The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 13, 1925, Page 4

} | Page Four bes ry we BRITISH UNION LEADERS FLAY YELLOW PRESS Denounce Lying About Russian Visit (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Dec. 22.— (By Mail.) —The capitalist press of this country continues to ham- mer the British trade union delegation that has recently re- turned from an official visit to Russia. The delegates are enthusias- tic in their praises of the accom- plishments of the workers’ and peasants’ government and bit- ter in their denunciation of the lying campaign conducted against them by the yellow so- cialist press of this continent. A. A. Purcell, chairman of the dele- gation, denounced the Manchester Guardian, favored among American liberals, the Daily Mail, Daily News Vorwarts and Het Volk for their cam- Paign of slander and lies. “When we had a reception it was a ‘fake’; when he had no one to meet us it was also a ‘fake.’ And when we did not say anything well—why didn’t we?” declared Purcell. Yellow Socialist Press. “The German and British press— capitalist and socialist alike,” said Purcell, “vie with each other in dis- torting the delegation’s speeches. Then they followed it up, in quite a dozen instances, by asking me as chairman of the delegation, if I had anything to say regarding the visit. “And when they failed to get a re- ply, they reported us as being ‘hypno- tized.’ Fancy trying to get news from hypnotics!” Purcell declared that the official re- Port of the delegation would be first given to the Trade Union Congress but that a preliminary report would be made public at once. He gave @ hint of what it would be like when he said: “What will it tell us? Ah, wait and see. It is sufficient to say that if the working class of this coun- try knew its strength and power to the same extent as that of Russia, the orthodox politician and the capitalist press mercenaries would be speedily proving whether they were really gen- uinely employed.” an. _~ Relations With Miners. Herbert Smith, president of the Yorkshire miners and one of the dele- gates has recommended that the Brit- ish miners send a strong delegation to Russia to establish permanent rela- tions with the Russian miners. The sentiment created by the re- ports of the trade union leaders has had a damaging effect on the tory preparations for starting another war on Russia. John Wheatley, M. P., and minister of health in the recent labor party government made a_ strong speech in Glasgow recently on the dangers of the tory plot against Rus- sia. He said: “Despite any vituperation in the Press, if any attempt is made by the government of Britain to launch into a war with Russia, I for one, am pre- pared to spend not merely my time, but my life in appealing to the work- ing classes of this country to refuse not merely to join into an attack on Russia, but to utilize the opportunity of war with Russia in an attack on British capitalism.” To Defend Russia. He warned the workers that an at- tack against Russia was in the course of preparation; that the workers of Britain and of all the world had an interest in Russia; that the people of Russia appealed to the workers of Germany, France and England and particularly the latter for aid in re- sisting the attacks of the capitalist enemy. The workers of the world had the duty of defending Russia against her enemies as her enemies Were also the enemies of labor all the world over. (The preliminary report of the dele- gates to Russia will be found in an- other column.—Ed.) Post Cards in Colors Something New and Different. Use them for your regular cor- respondence. Have a set for your album. No. 1—Lenin directing the revolution No, 2—Lenin, when 16 years old No. 3—The Red Flag of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics No. 4—The Russian state seal and embiem No. &—Trotsky, commander of the Soviet Red Army ONE CARD 5 CENTS In lots of 10 or more, 2c per card. 1% in lots of 100 or more. Send money order, check or post age to Literature Department WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA 1113 W. bese og Blvd. Chicago, Ill, ~ 4 eo LABOR LEARNS OF SOVIET RUSSIA (Continued from page 3) those responsible for electrical power and equipment. The high degree of organizing and administrative capacity, and the en- thusiasm of the workers under the new system of state ownership, deeply impressed the delegation. (4) The housing conditions of the workers are being rapidly improved. New housing schemes making pro- vision for the erection of model cot- tages superior to some of the govern- ment houses provided in Great Brit ain, are being pushed forward with great energy and ability. (5) A great effort is being made to eliminate illiteracy. Many kinds of educational activity are being promoted and are being gen- erouslys subsidised and urged forward by the Union of Socialist Republi¢es and the trade union organizations. More Education. (6) Workmen’s clubs, holiday homes and rest houses are also being used for the education of the illite- rates, including children and adults. The proportion