The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 26, 1924, Page 2

Page Two GREEN HELD OBSTACLE T0 THIRD PARTY Pre-ConventionCanvass Shows Defections (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.— Plans of LaFollette supporters to establish a permanent new olitical party in the United States received a severe jolt to- day. Close on the heels of the an- nouncement that the railroad brotherhoods were against forming of a third party at this time came strong indications that farm organizations affili- ated with the present progres- sive campaign also were op- posed to the new movement and would instruct their dele- gates to fight it at the annual convention of the conference for progressive political action in Chicago in February. The sentiment of the farm leaders was expressed in a secret poll taken by a member of the executive coun- cil of the conference. “I have found only one man among the representatives of the farm organ- izations who favors going ahead at this time with plans for a_ third party,” said this council member. “The farmers do not want to go on a wild goose chase until they can see that they will achieve some definite results buy uniting with a third par- ty movement.” Third Party Up to Convention The whole question of starting the new party is to be thrashed out at the conference’s convention. The for- mal call for the meeting has been drafted and awaits,only the signature of Wm. H. Johnston, . chairman, be- fore being sent out. It will go to the same organizations which met in con- vention in Cleveland last July and endorsed the independent presidential candidacy of Senator Robert M. La- Follette, of Wisconsin, included are the rail unions, farm organizations, the socialist party, and unions affiliat- ed with the American Federation of Labor. The rail group fought the call and does not plan to be represented offi- cially as an organization at the Chi- cago convention. Green Against Move. Any hope that unions of the fed- eration might be induced to send offi- cial representatives admittedly has been dimmed by the induction of Wm. Green as successor to Samuel Gompers. At the federation’s execu- tive council meeting at Atlantic City last August, Green opposed granting endorsement of LaFollette, and in the Paso convention he was one of the leaders who insisted on the federation reasserting its non-partisan political policy and rejecting a proposal to unite with a new party. Himself a democrat, Green, however, believes that the federation must remain neu- tral in politics and devote itself ex- _Clusively to the economic better- ment of workers. Farm Groups Hold Key Should the farm organizations, as the poll indicates, withdraw their support, the progressives will lose the backing of some of the most pow- erful groups which supported the La- Follette campaign. « In the face of these latest develop- ments, Johnston said that nothing would be permitted to interfere with plans for the Chicago meeting. He expresset! confidence that enough strength would be shown for a third party to make it a success, “We are going ahead,” declared Johnston. CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAM ISSUED MILITANT LEFT WING CANDIDATES IN MACHINISTS’ UNION ELECTION The left-wing group in the Machi! nists’ Union has issued a program of union policies upon which the left-wing candidates stand in the fight for making the union a militant organization that will get results for its mem- bers and rebuild its shattered ranks. The Left-Win The candidates named below are forth in the program, They have en to carry it out. dates: For international president— Julius Emme, Local 459, St. Paul, Minn. For general secretary-treasurer— Tim Buck, Local 235, Toronto, Ont., Can. For editor of journal—A. Over- gaard, Local 390, Chicago, III. Members of the executive council, U. S.-H. S. Mclivaigh, Local 497, Tacoma, Wash.; John Otis, Local 536, Pittsburgh, Pa.; P. Jensen, Lo- cal 492, Chicago, Ill; H. Garner, Local 209, Hammond, Ind.; Alfred Goetz, Local 62, Detroit, Mich.; Andrew MacNamara, Local 52, Pittsburgh, Pa. eas Program of the Left-Wing Can- didates in the Machinists’ Election. 1. Amalgamation of all crafts in the metal industry into one industria union covering the entire industry. We favor calling a conference of all international unions in the metal trades for the purpose of devising ways and means to bring about am algamation and that the machinists in that conference present a plan for amalgamating these organizations in this conference. An educational cam paign shall immediately be started ir the columns of the Journal. The executive council shall be instructed to carry on agitation among the othe: metal trades for amalgamation. The machinists’ delegates to the Americar Federation of Labor shall actively support amalgamation and submit res olutions favoring industrial unionism 2. Development of Shop Commit. tees. The present antiquated shop com mittee and shop chairman system must be developed so that these com mittees wield some power in dealin; with the bosses; to fight for bette: conditions; against lay-offs; and for reduction of hours of work in time of industrial depression. This com. mittee must lead a fight for sanitary conditions in the shops; for protec- tion of the lives of the workers in the shop thru safety devices; dining- rooms. These committees shall in- vite the unorganized workers to par- ticipate in this fight for better condi- tions and thru such contacts these unorganized workers will join the union. Agitation shall be carried on for workers’ control of industry, thus awakening the class conscious ness of the masses. These shop com- mittees will in time develop into real fighting bodies, against the capitalist class, and be one of the mediums thru which the working class wil! take over the means of production. 