The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 12, 1924, Page 6

7 Page Six THE DAILY WORKER THE DAILY WORKER. | Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail: $8.60....6 months $2.00..3 months By mall (in Chicago only): $4.50....6 months $2.50....3 montus $6.00 per year $8.00 per year Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 1118 W. Washington Bivd. Chicago, Illinois J. LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F. DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB. arvneececomeomneeveoneneseesevenss EGILOPS, Business Manager Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923 at the Post: Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. > 0 Advertising rates on application, Morgan Gains a Point When Premier Herriot of France succeeded in obtaining the approval for the French interpreta- tion of the Dawes plan, and returned to London to continue negotiations, it meant that J. P. Morgan had scored another point in his drive for world hegemony. One after another, the centers of re- sistance to the Morgan plan have been converted into centers of co-operation, at least insofar as public pronouncements are concerned. Morgan is marching ahead triumphantly. The argument of the American dollar carries great weight. It is no surprise that Morgan has been able to count from the first upon the British Labor Party, the French Bloc des Gauches, and the German Social Democracy, as his very ablest assistants. That MacDonald would become his chief lieutenant was in the order of things political. That the French socialists should join hands with Ebert and Scheidemann in approving the Dawes method of enslaving the German workers was quite the expected thing. It was only the logical continua- tion of their spineless servility before power, real power in the hands of capitalist money lords, and their eagerness to Jick the boots of the ruler of the money world. More unexpected was the yielding of the jealous nationalism of the French, and the abandonment of resistance by the German nationalists. This is to be accounted for from two main angles—fear of their own proletariat, and promises from Mor- gan. In both France and Germany the Communists have been making phenomenal gains. The capi- talist and social-patriotic parties are sick with fear of the awakening working class. Another great struggle at this moment would hasten the revolu- tionization of the workers. Therefore they have a distinct reason to find a compromise if one is humanly possible. The Dawes plan, furthermore, cleverly assures the co-operation of the German capitalist class by promising to load the reparation burdens upon the workers. It gives them a free hand to lengthen hours, de-nationalize industry, and plunder the German nation. The German nationalists sell out their nation in return for a junior partnership in the firm of Morgan. But all the while that Morgan presses his ad- vantages, and consolidates his position, he is un- consciously accentuating the inherent contradic- tions of the capitalist system. He is heaping more combustibles upon the European wreckage in preparation for the great conflagration that ap- proaches swiftly and surely. The Dawes plan averts a struggle at this moment by making a greater and more disastrous one even more certain in the near future. Nothing can prevent the destruction of Europe today except a proletarian revolution. “~ ‘ International Unity Unity. of the trade union movement of the world is a burning issue today. Four years ago the leaders, of the reformist and reactionary unions, supporting one another in treachery in their as- sociation called the Amsterdam International, were cynically dividing the labor movement of the world and delivering it to the employers and imperial- ists. But the Red International of Labor Unions was launched, in 1921, with a program of revolu- tionary class struggle and the united front. 4 United struggle against capitalism, the slogan of the Red International since its inception, has taken a great hold upon the masses of workers everywhere. It was the Red International which pushed thru the Frankfort conference for fighting against the Ruhr invasion, while all the reformist officials kept silent. It was the Red International behind the united front with the Transport Work- ers International for struggle against war and fascism that inspired the world’s workers until it was sabotaged by the Amsterdam International. And finally, it was this slogan of the united front that brought about the formation of a left wing at the recent Vienna Congress of the Amster- damers, and forced them to make a gesture toward international unity by entering into negotiations with the Russian trade unions. The Russian trade unions placed the situation before the Red