of the workingclass population without education is being reduced.very rapidly. (7) The administrative depart- ments of the Soviet state are well or- ganized and efficiently controlled. This is especially true of those to which the members of the delegation devoted special attention, namely, those dealing with state insurance for health, unemployment and the medi- eal care of the workers and their de- pendents. (8) Religious institutions have complete freedom to exercise their re- (Continued from page 3) was elected by the capitalists, to help push thru this program of the capi- talists. Governmental reaction, ex- pressed thru federal and state-authori- ties, is striding forward to crush all working class resistence. The prosecutors are not interested in the Communists as Communists. It is because the Communists every- where appear as active leaders of the militant workers that they are be- ing brought to trial in the capitalist courts. The ruling class offensive against the Communist is only the be- ginning of a larger and more concert- ed attack against the whole labor movement. The defense of the Communists is the defense of the very existence of the labor movement. The Labor Defense Council calls up- on all fighting sections of the Ameri- can labor movement and upon class- conscious workers thruout the country to rally to the defense in this critical moment. To members of the Workers (Com- LABOR! STAND FAST AND FIGHT! TH $$$ SS: AS WE SEE IT Ugious beliefs. Members of the delegation visited churches and mosques during the ser- vices. The church has been disestablished and is now entirely maintained by voluntary contributions, and no reli- gious instruction is given in schools or other educational institutions. Stamping Out Vice. (9) Every effort is being made to improve the moral life of Russia. Prostitution, gambling and other vices are being rapidly eliminated by educational effort and drastic state regulations. (10) By the creation of workers’ clubs, rest houses, sport and physical centers, trade union organizations are securing for their members trade un- ion benefits and an addition to real wages, which is mugh appreciated. Many other important changes will be referred to and dealt with in the report, which will contain the neces- sary information to justify the trade union and labor policy supporting the full diplomatic and economic recog- nition of Russia. The report will also prove that mil- lions of new capital could be properly and safély invested in the develop- ment of the enormous economic possi- bilities of Russia, and fully justify the ‘ claim made on behalf of British labor that Russia, under Soviet rule, has so far improved the material and moral conditions of its people as to have now earned a permanent™place among European nations. Signed on behalf of the delegation, A. A. Purcell, Chairman, Fred Bramley, Secretary. munist) Party, the situatton ts a su- preme test. Comrade Minor must have the best defense that’ can be obtained. Comrade Ruthenberg may soon be out of jail temporarily, pending dectsion on his appeal to the United States su- preme court. But he will not be out of danger. Practically every one of the other leaders of the party, begin- ning with Comrade Foster, may be taken from us—and will be taken from us spon unless the members of the party show such a spirit of mili- tant resistence that the capitalist government is forced to back down. The whole Workers Party must be shaken from top to bottom. There must be a rebirth of activity for the Michigan defense. The local units of abor defense council must imme diately take steps to vigorously carry out its new and enormous tasks. Money must be poured out unstint- ingly. We are in a life and death grapple with the political power of capitalism. STAND FAST AND FIGHT! LABOR DEFENSE COUNCIL. HERE COME THE SHOCK TROOPS OF THE WORKING CLASS ARMY (Continued from page 2) CZECHO-SLOVAK FEDERATION. Buffalo, N. Y. Endicott, N. Y. Dillondale, Oh 22.00 Cicero, Ill. 5.00 Chicago, Ill. 8.00 West Allis, Wis. 5.00 Baltimore, Ohlo Newark, N. J. Omaha, Nebr. $ 110.00 ITALIAN FEDERATION. Cleveland, Central .... Powhatan Point, Ohio. 1.00 69.07 Philadelphia, Pa 2.50 Camden, Pa. 5.00 6.50 4.00 Chicago, Ill. 5.00 Detroit, Mich. Bellaire, Ohio Boston, Mass. 4.00 10.00 12.00 $ 119.07 BULGARIAN FEDERATION. Madison, Ill. . 10.00 Cleveland, Ohio 10.00 Detroit, Mich. 57.00 Pontiac, Mich. 50.00 Madison, III 40.00 Chicago, III. 24,00 $ 191.00 i $ 171.00 ROUMANIAN FEDERATION, Detroit, Mich. $ 37.00 Akron, Ohio ... 24.00 ANNIANCE, OHIO srrmrsscsecenmneessermerees 11,00 $ 72.00 SCANDINAVIAN FEDERATION. Rochford, Ill. 10.00 West Townsend, 11.00 Brooklyn, N. ‘Y., South. 22.00 Chicago, South Sid Chicago, Lakeview Philadelphia, Pi Pocatello, Idaho 3.00 $ 184.00 teanencesevessenssse ESTHONIAN FEDERATION. San Francisco, Cal. 10.00 Philadelphia, P. 10.00 New York, N. Y. 36,00 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. Spanish branch, New York. Caucasian branch, Chicago. Machinists’ Freiheit, Chicago. Shop Nucleus 5, Chicago. Shop Nucleus 3, Chicago. Shop Nucleus 1, Chicago. Buffalo, N. Y. INDIVIDUALS. DAILY WORKER offic: Mailed-in remittances .. 