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

THE DAILY WORKER. Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, casionally throw a vivid light upon what is go- ing on. 3 Two phases of international struggle are im- 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. {posing themselves upon the local rivalries 4nd am- (Phone: Monroe 4712) | SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall: | $6.00 per year $3.50....6 months $2.00..3 month’ By mail (in Chicago only) $4.50....6 months $2.50....8 montis | $8.00 per year Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY, WORKER 1118 W. Washington Bivd. Chioago, Hlinole | ———— J. LOUIS ENGDAHL { WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J, LOEB. —<—< $< Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1928 at the Post: Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. SB 250 Advertising rates on application, i Tomsky in Englan While the American trade unions are still con- trolled by the blackest kind of reaction, the same cannot longer be said of the British labor move- ment. The fact that Tomsky, chairman of the All- Russian Council of Trade Unions, could appear be- fore the British Trades Union Congress, now meet- ing at Hull, is a sign of the strong drift to the left that is making itself felt in the directing councils of the British labor movement. Such a thing as the reception of a representative of the Russian unions by a convention of the A. F. of L., for comparison, is unlikely enough to give us some measure of the progress in Great Britain. The main reason why reactionary labor leaders hate the Russian unionists, is that they never con- _ tent themselves with speaking a lot of meaningless platitudes. Thus, when Tomsky appeared at Hull, his words were a direct challenge to the leaders of the “Labor” Government, who have become the agents of J. P. Morgan in putting over the Dawes Plan. Tomsky branded this act for what it is, “seizing the German proletariat by the throat,” and called for a united struggle of all trade union- ists against the slavery of the Dawes project. Gompers would call that impolite; but the Russian unionists have a peculiar notion that they would rather be true to the interests of the working class than be polite in the bourgeois manner. Another great crisis is looming before the work- ing class, in the not far distant future, that will become as historic as that of August, 1914. The new world war of capitalist imperialism is in the making, the Dawes Plan is one of the distinct steps toward it, and in the manner that the union leaders treat of this plan of the Morgan rulers of the world, we will have the answer as to whether they will repeat the betrayal of 1914, or whether they will join the Communists in the struggle for emancipation. Tomsky in England put the ques- tion squarely before the British workers. And a great section of the British working class is con- scious of this issue, and determined to fight against capitalism. The imperialists will not find the next world war such easy sledding. Newspaper “Revolts” in Russia Again the Chicago Tribune is publishing stories of “revolts” against the Soviet Government of Rus- sia. The stories come from the same old sources of inspired propaganda, and are written by the same hirelings, as the well-known thousand-and- one predictions of the restoration of the old order that have appeared during the past seven years. Riga, Reval, Berlin, London—these points are teeming with “news” about the “revolts”—at least in the cable offices. Unfortunately for the emigre Czarists, who wish to return to their former idleness and luxury at the exepense of the Russian workers and peas- ants, a newspaper story in Chicago will not per- suade the Russian workers to take them back. These newspaper stories have another object—to put off, for as long as possible, the inevitable day of the recognition of Soviet Russia by the govern- ment of the United States. In this pious wish are united Samuel Gompers and his crew, in closest bitions that furnish the outward dress to the Chinese disturbances: One is the conflict between Japan, the United States and England, for positions of vantage in the control of China as a particularly rich section of the world market and as a subject of semi-colonial exploitation. The other is the united .struggle of these rival imperialist powers against the growing influence of Soviet Russia, an influence which, expressed in the signing of a treaty between Russia and China, has thrown into confusion and rage the foreign offices of the capi- talist nations. It may be assumed, in the absence of authorita- tive and detailed information, that the various Generals whose armies seem to operate without much regard to the central government, are financed and directed by the various imperialist powers who maneuver against oné another thru these agencies. At the same time, these armies will be directed, insofar as they are the instruments of the imperialists who are intent upon subjugating China completely to their aims, by a policy of weakening, discrediting, and finally replacing the central government which was so rash as to sign the treaty with Soviet Russia without permission from capitalist imperialism. This background, so briefly sketched here, fur- nishes complications enough to show the various moves reported in the capitalist press as part of a more