The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 29, 1925, Page 6

se a - : ; Page Six THE DAILY WORKER. Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, NL (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail: $3.50....6 months ; -Hanlapeel months By mali (in Chicago only): c $4.50....6 months $2.60....8 months $6.00 per year $8.00 per year Aadress all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 1118 W. Washington Sivd. 3. LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F, DUNNE a MORITZ J. LOEB... Business Manager Chicago, HMlinele —— Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1928, at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 8, 1879. <p 290 Advertising rates on application | Gary’s Benevolence Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, announced that the employes of the trust would be allowed to subscribe to a specified number of shares of stock in the corpora- tion during the month of February, at the rate of $125.00 per share. The slaves of the steel trust should remember the old adage about Greeks bearing gifts. Gary’s annual exhibition of generosity will be featured by the capitalist press as further evidence of the tendency on the part of American capitalists to share the profits of their businesses with their em- ployes. The steel trust offers one hundred thousand shares of its stock to its employes with a great flourish of benevolence. Some of the slaves may believe that they are getting something. But let us examine this gift horse in the mouth, and see what we can see. The stock that Gary offers to his slaves for $125.00 per share could be purchased in the open market last Saturday for $104. When United States Steel was originally placed on the market it could be purchased for less than twenty-five dollars per share. So the generous Mr. Gary is actually swindling his slaves thru a stock transaction, not being satisfied with swindling them at the point of production. The main object of the trust in selling the stock to its employes is not so much because of the profits made in swindling them thru an inflated price, but in order to give them the feeling that they are shareholders in the corporation. This idea would have a tendency to make them work harder and turn a deaf ear to the trade union organizer. Gary knows what he is about. y The steel workers must not allow themselves to be deceived by this spurious generosity. They have it in their power to force the steel trust to give them more of the product of their toil by proper organization and ultimately to take over the mighty industrial machine which is the product of the brain and brawn of the workers. No class collaboration! No profit sharing swindles! Outlawing War President Coolidge, chairman of the executive committee of American capitalism, known as the United States government, in a speech delivered before a delegation of women attending the con- ference on the cause and cure of war, urged the women to continue the agitation for “no more” while the wounds of the last great conflict were still fresh in the minds of the people. Not so very long ago, the peace-loving Coolidge signed a bill appropriating $110,000,000 for the building of more warships to “make more war.” It is not impossible to outlaw war. But the only way to do the trick is to outlaw capitalism. War is as inseparable from capitalism as hypocrisy is from a preacher. Wars are not caused by “bad men” and peace is not maintained by “good men.” The conflicting interests of capitalist groups bring about wars. All modern wars are gigantic com- mercial enterprises. The road to peace lies over the dead body of the capitalist system. The capitalist class of America prefer peace to New York’s Lenin Memorial TheLenin memorial which will be held on Sun- day, February 1, in Madison Square Garden, New York, promises to be one of the most impressive demonstrations ever held in the United States. It will be in commemoration of the greatest leader the revolutionary proletariat ever produced, if not indeed the most outstanding figure in human history. Lenin was the acknowledged leader in translat- Marx first took the class struggle out of the clouds | of Utopia and laid the theoretical basis for the| world movement which today threatens the power | of capitalism all over the world and which has) nailed the Communist banner to the mast over ter- ritory comprising one-sixth of the earth’s surface. | It is significant that, while the revolutionary | workers of New York are preparing to fittingly honor the memory of the working class leader, Lenin, by filling the biggest meeting place in New} York with members of the class which he lived to | see on the threshold of final vietory over their masters, another leader, but a traitor to his class, should be meeting with jeers and hisses whenever | he attempts