TO BE SPEECHLESS DAY All for Sport and Fun at Aug. 10 Picnic (Special to the DAILY WORKER) . NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—Final arrange- ments have been made for the August 10th Athletic Carnival and Picnic to be held by the local New York Work- ers Party. The Young Workers League and the Junior Section are helping to make this one of the great- est events in the history of New York. The Park will be decorated in a novel way. A running track has been built specially for the athletic events. The American Section of the Red Sport International will show their athletic propensities on that day. After the athletic events there will be a baseball game between the Young Workers League and the Workers Party. The Young Workers will have in their line up amongst others, comrades Holland, Darcy and Zam, who will slip them over against the Workers Party. In the Workerg Party lineup will be found Ben Gitlow, the candidate for Vice-President of the W. P. ticket, Arthur Leeds, Nessin, Krumbein and others. Harry M. Winitzky, who got his experience umpiring games at Bing Sing will decide balls and strikes. The facilities of the park are well suited for the affair. Located Just at the edge of the Sound it will enable the poetic souls to watch the waves. Numerous benches, all in deep. shade and under large trees will give com- fort to the crowd, There is plenty of grass for those willing to get closer to earth. Swings and merry-go-rounds prom- ise days of joy for the kiddies. There will be dancing in a covered pavilion | as well as in the open for those inter- ested in another movement. The Finnish South proosiyn Brass Band Food will be dispensed in a generous and efficient manner. There will be no speeches. The park is easy to get from any part of the city. The Bronx Park subway, eastside or westside to 177th street, then change for the Unionport street car to the east end of the line. \n eight minute walk or hus will bring you to the park. Admission is 25 cents, Work in Farm District. WILLISTON, N. D., Aug. 5.—~ An ‘important meeting was held here Sun- day for the purpose of organizing a sub-district of the Workers Party out of Northwestern North Dakota, with Comrade Andrew Omholt in charge fof. the work in this territory, In this section are found some of the most militant farmers in all the West, and while they have been ground down fearfully by the capital- ist system in the last few years and ‘lost almost all hope; there is no doubt that the message of Communism will THE VIEWS OF OUR READERS ON LIFE, LABOR, INDUSTRY, POLITICS same time can write so as to be easily understood, ~ Yours truly, FRANK SUTHER- LAND, Innisfail, Queensland, Aus- tralia, (EDITOR’S NOTH: The DAILY WORKER has before printed a plea for simple scientific articles for work- ers but had to announce also that it would not be able to pay for such articles. The,DAILY WORKER is glad to have the writer’s opinion and would be glad if he could himself send in contributions or if anyone else would, under the conditions stated.) To the DAILY WORKER:—I was interested to read the figures concern- ing the wide-spread unemployment that exists in Detroit, Mich. Recent- ly, on my way from St. Paul I stopped in Detroit. While riding in one of the trolley cars I noticed the following sign which was placed so prominently that no one could fail to see and read it. The Ancient Order of Paraders, This is the season of parades. These parades will be held on the principal streets of various cities, resulting in various interruptions to electric railway service and the Companies will be blamed for these delays. If the public understood exactly what a parade meant in the way of interruption to street car service it might diminish the enthusiasm for the spectacle. Should the rail- way suffer a breakdown such that “no cars moved for a couple of hours an outcry from the angry populace would be heard from one end of the town to the other.. Criticism of the trolley system would be on every tongue. It would be considered an outrage that peo- ple should be deprived 6f transpor- tation for so long a time. I wondered at the time if this was one of the means of preparing and creating a hostile state of mind against possible ynemployed demon- strations. What do-you think? Rose Pastor Stokes. WAGE CUTS TO COME AS FALL CAMPAIGN ENDS Unemployment Crisis Is Severe for Machinists ~~ (By Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 5— Unem- ployment is steadily gaining on the mill and factory industries thruout the United States, and organized la- bor must expect another wholesale wage-cutting attempt as soon as the presidential campaign is over, says P. J. Conlon, vice-president of the Intl. Assn. of Machinists. Hundreds of thousands of metal workers are employed this summer on the farms, he finds. As plants have reduced their force or have closed down alto- gether, the mechanics have gone to the farms and have temporarily is in and cold weather arrives, these that a general reduction of employ- ment in their various trades has been developing. This is one of the most serious problems with which the Machinists’ convention, meeting Sept. 15 in De- troit, will have to deal. They face the possibility that there will be|to fewer jobs next winter than at any time since fhe spring of 1921. Hard times are ahead, and not merely for the metal trades. New York states shows a reduction in factory employ- ment of 7 per cent for April and May. There were 10 per cent less jobs in the industries of the country in May this year than in May of 1923. Tex- tile workers are worse off than the metal workers, but almost every group except the building trades has a share in the depression. 