3. Organize the Unorganized. A national drive shall immediately be started by the international to or ganize the unorganized. The slogan of this drive to be against wage-cut: and favoring the reduction of work ing hours. We stand for more effec. tive organization on the economic field, as against banking, investing our money in insurance companies, ete. 4, Independent Working Class Po- litical Action. We stand for the class struggle on the economic and political field. We are opposed to political class collab- oration such as practiced by President Johnston in alliance with the LaFol- lette movement and for the same rea son that we oppose his class collab oration on the industrial field thru the B. & O. plan. We stand for a united He Got Results— And So Can You “I feel it my duty to tell every one the results of my ad in THE DAILY WORKER, and can say to my satis- faction that | received 17 answers and Here are the candi-+— of course got the results | wanted. I hereby wee all readers of party members and HE DAILY WORKER to advertise only in ‘‘Labor’s Greatest Daily” for 'the best results. “My thanks to the advertising dept. THIS WAS THE AD-- “With Communist New York Readers, Attention! Greetings WANTED— N. JAGER.” FURNISHED’ ROOM Couple, no children, Party mem- bers desire furnished room and kit- chen or use of kitchen, Offers with price to N, Jager, 232 €, 12th St., New York City. ig Candidates, those who stand for the policies set dorsed this program and are pledged I Am With You! | believe that this district will come thrue 100 per cent for the campaign to INSURE OUR DAILY. | want to congratulate you upon the thoroness with which you ‘are do- ing the job. Enclosed you will find our dis- trict bulletin sent out a week ago This is our first move to get re- sults. | will follow up with more matter and give the campaign here my personal attention and direc- tion. | am with you in this whole- heartedly. JOHN J. BALLAM, Organizer, District 1. front of all trade unions and othe: organizations of workers and poor farmers to fight for the immediate demands of the exploited masses an¢ for the ultimate overthrow of the capitalist system and for the estab lishment of a workers’ and farmers government, 5. Against Racial Discrimination. We are against the present attitude in our orzanization of excluding the Negroes from membership. We are in ior of following the example ot cer labor organizations that havc already opeve? titi doors fer our olored brothers. We ar2, by the present stupid attitude, helping to t.cke scabs to be used aguinst us whcn we go on stt-ke. 6. Freedom of Expression Within the Union, and Reinstatement of Sus- pended and Expelled Members. We stand for the complete freedom of opinion in our organization and the right of members to express them selves on all issues confronting the labor movement. We believe that the organization can only insure its own growth by allowing revolutionary minorities, who are always the back. bone in the struggle, to function un- hindered. ‘We stand for reinstatemen‘ of all members expelled or suspended for radical activities. 7. Against Class Collaboration ir all Forms—B. & O. Plan, Ete, We are absolutely against the pres ent schemes of developing the union into an efficiency apparatus for the bosses. We know that the interests of the capitalist class and the work- ing class are not identical, and that it is necessary to carry on a relentless struggle against capitalism until that system has been overthrown and the workers have taken over the means of production for use instead of for profit. We are against the creatior of a small servile sect of workers whc will co-operate with the bosses at the expense of their fellow workers. W< stand for workers’ control of indus- try as ngeinst all these class collab oration schemes which will only hely to destroy the morale of organized labor and thus help te destroy the la bor unions in this country. 