intricate picture than we have so far been given. At the same time it gives us the key which will, when more trustworthy information comes to hand to fill in the details, enable us to really haye some sort of an understanding of the civil war now raging in China. The importance of such an understanding cannot be overestimated, A na- tion of 400 million persons is a weighty factor in the world, notwithstanding its lack of battleships and guns, and especially to the labor movement is it important to establish understanding, as the basis for that international co-operation of the toiling masses thru which alone emancipation from the capitalist system can come. Howat Supports Foster Alex Howat has never been tamed, either by the capitalists, by John L. Lewis, nor by his own timid “friends” who wished to sell their support of him in return for dictating his politics. And that Howat is still the same old working class rebel, was shown in Springfield, the other night when he boldly took the platform along with William Z. Foster, and endorsed Foster’s candidacy for presi- dent on the Workers Party ticket. Howat said that he is going to vote for Foster and asks all other workers to do the same thing. Howat’s spirit is that of the militant working class. It is that which is so sorely needed in the direction of American labor unions today, in the place of the spineless servility of the Lewises, the Johnstons, the Gomperses, and the rest of the capi- talist lackeys who clutch the labor movement by the throat. That the workers instinctively know this, is shown by the tremendous popularity of Howat among the miners of the entire continent. What is needed, and must be done before: this militant spirit can find its complete expression, is to solidly organize the militants within the unions, so that the reactionaries cannot assassinate them thru expulsions, and thru co-operating with the authorities in prison frame-ups. And in this year of presidential campaigning, the militants have a splendid opportunity to show their colors, and to lay the basis for a great cam- paign of organization and education. They can do this by following the example and advice of Alex Howat.: That is, to boldly speak out and defy the reactionaries of all stripes, whether they re- main, like John L. Lewis, directly in the camp ot Wall Stret, or whether they join the small capi- talists in the camp of LaFollette. It is from such fearless acts and such bold spirits that progress comes. communion with the Chicago Tribune and all the most vicious labor-hating capitalists of America. It is to justify these gentlemen in the eyes of their followers, that the lies are told. Meanwhile, the Soviet governments continue to rebuild the industries, and to reconstruct the life of one-sixth of the globe, upon the principles of the proletarian dictatorship—the rule of the working class in alliance with the farmers—slowly but sure- ly consolidating its forces, social and economic, and raising the standards of life and culture until to- day Soviet Russia is the most solid and permanent social organism in the world. No wonder the dogs of capitalism how] and wail, and try to con- vince themselves that the Soviets will soon fall— for the continued victory of the Russian workers is the guarantee that exploitation in the rest of the world must sooner or Tater go the way of the Rus- sian Czar. Civil War in China China is a long ways off from Chicago, and the sources of information available in this office are not of a sort to inspire confidence in the reports of civil war now raging in that country. All cable news at this moment comes thru channels con- trolled by interests hostile to the central govern- ment in Pekin. The events chronicled do not give a clear lead to any interpretation of what is going on, in the sense of connecting the various Generals and their armies with this or that side of the in- ternational conflict that makes of China a battle ground. A few outstanding facts will, however, if kept in mind when reading news from China, oc- Hold Shop Meetings A development in the presidential campaign that is more important than all the manifestos of can- didates, is the fact that workers thruout the coun- try are beginning to hold shop meetings to discuss who should receive the support of the workers.-And when the workers begin to discuss politics in the shops, and to hold meetings, and to discuss and vote upon representatives to express their interests, then may the capitalists well tremble. For it is out of such shop meetings that the power will come that is to abolish the capitalists and their systent from the face of the earth. . What is still a primitive and blind impulse, these shop meetings and the discussions arising in them, must be taken up and developed consciously and energetically by the militants. It is a fundamental duty of every revolutionary worker to stimulate, organize, and encourage in every way, such shop meetings.and shop discussions. One of the best instruments to do this with, is the straw vote on presidential candidates.” This straw vote can be made the basis for raising every fundamental issue before the working class. It must be used more widely, and from it developed a more conscious group of supporters of Foster and Gitlow. Hold shop meétings to discuss candidates and take straw votes! Here’s hoping that the Chinese workers will some day get together