to address an audience of workers. This traitor is Rafael Abramovich, once a trusted leader of the workers, but now a spy of the ezarist counter-revolutionists. and an enemy of the first workers’ government in history. The workers of New York have an excellent op- portunity on next Sunday to show Abramovich and his yellow socialist backers that Lenin still lives in the hearts of the American working class, that Leninism is the guiding light on the road to victory for the exploited masses and that the Work- ers (Communist) Party is the leader of the revolu- tionary forces in America under the banner of the Communist International. The Syndicalist Laws Owing to a recent decision of the supreme court of Idaho, the criminal syndicalist law of that state is of little use to the capitalists in its present form. it was enacted in order to give the employers: aj weapon to use against the radicals and the unions, but evidently the framers of the statute did not know their business and the supreme court having a well-merited contempt for slovenly work, de- livered a decision that freed a few members of the I. W. W. who were held under its provisions. The decision proved the law would not serve the pur- pose for which it was intended. The employers decided to enact another law, with “teeth in it.” Under the definition of sabotage given in this bill, a worker who makes a mistake in solving a cross word puzzle is liable to be ar- rested under the syndicalist law. According to the bill sabotage means “damage, injury or destruction of real or personal property, work done in an im- proper manner, tampering’ with or destruction of machinery, improper use of machinery, slowing down of production, slackening on work, scamping on work, waste of products, publishing of trade secrets if done wilfully or maliciously.” The employers declare there is an emergency and the bill is expected to be rushed thru and en- acted into law. This law is not aimed at radicals only. It is primarily directed against trade unions. The fight against the criminal syridicalist law is of the most vital concern to the workers. If they think that the capitalists are only concerned with using it against Communists, they will soon learn their mistake. It is true that the employers go after the Communists first, but the proposed syndicalist law of Idaho proves conclusively that they are out to get anybody who interferes in ‘the slightest degree with their ability to make all the profit they can out of the exploitation of the workers. Sabotaging a Strike Thruout the mill districts of New England, the jand peasants. |revolution outside the country—it har THE DAILY WORKE “He would.walk up and down in lem.” The Task Before Lenin. This was. Lenin—the man of the workers and peasants of Soviet Rus sia—always deep in’ thought on the question that ever concerned him: what could he advise for the consoli- dation of the power of the Soviet gov- ernment; what could he propose to improve the condition of the workers Lenin was not a politician in the capitalist sense of the word. He did hot devise ways and means that would win him votes. His was the serious task of building up the state—and thru practical results proving to the workers and peasants that only the Soviet government could ‘benefit them Lenin had even a more difficult tas! than that: he had to deal with the in ternational situation as well.’ The fone Soviet government has a difficult struggle against the massed counter. a trémendous battle to keep off thc attempted invasions by the world im perialists. Soviet Russia.was and stil) is a primarily agrarian ‘state—a coun. try dependent to a great degree onthe industrial countries for the supply 0! manufactured products. In this in dustrial era, when economic life de pends in the main on indusiry, it is an almost insurmountable task to fine ways and means of maintaining work ers’ and peasants’ control, when the mainstay of the economic life of the country is agriculture. Hence consideration of the situa- tion in Soviet Russia was ineyitably linked up with the international situa tion—and, above all, with the rela- tions of Soviet Russia to the capital- ist countries, ‘What statesman has had to face this task before? What leader has, been compelled to consider such gigantic . | responsibilities R TO VIBRATE WITH SPIRIT OF LENIN, MOST BELOVED LEADER OF WORKERS By ISRAEL AMTER. the Kremlin, with his hands behind him. Sometimes he would walk quickly, then stop short in reflection, “Once we found him on a dark, stormy night out in the rain, walking up and down,.unheeding. _He was, deep in thought—and then suddenly stopped. ing into action the aims,of the working class, since |He had found’ a solution to the prob-+ issues? What man has ever had such resting upon his shoulders — the fate of 150,000,000 workers and peasants—the fate of the Russian proletarian revolution— the fate of the world proletarian revolu- tion? Life Dedicated to Workers. When not’ at sessions of the Cen- tral Committee of the Communist Party, or the Executive Committee of the All-Russian Soviet, or the BExecu- tive Committee of the Communist In- ternational; when not at a meeting of workers or peasants; when not re- ceiving a delegation of workers or peasants who came with their griev- ances and doubts that he had to smooth out; when not out in the gar- den or in the Kremlin working out his plans; when not suddenly sitting down on a doorstep to write the outline of a thesis or resolutioi—Lenin was to be found in his study till late in the night.’ When all others were asleep the light shone in his room—out in to the night. He was sitting at his desk—think- ing, writing. The word of a worker— the suggestion of a peasant — this rankled in his mind till he found the solution to the problem that they pro- pounded. Here was a man whose ear was close to the minds of the people. Here was a man whose thoughts dwelt entirely upon the lives and wel- fare of the workers and peasants. Ifere was a man who thought only of the development of the Soviet state, the strengthening of the Communist venguard—the growth of the world revolution. With the weight of the revolution- ary movement resting upon him, it was little wonder that his strength broke down. Lenin was a rugged man, one who could endure great hard- ships. But the seven years of travail Another Look More About Abramovich. To the DAILY WORKER: I was very sorry to notice the at- titude of approval you! have. taken: in regard to the riot staged upon the first public appearance of the memshevik, Abramovich. We, who always oppose the tactics of the American legion or the ku klux klan in dealing with their op ponents, should not approve of similar methods and means in dealing with our opponents or enemies. : Regardless of Abramovich’s past records, which is certainly one that cannot bring anyone the least bit of credit, violent means of opposition should not be employed. Propagan- da thru the press and platform, a challenge to a debate (he is willing to take that) are by far more effective to establish his wrong, than a riot and hisses to establish our it. It is not a bourgeois tendency to attempt to infyse esthetics in dealing with opponents. Calling’ people “mor- ons” just because they go to Isten to @ Sousa: band concert, de ost, ee opponent a “dog” and ‘opinions “vomiting” does not bring ee the desired result. ’ Rgpht need _1, personally, doubt ‘wh employes of the textile barons are fighting against the wage cuts that their masters have forced upon them as part of their reward for sending Calvin Coolidge, the favorite son of Wall Street and the war. They do not object to punitive expeditions against weak South American republics. Neither do the pacifists, it seems. The latter did not seem to care when their idol, Ramsay MacDonald, dropped bombs on Indian villages and slaughtered the natives of Mesopotamia, all for the profit of the British capitalists, The pacifists are aghast over the prospect of another world war. As the most far-visioned of the bourgeoisie point out, an- other world war will most likely mean the end of capitalist rule and the coming to power of the working class. That is one very good reason why the capitalists don’t want war, if they can avoid it. But when their interests clash, they can find many pretexts for calling on the workers to put on their uniforms again as they did in 1917. And the pacifist leaders who now shout “no more war” will discover that the United States is defending some pacifist principle such as “democracy.” Wall Street’s man, Coolidge, is following a wise policy. His pacifist camouflage is well done. J. H. Thomas, former colonial secretary in the MacDonald cabinet, speaking in Jamaica recently said that tho he was a free trader the labor party was not tied to any economic fetish. Least:of all to socialism. A local capitalist paper, commenting on his speech, said that business had far less to fear from laborites than from the older liberals. Some compliment! 8 tape Bourgeoisie Can As Yet Maltreat and Inevitable and—from the Point of View of the Revolutionary Proletariat.”