8. Biennial Convention. We stand for a convention every two years which gives the member- ship an opportunity to pass upon the activities of our officials during their term of office. We believe that a bi- ennial convention will help tremen. dously in the bilding up of our or. ganization, as the rapid political and industrial development in this country forces the labor movement to make changes in their policies and tactics as well as forms of organization. | 9 Young Workers and Appren tices. The International Association of Machinists has not followed a pol- icy of excluding the young workers engaged in the trade from active par: ‘cipation in union affairs, but to the ‘ontrary have made all efforts to ‘iminate any barriers that might ist preventing this équal participa tion in the affairs of our union. It is our duty to further recognize the demand and need of a six-hour day and five-day week with full pay for all young workers of our trade. By supporting and fighting for this de mand we will be advancing the wel fare of the American youth workerr and creating an opportunity for fur. ther employment in the machinist trade. A systematic fight should also be waged against the so-called trade schools subsidized by the employers associations as they aim at under mining and destroying the union, 10, Recognition of Soviet Russia. The left wing has carried on a sys- tematic campaign for the recognition of the first workers’ and farmers’ gov- ernment of Russia, and thru their agitation the I. A. of M, has gone on record for such recognition. We stand not only for resolution: on this issue, but for a real struggle of all trade unions to make the United States government recognize Soviet Russia and that our delegates to the American Federation of Labor wage ¢ militant fight to force the A. F. of L to change its attitude on this matter 11. International Solidarity, The I, A. of M, at the presen’ Ume, is loosely affiliated with the Fed HE DAILY WORKER eration of Metal Workers in Berne which is a part of the Amsterdam In ternational. In order to effective); fight against war and prevent inter national scabbery, it is necessary tc have a real functioning and fightin; international organization. There ar: at present two internationals, the Am sterdam International and the Red In ternational of Labor Unions with headquarters in Moscow. A great international unity move- ment is taking place in Burope today, and the Russian trade unions and the R. I. L. U. have carried on a consis tent agitation for unity of the trade union movement. A great Interna- |tional Unity Congress will no doubt soon be held, and it is, therefore, vi- tally necessary that all the various internationals follow the example of the Transport Workers’ Internationa) in admitting the strongest trade un- ions in the world—the All-Russian Trade Unions. We advocate that delegates to the Berne International be elected by the membership, and that they be instructed to vote for the admission of the All-Russian Metal Workers’ Union into the Berne Inter- national. RIGHT WINGERS IN THE |. W. W. HAVE ORGANIZED Committee in Seattle ‘To Exchange Ideas’ By HARRISON GEORGE. It has long been the contention of the Communists that the revolutionary members of the I. W. W. must or- ganize themselves definitely into a rather exclusive group to formulate Policies of revolutionary education and programs of organizational, work to be fought for in a militant way. This is necessary because the I. W. W. as a whole is suffering from a confusion of ideas; firstly, about theories of the class struggle, upon which clarification must be had or confusion will lead to defeat; second- ly, a confusion in methods of deter- mining immediate policies of the con- duct and aims of the struggle for im- mediate ends, hours, wages, the fight against government persecution, and 80 on. The R. I. L. U. Position. The Red International Affiliation Committee has repeatedly urged the revolutionary industrial unionist ele- ment as distinguished from the pure unionist, pacifist, stump rancher and anarcho-syndicalist elements, to or- ganize and fight for {ts ideas in an organized way The revolutionary left wing would not have lost the many things it did lose at the 16th general convention, if it had been organized and fought as a unit. The Red International Affiliation Committee repeatedly said that the left wing would have to organize it- self or be beaten by the non-revolu- tionary - anarcho-syndicalist - pacifist combination which would certainly or- ganize itself in opposition. The way the right wimg conducted itself in the last convention proved that it had a caucus and was beginning to solidify. Now, in the Industrial Worker, the paper controlled by the injunctionite right-wing bloc, there appears in the issue of December 24, page 2, column one, a definite organizational call put out by a committee than can be no other than the nucleus of a right-wing opposition. Here it is: “NOTICE—There is a committee in Seattle, Wash., elected from the following industrial union branches: 110, 120, 310, 330, 460, 510 and small I. Us. They want the ideas of all the fellow workers, either thru the minutes or by mail. This is for the purpose of exchanging ideas and to getting to some common under- standing of what the members want. Send all mail to John Brinkman, Box 365, Seattle, Wash.” The above committee, it may br pointed out, has a perfect right to or ganize, It should be noted that it i: elected “from” and not “by” the 1. U. branches. It is an unofficial com- mittee quite within it rights in “ex- changing ideas and getting to som understanding as to what the mem- bers want.” Organized Right Wing. The point is, that it is a right-wing, non-revolutionary committee, organ ized to propagate right-wing, non- revolutionary ideas, And a further point is that if the revolutionary left membership it cannot do so by con- tinuing {ts haphazard, unorganize? struggle by little temporary cabals, intrigue and total lack of definite pol- icles and programs which must be carried to the membership in uncen- sored papers of general circulation. The right wing in the L W. W. is organized. The left wing is unorgan- ized. There is only one alternative for the revolutionary elements—organize or lose, Soon or late, this will be the result, Organize or lose! Serbian ‘Democracy’ Decides to Follow. The Path of Benito BELGRADE, Dec. 25.