and, instead of fighting each other, present a united front against their own oppres- sors at home and the imperialist forces ftom abroad that are trying to keep them in subjection, By JAMES P, CANNON, Assistant Executive Secretary, Workers Party. EPORTS from all sections of ‘the party indicate that the new indus- trial registration is being carried out with the greatest energy and that the Party will soon be in possession of a complete picture of the location and composition of the membership. The material for the registration is in the hands of every party branch with extra supplies sent to the city central committees to take care of which do not receive a sufficient ini- tial supply from the National Office. A large number of branches have al- ready completed the registration and sent in the results to the National Office. Reports from district organ- izers and secretaries of the city cen- tral committees are very favorable for the mast gratifying success of this important undertaking. Members Not Endangered by Registration. A complete and elaborate system of filing the information received from the registration is being utilized to protect the party members who regis- the needs of the larger branches ter. The information is filed in such a way that raids on the National Of- fice by our enemies would yield them nothing. District organizers and secre- taries of the C. C. C.’s are strictly instructed to follow the same proce- dure. Under no circumstances can they keep the files of the industrial registration in the party offices where they might be found by our enemies and used as a basis to hound and per- secute the party members. These precautions are absolutely necessary. We have. had more than enough experience to know that we cannot trust the capitalist ‘“demo- cracy” for one minute. All party mem- bers should be reassured in this re- gard and should have no fears that by filling out the registration cards, which are absolutely-necessary to the party work, that they will be thereby , endangering themselves, Not a single { party member can be excused from registering on this score as the suc- cess of the registration and its utility for the most important party work depends upon its being thoro and com- plete. September fifteenth has been estab- lished as the time for the completion of the registration, Let every party branch and every party member make it the first*order of.business to have the registration finished by that time, ‘HE City Central Committee—Local Chicago Workers Party dealt with numerous political and industrial mat- ters and gave special attention to the Young Workers’ League and Junior Section. Reports of progress made in secur- ing signatures to place Workers Par- ty candidates on the ballot #h the State of Illinois and Chicago were made by various delegates. Results of the Campaign activity are printed daily in The DAILY WORKER. Straw Vote To Be Taken. A DAILY WORKER straw vote, the only straw vote of the working class, will be taken. Local Chicago Party and League comrades will distribute the ballots in the main factories and shops in the city of Chicago on vari- ous days. In this way good propagan- da results can be obtained. Comrades who are able to go out on various days should send their names and addresses to the local office where they will be assigned factories to PARTY ACTIVITIES IN CHICAGO coming to the fore, all branches are instructed to immediately elect Labor Defense Council delegates and send their names and addresses to the local office. ©. C. C. to Meet Soon In Another Hall. The City Central Committee decid- ed to change the meeting place from the Workers’ Lyceum to 722 Blue Island Ave., the headquarters of the Italian and Greek comrades. The new headquarters are more centrally lo- cated, and it is expected that the change will result in a greater at- tendance at the C. C. C. meetings. However, the next meeting of the C. C. C. will take place in the Work- ers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd., Sept. 16, at 8 p. m. Many New Members Belng Enrolled Into the Party. Twenty-five hew members were ac- cepted at the last meeting from the following branches: Finnish, 1; South Side English, 1; Douglas Park Jewish, cover. Preparations are also being made for distribution of 10,000 DAILY WORKER special Chicago edition to advertise the Foster-Gitlow meeting on October 12, at Ashland Auditorium. Funds are beginning to come in from the sale of the Campaign Fund stamps. Lithuanian No. 5 branch has sent in its share of $48.50 and says that more is coming. Branches should speed up the sale of the stamps and send the money in to the district of- fice as soon as it comes in from the members. Street meetings are more successful than ever in the history of Chicago. Twenty-one successful meetings were held last week and oaly three cases of failure of speakers to appear. Chief neglect lies in the branch commit- tees which fail to appear on time with literature and other material. Jack up your branches on this. Industrial Registration Reports. Industrial registration reports show great possibilities. for shop nuclei. The industrial registration is being hanndled swiftly by the branches. However, the branches will have to hurry up if they want to come in un- der the wire by Sept. 15. branches which have already sent in their registration are printed in an- other column of the DAILY