International Congress, just closed in Moscow, and that body decided to again take ‘the initiativé in striving for international unity of the trade unions of the world. The resolution adopted calls for a world congress of ALL UNIONS, delegated on the basis of proporti representation, which should re-establish a living i unity in the labor movement disrupted by the tat treachery of the old leadership and unite the A unions for world-wide struggle against capitalism. Pa a clear lead has peer given to the working y the Red Int ; ae Rp That Industrial Registration Perhaps there are still a few members of the Workers Party who do not understand the im- portance of the industrial registration now being taken. If so, they should read the article in yes- terda paper by J. W. Johnstone, which rightly characterizes the registration as “a step towards a real Communist Party.” It is just that, and must receive the careful attention and execution that such a step demands. A Communist Party is something more than a mere electioneering machinery, and it is also something: more than a propaganda agency. It is the supreme organ of the class struggle. It is fighting for the. elimination of capitalistic ideas from the minds of the workers, it is fighting for the establishment of a proletarian method of think- ing and working class ideas of how to act. It is struggling with the capitalist system for possession of the minds of the working class. It is trying to establish working class ideas as the leading force in every struggle of the workers. This requires that the party shall mobilize its forces where the struggles of the workers are going on. This is primarily in the shops and factories. But the party strength cannot be organized in the ‘shops and factories, and in the, unions, unless there is a complete registration of the members upon that basis.. The party must know where each member works, what union he belongs to, and how best he can be utilized in the larger scheme of things. That is what the industrial registra tion is for. It is, indeed, a “first step towards a real Communist Party.” Let every branch member and officer make it his business that this registra tion is carried out promptly and efficiently. ‘ pied auts Getting One’s Money’s Worth “T want to get my money’s worth,” a working- man was heard to say as he bought a capitalist daily paper. “The DAILY WORKER only gives 6 pages for 3 cents, while the World’s Greatest Bunkshooter gives 30 pages for 2 cents.” Of course, one wants his money’s worth. Pennies are scarce and must buy as much as possible. But this poor worker was a little off his nut when he thought he was getting it. What he was buying was 30 pages of capitalist propaganda and ad- vertising, while what he wanted was reliable in- formation. The more pages he got the worse he was cheated. On the other hand, comparing news item for news item, he would have found more news in the working class paper, in 6 pages, than m the 30 pages of intellectual poison which he bought. With- out considering the quality of the information given, which is of the most vital interest to an awakened worker, he would actually get more news from the poverty-stricken workers’ paper. When a man has 50 cents to buy a dinner, he doesn’t invest it in fertilizer just because he can purchase 100 pounds of manure for the price of a plate of ham and eggs. But when he buys a capi- talist paper instead of The DAILY WORKER, be- cause “he wants to get his money’s worth,” he is doing that very thing. The DAILY WORKER is intellectual food for the working class, while the capitalist dailies are intellectual dung, prepared to poison the workers and make them better slaves. Killing the Steel Workers The story of the killing of several workers by an explosion in the steel mills of Gary, carried in the DAILY WORKER yesterday and ignored by all the capitalist papers, reveals a terrible condition in this domain of the Steel King. Workers‘ lives are considered of such little consequence that knowl- edge of deaths is suppressed, no records are kept, even the coroner makes no pretence of knowing how many men are killed, while his secretary re- marks that, of course, many bodies are never even recovered. Enter pffices of the Steel Trust, however, and you will find that even the pencils used by the clerks are carefully recorded, and signed requisi- tion is required to get a new one. But the life of workers is cheap. They are of less account than pencils, which cost a few cents to be replaced, while workers replace themselves free of charge. All of which is carefully kept secret from the working class generally by the capitalist press and the tools of the Steel Trust that occupy the govern- mental positions. Only because the workers now have a daily paper of their own