17.00 Total ... $14,020.43 RUSSIAN BRANCH, GARY, IND. After page two with the reports was stereotyped we received by messenger $23.00 from the Russian branch of Gary, Ind. This makes the total for the Russian branch of Gary $33.00 in- stead of $10 as reported on page two! LAST MINUTE REMITTANCES. North Hudson, N. J., English. Newport, N. H., N. W. P. clu! Lawrence, Mai Berkeley, Cal., English Albany, N. Y. Baltimore, Md. St. Louis, Mo., English .. Hartford, Conn. C. C. C. Newark, N. J., Hungarian Trenton, N. J., German Trenton, N. J., Jewish . Trenton, N. J., Russian .. Zeigler, Ill., South Slav .. Gary, Ind., Russian Denver, Colo., English Hamtramck, Mich., Ru: Binghampton, N. Y., C. C. C, Superior, Wisc., Finnish Chicago, Ill., Lettish Milwaukee, Wise, Ukrainian Detroit, Mich. S. Slav Individunal ... GRAND TOTAL ....... GRAND DUKE BORIS IS COMING; NEW YORK SOCIETY DAMES ARE READY TO DASH FOR THE BATTERY ——— PARIS, Jan. 12—The Grand Duke Borle, younger brother of the pre- winder to the Russian throne, put his American visit in the light of a social jaunt to renew ple: int contacts made in 1902, in an exclusive interview with International News service just before he boarded a boat train to catch the Olymple for New York. Boris refused to admit that he was going to America to launch propa: Ganda for the restoration of Russian monarchy or for the purpose of raising funda to further that movement. E DAILY WORKER By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 3) two months under the care of ur, Nor- man Thomas was raised in order to start The DAILY WORKER. A small sum indeed. But it had a loyal army behind it and the field all to itself. The socialist dailies were disappear- ing. They had decided that the class struggle was old stuff ani that class collaboration was the up-to-date sub- stitute. The word “fight” was to be eliminated from the vocabulary of the workingclass. “Not if I can help it,” said The DAILY WORK Wx, as it buckled on its armour on the evening of January 12, 1923. On the following day it was on the streets, the most | belligerent little battler the American working class movement ever saw. And if it has said a kind word for the capitalist or any of its lackeys ever since, even its worst enemies have failed to notice it, *. 8 @ O sooner had The DAILY WORK- ER come upon the scene than it proceeded to interfere in every strike or struggle of any kind in which the workers were involved. The .work- ers met it with open arms and the capitalists anu the labor fakers with clenched fists. But it gave as many blows as it received and is today in better condition than ever before. In fact, it lives on troubie. * se 8 T fought for the garment strikers here in Chicago and everywhere else there was an industrial struggle. It never waited for a moment to find out whether a strike was “justified.” Never has any such doubts. Strikes mean fights against the bosses and that should be the fayorite outdoor sport of the workers. It covered the Indianapolis convention of the Unit- ed Mine Workers of America and sev- eral other big labor meetings. But, perhaps the biggest job of the year was the way it handled the election campaign, when the Communist ban- ner was raised for the first time in a national election with William Z. Fos- ter, the great strike leader as our standard bearer. 0 ete: 'HE future of The DAILY WORK- ER is assured. We say this not because we are intoxicated with joy over our first anniversary, but because our daily has a loyal army of support- ers. It is upon this army, the mem- bers of the Workers (Communist) Party that the daily relies. * s © ‘HE DAILY WORKER is fighting the battles of labor. It is with them every day, from the mine fields of Pennsylvania, to the woole mills of Massachusetts; the transport workers if ‘ment: workers in Chicago or New York. It knows no lines of division between workers. It stands for their united action on the.industrial field and it continues to rally the most class con- scious of them on the political field under the’ banner of the Workers (Communist) Party. eee ‘HE first Communist daily in the English language has passed thru its first year creditably. We have never yet heard a capitalist praise it. The labor fakers are not enthusiastic over it. But the workers that we have been able to reach—even those of them who cannot see eye to eye with us—know instinctively that it is their friend. As the class struggle grows in intensity, and the American workers will be compelled more and more to come into conflict with’ their masters; as the final struggle for the conquest of power by the workers draws near- er, the DAILY WORKER the trumpet of Communism will become increas- ingly more necessary to the workers to give them leadership and guidance, Compromise Bill for Postal Clerks’ Raise May Get Thru Senate (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—The sen- ate will probably pass the Moses bill raising the’ pay pt postal employes and at the same time increasing the rates of postage M. T,. Finnan, secre tary of the National Assoication of Letter Carriers announced here today. Finnan together with Senator McKin- ley conferred with Coolidge yesterday about the bill. Coolidge indicated that he would not veto the measure as he did with the bill passed by the last congress which aimed at increas- ing the wages of the postoffice slaves. The Moses bill in its sections deal. ing with postoffice wages is a compro- mise of the bill which was vetoed. It gives only part of the increases asked by the postal workers. Officers of the various postoffice workers’ organiza- tions are boosting the bill on the theory that it is the best they can hope to get. Soviet Russia’s Radio Clubs Now United by Moscow MOSCOW, Jan. 12.