WORK- ER. Progress will be reported regu- larly. The registration today shows many comrades working in the same plant or a sufficient number in many cases to form shop nuclei. One shop nucleus is sending in funds each week to the election campaign fund. T. U. E. L. groups functioning bet- ter right along. The Local 270 group of the Amalgamated Clothing Work- The} ers has been reorganized and can be expected to do better work. The T. U. E. L. group of the Amalgamated is in good shape and healthy spirits and is carrying on a strong fighting policy in reference especially for the Foster-LaFollette issue. The read- justment question is coming up, as well as wage agreements and the shop delegate system. The situation is ripe in the Amalgamated for the de- velopment of the strongest left wing in the history of the organization. The members of the Amalgamated T. U. E. L. group are alive to these issues and possibilities and taking them up seriously and militantly. Food Workers’ group recently held its meeting and reorganized, discussed thoroly its program, extended the sale of the Labor Heralds and took up the matter of issuing a monthly Food Workers’ bulletin. The Pullman comrades are taking up the question of union organization among the carmen and recently held a good membership meeting. In Hegewisch, where the strike is still on, the party and league are giv- ing as yet their fullest support and are aiding in the formation of union locals there and in Hammond. In the metal trades preparations are being made for the machinists’ convention in Detroit. Central Exec: utive Committee has recently addpted a policy for the convention which has been communicated to party member delegates, DAILY WORKER - Labor Defense : Council Bazaar. A committee consisting of Comrade Rubicki, Hans Pederson, Mrs, Marek, Bjornson, M. J. Loeb, George Maurer and J. Heinrickson was elected to take charge of the coming DAILY WORKER-Labor Defense Bazaar on Nov. 27 at the Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. Branches will receive more reports later. With Labor Defense activity again ‘ 2; German, 1; Ukrainian No. 1, 1; Czecho-Slovakian No, Berwyn, 1; Rus- sian, 1; Italian, Grand Crossing, 5; Northwest English, 5; Lithuanian No. 3; 6. Union members among them were from pattern makers, iron mold- ers, furriers, clothing workers. Transfers were received, two from Los Angeles, one from Waukegan and New York, and one transfer granted | to New York. In this connection comrades who leave town shall make sure of obtaining their transfers from the branch. There are many cases thruout the country of comrades who have failed to obtain transfers and consequently in many instances have been disconnected from the party. Branches To Check Up On Member- ship. As @ means of ascertaining the ac- tivity of every member and incident- ally to find our actual dues paying membership, every Party branch is in- structed to call in the membership books of the members and check up on each one and get the members in good standing immediately. Not merely dues paying members are wanted, but live comrades. Recommend Negro Leaflet. The CCC recommended to the Central Executive Committee that it issue pamphlet on the Negro work- ers. At the last Enlarged Kxecutive Committee a thorough discussion on the Negro question was held, Com- rade Gordon Owens making the main report. The Enlarged Executive com- mittee as announced previously takes up special federation matters. At the next meeting of Enlarged Executive Committee on Wednesday, September 10th, at the local office Comrade Paul Petras of the Hungarian, will review the work and problems of the Hun- garian comrades and workers. Discussion On Young Workers League The Young Workers League dele- gates reported excellent progress in their field, especially in their indus- trial activity. Their industrial regis- tration was almost completed and they were furthering plans for their factory campaigns which have been so successful. Comrade Earley re- ported a very successful Junior Con- vention. The question of educational activity in relation to the League and Junior section and aid from the Party was gone into and efforts will be made to obtain teachers to help out. Educational. Speakers’ Class every Friday at 1902 W. Division St. A class on Eng- lish for foreign-speaking comrades will begin on Wednesday, September 10, at 722 Blue Island Ave. Comrade Swabeck’s Class in Trade Union Tac- ties and Conduct will start on Thurs- day, September 11, at 722 Blue Island Ave. The Delegates from the Fifth Con- gress of the Communist International are returning. Branches wishing to get them to speak should notify of the date they want to have a speaker and we will date a speaker for them. Czecho-Slovak membership meeting of August 29 was very sucessful. The Czecho-Slovak comrades are going full steam ahead to put over a Communist Czecho-Slovak paper in Chicago. A full report is given in another column of the DAILY WORKER, Jewish comrades reported progress on the left wing conference in con- nection with the Foster Campaign. We again remind delegates to the City \Central Committee that in addi- tion to the summarized minutes they receive, the reports in the DAILY WORKER are official and shall be used to make report to the branches. Work is progressing, but more speed is wanted. Martin Abern, Secretary. 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