4 _ N. Y. Halls To’ Rent. Meeting rooms and lecture hall for ‘rent; reasonable. Workers Hall, 1347 Boston Road, Bronx, New York City, will supply the music for the occasion. B. Robbins Section Secretary. will be found work, But when the harvest | qa, men will return to the towns—to find |j: THE WORKERS PARTY Press Picnic RAIN OR SHINE Riverview Park August 10th, SUNDAY, Admission 35 cents The ticket also entitles holder to held rates on all the amusements. Support the Communist Press Auspices: Workers Party, Local Chicago. All profits for the DAILY WORKER and other party papers. Wednesday, August 6, 1924 LEFT WING WILL , FIGHT “B, & 0,” AT CONVENTION Machinists to War On Johnston Reaction (By 'The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Ten_ points of attack upon the policy of the ad- ministration in the Intl. Assn. of Ma- chinists by the “left wing” delegates in the forthcoming quadrennial con- vention at Detroit, are being studied by the leaders of the administration element. They anticipate a spirited discussion of all features of the or- ganization during the first week of the proceedings. Emphasis is laid by the left element upon the alleged “company union” character of the plan of co-operation in management with the B. & O. Railroad company, which the administration insist has stabilized employment and bettered the conditions of the men on that sys- tem. The convention of lodges on the B. & O. unanimously endorsed the “B. & O. Plan,” according to Vice- President Conlon, and it has resulted in a definite strengthening of the union on that road. The amalgamation issue will again be to the fore. The administration points to its program for amalgama- tion of all the metal trades, which is balked by the smaller metal’ trades unions. The opposition is demanding amalgamation of all the railroad work- ers, under the St. Paul plan. It also protests the present line drawn be- tween craftsmen and helpers, and de- nounces the/ drawing of the color lina against negroes. Officers of the I. A. of M. admit that while they took the “white” qualifica- tion out of theit constitution, at the demand of the A, F. of L., many years. ago, they put it back into their obli- gation oath, so that no Negro is rec- ommended for membership. This is due, they say, to the racial prejudice of members in the south, who former- ly numbered some 80,000 when there were only about 10,000 Negro machin- ists eligible otherwise for union affil-. fation. The situation is met by send- ing Negro machinists to the Station- ary Firemen and Oilers’ union,- which welcomes them. With this discrim. ination the left element is not satis- fied. Finally there is the issue of attempt- ing to secure the 44-hour week. The left wants it done now. The admin- istration counsels delay until condi- tions are more favorable; it points out that employment is bad and is likely to get worse this winter. The left demands that the 20 gener- al organizers now appointed by Presi- dent JOhnston be made elective, and that the 5 men expelled from a lodge in Toledo and the two expelled in Los Angeles for “obstruction” be restored to membership. eee Connecticut Party Activities Membership Meetings. To line bd the membership for the elec- tion. campaign, and other work of the Party, District pe geen Simons will ad- dress a series membership meetings as follows: Tuesday, August 5, 7. 4 August ey Bridge et mford; Oh Auruat id, Mass.; Wednes Augus' rtford; Thursday, ‘August 14, a= 1 Masog 44 Thurs- rt; ida. ee These a | aig jotenses. to put into practice locall ‘am of Action so well ex} lained by Comrades Foster and Ruthenberg at the splendid member- ship possting held ry iH in New Haven. Locai litical and mation Bey sapers ik circulation of amali gama lon the metal trade centers like Bri report and New Bagot, Eronccesteg, the elie LY WORKER, will be a few of the subjects be tal taken a up. oan members instructed ze of tend Sympathizers will not be admi The place of ti from your branch secretary Me. toyed ont Secretary. t DR RASH PAL \ . DENTIST Rendering far cee Service 7 ib MERE gt ons ‘arthur Se PSR IRE ARN ee ce thea ae Me Res. 1632 S. Trumbull Ave, Phone Rockwell 5050 MORDECAI SHULMAN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 701 Association Building 19 S. La Salle Street CHICAGO Dearborn 8657 Central 4945-4947 held at