do those outside the steel mills begin to get an inkling into the ter- rible conditions under which the steel workers must labor. The fellow who is constantly asking you for in- formation about the labor movement may not be a subscriber to the DAILY WORKER. The next time he asks you what is doing hit him for a sub. If he is a prospect you will get.a subscription. If he is only a suspect, he will stop asking you ques- tions for his amusement. The Workers Party propaganda is given credit for the rebellious condition among the exploited Filipinos, by the government officials. Of course, the honor is appreciated, tho candor must compel us to share the laurels with the American imperial- ists who have produced the causes of discontent. If the enemy appreciates the power of the Com- munist press it looks like a good reason for our members to get behind the DAALY WORKER and make the subscription drive produce so many new readers that the enemy will have better reason to worry. * A new member for the Workers Party and a new subscriber to The DAILY WORKER. ‘ Clothing Workers at Crossroads By J. W. JOHNSTONE, Assistant Secretary, Trade Union Educational League. 'HE AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS’ UNION is being put to the test. It is passing thru its most critical period. Its actions in the coming months will determine, to a large degree, whether or not it is going to mature into a real fighting expression of the workers or sink into the camp of the class collabora- tors. That they are playing on the border of the class struggle and class collaboration is self evident, and the next convention will undoubtedly force the officialdom to abandon their middle of the road policy with its heavy leaning to the right, and either travel the road of the class struggle or sink into the mire of class collabo- ration. a The A. C. W. U. is a young organiza- tion, a “war baby.” Like all new or- ganizations, it gained its strength thru its fighting ability to look after the interests and better the conditions of the workers it represented, It ex- pressed its youth in the bold, deter- mined manner in which it met the problems confronting it. It estab- lished itself-firmly in the industry be- cause the United Garment Workers considered the life of a labor organ- ization depended upon the good-will and co-operation of the employers. Of late the A. C. W. U. administra- tion has shown signs of weakness, of hesitation, of shirking the fight, when determination and a clear policy was needed. In New York City they sub- mitted peacefully to wage cuts and the reduction of workers in certain factor- ies. The employers, their appetites whetted, systematically took away. without a struggle, some oP the condi- tions gained by the union in former battles, The yielding to wage cuts without a determined fight is always the fore- runner of another wage reduction. This is the expérience of labor organ- izations without exception, The greediness of the employer forces him to reason that if the workers accept a cut without a determined protest they must be very well fixed and can af- ford to stand another reduction. This vicious circle continuing until the workers are actually forced to strike. The New York strike was an out- come of this vicious circle in which the A. C. W. U. found itself. The lead- ers awoke to the danger of the situa- tion and, to a certain extent, rose to the occasion much quicker than the average run of labor leaders would. The mistake was a mistake of the ad- ministration, and the realization of the danger was primarily due to the alert- ness of the Needle Trades Section of the T, U. E. L. which continued to point out that the power of the Amalgamated was being destroyed in the New York market. The strike was a purely defensive one The extent of the victory gained will be determined by the policies pur- sued by the union in the future. The settlement of the strike, altho it did ynot gain back what-had been lost, re- established the confidence of the mem- bership in the union, which had been badly demoralized thru the peaceful mediation policy. It stopped the wage cuts, unified the militants, and laid the basis of a return to power of the Amalgamated in the New York mar- ket. It can only be considered a real vietory” providing the administration follows it to its logical conclusion. However, New York does not deter- mine the standards for men’s clothing. Chicago is just as important as New York; and Philadelphia, Rochester, Buffalo and Baltimore all play an equally important part in the market and are going thru the same process as New York. Philadelphia realizes the danger of the situation—the systematic under- mining of the strength of the union by the employers having thé conditions intolerable. In the best attended membership meeting ever held in Phil- RN. L. U, ELECTS EXEGUTIVE AT ITS CLOSINGSESSIONS Epoch-Mekins Congres Comes to Close (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, July 24 (By mail).