—The Serbian government, according to reports here has decided to introduce a bill in par- Nament for the defense of the state providing for the dissolution of the republican party. Arrest of leaders of the party were reported imminent, | Watch the Coal Miners Plan Their Fight On the Growing Jobless Evil By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. BORN: the kept press is making much of the fact that 200 homeless and jobless men marched into a church in New York City and took over the place for the night. An attempt is made to give the impression that the un- employment problem has been solved; just as a Christmas basket, given at this season by the Salvation Army or some other professional charity organization, is supposed to stifle the cravings of hunger for a whole year. * * * * Urban J. Ledoux, of Boston, who is apt at publicity stunts at the expense of the jobless, staged the invasion of the Camp Memorial Congregational Church, on New York's lower East Side. The church was due for early desertion by its dwindling congregation. The pastor was addressing an audience of four when the jobless men entered. Two of these were trustees. After hurried consultation the church officials agreed that the men could stay. Just how long they will stay depends no doubt upon the whims of Mr. Ledoux, who broke into the limelight some years ago by auctioning off the jobless on the Commons, in Boston, in Bryant Park, New York, and in other cities. Ledoux has his counterpart in Dr. Ben Reitman, the re- formed anarchist, of Chicago, who has taken to religion, but also dabbles in the unemployed problem as another means of getting space in the bosses’ press. * * * * The unemployment situation presents too great and too serious a problem to be meddled with by fly-by-night noto- riety seekers. It is a problem involving millions of workers, men and women, and also children forced into industry, that is merely burlesqued by makeshift panhandling. The eagerness with which men of the type of Ledoux and Reitman exploit the plight of the jobless is only paralleled by the inertia of the trade union bureaucracy in refusing to take active steps to meet even the immediate needs of the problem. A glaring example of this inertia was seen at the con- ventions of the United Mine Workers of Illinois and the Illinois Federation of Labor, when the labor officialdom did its utmost to gag every effort of the left wing militants to raise the unemployment issue, especially as it presented itself thruout the coal fields of the state. tt was attacked as Communist propaganda. eee Nothing has been done since the holding of these two conventions by the officials of the coal miners’ union, in spite of the fact that unemployment is increasing. The figures for November show an increase over the previous month. In this crisis, as in every other vital issue confronting labor, the Communists present the only program meeting the needs of the hour, and pointing the way to the ultimate) solution of this problem... The Workers (Communist) Party; furnishes the leadership for the struggle against the unem- . ployment evil. * * * * That the rank and file miners in Illinois, especially in the southern sections of the state, are rallying behind our Com- munist leadership, is seen in the preparations made for the Unemployment Conference called for this Sunday, Dec. 28, at French Club Hall, in Christopher, Illinois. This conference will not only voice the needs of the job- less but will set about satisfying those needs. It will raise the demand that industry must maintain its workers, it will urge unemployment insurance, call for the unity of the em- ployed with the unemployed, and provide for the organiza- tion of shop committees and unemployment councils. But these workers will realize that all concessions won under capitalism, will be inadequate, that the problem can only be solved thru the abolition of the yess ped profit system and the building of the Communist social order. Workers do not want a hard bench for a night in a deserted church. Workers demand the right to live and enjoy life. Capitalism will never grant them that right. They will win that right thru their own organized strength, thru the triumphant struggle for their own emancipation. The Conference of Coal Miners at Christopher, Ill., this Sunday, should attract the attention of thinking workers everywhere. Croation Peasants’ Party Is Dissolved By Jugo-Slav Plutes ASeeciat to The Daily Worker) VIENNA, Austria, Dec, 25,—Steph. en Raditch, leader of the Croatian easant party and adherent to the hird Internationale, is being sought ny the police at the instance of the Jugo-Slav ministerial council. . The Sroatian peasant party has been dis- solved by order of the council, on the sround that it contains too many ‘Communist elements,” Britain, France, Italy, Poland, Jugo- Slavia, Roumania and Greece are makng