—All of Russiia’s ions have been combined ssociation of Radio Ama covering the entire Soviet ter. ritory, with headquarters in Moscow. it is announced. A wireless journal the title of which is, in Bnglish, “The Radio Amateur,” is now published twice a month in Moscow. “In Memoriam—Lenin” to be shown 18 at Gartner's Theater, _|is as follows: Passing of an Adding Machine Gets a “Death Notice” in the Papers in By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. P 'ODAY, the New York World gives five inches of space in its obituary department, to record the passing of Walter R. Quick, auditor of the Metropolitan Life Insurance com- pany. “The Metropolitan” is a power in the capitalist world. As each one of its important human cogs drops into the grave, he must be given his “death notice.” Quick was typical of the loyal slaves of big business. The events in his life read like a column of figures. Born: Jan. 14, 1867; joined “‘The Metropolitan” when 20 years old, on March 14, 1887, in the bookkeeping department; in 1889 promoted to assistant to the ek transferred to the audit division, Jan. 1, 1890; went to Pacific. Coast office in 1901; then cashier at the head office until 1910, when he came back to home office; on Oct. 13, of that year, appointed assistant to the treasurer to supervise the general account- ing work of the home office; appointed auditor Jan. 21, 1913. Any voucher, any file of papers in the vast machinery of “The Metropolitan” could tell as interesting, or utterly uninteresting, a story. Auditor Quickswas but. a card in the huge index of human material with which this life in- surance company carries on its work. He had no other- place in life under capitalism. * # * ; Evidently Auditor Quick had not reached that place where he could enjoy a little leisure, at the expense of work- ing class policy holders; where he could travel and join ex- clusive clubs. These facts, if they exist, are usually included in the obituary of a “figure” in the business world. There were no such. facts to report about Auditor Quick. At 58 years he was still close to the job. He had to be, evidently, in order to hold on to his place. He died on the job at the home office, No. 1, Madison Ave., New York City. It is reported that he died “suddenly”; just like any adding machine being scrapped at a moment's notice, in order to make way for something new and more efficient. * And this Auditor Quick was no doubt looked upon as “successful” among his fellow white collar slaves. Didn’t he get a notice in the papers when he died. For that, thousands of lesser white collar slaves, only a slip of pasteboard in the time clock, will envy him, for some time, until he is forgotten. This is the measure of success among the money hungry, ever struggling myriads of the middle class. Those who can get their feet on a few dollars rise accordingly in the estima- tion of their fellow adding machines, ae * * Capitalism may attract its multitudes of white collar slaves by various and dubious means, and chain them to the desks of its counting rooms; coddling them into believ- ing that they are better than wage workers in the factories, the fields, the mills and the mines. But the profit hunger of big business will in time drive these pettef pillars of the middle class into the ranks of the working class. These awakening multitudes will in time fight aga inst the dreary, ‘ monctenous, e lives forced n . They wii realize that capitalism has nothing in store for them; that Communism is their only hope. Under Communism this mind-numbing labor of the offices will be so ordered that it will be looked upon as a mere incident in the lives of humary beings. * The development of civilization under Communism will draw all human beings out of their pigeonholes, where cap- italism filed them away, and give them a wider outlook on life. In fact, the aim will be to develop real human beings, who can think, and play, and enjoy life, and not to maintain mere machines of flesh, and blood and bones; which is the highest ambition of the present capitalist social order that is passing. LOS ANGELES PAINTERS TELL PUPPYDOG CHARITY BEGGARS UNION CONDITIONS PREVENT T. B. (Special to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 12.