—Wm. F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORKER, and Wm. Z. Foster, chair- man of the Workers Party of America and its présidential candidate, were unanimously elected the representa- tives of the United States on the full bureau of the Red International of Labor Unions in its closing session here. Earl Browder, editor of the Labor Herald, and Charles Johnson, were chosen. as alternates. The rest of the bureau is as fol- lows: from the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, Dogadow, Kalnin, Lepse, Lesovsky, Melnitschansky; Germany, Heckert and Geschke; from France, Monmousstau and Jacob; from England, Tom Mann and Alli- son; Checko-Slovakia, Josef Heiss and Seipka; Canada, Timothy Buck; the Latin American republics, Pene- lon; Poland, Résene; Spain, Andres Nin; Italy, Germanetto; the Balkan countries, Lasitsch and Dimitrow; the Scandinavian countries; Lumivuoko; Java, Semaoen; and Japan is repre- sented by Tany. Arnold Losovsky, general secretary of the Profintern since its inception, was unanimously re-elected. In his closing speech, Losovsky de- clared that the congress had not only drawn the balance sheet but had also indicated the line of tactics to be fol- lowed, The Profintern again leads the drive for unity of the international trade union movement. In the ques- tion of the trades unions it conforms with the Comintern. Before the con- gress the question was mooted as to whether the old policies would con- tinue to be followed or a new way hammered out. The congress unmis- takably declared itself for the old road towards unity. What is new, is that the question of unity is now not only national but also interna- tional. The Russian trade unions have yesterday received a letter from the Amsterdam International, which contained the invitation for pour- parlers decided upon in the resolu- tions of the Vienna congress, The Russian trades unions will reply to this in the spirit of the resolution of the Profintern. unions are a part of the Profintern and will always maintain its policies. We must mobilize the masses: for unity, or else the decisions of. the congress are illusory, It distinct gain to the congress that it considered and settled the question of strike strategy. The Vi- enna congress of the Amsterdammers did not have before it any questions of the struggle for that would be con- trary to the ways of reformism.. We have taken the initiative and we shall Revolutionary de- velopment moves forward. ‘The ex- istence of Soviet Russia and the the ju win the masses, Communist International, awakening of the Orient are tionary factors. Our task is to” correctly our forces and to defeat reformism and With the singing of tionale” the ‘session Fi The Russian trades. ptvengis and adelphia, the membership unanimously adopted a resolution demanding the settlement of griévances, the correct- ing of unsatisfactory working condi- tions, the immediate stoppage of wage cuts, that work be sent to union shops only, the establishment of a board of sanitary control, minimum wage scales, regulation of production, and a system of unemployed insurance. Upon the basis of this resolution they have voted full power,to their officers to call-a strike if necessary to en- force these demands. In Chicago, however, the Amalga- mated officialdom is allowing the union to travel the vicious circle of wage reductions without a struggle. The situation is extremely dangerous, not merely because of the wage cut which is taking place piecemeal under the guise of readjustment, but be- cause of the manner in which the membership was fooled into acepting the readjustment plan. (This was ex- plained in a statement issued by the Needle Trades Section of the T. U. E. L. in the DAILY WORKER of August 5th.) “No wage reduction” should be the slogan of every union, and it should always be fought. No union worthy of the name will submit to a wage re- duction without a struggle. Many times in spite of heroic protests the workers are forced to accept a cut in wages. To accept without protest, if continued, means the death of any union. It is slow suicide and should be categorically condemned. But, to accépt a wage cut and then fool the membership into accepting the agreement on the basis that it is merely a “readjustment” is the worst type of class collaboration. It can only result in dembralizing the rank and file and creating a distrust inthe leaders. What effect is this having upon the Chicago mémbers of the A. Cc. W. U.? According to the statement of the Secretary of the Needle Trades Sec- tion of the T. U. E. L., some 5,000 