a concerted drive on the Communists in the Balkans, because of the DAILY WORKER. Latene Be ait Uheahes fa Ms Build the DAILY WORKER! A 12-Page Issue! On the First Birthday of the DAILY WORKER. . Comrade Bob Minor’s splendid cartoons will be a leading feature. A review of the past year of American labor in general and the Workers Friday, December 26, 1924 GUESTS OF TULE.L, BALL EXPECTE TO LOOK NORMAL New Year’s Eve Date of Hardy Annual Last year it was a masquerade ball. This year it is a ball without the masquerade, but the possibilities for enjoyment are no less because the female of the species is not permitted to wear more than her usual allowance of camouflage, F What we are talking about is nothing more or less than the annual New Year's Eve ball of the Trade Union Educational League. We think every- body should know what we had in mind hence the digression. Only Half a Dollar. It is the big event of the year among radicals in this city and a militant who has fifty cents for a ticket would no more toleraté the thot of missing it than a devout Musselman would think of foregoing a visit to Mecca provided he had the price of a pair of sandals atid a supply of cocoanut yutter to soothe his tooties from the effect of the sun’s rays. Time and Place. The place where this event will be held in the Women’s City Club, located on the corner of 37 8, Ashland Blvd. This is a most delightful place for ah affair of the kind as your worthy press agent can testify having been there once upon a time when the Voice of Labor lived and flourished. This is about all we have to say about the matter for the time being but unless we are overcome by the Christmas spirit we will remind you of your duty to yourself and your friends on New Years Eve. P. 8S. Don’t forget to bring Mrs, Wife if you have one. If not—you are out of luck. RAILROAD BOARD NOT TO CHANGE §, P, DECISION Refuses Carrier’s Plea to Prevent Wage Increase The U. 8S. railroad labor board has denied petitions of western carriers asking that the board set aside recent settlements made between the loco- motive engineers and firemen and the Southern Pacific railroad granting its enginemen a five per cent increase in wages. The labor board and the carriers have managed to entangle the wage dispute with so much red tape that even a Philadelphia lawyer could not digest the decisions and counter-de- cisions of the board. The railway em- ployes of the Southern Pacific, how- ever, have won the wage increase and retained their working rules, which the decision of the labor board changed to the detriment of the em- Ployes. The other western roads, fol- lowing out the decision of the labor board, granted the increase, but took away the working rules for which the unions had fought for years. The labor board declares, in denying the carriers’ petition, that the carriers have misinterpreted the law in “as- suming that the federal adjustment board has the power to suspend a wage increase affecting a carrier be- cause a similar increase, if extended to another carrier, might tend to Produce a rate increase for the second carrier.” The agreement affects only one carrier, says the board, and the board has no right to infer that it will be extended to other roads, i ys issue of January 13 will be heaped full of facts and features—all gaily attired with cartoons to best celebrate the very first birthday of the headway the Communists have gained there. Radich is now said to Party in particular—plus the part the DAILY’ WORKER has played in both—will be another feature, ¢ $5,000,000. . Special contributions by Wm. Z, Foster, Wm. F. Dunne, J. Louis” be at Agram, ; Engdahl, T. J. O'Flaherty, Manuel Gomez and others among the best writers in the labor movement will add their share to the first Coolidge Senators at | celebration. ica Loss How to Dispose Give this issue to a worker and you assure the DAILY WORKER ¢ M 1 Ss a new reader—and your branch of the party a new member, o uscie hoals BUNDLE ORDERS MUST BE IN BY SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, WASHINGTON, D. ©, Dec. 25.— PRICE me : Reports emanating from the senate 2 CENTS PER COPY. ra Se ' are that the disposal of Muscic Make your order as large as possible and send In with your | s m Shoals will be postponed by this con gress if enough votes cannot be mus tered to pass the Underwood bill, of which Coolidge approves, turning th« immense power and nitrate projec‘ over to private interests, The senate has voted down the Norris bill pro viding for government operation o: ‘he power project, and has also re jected Ford's offer to buy the plan! The Muscle Shoals dams, proper: ‘{es and nitrate works, which include many buildings, hotels and residences vost the government over $100,000,000 "he Mackenzie bill had provided for he sale of the properties to Ford fo: 1113 W. Washington Blvd. of the January 13 issue, STREET wins remittance attached to this blank, THE DAILY WORKE Here are my birthday greetings in a remittance Of Greens for which you will send me a bundle order Of srs COPlOs NAME ssscssssessnsensemetnssevssevesnssoussnsestnsnssneeesensonnsssestseseunsenseapeaset | ennaseaneaneavecansonsenennsanonssnntassssesnseensensnneessauenneenn Li ee AONE BOR octal Chicago, tt. astnennereenneneny % \ A ”