—Painters’ Local Union No. 1348 of this city is opposed to the conditions which produce consumption, that is, scab shop conditions, and in a letter addressed to the local association which operates as a sort of legal begging agency under the wing of the chamber of commerce, the tnion sends its re- spects to the open shop. The letter production; to reduce the amount of our food, shelter and clothing, render- Gentlemen:—Your appeal in behalf| ing thereby each and every one of us Tuesday, January 13, 1925 Birthday Greetings to The Daily Worker from the of Chicago | BONG LIVE THE DAILY WORKER! We send you hearty wishes for a better and bigger paper. By the way, we are proud otoners the consumptive stricken received. With all due credit to your human- itarian efforts, we cannot refrain from sharply protesting your commun- ication for not carrying the union label—the safest protection against consumption; for its being printed in an “Open Shop” under conditions of work producing consumption, You are undoubtedly aware of the fact that the real and only aim of the so-called “American Plan” or the “Open Shop” is to suppress and de- stroy the fighting organizations of American labor; to check the resist- ance power of the American worker and to crush the fighting spirit of the producer of all wealth. Its “plan” is to institute the cruel system of ex- treme and unrestricted exploitation of the American worker rendering him a helpless and hopeless slave in the grind mill of poverty, misery, degreda- tion and desease for himself and un- limited wealth and luxury for his greedy exploiter, We do know the truth of all these facts from recent experience. We are struggling presently under the ruins of an unsuccessful strike for 14 weeks against the shameful plots of the “open shoppers” to rob the meager means of our bare existance; against their efforts to crush our spirit of liberty and independence and to de- stroy our only hope and protection— our fighting organizations. The “open shop” plague leaves the factory door wide open for its faith- ful ally, the white plague, whose mother and direct beneficiary it is, especially so in Los Angeles. By sup- porting the‘open shop you are support-|) ing ite efforts to reduce our standard of ving and to raise our standard of Solomon, Secretary, an easy prey to the germs of consum- ption—the very thing you intend to fight. By giving aid and confort to our bitterest enemy, you ate inviting consumption to do its worst and en- couraging the white plague to run wild and unchecked. Your plan of curing consumption with Christmas stamps while sup- porting its production and distribution through the “open shop”, certainly does not appeal to us, the victims of them both. , At our last meeting, we have whole- heartedly donated the sum of $25 to the Los Angeles Consumptive San- atorium—an institution absolutely fair to organized labor. We have also vlected a committee to raise additional funds for the same purpose. We have sent volunteers many a time, mem- bers of our union, to contribute days of skilled work to paint and decorate the buildings on this institution. You will always find us ready and willing to do our duty, but we should never hetray our own interests by support- ing the scourge of humanity, the “open shop”. We must refrain from contributing even one single dollar towards an institution supporting it. Believing as we do that “an ounce of prevention is worth more than tons of cure,” we can not under the circum- stances be a party to your plan. We are respectfully returning your Christ- mas stamps and extened to your hon- orable and well meaning body our cordial invitation to help us prevent consumption by bettering the condi- tions of life and work of its prospects, the worker in America. Yours for union conditions, The Painters Local “~ of $12.00 worth of Insurance Polictes to Patire Re Dasth toorker yt, Maas Birthday Greetings from Prison Permit me to extend to you and your staff my heartiest congratula- tions on the first anniversary of your publication. If your past performance may be regarded as indicative of what the working class may expect of your publication in future, there is no doubt that your journalistic enterprise may look forward to a period of constantly increasing usefulness to the people whom you serve. I remain fraternally yours, Peter Mulberg . No. 4795 Lock Box 500 Steclacoom, Wash. GREETINGS OF THE JEWISH BRANCH, WORKERS PARTY, OF BOSTON, MASS. “,.. It was a year of brave fighting. A year of courage to the oppressed. We send you, ‘Dally,’ our heartlest congratulations. Until the day of final conflict you shall lead us without stop.” No compromise in the fight for emancipation! : Long live the Workers Party! Long live the Communist International! BPPPALAASOIOIIIDIDL LOLI LDS GREETINGS ON YOUR FIRST BIRTHDAY Long Live the Daily Worker! Best Wishes for Your Continued Success. GEORGE VOYZEY, Verona, Il. Greetings tothe . Daily Worker Tolstoy Vegetarian urant 2718 W. Division St. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO.” The Daily Worker FROM GARY WORKERS Union 1348, S.| HENRY N.HOLUB F. NIKOLAIBY, he RMR a argh John Reed Junior Group ,