Tuesday, August 12, 1924 have already received a direct cut. Since this statement was issued, other employers have applied for a read- justment, which means that those who have not been directly cut are ex- pecting, with a certainty that they are next. Dissatisfaction is rampart, the morale is lowered, and the strength of the union materially weakened. The officials have not as yet awak. ened to the danger of the situation which is being so forcibly pointed out by the militants in the Trade Union Eeducational League. The member- ship feels the danger, the militants see it very clearly, but at this writing the administration is still blindly fol- lowing the path of class collabora- tion, the vicious circle that leads to disaster. The Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers Union is at the ‘turning of the road. The membership is militant, There is a real substantial left-wing revolutionary minority. The organiza- tion has played a leading part in the progressive movement and can be- come a valuable asset to the revolu- tionary struggle. The leaders find themselves in the poisonous atmos- phere of LaFolletteism, rubbing shoul- ders with the most ruthless exploit- ers of labor, such as Spreckles, the sugar king, and leader in the “open- shop” movement in the west, with bankers, business men, and rich farm- ers; with those who openly advocate class collaboration, such as Gompers, Johnston, Berry, and others, Is this to be a permanent alignment? Or, are Hillman and his colleagues big enough to see their mistake (Is it a mistake, or is it a move made after considefing all angles?) and get on to the correct, hard, and unpopular road of the class struggle? Only time and a thoroly awakened membership can tell. Now more than ever is thera need of a real revolutionary left- wing, History is in the making. What shall it be? The revolutionary class struggle or reactionary class collabo- jration? PARTY ACTIVITIES IN CHICAGO 'WENTY-THREE new members were admitted into the Party at its last City Central meeting, August 5th, eight joining Italian branches, seven English, two Jewish branch, two Ukrainian, two Greek and one each Lithuanian and Scandinavian. Unionists joining were from Typo- graphical union, Amalgamated Food Workers Laundry workers, Post- office employees, Leather workers, and machinists. \ ANTI-MILITARIST WEEK. Over 60,000 Anti-Militarists leaflets were distributed in Chicago during the week of July 27—August 4th. Street meetings in all parts of the city were held on Anti-Militarism. In addition to the anti-militarist mass meeting held in Wicker Park Hall, the Lettish, Lithuanian, Roumanian, Greek, German and Finnish sections of the Workers Party here held spe- cial anti-military affairs in their par- ticular languages. PARTY CLASSES. Comrade Arne Swabeck’s Trade Union Class has been postponed for one month. The speakers class under the direction of J. P. Cannon is going very well and excellent results are ex- pected. A special local research bul- letin is being issued weekly by the Educational Department. This Re search Bulletin is of excellent use to street speakers and also for lectures in the various branches. A class in English will be started shortly. , Comrade Thelma Kahn from the Junior Section of the Y. W. L. address- ed the City Central Committee on the Junior section work, a collection of $7.00 and a donation of $10.00 in addi- tion to thé $25.00 previously made, was made by the city organization to help the Junior C. C. C. carry on its work among the working class children of Chicago. is INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. Meetings of the various Amalgama- ted Clothing workers T. BL. groups are now very attended, Several big issues such as the read- justment in industry and the endorse- ment of La Follette or Workers Party candidates are being taken up in the ‘locals and our comrades are on the job. Comrades in the I. L. G. W. U. are preparing ground for revival of activi- ties, The coming wage agreement for Chicago and the question of disfranch- isement of militants in the union are the fighting issues. ‘The Metal Trades Group of the T. U. EB. L. is holding regularly monthly meetings. They have drawn up prac tical ,plans for work in the various trades and are now starting a drive to secure subscriptions for THE METAL TRADES BULLETIN. The Building Trades Group of the T. U. BE, L. is slow in picking up, only about a dozen comrades participate in the work of the group and not many of our comrades give support to the left wing Bulletin, | The latter is uncalled for since the Building Trades comrades are re- ceiving relatively high wages. ‘The activities of the militants in the Printing Trades situation is being discussed by the T. U, E. L. Comrade Foster has gone to New York to take up