—-LENIN. New York, Sunday Afternoon, February 1, mill owners, to the White House for four more years. But, in waging this struggle the textile workers find themselves confronted with two foes. The first is the millionaire mill operators with all the power of city, state and national governments at their beck and call. This enemy is powerful enough to challenge the united power of a well organized working class. But when the workers are con- fronted with the task of having to fight crooked labor officials who set up every obstacle in the way of a militant struggle, it must be admitted that they are handicapped. In the midst of this battle we find one of the unions involved, the Federation of Textile Oper- atives, digging up an outworn provision that re- quires a two-thirds vote of each local involyed and a two-thirds vote of all the locals in. the or- its—will ganization before a strike can be sanctioned. To b ae the follow such a policy during a strike is nothing |joy. In capitalist short of sabotage. It may be worse. But whatever may be the motives of those responsible for seek- ing to prevent a united front of the textile oper- atives in this strike the conclusion is inescapable that the effect of such tactics is to aid the bosses and defeat the workers, It is regrettable, but nevertheless necesssary that the workers in order to win their strike must fight union fakers who insist on creating division in- stead of unity in the midst of a strike. Kill with Impunity. But It Cannot Stop the of World History—Not Far Distant Triumph Memorial Meeting, Madison Square Garden, a extensive use of,vulgar slang is neces- sary in,order that the - ‘ may properly understand » hi na sat merely creates an atmos! ere of aver- sion instead of attention, With best wishes, 2444 Haddon. avenue:. Reply.—It it regrettable ‘that the struggle between the capitalists and their chief agents.on one side and the workers on the: other’ is accom- panied by so much bitterness, some times going beyond even explosive words and graphic epithets. But such ig the case, and much tho we ‘sympa- thize with the wounded feélings of our over-sensitive cor it, be cause of the DAILY WO "3 at. titude towards the traitor, Abramo- vich, we do not intend to don the sackcloth. / subject _ Z r 2 ers are allowed ont: speech as the c sistent with their own s Russia, where the cal. power, the y emies of the Soviets are zg - i be g e 8 ship will only last until Communism is established and all classes abolish. ed. The present dictatorship in Rus- sia is only a transition period be- tween capitalism and socialism. To Be Expected. The Communists realize that the eapitalists will not grant the workers free speech, free press or the right of assemblage, the constitution notwith. Standing, when they think that th: exercise of this constitutional right might endanger capitalist rule. This is to be expected and the capitalists know would be very peculiar burglare if they did not do so. We know that the capitailsts will not grant us free speech. Note how they cling to thei) unconstitutional syndicalist laws. But in ‘free speech fights we show the workers what a sham capitalist de- mocracy is and what a sham consti- tutional rights are under the rule of cepitalism. The klan and the legion are tools of capitalism. They don’t bother about free speech. They be- lieve in the use of force to suppress the workers. It works just as long as the workers feel that they can emancipate. themselves without a struggle. But when the workers real- ize that force must be met by force, then the thugs of the capitalist clase will have their hands full. The class struggle is a war and nothing else. Sometimes the strug gle is otily over wages. Sometimes it develops political aspects. That is 4 WHY THEY GO TO AMERICA. tore-into his vitais—till he was laid low. Three pictures of Lenin will forever live in the minds of the workers of the world: Lenin before the factories where the workers produce; Lenin be- fore the massés, telling them of the tasks of th@ revolutionary workers and peasants;and Lenin in his study elaborating the problems and the solu- tion’ of the proletarian revolution. Proletarian Revolution Still On. Lenin lies in the mausoleum on the Red Square, on which is inscribed in bold letters the word LENIN. He lier there — while the world proletarian revolution that he led still rages. Only in Soviet Russia have the work- ers and) peasants seized power; the workers and poor peasants in the cap- italist countries are still under the op. pression of the capitatist class; the colonies are still held by the armed forces of the imperialists. Lenin is in his tomb—But LENIN- ISM, the embodiment of his revolu- tionary policies and methods lives in the Communist Parties, in the lives of the revolutionary workers and peas- ants of the world. Leninism, Bolshey ism, Revolution! This will be the message ‘to the hundreds of thousands of workers who will ,attend the memorial meetings ar- ranged by the Workers (Communist) Party. Lenin, Soviet ‘Russia, "World Revolution with a Soviet’ government in the United States will be slogane to the workers who will assemble in Madison Square. Garden on Feb. 1. Lenin is alive in the hearts of the Communist ' workers, in the ranks: of the. Workers (Communist) Party of America. Washington, D. C., Notes. WASHINGTON, D. -€.,. Jan. 27,.