the situation there; upon his return to Chicago a more ‘detailed report will be given, ‘The Workers Party, T. U. BL spa mapallan Workers League OF ice a si as the job on the problem of organizing the unorganized. Thru our efforts the Carmen’s Union became interested in the strike. Attempt is now being made to spread the strike thruout the Calu- met Region. We have sent many active Party comrades to the strike area at various times to aid as much as pos- sible in the strike and it has helped in maintaining the solidarity of the strikers. We have had THE DAILY WORKER regularly on the job and ‘|the Party’s and League’s prestige is being increased thereby among the strikers. THE DAILY WORKER and gets a new member into the Party. FORWARD TO THE COMMUNIST CAMPAIGN, ON TO ACTION. Next City Central Meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1924, 8 P. M. at Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. MARTIN ABERN, Sec’y. BRANCH MEETINGS. Tuesday, August 12. Irving Park English—4021 Drake Ave. Northwegt English—2733 Hirsch Blva. Polish, Roseland—205 E. 118th St. Ukrainian No. Chicago Ave. Wednesday, Au aes 13. Roumanian Branch—2204 i ce Ave. |—15: B hadedg Mle August Lithuanian No. 2—1900 S. Valon Ave. Cz.-Slov., Oak sayin Berwyn—Sokol Park, Roosevelt and Union Ave. 1ith Ward Italian—2439 S. Cals . Scandinavian, Lake View: Wilton St. Scandinavian, West Side—Zeich’s Hall, cor. Cicero and Superior St Scandinavian Karl Marx_2733 Hirsch sak A Young Workers League branch | pivq- has already been reorganized from among the strikers of young American heater boys. The South Slav branch of Hegewisch has been doing its share and undoubtedly it will gain members thru this. The Polish comrades have also been on the job. It has been one of the best means of stimulating acti- vity among them. This is the kind of activity that the Workers Party must engage in for it is the strongest builder of our Party. The Party is putting full energies into it. ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. All particulars about the Elections Campaign into which the Local Party is putting most of its energies at the present time were printed elsewhere in THE DAILY WORKER. The Party is doing good work in Chicago in the various flelds but there has not been sufficient done by any means in regard to THE DAILY WORKER, Failure to put over THE DAILY WORKER and membership campaign strongly hinders our work in every respect. Our Party work is progressing well but there can be no doubt that if the branches will make far greater efforts to put THE DAILY WORKER over that their work politically, indus- ar’ etc., will be increased mani- fold. We are out to see that every mem- WORKER. more workers thru of their figh’ your pile nr aad DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, til. For the enclosed Bahai standards of Communism in this ticket—Foster and Gitlow. we ADDRESS bundle of the ‘First 1924 Campai; It should = * hoved iy mbes? them to read this = py is the order blank, FOR THE COMMUNIST San First Special Communist Campaign edition of the DAILY WORKER, to be dated Saturday, Aug. 30, at the special rate of 31 cents per copy, or $3.50 per hundred. NAME eerccsecssssvsscnnsoboobsvosnsvesnansaninnocgeoceessnsoneus Ma wes id just 15. a sepa aad Vice go—641 East Speakers’ Class—1902 W. Division St. Lettish Branch—4359 Thomas St. Czecho-Slovak, Hanson Pk.—Bohemian Freethink School Rovnost, Mansfield Ave, near Grand. Veteran Minus Leg Plus Needle Habit: Uncle Sam Drops Him SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10.—Seveni years ago, when the United States called for men to make the world safe for democracy, James Buero respond: ed. He was a hale and husky youth. A shell took his left leg off at, Belleau Wood, and in the months in hospitals afterwards he was given morphine to relieve the pain until at his discharge he was a fully developed dope addict, No attempt was made to cure him. Now Buero, with his crutches, i in the San Francisco jail for 90 days, going thru that dreadful ordeal known as the kick-out cure for the dope habit., This means simply suffering the tortures of hell without drugs, and then being thrown out “cured,” with $65 a month/from the government and one leg. Buero is a typical example of what happened to hundreds of boys who went to the war to'end war—and for whom there is no place except a\ county jail or an open gas jet in a 61: ber of the Party gets a subscriber to |lodging house. Order Your Bundle of First Campaign Issue MAKE Monday, Sept. 1, a real “Labor Day” for the American Communist movement, by othe DA a LY Issue of the D, y to help awaken 4 few ecial issue Rush in BEN ME vince COpleS Of the | want to help raise the campaign for the Workers Party sosseaneeveenseyeatinsesnecssnesenseenoon.