— Senor Vicenti G. Bunuan, director of the Philippine Press Bureay, will ad- dress the Workers Party of \Washing- ton on “The Labor Movement in the Pi spcoanaly Thursday, January 29, p.m. . Pianiste Disappears. NEW YORK, Jan, 27.—KEthel Legin- ska, pianiste, was missing from her home today, following her mysterious disappearance last night on ‘her way to give a concert recital. — Build the DAILY WORKER! at Abramovich its status in most European countries at the present time. | There the strug gle is in its final stage. ‘The leader of the workers in this struggle—and the capitalists onthe other side—us« whatever tactics are best suited tc gain the strategic objective. The main purpose of Communist tactics is to organize the workers for the struggle against the. capitalists for the ultimate aim of overthrowing capitalist rule and_ establishing the tule of the workers and exploited farmers. ‘By getting’ the workers to fight for free speech, against the open shop, etc, their class feeling is aroused and their class hatred inten- sified. The worker who sees in the revolutionary moyement only. a protest against the METHODS of capitalism and not a means by which to abolish capitalism, is not a reyolutionist but @ pacifist. i Same ae Capitalists. The Abramoviches come under the same heading as the capitalists. They | are the enemies of the workers, Had their clique won ‘in Russia, Lenin and Trotsky would meet the same fate that Liebknecht -and~ Luxemburg: did in Germany. The czar would be very much alive and the Russian workers would have no say. in the running of their industries. ‘There. would be free speech in Russia for the capital- ists but none for the workers. If our gentle-souled correspondent does not believe this, we invite. him to study GZARISTS FLOCK 10° AMERICA AFTER BEING REPUDIATED BY EUROPE (Special to The Daliy Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—The counter revolutionists and czarists who have been busy in Europe trying to stir up sentiment against the Russian Soviet government, are now pouring into the United States hoping to find a more friendly atmosphere for their \ezarist propaganda, Baroness Olga Wrangel, wife of the paid lackey of the alifes who attempted to overthrow Soviet rule, has entered the United States close on the heols of the agent of the Second International, Raphael Abram: ovich. Repudiated and discredited in Bu- rope by the wholesale recognitions of Russia by the BHuropean couniries, Grand Duke Cyril, and Grand Duchess Feodorovna, Abramovich, and now Baroness Wrangel are flocking to the United States to reside under the pro- tecting wing of the Coolidge govern- ment. They declare with regret that the United States seems to be the only country in the world where a czarist can get his picture printed in the news papers, Chicago Young : Workers Elect City Executive A new city ‘executive committee consisting of comrades who have beer carrying. on constructive activity in the past and who by their work. have won the confidence of the member: ship was elected as follows: Organizer—Valeria Meltz, Industrial Organizer—Jobn Harvey. Secretary-Treasurer—Natalie Gomez. Educational Director—Peter Herd: Literature. Agent—John Hecker. . Children’s Director—Gilbert Green- berg. Sports’ Director—A. Harris. Social Director—Al Meltz, From now on all comunications and remittances for Local Chicago ¥. W. L. should be addressed to: Natalie | Gomez, 1113 W. Washington Blvd. the situation in Poland, Germany, Bs- thonia, Hungary and other’ countries where social democracy rules or ruled. until their services were no longer necessary to the capitalists, for the time being. * Save Your Tears. re If our correspondent has any ory of the gallant fighters who were murdered by the prototypes of Abram- jovich, and the thousands of Russian workers and peasants who were | killed in battle or starved by famine \thru the plots of the menshevik con- | spirators acting under the instructions ,and in the pay of the capitalist gov- ‘ernments of Europe. Those who can have patience with such a “dog” (yes, jdog, with apologies to the canine | ‘species) and insist on using nursery | rhymes in speaking of him may be material for the young . women's christian association, but they do not belong in the revolutionary movement until they get more iron in their sys- tems. 9 Read Up on Lenin, As to the use of billingstate and “strong language” in general, I be- lieve that M. Alper could read Lenin’s “Kautsky the Renegade,” with con- siderable benefit. Lenin was no Sun- day school teacher in the use of language, but the workers understood him and so did the “Slang” is not vulgar when effective. by M. Alper, and if he knows anything about the working class, he would know that they believe in strong and forceful language and inwardly vomit at the anacemic hasheesh that comes from the pens of our holier-than-thou Uberals. re : i to shed coaraaarea S | : } —